How I Met Your Mother’s decision to bring the Barney-Robin love story to a premature climax has left fans feeling decidedly unsatisfied. But executive producer Carter Bays insists the romance was sacrificed for a greater good: the preservation of Neil Patrick Harris’ legendary ladies’ man.
“None of us wanted to see Barney wearing a sweater-vest and going to bed-and-breakfasts,” says Bays, adding that it makes sense the relationship would “flame out fast” given that “neither of them, at their core, really wanted to be tied down.” Bays also believes that, deep down, viewers prefer single Barney to attached Barney. “It’s one of those things where you can give people what they think they want, or what they really want.”
And should some of them feel that they really want him to settle down with Robin, Bays offers this bit of hope. “[They] could get relationship amnesia and decide, ‘Hey, this is a good idea!’” he proposes. “This could be the first of many flameouts for them.”
Bays, however, stops short of saying a full-fledged reconciliation could be in their future. “I don’t want to say reconciliation,” he says. “But the story is not over, for sure.”
The Chateau Marmont hosted the 14th Annual GQ Men Of The Year Party last night in LA (November 18) and Neil Patrick Harris attended the event.
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In the last night episode 5.08 – The Playbook, Lorenzo von Matterhorn is a fictional businessman created by Barney to cope after his breakup with Robin. His Wikipedia page was soon deleted by the Wikipedia editors, as it did not depict a real-life person, and redirected to “The Playbook” – a page exclusively designated to describing the plot of the episode that made Lorenzo famous.
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I’ve just added in the gallery 5 new additional promo pictures from the next episode 5.09 – Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap.
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Question: How I Met Your Mother is currently filming its 100th episode so I’m guessing you have some new news for us. Right? —Jack
Ausiello: Right! Exec producer Carter Bays says the climactic musical number will feature “a big chorus, a kick line, the whole thing. It’s a big celebratory episode.” Everyone in the cast gets a chance to sing, and that includes reluctant crooner Alyson Hannigan. “She didn’t want to sing,” says Carter of Hannigan, who expressed similar reservations prior to shooting Buffy’s musical episode. “But we gave her a little something. She’s got a nice, lilting little voice.” Musical extravaganza aside, Carter says, at its core, the 100th installment is “just a great episode of Mother. That’s what I’m proud of more than anything else. It’s another good episode like the 99 before it.” (more…)
I’ve just added in the gallery 371 HI-RES caps of episode 5.08 – The Playbook thanks to Daydreaming.net.
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Yes. you read that right. Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Radnor, and Jason Segel suited up in Hickey Freeman, Paul Smith, Hugo Boss, Isaia are featured in the December issue of Playboy (on newsstands now!!). The 4-page pictorial is in celebration of How I Met Your Mother’s 100th episode.
Here are some tidbits about fashion:
Neil Patrick Harris
“If you can afford it, I’d recommend having your own wardrobe department.Jason Segel
“Right after Sarah Marshall, the publicist said to me, ‘Listen, you’re kind of successful now, so you really have to step it up. You can’t keep dressing like this.’ Now my costume lady for that film and I Love You, Man puts outfits on hangers for me marked MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY…It’s embarrassing, but I kind of love it.”Josh Radnor
“I have fond memories of parachute pants!”
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It’s true! Neil Patrick Harris has joined Twitter: ActuallyNPH. The account was made about 8 hours ago and he already has 36,801 followers and counting.
Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka attended the MOCA NEW 30th Anniversary Gala held at MOCA on Saturday night (November 14) in Los Angeles.
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Will Barney and Robin’s break up stick? -Mari
Indeed. Be prepared for the Barnana to revert back to his old man-whore ways now that he and Robin have split. And since Robin is apparently the coolest chick in the world, there won’t really even be weirdness. The group dynamic will pretty much return to what it used to be.
Alyson Hannigan was spotted toting her adorable 7-month-old daughter Satyana into a knitting store in Santa Monica on Thursday (November 12). Papa Alexis Denisof was not spotted with the mother-daughter duo.
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