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I'm a late-comer to the genius of CBS's "How I Met Your Mother" -- nobody can resist Doogie Howser in any form -- so I didn't see the following video until just this week:
As an 80s parody, it's nearly flawless. But it's still second place to "Pop Goes My Heart" from the movie "Music & Lyrics. (Click here to enjoy Hugh Grant channeling Wham!)
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Posted by: dissertation write up | February 03, 2009 at 06:05 AM
This is great! Bonus points for making fun of Canadian accents (for those of you unfamiliar with the show, the character that is singing is Canadian)
Posted by: Big Tex | January 11, 2008 at 08:17 AM
I finally have my computer back and could watch this! LOVED IT! Dressed like that and thankfully have no photos to proove it. We lived at the mall, even going so far as to walk for an hour once to get there because there were no parents available to drive!!
Posted by: specialk | January 10, 2008 at 06:06 PM
The only thing that kept creeping back into my brain as I watched was the refrain from Mojo Nixon's 80s anthem...Burn Down The Malls.
Otherwise a pretty good parody of the whole Tiffany/Debbie Gibson genre.
Posted by: Douglas Arthur | January 10, 2008 at 10:36 AM
I gotta go with the Mall on this one, the references to Madonna, Tiffany, Debbie (ERRRRRR Deborah) Gibson are great. All it is missing is the poster roll-down.
Posted by: Hamptune | January 10, 2008 at 08:38 AM
So funny. I can relate to the style of dress. When I graduated high school. I wacked my hair off and had a super short funky cut. I wore the half shirt with Chinese writing, paper bag waist pants, wrestler style boots, Wayfarers. Egads, what a trip.
Posted by: Marissa | January 09, 2008 at 09:15 PM
That's pretty good!
They even did their homework, as PM "Lyin' Brian" Mulroney left office in 1993.
Though it doesn't really look like him. Just a small problemo with it.
Haha, why the heck is the Rocky IV robot in the video!
Posted by: Al | January 09, 2008 at 08:00 PM
So when is the next podcast Steve?
Posted by: jake Grimme From Indiana | January 09, 2008 at 07:19 PM
Sean and I were just at my desk, laughing about the slap bet. Usually we're in separate rooms when we podcast, so it wouldn't work.
Posted by: Spears | January 09, 2008 at 07:02 PM
That video is great and so is How I Met Your Mother! I think you and Sean should have a slap bet that runs throughout the podcast like how it runs through their show. :)
Posted by: Shelly | January 09, 2008 at 06:38 PM
The song is available on i tunes.
Posted by: Bassnote | January 09, 2008 at 06:35 PM
The mall video....I met my high school Love at the mall while I was walking around looking for trouble! She was shopping at The Limited! Funny video, the dancing is...so 80's! I need to practice some of those moves!
Pop Goes My Heart is actually a good song. Though a parody, the song is damn catchy. My kids love that damn video. In fact, they want to do their version of Pop Goes My Heart and put it on You Tube.
Posted by: Mike in Austin | January 09, 2008 at 05:56 PM
Two words: Red. Keytar!
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
Posted by: Brad | January 09, 2008 at 05:53 PM
Dude! Robin Sparkles is awesome -- this video makes me laugh every time I watch it.
And not just because that's EXACTLY how I dressed in the '80s, right down to the big bow in the hair and the leggings under the denim mini.
And NPH (aka Doogie) is a comic genius on this show.
Posted by: jane | January 09, 2008 at 05:16 PM
That was a pretty good video. Come on people comment on this
Posted by: Jake Grimme From Indiana | January 09, 2008 at 04:51 PM