I ran through every episode in the last 3 months. It's a solid show mostly cause of NPH, but I don't think it's genius. There are alot of times it's incredibly lame. It's still one of the better comedies out there of course.

That being said, one of my biggest reasons for never having watched it before was the title of the show...it's such a ******ed name. That plus the fact that it's a useless premise makes me wish they just scrapped the idea altogether and called it Barney and Friends.

Wait for it....... Wait for it...

Jason Segel has a ton of great moments, it's not just the Barney show.

I do agree that there's a fair share of "miss" episodes. But it's a freaking sitcom.

Favorite episode ever???

I ended up changing to Heroes every time Ted was in the classroom. GTFO Ted.

The rest was ok- but pretty meh. I'm not sure I can at all endorse relationship Barney.

The one that comes to mind is Naked Man, but Im sure I'm alone on that

Not sure about favorite ep but I have a lot of favorite moments.

The kickboxing instructor in Ted Mosby, Architect is smoking hot. I think it's the same chick that Vince banged in the last Entourage episode. She lives in my neighborhood too.

pretty good writer, too.

I like this show but for some reason my gf doesn't which isn't that weird because as a rule she likes crap...Without Barney there is no show. I find Ted more than annoying. Everyone else is ok.

However for my money on a monday night....

Big Bang Theory>>>>>>>>HIMYM

I've never seen BBT but apparently i have to start

last night's episode was mediocre, at best. I like the series as a whole, however.

You have to get at least 3-4 episodes in before you really start enjoying it.

I've watched both HIMYM & BBT in their entirety at least twice and HIMYM is definitely much better than BBT. HIMYM is a higher caliber sitcom than BBT

I pretty much insta lose respect for anyones opinion who says BBT is better than HIMYM. Not that BBT is bad or anything, but for top caliber sitcoms (esp w/ a laugh track) HIMYM is tops. BBT is in the kiddie game round the corner.

I also am slightly worried about relationship Barney since it ruins a lot of the best things about the show. Still, the show needs this for progression, and HIMYM is one of the better sitcoms @ progess

For me, the real question of this series is:

If we only meet the titular Mother once (at long last during the series finale whenever that is) who is the actress that plays that woman?

A big star in a cameo?
An unknown?
Some brunette actress we only ever see from behind and then credits roll?

Choice 2 or 3 would annoy me. I say the only logical choice is Natalie Portman.

BBT is a great show but there really isn't much of a story line, just about everything starts and is resolved within the episode. I do love the ongoing jokes tho and all 5 actors play their part really well.

HIMYM is my fav show on television. I probably won't do it justice trying to describe why but it just does it for me. I'm not even sure how they landed Jason Segel, NPH, Allyson Hannigan, and Bob Saget all on the same show. They were lucky that NPH was still on his rebound from Doogie and Segel somehow slipped through the cracks after playing a phenomenal role on Freaks and Geeks.

I'd say my fav episodes have to be: Slap Bet, How I Met Everyone Else, Naked Man, The Pineapple Incident, and the one where Barney does a play to annoy Lily is hilarious as well. Also, The Front Porch I found to be up there as well.

While NPH gets a ton of credit for the show, Segel is really really good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVUekHmY87M

I like Season 2 a lot. I think Season 4 is the weakest so far but they're all good.

Ted Mosby: Architect is a great episode

That's what I've been saying. They can't keep on introducing us to girls that are perfect for Ted then telling us they're not the mother. We are going to stop caring. I still think he should just marry Robin.

I think the BBT is more like Two and a Half Men.

it is consistent funny, but never amazing, like THM


I put HIMYM is like Friends, some lulls, but more highs


to me, friends:fraiser >>>> HIMYM


i just mean that Mother is a drama/comedy

big bang and 2 1/2 are just comedy

HIMYM is def a drama/comedy, but thats the substance that makes it such a great show. It is much better than Friends ever was.

Completely agree.

I'd place it between Friends & Arrested Development on the loyal-audience-bonus.

You can certainly watch a few episodes and enjoy them, but subtle jokes & situations relating to previous episodes are frequent and rewarding.

Pretty much this. Barney in a relationship has the potential to ruin his character, I have faith in the writers though.
Ted got me the most laughs this week :\ I laughed pretty hard in his dream when somebody in the class said something like "if you're a professor where's your hat and whip?"

this is a joke right?


Friends is probably the 2nd best drama/comedy behind Frasier


Here is my breakdown of friends/HIMYM


writing: friends

actings: friends


longevity: friends



seriously, i love mother, a lot, but right now, starting season five, it's not even in the same ballpark as friends or frasier. maybe someday it will, but not now.


really, the only person on the cast that can act with the Friends cast is NPH.

I think Chandler and Anniston are at the HIMYM cast level, but le blanc, phoebe, ross and his sister are way better than everyone but nph.


I think the thing friends has, and even shows like 2 1/2 men have, they are consistently funny week in and week out.

the same cannot be said for mother. there were some brutal stretches in season 3

You have a very weird love for Frasier

The only thing that I will agree w/ is that season 3 is possibly the weakest season of HIMYM, and I still think it was much better than friends--not a single unwatchable episode. Obv I'm biased as I think friends was overrated, and just a decent sitcom. But how can you say that the acting isn't on par? Jason Segel can easily match any of the characters from Friends. Le Blanc was fairly sucky imo on the show.

I feel like HIMYM has more of a realistic feeling behind it. If my friends were as lame as the Friends cast in many episodes, I'd ditch them for more interesting people. I just didn't really buy their friend dynamic, or in general how kosher everything seemed. Friends just seemed like a more grown up version of Full House half the time.

HIMYM otoh has characters who I align more w/ personality-wise. I'd say Robin is a better character than Phoebe (though I think there is argument that Phoebe was the better actress). NPH>all of friends cast. Alyson Hannigan is the character who I think has the hardest time holding here own individually on HIMYM, but she still adds a great dynamic to the show and is a great actress for a sitcom.

In terms of longevity I think HIMYM can surpass friends easily. The premise of the show is more genius and allows a lot of room for solid continuity. W/ Friends, after I understand that they are a tight-nit group of 'friends', I get bored w/ it. Chandler tools away half the episodes, and none of the characters match really anyone I know (maybe Monica, and I know of Ross types, but they are lame).

As for Frasier, I will grant that it is one of the best written sitcoms. I was always a huge Cheers/Frasier fan, but I still find the characters on HIMYM more realistic than I do Frasier. The only character who I can't completely identify w/ on HIMYM is NPH, only because no one is that awesome. The acting was def better on Frasier though.

IM dissapointed that Frasier is being discussed itt.

That one where Robin dates the guy with the kid was ****ing terrible, and the Gael episodes were pretty bad.