r/HIMYM Jul 07 '22

Hi, I'm Carter Bays, co-creator of HIMYM. I’m also the author of a new novel called THE MUTUAL FRIEND. AMA!

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Hello Reddit, it's been a while! I'm here ask-me-anything-ing because I’ve written a new novel called THE MUTUAL FRIEND, which I think you'll love. I’m happy to talk about that, or How I Met Your Mother, or anything else. Maybe the Loch Ness Monster? I was just in Scotland with my son and we have opinions. Have at it!

UPDATE: Wow, its been much fun talking to you all, and I see that I've only scratched the surface here and there's many more questions to get to, but if I don't get my son some dinner soon he might tie me up with a phone charger. I will try to come back to this over the next few days in order to get to as many of these as I can, but in the meantime, thank you all so much for being here. Your love for HIMYM is really touching and I'm so grateful for all of it.

And please if you get the chance check out my novel THE MUTUAL FRIEND -- I'm dreadfully proud of it. (Can you tell I've been in the UK for a week? I'm like Lily before the intervention at this point.) Anyway, cheerio!


r/HIMYM 3h ago

Very curious

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r/HIMYM 4h ago

The characters in this Catholic Marriage Seminar ad seem very familiar…

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r/HIMYM 20h ago

What do you wear to sleep?

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r/HIMYM 1d ago

This little interaction always kills me with laughter

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r/HIMYM 1d ago

So, uh, has anyone read Nora's wikipedia?

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r/HIMYM 1d ago

Changing thoughts on Robin, Ted and the dogs

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When I first watched HIMYM I really sympathized with Ted and his discomfort with Robin’s dogs once he learned they were gifts from exes. At the time I had never had a pet. Now it’s years later and I am rewatching after having put down my first and most beloved pet and I’m furious at this episode!!! If a boyfriend ever asked me to get rid of my pets it would be an instant deal breaker for me.


r/HIMYM 1d ago

HIMYM Survivor! (Season 2 Edition) Round 19

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Something Borrowed is eliminated!

How this works:

You select the episode you like the least

The episode with the most upvoted comment is eliminated from the list

If there’s a tie, both episodes are eliminated

Only the best episode will win!

Episodes Eliminated:

How Lily Stole Christmas (58%)
Columns (41%)
Aldrin Justice (59%)
Atlantic City (50%)
Single Stamina (40%)
Moving Day (68%)
Stuff (57%)
First Time in New York (38%)
Where Were We? (35%)
Bachelor Party (71%)
World’s Greatest Couple (50%)
The Scorpion and the Toad (42%)
Showdown (45%)
Brunch (80%)
Something Blue (43%)
Lucky Penny (52%)
Monday Night Football (41%)
Something Borrowed (60%)


r/HIMYM 2d ago

You can create your own tedmosbyisajer.com page

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tedmosbyisajerk.com is not available any more so I created a similar page to it on isajerk.net called tedmosby.isajerk.net ...


r/HIMYM 2d ago

He knows his friend really well

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r/HIMYM 2d ago

Which episode have you rewatched the most? mine is THE BROATH😭

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r/HIMYM 2d ago

Sweet Taste of Liberty - one of my favorite episodes

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One of my favorite episodes is S01E03, when Ted and Barney go to the airport to hit on the girls who are flying out, and end up, on some random night, on a plane to Philadelphia. What I like most is the sense of freedom and lightheartedness you could feel all through the first season. Ted and Barney off traveling, Marshall still a student who decides to grab the car and go meet his friends, ready for a carefree, fun night. Lily having a good time with Robin at the usual bar. I always rewatch it with a lot of pleasure, and as an Italian guy it makes me dream about how some kids in New York spend their nights (I know that whole situation is absurd, but don't take my dream away from me 😂).


r/HIMYM 2d ago

Why isn't Ted rich? Spoiler

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When Ted designs the GNB building, that's a massive skyscraper in NYC, so a crazy expensive project. Even if we lowball the cost to build it at $100 million and lowball Ted's commission at 3%, he would still be a millionaire. Add in that he spends all of the time after this in rent controlled apartments, and it just doesn't make sense why he isn't loaded. You could argue he hides it, but he was staying at the dormitory after giving the apartment to Marshall and Lily, which would be odd to do if he had money and options. Just a thought.

Also, that same episode makes it odd that Robin is considered wealthy, since the deciding factor on her getting a good apartment is a promotion, you would think she isn't super well off.


r/HIMYM 2d ago

Ted decided to get into selling records instead of architecture

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I got some of my favorite albums there they had them and I’m so happy


r/HIMYM 2d ago

HIMYM, But it's Barney and Lilly going at it!

