Episode Redux: The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother (SPOILERS)

[snogged]

OMG!

Thank you CBS for gracing my TV with one of the funniest hours of television :)



This was a truly entertaining episode and I really love the Penny-Sheldon dynamic. Also dug the hooker that hit on Wollowitz. Jewish girlfriend bit? She pulled it off!

Loved the dinnertime stuff and the bedtime stuff. Especially Penny singing "Soft Kitty" again. Personally, I think she's gotten better at singing it :)

And Sheldon reciting The Man From Cornwall was totally awesome.

The ending of this episode made me stop breathing a little because I was laughing so much.





What Made It Awesome?
1. Barney's talk about girls whose names end in "ly" being dirty and Marshall going on the defensive at first when Barney says Lily before he realizes what he said and then promptly agrees. And the girls whose names end in "i"? Hang onto your keys!! :)

2. Jesus invented the three day rule and the high five. True story.

3. Finding out that Barney and Marshall were playing Holly. NPH has the best facial expressions ever!

4. "I think we're about to have sex with Ted." *snort* If this doesn't inspire more threesome fics, I don't know what will.

5. STAN!!! I pretty much heart him. That voice...mmmmm.... That body? No THANK YOU!

6. Barney and Marshall arguing over who Ted was more likely to go gay for. "I'm cuddly, bitch! Deal with it!" (I want that icon'ned so bad)

7. Ted not knowing what LOL means.

8. The fact that I was near tears from laughing by the end of it.

One thing I didn't like:

Ted's naked lady laugh was so stupid and creepy.

Comments

[fifteenminutes.livejournal.com]

Omfg I just watched it--I'm pretty sure the HIMYM gods sent us this episode.
Barney & Marshall both totally want to "get with" Ted! I'm just... I'm so happy right now. lol. The mere mention of his supposed gay dreams made my life, but their reaction? :D

And "I'm cuddly, bitch" might be the best line of ANY episode. And totally agree about the laugh being weird.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

*squee!*

I knew you'd love it :) I just knew it :)

[otempora42.livejournal.com]

Oh, HIMYM writers. You have won me over again with your massive amounts of gay.

Yeah, didn't like the Ted laugh. That was IT, though. The rest was great.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

yay! Massive amounts of gay FTW :)

[loquaciousambie.livejournal.com]

I haven't laughed SO HARD at anything in so long as HIMYM. There needs to be mass iconing of everything said in that episode.

I pretty much died at "I'm cuddly, BITCH!" I want that on a t-shirt or something.

Gayest episode ever, and so much lol's. I couldn't even be bothered by Ted being...bothersome. At the commercial I was like "Oh, haha, Marshall and Barney will be saying the other one's his best friend, that's kind of funny." but the fact that they were saying they were more desirable killed me.

Holli reminded me so much of creepy met online girl.

[jerseystrife.livejournal.com]

I really loved this episode. I laughed out loud several times during the whole thing. I think the fact that Barney and Marshall competed as to who Ted would have gay dreams about is hilarious. This episode was slashilicious. I think I nearly died from laughing about the text-sex. <3

We need more HIMYM slash now and this episode is totally making a lot of slash pairings look a lot better. You think the writers know? *looks around*

Do you think they watch us Slash?!

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

I sometimes think one of us lj users is actually a writer from the show, lurking around as an undercover for plot bunnies. ;]

[jerseystrife.livejournal.com]

Eh, I don't think they would honestly because it could influence their work.


It wouldn't surprise me if they watched sites to see what viewers responses to them are. But I don't know if they would lurk the fandom.

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

True. But I think today's episode was inspired by a viewer's story- the blogger guy for have-you-met-ted.com

[snogged.livejournal.com]

that's because the blogger guy from have-you-met-ted.com has actually spoken with Bays and Thomas. He got to go to some HIMYM cast party type thingy.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

See, I've always thought that writers are fully aware of the pairings that people dream up for the show and they go out of there way to at least subtle hints to feed different frenzies, if not going all the way and making them a couple (depending if they feel it would work or not)

This epi definitely put me in the mood to write some slashy-iness but sadly, my homework has got to come first right now. I'm almost done with the semester, which means really long papers are being due.

[darlingchaos.livejournal.com]

hot damn. where did you get your icon?!

because... holy hell in a handbasket.

[jerseystrife.livejournal.com]

No idea. I got it a long time ago. But, but, but! No one else has it as far as I know.

