Those who are familiar with me, know that I am not really a tv-watcher by nature. To me, an avid reader, time spent in front of the television screen seems a waste of perfectly good creativity and imagination.
That being said, occassionally I get caught up in a TV program... either intentionally (as in I read about it on ew.com and can't resist checking it out for myself) or accidentally (as in, I happen upon it on my night off and get hooked in).
Monday nights are a free night for my husband and I. There's no small group, or youth group or American Idol (aside: during American Idol season, the show actually becomes more like an activity... like riding a bike or taking a walk... its MORE then just a tv program). We've actually been at a bit of a loss as to what to do with ourselves on Monday nights. This is how I discovered "How I Met Your Mother" on CBS. Its on at 7:30 central time, after some weird nerd show and before "Two and a Half Men" (which I hate- sorry for those who rave about it, but Charlie hit his prime for me in Major League and has never really recovered his position at the top).
"How I Met Your Mother" has the premise of working backwords. The narrator is Ted, 25 years from now. So he's telling his kids the story of how he and their mother met. Which I suppose you can get from the title, but whatev. Each week you get closer and closer to the revealing of the future "Mrs. Ted" and clues are constantly thrown your way... causing those with T-Vos and DVRs (honestly, this is the first time I've ever wished that I had one!) to constantly review each episode searching for accidental/not so accidental meetings with all sorts of women. Its such a great concept. I just spent my lunch (half) hour lurking on message boards filled with postings from people all over the planet completely over-analizing every detail. For example, the last episode (preBritany) ended with the narrator stating that "your mother was at the same st patricks day party, but luckily, we never met that night... " And he loses his phone but picks up a yellow umbrella....
Will she return his phone? Will they meet randomly and one day she sees that yellow umbrella in his foyer and is like, "oh, I've been looking for that..."?????
The possibilities are endless. Anyhow, now that I am officially hooked, I have read online that this show is in danger of being cut off... hopefully the guest starring of Britany Spears and Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) will have gotten lots of attention, because I plan on seeing this one through!
So... if you've nothing better to do on a Monday night, allow me to make a recommendation. The characters are hilarious and cute, the story line- intriguing, and its only a light hearted half hour... which is rare and precious in these days of hour long scary psychopath dramas.
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