The How I Met Your Mother Blog

Carl MacLaren, mastermind of all HIMYM’s online presence, contacted me today wanting to reach out to y’all. Here’s Carl:

Hey HIMYM Peeps!

An extended version of the song “Best Night Ever” featuring Nuno Bettencourt is now exclusively available on iTunes! Check it out – it’s sweeter than creme brulee!!!

Carl

Thanks Carl! Everyone, say hi to Carl and thank him for the awesome accompanying web sites that go along with the show.

Also, my coworker Erin pointed out to me that the 90s hit “More than Words” by Extreme was the motivation for Marshall’s video on http://www.itwasthebestnightever.com/. Unfortunately embedding has been disabled on the video but you can see it here.

So the season is over. If you’re like me this is the point you go back and watch it all again, to see what different things have changed now that you know what the future brings. To watch it all you’ll need the DVDs. While not released yet you can preorder a copy at a low price and have it delivered as soon as it’s available. Order the Blu-Ray for an even better viewing experience.

If you don’t want to wait you can buy all the episodes from a download-and-watch service like Amazon or iTunes.

Either way, purchasing the DVDs or downloads through this site helps cover costs so I’d much appreciate it. Just use the links below or those in the right sidebar.

Regular DVD Preorder

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How I Met Your Mother: Season Four [Blu-ray]

Download epsiodes from iTunes

This is my favorite method. You get a deal if you buy the whole season and you can watch the episodes immediately, or on your ipod anywhere you go.

1. Do I Know You?
2. The Best Burger in New York
3. I Heart NJ
4. Intervention
5. Shelter Island
6. Happily Ever After
7. Not a Father’s Day
8. Woooo!
9. The Naked Man
10. The Fight
11. Little Minnesota
12. Benefits
13. Three Days Of Snow
14. The Possimpible
15. The Stinsons
16. Sorry, Bro
17. The Front Porch
18. Old King Clancy
19. Murtaugh
20. Mosbius Designs
21. The Three Days Rule
22. Right Place Right Time
23. As Fast As She Can
24. The Leap
25. Season pass – all episodes from season 4 at a discounted price

We’ve hit—and passed—5,000 comments on the blog. As I type this there are 5,100 comments in total for this, the 299th post. You guys are awesome.

I said I would give out a copy of The Bro Code to the 5,000 comment and I’m happy to announce that commenter was BSMOOTH. I will be contacting you by the email you used to leave the comment for your shipping information. Congrats BSMOOTH!

And as a present for everyone else, you can download the “Let’s Go to the Mall” ringtone. It’s for iPhone only but who doesn’t have one of those these days? You should be able to open the file in iTunes and it’ll be able to sync to your phone.

Only one episode left this season! I’ll be back on Friday with the Finale preview so we can get all our hopes and suspicions and dreams out over the weekend.

I haven’t forgotten about HIMYM but Scrubs is over and that’s a big deal. It warrants a double post in one week.

I should’ve included this the first go around but didn’t think to look it up. Here is the isolated ending montage from the series finale:

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Variety posted Robin Sparkles’ song in its entirety. Alas, it’s only an audio file. It’s still freaking legendary though. It really sounds like a top 40 song from the eighties (or mid nineties in Canada.) Click the image above to check it out.

As soon as I can find an mp3 of this I’ll post it here. Likewise for video. Check back to this post over the next few days as I’ll be updating it as new media is available.

For our Canadian readers (I know you’re out there) is it true that the eighties didn’t make it to Canada until ‘93?

Thanks to reader John for the link.

Update #3: The mp3 is now available. Download here.

Update #2: Part of the video is available on MySpace.

Update: Check out the lyrics:

Met you at the mall
Didn’t know how far I would fall
My friends said I was a fool (You’re a fool) (Shut up)
Cause you were older and got kicked out of school (You’re so rad)
Together we were gonna travel the globe
From Alberta to Ontario

But now I’m building
Sandcastles in the sand (sandcastles in the sand)
Thought I could fly when you held my hand (thought I could fly)
(Now) Eternity turns to black and white
It was the greatest week and a half
Of my life

We used to go to the beach
Back when happiness was in my reach (so close)
On our favorite bench
We’d sit and talk and you taught me to French
You’re good at pull-ups and have radical hair
I hate my dad, he’s so unfair (you don’t understand our love)

But now I’m building
Sandcastles in the sand
Thought I could fly when I held your hand (I was wrong)
Eternity turns to black and white
It was the greatest week and a half
Of my life

It’s crazy
No one gets me
Castles wash away
Come back please
I changed my mind
Let’s go all the way
I miss you

Sandcastles in the sand (I miss your hair)
Thought I could fly when I held your hand (I thought you were the one)
Sandcastles wash away (I’m ready, let’s do it)
And all that’s left is some sand the next day (sand the next day)
Sandcastles may be… (I’m on the pill now)
But now all they do is remind me of you (let’s go all the way, you said it’d be OK, I’m sorry)
Sandcastles wash away