It’s that straightforward, really. I heard the show was ending, so I thought it would be funny to make the series finale the very first time I watched and to tweet my impressions. Check it out.
I've never watched an episode of 'How I Met Your Mother,' so I think it'll be a fun experiment to live-tweet the series finale.
— Adam 12 (@adamxii) March 31, 2014
I mean, I know it has Doogie Howser & Willow & that the title of the show is the premise of the show, but outside of that: nothing.
— Adam 12 (@adamxii) April 1, 2014
Neil Patrick Harris' character is beyond irritating. I'm assuming this is by design.
— Adam 12 (@adamxii) April 1, 2014
5 min. in & I'm inclined to agree. RT @bamkapow @adamxii That show sucks, so the tweets should flow quite easily! (Although I <3 Willow)
— Adam 12 (@adamxii) April 1, 2014
OK, I get it. HIMYM is basically Friends. Ted is Ross, Freaks & Geeks/Muppets guy is Joey, Willow is the 'Smelly Cat' girl.
— Adam 12 (@adamxii) April 1, 2014
Makes sense. RT @GlobeEricWilbur @adamxii Kind of. Doogie is Sam Malone though and all their livers look worse than Norm Petersen's.
— Adam 12 (@adamxii) April 1, 2014
Feel like I can't really unload on HIMYM since it's my 1st time watching, but it seems bad. Not as bad as that 'Sex Tape' movie looks, tho.
— Adam 12 (@adamxii) April 1, 2014
Don't worry. I won't last much longer. MT @RSteele19 12 ahh no more. Just started watching on Netflix a few months ago and only 3 seasons in
— Adam 12 (@adamxii) April 1, 2014
OK, so now my son is freaking out & crying (unrelated to HIMYM), so I'm using this as an out to stop watching this show.
— Adam 12 (@adamxii) April 1, 2014
My son was OK, as it turns out, so I was able to pop back in for the last five minutes of the show to see the inevitable coupling of two of the main characters for the “happily every after” moment that sitcoms and their audiences thrive on.
Look, I get it. “How I Met Your Mother” filled the void that “Friends” left when it went off the air 10 years ago. And now TV has “Friends With Better Lives” (+1 for using the name of the show it’s modeled after in the actual name, Clever Network Executives) ready occupy that space. The problem is, these shows aren’t that good.
And sure, now I’ll get jumped on for passing judgement on one TV show that I watched for approximately 32 minutes and another that’s widely regarded as “good.” But before you jump, answer this: did you feel satisfied after last night’s HIMYM finale? Do you go back and watch Ross and Rachel because “Friends” was an amazing show, or because it reminds you of your younger days?
It’s OK to watch bad sitcoms in the same way that it’s OK to grab a bag of Cheetos. Junky things are fun. Just don’t start lecturing me on the health benefits of Cheetos.
