Entries from March 2008 ↓

This is old news, but Glarkware’s Leftovers Sale has a couple of HIMYM shirts [although being leftovers, the size selection isn't always the greatest].

Sparkles Mall Tour
Slap Bet Commissioner
Slap Bet Commissioner [long-sleeve]

E! Online’s Watch with Kristin has some information on upcoming episodes of the show – spoilers include the premise of episode 3.14, “The Final Four,” and some information about some career happenings for one character.

[E! Online - Scroll down for HIMYM, it's just past the spoiler graphic.]

A Midwest native, Radnor grew up in Bexley, Ohio, which he describes as a “30% Jewish suburb.” He attended Columbus Torah Academy through the eighth grade, and in 1997, he studied in Israel on the Livnot program. In one sense, his religious education may have informed his passion for the theater. “I’ve always loved sitting around, reading text and talking about it,” he said, noting that it’s something he first learned how to do while parsing Jewish texts. “I’ve thought, ‘You know, I would have been a good yeshiva bokher.’” And while he may have ended up in Hollywood instead of in Hancock Park, a heavily Orthodox L.A. neighborhood, Radnor still gets to grapple with weighty texts, he pointed out. “I do the same thing as an actor with plays.”

[Full article: The Forward]

Apparently there are a few jokes in Forgetting Sarah Marshall – the movie Jason Segel wrote and stars in – that mirror Kristen Bell’s career.

[MTV.ca]

NOTE: This list is a work in progress – no guarantees about how accurate or complete it is, as the information has been collected from a variety of sources. Once I have verified a song myself, its listing will include a) the context in which it is played, and b) a link to its lyrics.

Theme Song: The Solids – Hey Beautiful

1.01: Pilot
[Otis Redding - Cigarettes and Coffee][BROADCAST]
[Kool Blues - I Want to Be Ready][DVD]
[The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang]
[Beck - E-Pro][SCREENER]

1.02: Purple Giraffe

1.03: Sweet Taste of Liberty

1.04: Return of the Shirt
[Belle & Sebastian - We Rule the School]

1.05: Okay Awesome
[Lovefreekz - Shine (Lovefreekz Club Mix)]
[DJ Sammy - Heaven]

1.06: Slutty Pumpkin
[Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone]
[Nada Surf - Inside of Love]
[The Shagarats - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean]
[The Shagarats - Peanuts Theme]
[The Shagarats - Is She Really Going Out With Him?]

1.07: Matchmaker
[Seals & Croft - Summer Breeze]
[Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Parallel Or Together]

1.08: The Duel
[Chumbawumba - Tubthumping]

1.09: Belly Full of Turkey
[The 88 - You Belong to Me]
[We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt]
[Styx - Mr. Roboto]

1.10: The Pineapple Incident
[Cheap Trick - Voices]
[Jon Brion - Voices]

1.11: The Limo
[Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name] Repeatedly.
[Pavement - Major Leagues]

1.12: The Wedding
[Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body]
[Fuck - Laundry Shop]

1.13: Drumroll, Please
[Michael Bublé - You Don't Know Me]
[Pavement - Spit on a Stranger]
[Scott Joplin/Ted Mosby - The Entertainer]

1.14: Zip, Zip, Zip

1.15: Game Night
[My Morning Jacket - Off the Record]

1.16: Cupcake
[The Pixies - Where Is My Mind?]

1.17: Life Among the Gorillas
[AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]
[Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart]

1.18: Nothing Good Happens After 2AM
[Supergrass - Alright]
[Robin Hackett - Hard Left]
[Rachael Yamagata - Quiet][BROADCAST]
[Michelle Feargerstone - God Bless the Child][DVD]
[Maureen McGovern - The Morning After]
[Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender]

1.19: Mary the Paralegal

1.20: Best Prom Ever
[The 88 - Good Feeling]
[The 88 - Head Cut Off]
[The 88 - Hide Another Mistake]
[The 88 - Jesus is Good]
[The Verve Pipe - The Freshman]
[The Violent Femmes - Good Feeling]

1.21: Milk
[Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl]

