By Mike Frey
Synopsis: Ted has landed his first big gig as an independent architect: designing Rib Town, a restaurant shaped like a cowboy hat — because nothing says delicious like the inside of a cowboy hat. Depressed that he’s not designing concert halls or museums, he takes a break and heads out for some fresh air and a bagel. Thanks to fate (and Galoshes the Weather Clown from Robin’s show Come On, Get Up New York!) he takes a yellow umbrella. Check that … the yellow umbrella.
On the way to his second favorite bagel place, Ted stops at a newspaper stand, (we assume) to check out the current issue of Bro’s Life magazine, in which one can read such stunning exposés as “What Your Paintball Gun Says About Your Personality” and “That Last Five Pounds — How To Get Her To Lose Them.” Also featured this month is Petra Petrova, Bro’s Life‘s Girl of the Year for May and soon to be Barney’s 200th. It sounds impressive, but Barney’s batting average is actually worse than one-armed former Major League pitcher Jim Abbott. Due to a miscalculation, though, Barney’s 200th actually ends up being a musclebound woman from his gym named Pauline, whom Ted gets a glimpse of while perusing Muscle Sexxy magazine.
After one more stop to fulfill a promise to pay a homeless guy a dollar a day for the next 2,700 years, Ted finally makes it to an intersection, where he waits for a light to change. There, he’s tapped on the shoulder by Stella (Sarah Chalke). Suddenly, things are looking up for Ted once again.
Meanwhile, Barney has a new sense of purpose as well. He has reached the 200 mark and given a big “in your face” to the former stud of Port Richmond Middle School, Matthew Panning — who, incidentally, never slept with 100 girls, doesn’t have a pet Ewok and doesn’t care about Barney’s accomplishment. Regardless, now that Barney has put his former bully behind him, he’s got his sights set on bigger and better things. Namely, Robin.
What We Liked:
• Galoshes the Weather Clown
• “Hey, Steve Guttenberg, maybe just make three Police Academy movies. The world has laughed enough.” — Barney
• Robin Scherbatsky morning show vomit!
• Marshall’s ranking of the presidents by how dirty their names sound: Johnson, Bush, Harding, Polk, Filmore, Pierce, LBJ, Hoover, Bush, Clinton
• Dan Castellaneta of The Simpsons as Milt, homeless guy and poor negotiator
What We Didn’t Like:
• Marshall’s “Cecilia” chart, his pie chart of his favorite bars, his bar graph of his favorite pies and his chart of his friends’ interest (and projected interest) in his charts.
• “Fish are weird, right? I mean, what’s up with fish?” — Marshall’s very poor stalling technique
Best Barneyisms:
• “B Smooth don’t do nothing roughly.” Also, don’t call him Shirley.
• “The highest of fives” — Barney’s expected reward for having sex with 200 women
Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Marshall’s charts are hilarious 😀
Wasn’t “What’s up with fish?” part of Marshall’s standup comedy routine in one episode?