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How I Met Your Mother: Slap Bet

Posted by Vogt

at May 29, 2008

How I Met Your Mother (S02E09) Holy living crap, was that a funny episode or what? I laughed hard during most of it, something that I only seem to do during The Office, Scrubs, and early Simpsons episodes. God, it was all so good: The slap bet, and the resulting payments on both sides; Marshall and Lilly enthusiastically telling each other about every mundane detail of their days; Barney’s “Ohh…” moments; Robin’s elaborate (and classy!) lies about her nonexistent Canadian marriage; the flashback to thirty seconds before the first slap…

… But the best part of the entire episode came at the end, when Robin revealed her dirty little secret, one that she didn’t want anyone to know, including her beloved boyfriend Ted…

… Robin was a teenage pop star in Canada!

Well, you kind of knew the secret was coming, given our on-set coverage of the show and some of the clues from the ads. But the spoilers or semi-spoilers didn’t make it any less funny. In fact, what made the whole thing even better is that whatever you might have been thinking while watching “Robin Sparkles” dance and lip-synch to “Let’s Go to the Mall,” one of the characters likely ended up asking it eventually:

Marshall: This was in the Nineties… why does this look like it’s from 1987?
Robin: Because the Eighties didn’t come to Canada until like ’93.

Barney: Did you have to laugh like that every time?
Robin: (sheepishly) Yes.

Seeing Robin bounce around in that big blond wig, the acid-washed denim jacket and skirt, the leggings, dancing with that robot, saying “aboot” and that a boy has “hair like Gretzky” (or was it “hair like Wayne”?) was soda-snorting funny. I almost wished they showed her coming out of a locker on You Can’t Do That On Television. I’ve got to tell you, if I had to spend a year doing that living on “Orange Julius and Wetzel’s Pretzels,” I’d be afraid of the mall, too.

As great as the video was, the slap bets generated the biggest laughs. Because neither Marshall or Barney was right — Robin was neither married nor did she do porn — they just ended up spending the episode slapping the hell out of each other. And while Barney prefers short, staccato slaps (that make Marshall cry), I prefer Marshall’s method, which is to rear back and put all his weight into the slap, and do so at the least expected times. “Your hands are enormous,” says Barney after the first slap. “Dude, what did you expect?” responds Marshall. “You’ve seen my penis.” And Lilly made a very worthy slap bet commissioner, coming up with the ingenious “ten slaps now or five at any time until eternity” punishment for Barney’s premature eslapulation. Why Barn chose the “five until eternity,” I’ll never know (I agree with Ted and not Robin, I guess).

Hm… what else? Ohhhh…. forgot about the Best Barneyism, which was the fatal “Ohh…” moment, or the moment that a woman says something so heinous to a guy that it completely changes how he sees her (and you respond by saying, “Ohh…”). My favorite? “I just turned 30.” Second best Barneyism was “Porn… wait for it… ography!”

More stuff:

The mall with the fictional 500th Sharper Image store? Willowbrook Mall, which is a real mall in Wayne, NJ. It also happens to be the “home mall” of the Keller family, as both Rich and myself worked and shopped there in our formative years.
I liked how, when they flashed back to Robin mentioning “this friend in Canada who got married way too young,” Lilly had her old lighter hairdo. Nice little detail there by the director, or script coordinator, or whoever thinks of these things.
Marshall’s reason for not ever visiting the Pacific Northwest? He’s afraid of Sasquatch. Or, according to him, not afraid, but always aware.
Nice to see them turn back to Ted and Robin’s relationship for a week. And I like the fact that the revelation didn’t really turn out to be earth-shattering. Even when we thought for a short time that Robin was married (a “Canadian marriage” that didn’t count, according to Lilly), it wasn’t one of these big dramatic “we were on a break!” moments. Contrast that to Richie and Lina on the episode of The Class that followed this and you’ll see how differently this was treated.
You can see the entire video for “Let’s Go to the Mall” at Robin Sparkles’ very own MySpace page.
Third favorite Barneyism: “It’s slap o’clock.” Fourth favorite: “It’s obvious that their universal health system doesn’t cover breast implants.”

