The How I Met Your Mother Blog

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I know I’m personally thankful for all of you who make running this site worth it. I’m also thankful for the discussion, which is above and beyond what I could’ve hoped for when starting Have You Met Ted. We’re about two weeks away from hitting 3,000 comments on the site. That’s insane.

But that’s not all I’m thankful for. And I hope you can all agree with what else I’m celebrating today.

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What?!?!?

We learned a little while back that Alyson Hannigan was pregnant. Now we get news that Cobie Smulders is expecting as well and is due sometime in the spring. The father of her baby? It’s Blauman, one of Barney’s douchy co-workers. Steak Sauce! Editor’s note: the character Blauman is douchy, the actor who portrays him is surely a kind, thoughtful young man and will treat Cobie and their child with respect and dignity.

From the picture People magazine used, Cobie is already starting to gain some weight (which isn’t surprising considering how thin she’s been.) What will this mean for the show? Writing in a story about Lily getting pregnant would be easy, if not that popular. But Robin? She’s Baron von Hatesbabies, how on earth are they going to handle this?

Congratulations, though, to Cobie and Taran on the pregnancy!

Update: Bays and Thomas comment on the pregnancies.

This was the first episode in awhile where I saw the story as more than just a sitcom plot and wished that the characters were not only real, but my friends so that I could partake in their adventures with them. The whole thing, soup to nuts, as it were, because what we witnessed tonight was nothing short of legendary. The haters need to take a seat, because The Naked Man had exactly what you needed. No more, and no less.

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Hey everyone. Thanks for the nice birthday wishes. I had a fun weekend. While I’m sure it’s not Popover Pantry, if you’re ever in NYC you should check out August for brunch. It’s legendary. Anyway, here’s some new stuff:

Tomorrow night’s episode, The Naked Man, I’m pleased to say I know nothing about (the best way to go into an episode, if you ask me.) I did get an interesting email over the weekend though. It was from one Carl Maclaren with some info on the episode. Does that name sound familiar? Because it should. He was the assistant to Bays and Thomas and also the namesake for both Carl the bartender and MacLaren’s bar. He’s now the associate producer of web content for the show. Apparently in tomorrow night’s episode Lily writes down the 50 reasons people have sex on a MacLaren’s napkin. Carl was kind enough to forward me a scan of said napkin:

Click to see full size. You can print it out and follow along with the episode.

This is fantastic. I love the callbacks: “‘Damn your calves look good in those cargo shorts’ sex.” The whole list is great. I wonder what role this will play in the episode tomorrow night. Will someone be caught in the act? As I write this I remember a spoiler I read months ago that alluded to what the plot might entail. I’ll keep quiet but if it’s what I remember, it’ll be awesome.

Can we talk for a minute about how progressive it is for How I Met Your Mother to have an associate producer of web content at all? It’s clear they’ve always been dedicated to supplemental online content, but that can be said for a lot of shows. What makes this content so great with HIMYM is that it isn’t done by the PR department at the TV studio, it’s controlled and managed by the same people who work on the show. That’s why the online content is so amazing and doesn’t just feel like ads or some lame ARG for the show. So hats off to the show for taking such a forward-looking interest in new media and congratulations to Carl on his promotion and new job helming the online face of the show.

Oh, in case you’re into this kind of thing, there’s an auction to visit the set of HIMYM, meet the cast, and receive a signed copy of a script. Thanks to Alyssa for this info. It’s still quite cheap considering so go bid! Also, if the winner of the auction reads this, please contact me as I’d love to talk to you about documenting your experience for later publication here on the site.

That’s all folks. I’ll be back tomorrow night with the recap for The Naked Man.

I won’t be around much this weekend as tomorrow is my birthday so I’ll be out in the real world with real people. Commence as you normally would, just don’t get offended if I don’t join in. I’ll be back Monday with a timely recap of The Naked Man.

Next week might be quiet too as I’m headed home Wednesday for Slapsgiving Thanksgiving. I’ll be online, but can’t be sure how often considering the high levels of food, football, and family that I’ll be experiencing. Don’t worry though, I already have a post written that’ll be published on Turkey Day. And it’s slap-free.

Cheers!