1.22: Come On
[Bach - Air]
[Bloc Party - This Modern Love]

2.01: Where Were We?
[Grant Lee Phillips - Boys Don't Cry]
[George Clinton - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)]
[George Perkins and the Silver Stars - Cryin' in the Streets]

2.02: The Scorpion and the Toad
[The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk]
[The Elected - It Was Love]

2.03: Brunch

2.04: Ted Mosby: Architect
[The Decemberists - Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect]

2.05: World’s Greatest Couple
[Islands - Don't Call Me Whitney, Bobby] Played as Lily and Barney redecorate the apartment.
[ABBA - Fernando]

2.06: Aldrin Justice
[The World Record - We're #1]

2.07: Swarley
[Helen Reddy - I Am Woman] The song Ted requests on the radio.
[Gary Portnoy - Where Everybody Knows Your Name] The song played at the bar at the end of the episode.
[The Explorer's Club - Forever]

2.08: Atlantic City
[Fountains of Wayne - Sink to the Bottom]

2.09: Slap Bet
[Robin Sparkles - Let's Go to the Mall] Robin’s Canadian pop sensation.

2.10: Single Stamina
[The Replacements - Skyway]
[Scissors for Lefty - Mama, Your Boys Will Find a Home]

2.11: How Lily Stole Christmas
[Clarence Carter - Backdoor Santa]

2.12: First Time In New York
[The Weepies - Gotta Have You]
[Mickey & Sylvia - Love Is Strange]
[Nada Surf - Always Love]
[Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) The Time of My Life]

2.13: Columns
[Guided By Voices - Twilight Campfighter]
[Ben Lee - Whatever It Is]
[The Ethels - Corazon Incesante]

2.14: Monday Night Football
[Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks]

2.15: Lucky Penny
[Oppenheimer - Nine Words]

2.16: Stuff
[The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog]

2.17: Arrivederci, Fiero
[The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)] Played constantly.

2.18: Moving Day
[The Solids - Soap on Your Skin]

2.19: Bachelor Party
[The Wiggins - When I Get Up]
[Chop Chop - Pinched]

2.20: Showdown

2.21: Something Borrowed
[Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring] The acoustic guitar at Marshall and Lily’s first wedding.
[Haunt - Love Song] Played at the end of the first wedding.

2.22: Something Blue
[The 88 - No One Here]
[Jaymay - Sea Green, See Blue]

3.01: Wait For It
[Mandy Moore - Ladies Choice]
[Mandy Moore - Nothing That You Are]
[Enrique Iglesias/Gael - Alguien Soy Yo]

3.02: We’re Not From Here
[Enrique Iglesias - Somebody's Me]

3.03: Third Wheel
[Wilco - Passenger Side]

3.04: Little Boys
[Edvard Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King] Played when Ted is about to kiss Stacey.
[The Blakes - Commit] Played over the drawings of Robin.

3.05: How I Met Everyone Else
[The Jayhawks - Save It For A Rainy Day]

3.06: I’m Not That Guy

3.07: Dowisetrepla

3.08: Spoiler Alert
[Spoon - The Underdog]

3.09: Slapsgiving
[Adam Merrin - Still Alright]
[Marshall Eriksen - You Just Got Slapped]

3.10: The Yips

3.11: The Platinum Rule
[Miss Derringer - Black Tears]
[The Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child"]

3.12: No Tomorrow
[Nada Surf - Beautiful Beat]

3.13: Ten Sessions
[Big Star - Thirteen] Played during the two-minute date.

CBS is sponsoring six auctions of items Stella’s receptionist Abby wore for tonight’s episode, Ten Sessions – four dresses, two cardigans. The auctions started immediately following the East Coast airing of the episode, and are open until next Monday at 9:00PM Eastern. Proceeds go to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

SeenON! Auction Store

Ted goes to see a dermatologist (Sarah Chalke) to have the butterfly tattoo he got earlier in the season removed. While there, he falls for the dermatologist, while her receptionist, Abby, falls for him.

[This placeholder blatantly stolen from Wikipedia!]

Today is also Alyson Hannigan’s birthday – she’s 34.