Barney Stinson, Come On Down!

[davewalls]

I'm wondering if anyone else out there caught last night's "How I Met Your Mother", which featured Neil Patrick Harris meeting his "dad", Bob Barker.

The episode was fantastic, although the TPiR content with Bob and the show felt a bit rushed to me. Still, I was howling the whole episode. Everyone counting down the "beep"s of the Big Wheel had my whole household in stitches.

One question: Why the cheap-o imitation TPiR music for the bumpers during the game?

[ChrisLambert!]

Probably so Score doesn't get royalties/force them to re-edit for syndication.

[cmjb13]

[quote name=\'davewalls\' post=\'151268\' date=\'May 1 2007, 06:42 AM\']
The episode was fantastic, although the TPiR content with Bob and the show felt a bit rushed to me.
[/quote]
I thought it was OK, although at times he was bordering on fanboish levels. Found it a little bit annoying when they were constantly changing between HD & SD, but what can you do?

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'151271\' date=\'May 1 2007, 08:38 AM\']
[quote name=\'davewalls\' post=\'151268\' date=\'May 1 2007, 06:42 AM\']
The episode was fantastic, although the TPiR content with Bob and the show felt a bit rushed to me.
[/quote]
I thought it was OK, although at times he was bordering on fanboish levels.[/quote]

I think that was probably the point.

[WhammyPower]

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'151271\' date=\'May 1 2007, 07:38 AM\'] [quote name=\'davewalls\' post=\'151268\' date=\'May 1 2007, 06:42 AM\']
The episode was fantastic, although the TPiR content with Bob and the show felt a bit rushed to me.
[/quote]
I thought it was OK, although at times he was bordering on fanboish levels. Found it a little bit annoying when they were constantly changing between HD & SD, but what can you do? [/quote]
It's because the stuff on the Price set was shot with Studio 33 equipment...

[TimK2003]

I was a little upset that there wasn't more sceneage regarding Barney's TPIR Appearance.  But at least, it didn't go down the familiar sitcom plot road of "Character Gets On Show, Character Has An Easy Chance To Win It All, Character Loses It All."  I was almost certain that Barney was going to choke at the end.

At least his character did some things we all wanted to see on the Price Is Right.  

I also saw the promo for Bob's 2 nights of specials during HIMYM.  Anybody placing their bets that the Special Guest on the 50th anniversary show will be his named successor?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'151280\' date=\'May 1 2007, 08:45 AM\']
I was a little upset that there wasn't more sceneage regarding Barney's TPIR Appearance.
[/quote]
You do realize that it was a sitcom, and not a Price episode, right?

[tvwxman]

That couldn't have been a real episode. Bob would have made a bigger deal about hitting the showcase exactly right, which IIRC only happened once in the 35 years the current version of Price has been on the air. Besides , since when does a contestant know in advance that he's going to be on the show?

Too many factual errors. Not worth watching over again. I give it 6000 stars.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'151282\' date=\'May 1 2007, 12:17 PM\']
Too many factual errors. Not worth watching over again. I give it 6000 stars.
[/quote]
Your thoughts on NEIL, please.

[ChrisLambert!]

from alexmarsz over on TWoP, and I can't believe someone over there tried this before someone here:

They show the winner's total on his podium at the end. For Barney they showed $37,697. But we know he won:

1350 (watches) + 500 (guessing exact) + unknown (camcorder) + 999 (computer) + 1000 (game bonus) + 1000 (first spin) + 18421 (his showcase) + 14628 (second showcase) = $37,898

So not only did he not win on the second spin, that camcorder was worth negative $201. I demand a DVD commentary explanation! ;-)

[MSTieScott]

I did catch that last night -- when they taped the segments in the studio, Bob did give Barney the $500. If you take out the $500 bonus which we never saw awarded, then the camcorder was $299, which sounds like a price, albeit a low one.

--
Scott Robinson

(I could point out that the camcorder we saw Barney give as a wedding present would have retailed for more than $299, but that would be too geeky.)

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'151283\' date=\'May 1 2007, 09:37 AM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'151282\' date=\'May 1 2007, 12:17 PM\']
Too many factual errors. Not worth watching over again. I give it 6000 stars.
[/quote]
Your thoughts on NEIL, please.
[/quote]
Winnars both.

[Joe Mello]

I thought that was an older-fashioned camcorder, which I didn't even know they still made.

You knew there were going to be inconsistencies.  I'm actually a little surprised that the final total was more than the combined Showcase prices.

I actually thought the first half of the show was better.  The second half was good, but the first was better.

[tpirfan28]

Ya know...over at the How I Met Your Blog, they had a clip of this show...and had a completely different edit.  There was no taking between Barney and Bob before the spin, and the $1,000 graphic didn't exist.

This is one episode I want to see in a director's cut on a DVD.

Also...did they even award a $1,000 bonus?  If they didn't...then the camcorder would be a higher price.

EDIT:  If this pulls really high ratings, I could see an NBC sitcom star on DoND.  Dwight Schrute would be my pick.

[cmjb13]

[quote name=\'WhammyPower\' post=\'151276\' date=\'May 1 2007, 11:20 AM\']
It's because the stuff on the Price set was shot with Studio 33 equipment...
[/quote]
This I know. But still found it annoying.

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'151280\' date=\'May 1 2007, 11:45 AM\']
I also saw the promo for Bob's 2 nights of specials during HIMYM.  Anybody placing their bets that the Special Guest on the 50th anniversary show will be his named successor?
[/quote]
I won't say who it is because that may be considered a spoiler, but it will not be his successor. Considering the hype, I can see it being a disappointment.