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Amazon Season 3 downloads!

ben — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:06:04 +0000

I’ve never noticed before because I get my copy of HIMYM from iTunes, but Amazon also sells the episodes online. You can get the entire season 3 downloaded to your computer for $31.82. So if you don’t want to wait until it comes out on DVD, head over to Amazon now. (yes, it also helps me run the site! )

Ted’s Life

ben — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:27:14 +0000

During the season finale, Ted has a few moments where his “life flashes before his eyes”. The other night I challenged someone to capture all the frames of his flash back so we could see what he saw. I couldn’t wait any longer and it wasn’t as hard as I thought so I went ahead and whipped it up. Below you will find a still from all his life moments. (thanks Anthony for describing them in the comments)

Season Finale, “Miracles”

ben — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:07:45 +0000

Craig and Carter are no longer my friends.

The season finale, “Miracles”, has just finished and I am in complete awe. I don’t know weather to be pissed or exuberant, but I guess that’s what they were going for.

If you haven’t seen the episode yet and don’t want to know what happens, I suggest you leave move on.

I guess rather than go into details on what happened, I’ll just give my commentary. I have to admit, I almost teared up during the opening when the gang was running to Ted’s aid. Then to have Ted sitting there fine, caused me to shout some choice words at the TV and I might have thrown something, but we won’t tell my anyone that.

The rest of the episode was good. Good flashbacks and what not, but lets get to the meat! Do we know the mother? The past two seasons finales have left us with some pretty big cliffhangers, but none quite as large as this. I have a feeling she’s not going to say yes, but we’ll have to wait and see. Anyone else as confused with their emotions as I am?

Lastly, I have a challenge for you readers. During the accident, Ted says his life flashes before his eyes and we see a quick flash of scenes. I am really curious about what was in the scenes. Anyone care to get copy of the show, and go frame by frame and capture what went on? I bet there is some crazy stuff in there.

Season Finale “Miracles”, are you ready?

ben — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:01:43 +0000

It’s here, and I’m just not ready for it to end. The good news is that we know the gang will return for another season. CBS has the following posted as a episode teaser:

May 19, 8:30pm et/pt
Season Finale
Miracles
Ted has a brush with death, which makes him evaluate his relationship with Stella

Season Finale Party!

ben — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:04:06 +0000

If you are in the LA area and are a dedicated HIMYM fan, you might be interested in attending a season 3 party Bamboo on Monday to watch the show live. Here is the flier I have bee passed along. While I won’t be attending I’d love to get a report from anyone who does!

“Everything Must Go”

ben — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:58:51 +0000

For the second time since the writer’s strike, we had the “pleasure” of Britney Spears appearing on our beloved show. This weeks episode was pretty good. We are still trying to figure out how Barney and Ted are going to make up, and we get a glimpse on how Marshall and Lily are going to handle the tilted floor in their new home.

If you haven’t already checked it out, you can see the stuff “Lily and Marshall” are selling at lilyandmarshallselltheirstuff.com. The merchandise is a little out of my price range, but maybe some of you big spenders can afford something over there. I have to admit, soon as they said the web address during the show I was on my laptop trying to see if the domain name had already been purchased (it was).

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HIMYM’s Fourth Season Coming; Thanks Brit!

ben — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:51:58 +0000

CBS has announced that a fourth season of How I Met Your Mother is coming and a lot of attention is being paid to the fact that Britney Spears has appeared twice since returning from the writer’s strike. While I am excited the show will continue, I’m not that thrilled all the attention is due to the fact that Ms. Spears was on the show. The show is fantastic, and dare I say it, one of the best shows CBS has had in a while. I just wish the actors/actresses got the attention, not the guest stars. Though it’s hard to argue with the numbers.

Quincy Smith, the president of CBS Interactive, is discussing the company’s Web strategies. He notes that Britney Spears’ March appearance on “How I Met Your Mother” registered about four million impressions online. Her appearance this week has added another three million views so far. The logical conclusion of Mr. Smith’s team: “Ask Britney to appear on every show we have!” (source)

Next week is the season three finale, “Miracles”, airs Monday at 8:30 eastern.

Mother revealed or overactive imagination?

ben — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:38:43 +0000

Anthony sent this tip in. Apparently over on Seat42f.com they think they have a clue to who the mother might be in our precious show. I am going to warn you, if you like surprises, you might not want to click on the link to their site. If you are game for some speculation, click away! What do you think? Could this be the mother, or does someone just have an overactive imagination?

Site Upgrade

ben — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:50:56 +0000

Tonight I upgraded the site to use the latest version of Wordpress. It was a pretty big upgrade and I am really worried something broke that I won’t know about. This is where I count on all my awesome readers to help me out. As you are going through the site, if you find anything that looks broken please let me know (leave a comment here).

The one thing that I know is broken at the moment is the contact form. I’m looking for a fix, but it isn’t going well.

Ausiello interivews Josh Radnor

ben — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:46:36 +0000

TV Guide’s Ausiello recently did a video interview (beware browser resizing! ugh!) with our very own Josh Radnor. Ever since last years “will HIMYM get renewed” mess and the drama Ausiello caused, I haven’t been a big fan of his. I normally wouldn’t even post this, but I figured why should I be the one keeping it from you. Feel free to sound off in the comments.

Josh does a good job in the interview and while we don’t really learn a ton about the show, we do learn that Marshall does a full frontal nudity in his new movie “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” I haven’t seen it, has anyone?