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Bedtime Stories: Directed by Pamela Fryman. With Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Cristin Milioti. On the bus to Farhampton, Marshall tells Marvin bedtime stories about Ted, Robin and Barney in rhyme.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Pamela Fryman
- 2013-11-25
- Recap
- Continuity
- Future References
- Notes and Trivia
- Guests
- Reception
At Saturday, 5 p.m., 25 hours until the wedding, Marshall and his son are taking the bus to Farhampton on the LIE. In an effort to get Marvinto sleep, Marshall constantly uses rhymes (the entire episode is spoken in rhymes), and begins telling stories of his friends. The first story concerns Ted Mosby while he was still a professor. Lisa, a young p...
In Little Boys, Ted has trouble dating Stacey Gusar, who he thought had slept with Barney.Simon broke up with Robin twice to date Louise Marsh, as revealed and seen in Sandcastles in the Sand.Marshall's telling of Robin's story is unreliable because Simon made an appearance in P.S. I Love You, his looks unchanged, where Robin was already engaged to Barney. However, since Robin was the o...In Three Days of Snow, Future Tedsays that there are five words every man regrets saying.Marshall mentions his impending fight with Lily while on the bus, which will be the focal point of Unpause.Marshall versus the Machines is heard at the end of the episode. A new version of the song will be heard in Bass Player Wanted.Marshall mentions missing the rehearsal dinner, an event that occurs in The Rehearsal Dinner.Goofs and Errors
1. Someone on the bus is reading a newspaper with the headline, "Mets Mathematically Eliminated". Mathematical elimination in baseball occurs in August or September (the real-life 2013 Mets were eliminated on September 12), but the bus ride occurs in May. 1.1. This is a joke alluding to how bad the Mets have been through 2012. 2. When Barney notices the girl in the pink sweater enter the bar, Marshall says she ordered a beer, but Lily later notes that she's drinking chardonnay. 2.1. Marshall...
Allusions and Outside References
1. The guys on the bus mention the Rocky films, debating which film Marshall referenced to Marvin. Marshall specifically referenced Rocky III 2. Captain Bill seems to be a parody of Vito Corleone from The Godfather films. 2.1. The meeting of the Council of Players as well as Barney poisoning also appears to be based on the Godfather trilogy. 3. The first rhyme "Mosby at the Bat" is a parody of the poem Casey at the Bat. 4. Ted compares Robin eating the cake to a scene from Cool Hand Luke. 5....
Music
1. Marshall versus the Machines 2. Marvin's lullaby
James Van Der Beek - SimonMarcia Ann Burrs - Old LadyThe episode was viewed by 7.64 million people.Donna Bowman of the Av Club gave the episode an A-.Max Nicholson of IGNgave the episode a 5.5 out of 10. He commended the creators for doing the episode in rhyme and trying something new, but felt that the overall execution of the rhymes was only j...Angel Cohn of Television Without Pity gave the episode a B+, calling it the "least painful episode of the season [so far]"." Bedtime Stories " is the eleventh episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 195th episode overall. Plot. On Saturday at 5pm, 25 hours before Barney and Robin's wedding, Marshall and his son, Marvin, are taking the bus in the final leg of their journey to Farhampton.
Nov 25, 2013 · “Bedtime Stories” is the eleventh episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 195th episode overall. With 25 hours until the wedding, Marshall and his son are...
Get a hint at what to expect from "Bedtime Stories," a rhyming episode told in three tales to be broadcast Monday, Nov. 25
Nov 25, 2013 · There’s no particular plot; only three flashback stories, told to little Marvin by his father Marshall to lull him to sleep on the long bus ride from New York to Farhampton.
Nov 26, 2013 · 'How I Met Your Mother' Season 9, Episode 11 Recap: 'Bedtime Stories' When show creator Craig Thomas announced that an entire episode of 'HIMYM' would rhyme, the Internet unleashed a chorus of hate. Fans cried that the show "jumped the shark" or that the writers had run out of ideas.
