An In-Joke from “How I Met Your Mother”
One of the things I love about How I Met Your Mother are the jokes, and especially the jokes that pay off for long-time viewers. I haven’t been watching from the get go, but I have been watching long enough to see jokes start and get paid off much later.
One thing I didn’t know, though, was that a scene from earlier this season had a secret, political agenda, as revealed by HIMYM star Josh Radnor (who, like me, is from central Ohio) in this very long interview. (links from ALoTT5MA) You can read all the interview, just scroll to the end, or read this:
The speech was to be YouTubed in case the presidential election went the other way. It suited the storyline, but I’m impressed with the cleverness of how it could have been repurposed, and really happy it didn’t have to be.
January 19th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
You’re right, HIMYM is really great about rewarding long-time viewers with continuity “in” jokes. In my books, Arrested Development still gets the blue ribbon for best continuity and insider jokes, but HIMYM might do it better because often their jokes are funny even if you’re only a casual viewer. They’re just *more* funny if you’ve been watching for a while!
That’s a cool little anecdote about the wedding episode!