Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Another one in the books: I went the entire run without watching one episode - no, not even one moment - of "How I Met Your Mother"

Or should I call it by its shorthand insider reference: HIMYM?

Nope. Never saw it. Swannnnnng and missed. Gone. Put her in the filing cabinet along with Home Improvement and King of Queens. Never touched a morsel. Never even knew what the hell I was missing.

Well, actually, no.... I think I do know. It was about the guy - can't think of his name - and he's with the hot actress, and they say funny things, like on Mike and Molly, (which I also missed) and they have hilarious neighbors and friends - hot looking, by the way - who show up with crazy points of view, and their conversations are always much funnier than mine, and I wish I were as witty as they are, but whenever I try to repeat whatever the hell they said, it doesn't recapture well. And they never laugh at each others jokes, but the studio audience goes wild, and damn - they are good looking - and there was that one incredible episode that nobody wanted to miss - and guess what? Wasn't there. I swannnnnnnng and missed.

So, philosophical question here: How many years do I have to still see every single episode of HIMYM during its zombie life in syndication?

Offhand, I'd say 20, which also corresponds to the years of cogent life I more or less expect to have, unless they invent a drug that cures having lived through the 1960s.

By the way, I'm still working on my first episode of Friends. I never watched it once, during its original run. But I'd estimate that I've seen the equivalent of 15 minutes, just from channel hopping and grazing for momentary sequences, until I think, "Wait a minute, isn't there a hockey game on somewhere?"

Today, I cannot help but be impressed with myself, especially as I see the warnings marked: SPOILER ALERT!

Go ahead, Internet! Take your shot! SPOIL AWAY! Ruin it for me! SPOIL ME, PEOPLE, SPOIL EVERY MINUTE! I made it through HIMYM. I have repelled another one of your timid, toothless attacks. You make me laugh. Mwahahahahah, cough.

3 comments:

Barney Stinson said...

I guess you will just have to: "wait for it".

KD said...

Was the same for me with Breaking Bad, then recently got Netflix and checked out Season 1 episode 1. Blew through all the seasons in 2 weeks. I'd say I drove the wife crazy but I accomplished that years ago.

JM said...

Used to watch it, lost the thread. Have no idea how it ended. Um, wild guess, the guy got married to the mother in question?