:D

[darlingchaos.livejournal.com]

it's smextacular. and I've never used that adjective before, but I kind of like it... :)

[tempestdance.livejournal.com]

I thought that Barney doesn't work out... Meh.
But oh my god, Marshall is so my 2nd most favorite character now.
And, you know. the two cuddling on that sofa. Yum.
And Stan. His voice is AWESOME. And yeah... the body...yech.
Is Robin really that desperate?

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Barney and Marshall cuddling on the sofa in the cheerleader outfits was too damn adorable :)

[sbmshaneomaniac.livejournal.com]

This was by FAR the funniest ep this season. I literally, (yes Ted, LITERALLY) ROFLed. I fell off the couch and rolled on the floor laughing at the argument between Marshall and Barney over Ted's homoerotic desires.

"I'm Cuddly BITCH" really should be a catchphrase or something.

I really didn't mind Stan's body because I have a friend who looks like him. Plus, I know far uglier people.

Jesus Humor FTW!!

All in all Great ep. *****

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'm just thinking I probably wouldn't run off with Stan if given the chance.

I bet he's a cuddly man too though :) Extra cuddly.

[secondmezzanine.livejournal.com]

My favorite hour all week. Loved both eps.

I'm cuddly, bitch!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

without a doubt!

[idioticonion.livejournal.com]

I just broke my funny bone.

And Ted made me laugh. A LOT.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

definitely :)

[zoesmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah both episodes were made out of awesome! Couldn't stop laughing.

Ted's naked lady laugh was so stupid and creepy.
yeah, totally creepy!

Especially Penny singing "Soft Kitty" again. Personally, I think she's gotten better at singing it
Hehehe that scene is freaking amazing! Penny/Sheldon rocks!

xxxx

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I know!


It was a great night for TV

[cee-m.livejournal.com]

#6... I said that out loud as well! I want it iconned like crazeh!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

definitely :)

[lilithisbitter.livejournal.com]

I think Ted has homoerotic desires if his mind was so keen to pop Barney and Marshall in all of those situations. I mean... Ted... really... you pictured them naked and giggling in a bubble bath, spooning in a pink blanket, and in drag showing off those nice legs of theirs. You don't have to make up what is already there. As Sean Connery of Celebrity Jeopardy would say... Suck it, Mosby, suck it long, and suck it hard.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Ted definitely has homoerotic desires.

He put Barney in a cheerleading uniform and made NPH look extra hot!!

[lilithisbitter.livejournal.com]

Spoiler Alert: Barney's the mother. We're still not sure how that happened.

*coughDr.Horrible'sMalePregnancyRaycough*

[roland44.livejournal.com]

Oh dude this TBBT episode was a major tease *major tease salute!* to all the Sheldon/Penny fans out there. I'm not a humungous S/P fan or anything, but DAYUM. There was that moment, and it was snatched away ruthlessly from us!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Honestly, i thought they handled the S/P stuff brilliantly.

It made me stop breathing 'cause I laughed so hard and that's not easy to do.

[starlettmalfoy.livejournal.com]

Okay, okay, so I've gone looking for HIMYM slash before, and was subsequently disappointed at the lack thereof. Months passed, until I saw the most recent episode, "The Three Days Rule".

Well. After that, how could I *not* go searching again? Surely, I thought, someone in that small fandom would capitalize on all the gay-ness in that ep?

*squee* And then my search led to everything you've written! Oh man. I don't even know where to start! I love it all <3.

I'm glad you got your "I'm cuddly bitch! Deal with it!" Icon. HEE. It is made of win.

That's all I really had to say. *waves* So yes... hello! :D

-Erin

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I was capitalizing on the gayness long before this ep :)

I'm so glad you've found my stories and believe me when I say, I'm a comment whore so I love hearing people's feedback as well.

It's good to meet you and feel free to add me if you like :)

[starlettmalfoy.livejournal.com]

I was capitalizing on the gayness long before this ep

Hehe, I noticed! I'm very excited to read everything. :) I'll probably check out your Buffy stuff as well, since I'm a big fan of that too. :D

It's good to meet you and feel free to add me if you like :)

Well thank you! It's nice to meet you as well - and I'm most definitely going to take you up on that friending thing. :)

Have you delved into Firefly as well? Nothin' I like more than some good ol' Mal/Simon. XP Although, I have to say that my current fandom is Numb3rs. Ever check that show out? It's godlike. HEE. Plus, all the boys (and hell, the girls too!) are ridiculously pretty. <3

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay to you being a fellow Buffy fan as well :)

I do like Firefly...but I haven't really written much of it. Mostly Kaylee/Inara and that has been little drabble things.

I haven't really watched Numb3rs, though I did watch the ep NPH guest starred on. It seemed decent.