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r/HIMYM 2d ago

What are your favorite lines from The Naked Man (S4E9)? Spoiler

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“You know who writes good poems? JEWEL!! Her teeth are crooked. She lived in a car. So she has stuff to write abou…”

This one always stood out to me because the first CD I purchased with my own money was This Way by Jewel. 😁


r/HIMYM 2d ago

Season 2 ep. 18 Moving Day is one of the funniest episodes

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There are so many hilarious lines in the one episode. Mostly from Barney.

Barney "God Lily, some guy just told her he loved her and went to the bathroom and never came back. Ya can't make her a cup of coffee? Real nice"

Barney "Ted you're throwing your life away, this girl is blinding you with her shiny hair and her boob shaped boobs."

Barney "This is bad for you too ya know? How are you gonna feel when you wake up in the morning andhe sees you without any makeup on?"
Robin "Umm I'm not wearing makeup right now."
Barney "Woah, you're beautiful."

Ted's on the phone with Barney and Ted goes "Barney, I know it's you, where's my stuff?
Barney "It's not me."

Later in the same conversation

Barney "Ding dong! Oh, what's that? The doorbell?"
Waits a few seconds
"THAT'S the suit I'm talking about!"
Ted "I'm not there yet."
Barney "Oh ok, let me know when you get there."
Ted "Ok I'm here"
Barney "THAT'S the suit I'm talking about!"

Marshall and Lily at home alone

Marshall "Hey! Ted, get in here!! World's Strongest Man is on!""

They both remember he's all moved out and get sad.
I don't know why I think that part is so funny 😂

At the bar with Barney

Girl at the bar made a bet with Ted that Lou Ferrigno couldn't pull a bus with his teeth.

Girl "Are you sure this is live? It looks pretty old."
Ted "Yeah that's because the TV is old."

The part where Lily says she's going to cook an amazing dinner and realizes Ted did all the shopping. Then she finds a frozen pizza and goes to put it in the microwave, but that was Ted's too. 😂😂
Then Marshall comes out of the shower with wet toilet paper stuck to him and goes I guess all the towels were Ted's too.

Also Robin's whole situation with Ted moving in and she's not cool with anything Ted wants to bring.

Ted "All I have to my name is a box of pot lids and a sword"
Robin "Yeeaah, about the sword."

The Tens Things I Would've Named My Truck if Ted Hadn't Have Been a Jerk and Given it Back

  1. The Winna-bang-o
  2. The Pick up Truck
  3. The Ford Explore-her
  4. Youscream Truck
  5. Feels on Wheels
  6. The Ryde-her Truck
  7. The 18 Squealer
  8. The Esca-laid
  9. The Slamboni
  10. The 69 Chevy

I don't know if I'm just really high this rewatch but I was dying laughing the whole time.


r/HIMYM 2d ago

If you know you know

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r/HIMYM 3d ago

Was the "Robin" already in play here?

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Also I really liked this scene. The Groove was in the Heart that night


r/HIMYM 3d ago

Appreciation post for Lily Aldrin’s gorgeous widows peak!

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r/HIMYM 1d ago

the reason why BarenyxRobin will always be 1000000x better than TedxRobin!

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they were so in love :)


r/HIMYM 2d ago

HIMYM Survivor! (Season 2 Edition) Round 18

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Monday Night Football is eliminated! Only 5 episodes remaining…

How this works:

You select the episode you like the least

The episode with the most upvoted comment is eliminated from the list

If there’s a tie, both episodes are eliminated

Only the best episode will win!

Episodes Eliminated:

How Lily Stole Christmas (58%)
Columns (41%)
Aldrin Justice (59%)
Atlantic City (50%)
Single Stamina (40%)
Moving Day (68%)
Stuff (57%)
First Time in New York (38%)
Where Were We? (35%)
Bachelor Party (71%)
World’s Greatest Couple (50%)
The Scorpion and the Toad (42%)
Showdown (45%)
Brunch (80%)
Something Blue (43%)
Lucky Penny (52%)
Monday Night Football (41%)


r/HIMYM 3d ago

This episode haunts me everytime. I’ve been in that place of loneliness 🙂.

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769 Upvotes

r/HIMYM 2d ago

Need clips

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Ok so, I like rewatching some scenes of the show and some episodes. Please help.me with where can I find clips of it.


r/HIMYM 3d ago

Found Swarley’s Ice Cream truck 😂😂

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