What It’s All Aboot
CU and I are huge fans of How I Met Your Mother - it’s definitely on our “must watch when it originally airs” list.
Last night’s episode centered around this “big secret” Robin had, which resulted in a serious aversion to malls. Barney thought she was involved in porn…wait for it…ography (what that had to do with malls, I still don’t know), whereas Marshall thought she got married at a mall in Canada at a young age and was still married…and Lily was the Slap Bet Commissioner…guess you had to be there.
Anyway, turns out Robin’s big secret was…wait for it…she was a Canadian teen pop star. No joke. Robin Sparkles was a cross between Debbie Gibson and Alanis Morissette on You Can’t Do That On Television…with a little Degrassi Junior High thrown in for good measure.
Her video was fantastic, and I aboot spit out my wine when I saw a Benetton store in the background. A little Esprit, and it would have been retro nostalgia nirvana. At one point I told CU that, based on Robin’s clothes and hair and the pop-y music, there was no way Robin was in her late twenties…she’d have to be closer to my age. Within about thirty seconds of me saying that, Marshall asks Robin why, if the video was made in the mid-90s, does it look like 1987? I swear, it’s like, I think it…and they say it. You’d be amazed how often that happens. Robin replies that the Eighties came late to Canada…love that.
If you want to see something truly hilarious, check out the Official Robin Sparkles MySpace Page to see her breakthrough video, “Let’s Go To The Mall” in it’s entirety.
Best episode of the season, slappy hands down.
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9 Responses to “What It’s All Aboot”
By Vito on Nov 21, 2006 | Reply
Sorry, had to reply without reading because I haven’t watched it yet. Have a good evening.
By Ty on Nov 21, 2006 | Reply
Daggone TIVO, I haven’t watched it yet either…I will watch it tonight and come back and read your post! lol!
By Becky on Nov 21, 2006 | Reply
That was pretty damn funny watching it without being interrupted by the other characters. I cracked up when Lily deadpanned with “so, let me get this straight, you want us to go to the mall? Today?”
Did you notice that Tiffany is one of her “friends” on the page?
By Kevin Donahue on Nov 21, 2006 | Reply
HIMYM is must see TV at Chez Donahue, too. Good stuff.
Forgot to mention, ***love*** the new header!!!!
By Ty on Nov 22, 2006 | Reply
Ok, watched it last night! That was AWESOME! I HEART that show!! It’s like they wire tap my friends and then put them on TV!!! The cougar episode had me almost to tears, too! My guy friends talk about cougars all the time!
By ali on Nov 22, 2006 | Reply
the 80’s came late to canada…and never left…
By Amy on Nov 22, 2006 | Reply
Ok, I so totally need to see this show now. Are there reruns anywhere out there that I can record?
By angie on Nov 24, 2006 | Reply
I did the SAME thing!! No joke! Ask my husband.
Great minds…
That episode cracked me up!
I try daily to work “Swarley” into conversation. It rarely works.
By Michael on Nov 24, 2006 | Reply
Watching grown men slap each other may be the funniest thing on TV this year since the Office season premiere…