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13 Comments to “Weekly Poll: Who should be the mother?”

1. 

   eduardo |  Thursday, December 6th, 2007 10:50 am GMT -4

   I love Kristen Bell, but hell no.

   Rachel Bilson got my vote; she seemed nice.

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   jennie |  Thursday, December 6th, 2007 10:50 am GMT -4

   I voted for Lizzy since I love her, but she has another connection besides the obvious Freeks and Geeks one. David Henrie who plays the son also played Lizzy’s younger brother in a short lived comedy series “The Pitts”.

3. 

   Andy |  Thursday, December 6th, 2007 04:03 pm GMT -4

   I’d never heard of Shiri Appleby, but she is…yummy. I voted for her.

   Rachel Bilson would be a decent choice but I’d prefer someone who would then best be known as ‘The Mother’ once cast – Bilson, obviously, wouldn’t fit that bill.

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   Ranier |  Thursday, December 6th, 2007 09:32 pm GMT -4

   Good poll!
   Rachel Bilson, she would be perfect!
   And if you look the kids, the daughter totally looks like her!

   Shiri Appleby is pretty good too.

5. 

   Thomas |  Friday, December 7th, 2007 03:12 pm GMT -4

   Elisa Dushku, since I have a crush on her and unabashedly so.

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   The Mix |  Saturday, December 8th, 2007 09:30 pm GMT -4

   Though another part of me says Eliza Dushku…part of me knows that she is WAYYYYY too hot for Ted. When I think about a wife for Ted I think about 3 things.

   1. Plausibility. Though this is, yes, a TV show and therefor not the real world. I’d like to think there’s at least a tiny portion of believability to the plot line. Now as much as a fan of Ted as I am….he is not gonna land over half of these girls. Even Robin is a little bit of a stretch. He’s a good looking dude, but would he get together with someone like Rachel Bilson or Shiri Appleby. Along these lines, I’d prefer an unknown, not unlike Cobie….cute, but not too cute.

   2. Likable. Most of the girls, nay, pretty much all of the girls Ted has dated, with the exceptions of Robin and perhaps Victoria, haven’t really been all that likable….which is, I assume, the point. However, there’s a general sense among my friends that watch the show and I that whoever the Mother is, she’s going to have to be spec-goddamn-tacular, but somehow still retain her plausibility.

   3. I think she has to be a lot like Robin. Robin was great, save her drive to travel. So I think this girl has to be much like her, but somehow relieved of what in Ted’s mind are drawbacks or faults. I.E. – want to live abroad, dislike of children, republicanisms….etc.

   Overall, not only an intensely hard person to cast, but also an exceedingly difficult character to play. You’re basically walking into a firestorm, because at the beginning people were setup with this notion that Robin is the one Ted should marry. He spent over half of the first season trying to be with her and all of the second season being with her. It would be a very tough dynamic to work with. There’s no way to go back without seeming like you’re trying to push it, plus you’ve already told the kids that their “aunt Robin…..”. And going forward is very tough because of all of the preconceived notions we have in our minds of who and what this character should be like.

   So to sum up…find: an unknown that is not only pretty but not too pretty, and can act their ass of and make us somehow think she’s a believable person, but is also better than Robin. Yikes. I think I said Lacey Chabert, just for the simple fact that I think she would be the closest to pulling it off, but I don’t think any of the options, with the possible exceptions of Lacey and MAYBE Rachel Leigh Cook, could truly pull off the plausibility factor.

   Jason

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    apsutter |  Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 11:22 am GMT -4

    Mila kunis would be awesome!!! One of the other commentors said they didnt think ted could land girls that are as pretty as the ones mentioned. I disagree, ted’s not a fox by any means but its his endearing personality and romantic heart that make girls fall for him. I cant wait to see who the mother is but I would like it to be an unknown actor like victoria or robin because HIMYM has to many guest stars now. I miss when this was the little show that could and had all these unknown actors. Whoever it is will have a hell of a time tho

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    Alex |  Saturday, October 10th, 2009 08:51 pm GMT -4

    Linda Cardellini for sure.

12. 

    Nick |  Sunday, November 1st, 2009 11:13 pm GMT -4

    This will probably never happen, but a guy can dream. I would be so happy if the mother turned out to be Wendy the Waitress!

13. 

    alice |  Sunday, November 29th, 2009 08:00 pm GMT -4

    it would be so awesome if it was Eliza Dushku! js
    i’m not very fond of rachel bilson… so idk

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