I think I got everything. I didn’t think the guys could top “Swarely,” but they did in spades. The fact that two hilarious and memorable episodes came so close together shows that HIMYM is on its way to becoming something special. When I can do show reviews almost from memory, that’s a sign that the jokes are sticking in my head. And pretty much this entire review was done from memory. Good job, guys…

Celebrity TV

Rihanna - Take A Bow Video and Lyrics

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at May 10, 2008

Take A Bow by Rihanna, Music Video and Lyrics

“Take A Bow” will serve as the lead single for the re-issue of her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad.
“Take A Bow” is a contemporary R&B ballad.

The song can be listened here, this is the official video, enjoy !

Rihanna - Take A Bow Lyrics

[Intro]
Ohh, how about a round of applause,
Yeah, standin’ ovation,
Ooh ohh yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah.

[Verse 1]
You look so dumb right now,
Standin’ outside my house,
Tryin’ to apologize,
You’re so ugly when you cry,
Please, just cut it out.

[Chorus]
Don’t tell me you’re sorry ’cause you’re not,
Baby when I know you’re only sorry you got caught,
But you put on quite a show (oh),
You really had me goin’,
But now it’s time to go (oh),
Curtain’s finally closin’,
That was quite a show (oh),
Very entertainin’,
But it’s over now (but it’s over now),
Go on and take a bow, ohh ohh.

[Verse 2]
Grab your clothes and get gone (get gone),
You better hurry up before the sprinklers come on (come on),
Talkin’ ’bout girl, I love you, you’re the one,
This just looks like the re-run,
Please, what else is on.

[Chorus]
And don’t tell me you’re sorry ’cause you’re not (mmm),
Baby when I know you’re only sorry you got caught (mmm),
But you put on quite a show (oh),
You really had me goin’,
But now it’s time to go (oh),
Curtain’s finally closin’,
That was quite a show (oh),
Very entertainin’,
But it’s over now (but it’s over now),
Go on and take a bow, ohh.

[Bridge]
And the award for the best liar goes to you (goes to you),
For makin’ me believe that you could be paithful to me,
Let’s hear your speech out,
How about a round of applause,
A standin’ ovation.

[Chorus]
But you put on quite a show (oh),
You really had me goin’,
But now it’s time to go (oh),
Curtain’s finally closin’,
That was quite a show (oh),
Very entertainin’,
But it’s over now (but it’s over now),
Go on and take a bow.

But it’s over now.

Celebrity Music

Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me Video and Lyrics

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at May 10, 2008

Sweet About Me by Gabriella Cilmi, Music Video and Lyrics

Gabriella’s first single is called “Sweet About Me.”
Her first studio album, titled Lessons to be Learned were released on February 18th 2008.
She made her UK TV debut on December 14th 2007 when she sang her new single ‘Sweet About Me‘ on the UK television show, Later with Jools Holland.
She has already been compared to Amy Winehouse.
The song Sweet About Me debuts on the UK Singles Chart at position 68 (9 March 2008).

Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me Video

Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me Lyrics

Verse 1:

Ohh watching me, hanging by a string this time.
Ohh easily, the climax of the perfect lie.
Ohh watching me, hanging by a string this time.
Ohh easily, smile worth a hundred lies.

If there’s lessons to be learned, I’d rather get my jamming words in first so, tell you something that I’ve found, that the worlds a better place when it’s upside down boy.

If there’s lessons to be learned, I’d rather get my jamming words in first so, when your playing with desire, don’t come running to my place when it burns like fire boy.

Chorus:

Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh

Verse 2:
Blue, blue, blue, waves they crash as time goes by, so hard to catch. Too, too smooth, ain’t all that, why don’t you ride on my side of the tracks.

If there’s lessons to be learned, I’d rather get my jamming words in first so, when your playing with desire, don’t come running to my place when it burns like fire boy.

Chorus:
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh
(fading out)
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh
Sweet about me, nothing sweet about me, Yehh

Celebrity Music

David Guetta - Delirious feat Tara McDonald Video and Lyrics

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at May 10, 2008

Delirious by David Guetta feat Tara McDonald, Music Video and Lyrics

The third single as announced on the Toronto radio station Z103.5 on November 13 will be Delirious featuring Tara McDonald.

Pop Life is Guetta’s third album for Virgin Records and is produced with Joachim Garraud.

Great song and what a fantastic idea for a video!

David Guetta - Delirious feat Tara McDonald Lyrics

Seems to me like the days are getting longer
For everyone there’s no fun when there’s no time to sleep
Working on and on for a day in the sun
Counting down the days to it stops (every day)

Can you hear us?
Watch the sun on my skin
And the world that I’m in
Makes me delirious