You know that feeling when you’ve been trying to explain something but you can’t quite find the right words to explain it, but then someone comes around and does it for you perfectly and you’re finally at peace.. That was this video

the segments being broken up into pages of the playbook complete with the music,,, man this was such a fun watch. i love everything about the editing of this video. 10/10

HIMYM told stories like how people do, jumping all over, remembering more details as you’re telling the story, forgetting details and saying “oh yah, I forgot about…” at the end of the story, etc.

For me what’s missing is a core group of friends, who feel like they’ve actually been friends for a long time. I don’t know if it’s because a lot of these characters are newly meeting, or if the actors just don’t have a great chemistry, but it just didn’t feel like I was watching a group of real friends the way HIMYM did.

That's the thing with HIMYM, it's not just a sitcom for me, its essence for me is that it is kind of a way of life. It has taught me so much about life in general and has been like a comfortable friend for me. In many ways, it has helped shape my perspective on love too. I don't think anything else, no matter how good it is will ever be able to have the same effect on me. Definitely not a sitcom.

I'm in the UK and am a MASSIVE himym fan. I'm studying Media also, but one of the most interesting things about How I Met Your Mother (in my opinion) is the characters. Ted Mosby is incredibly philosophical and smart. Everything he likes makes us as an audience BELIEVE he would tell us a story like this in as greater detail as he did. I've only watched one season of How I Met Your Father but nothing about Sophie presents her as a character that would tell this kind of story in great detail.

I think if I had watched this video a month ago, I would’ve agreed wholeheartedly, but I am genuinely impressed with how much they have improved the show within the last few episodes. Elements from HIMYM have been more present than in the last season (ie the Deirdre storyline, though admittedly, not as flawlessly executed) but the jokes are also actually landing. I would be very curious for an update of this analysis following the second season!

I feel like the new season of himyf feels more like himym than the first one. There’s way more storytelling and the way the jokes are being delivered feels more like the original show. I’m a huge fan of the original and sitcoms in general, so just to watch a modern sitcom I think the show’s worth it. Also I feel like I can relate more and understand the cultural reference better because it’s made for another generation ish.

6:10 Ted got a unanimous “WHAT?!” simultaneously in 3 different universes lol

When you were explaining the olive theory 14:48 I know it doesn’t rlly matter but it was Marshall that apparently didn’t like olives, but later the episode reveals that he actually does like olives, and he was just looking for a way to talk to lily on their first date

I would really like to point out the scenes in which adult sophie talks about the captain, who is a cameo from HIMYM, because she tells his story bit by bit saying it will become important later, only to hit the main story in a way you wouldn't expect, which is something that really gives me those HIMYM vibes

Cant believe you told the olive theory wrong, Marshal pretended to hate olives and lily loves olives

Feel like the writers of HIMYF need to see this video, hopefully season two will bring what it lacks. I think they captured the essence of HIMYM in last episode when (warning spoiler s02e05) The discussion between Sid and Jesse felt a lot like an HIMYM gag.

How I met your mother is just so good with the acting, writing and directing. I always go back to watch it, to put it in the background and I get blown away. However, I like how I met your father. I was upset the first time I watched the first season because it was far away from the original show. It just wasn’t funny the way that the original was. When the second season came out, I rewatched the first season. And I loved it, because I wasn’t expecting it to meet my very high speciations. I see it as it’s own thing, with occasional nostalgia thrown in. It’s not perfect, but for a mindless funny 20 minutes it’s great.

lmao we were just talking about the ship of theseus in my philosophy class, I would never have thought to apply it to hollywood reboot fever but the comparison is super insightful!! Another awesome video!!

Right Place at the Right Time is one of my favorite ep of HIMYM of all time and its that kind of episodic storytelling that “I swear all ties up” is my favorite thing about the show

I subscribed you INSTANTLY when you rearranged the part and did it himym style. Fucking awesome man!! (This is the very first video im seeing of yours)

This is such a well made video that clearly shows a lot of care into the subject matter! As someone who loves HIMYM, you really grew a deeper appreciation for the show that has meant so much to me!

One correction, this is not a reboot, it is not discarding anything from the past to be re-established. It’s a sequel

this is so well done! would love a video on the tick tick tick episode, literally was one of the most heart wrenching moments on tv for me !

11:48 the premier example I always think of, in this case is from the *Ted Mosby: Architect* episode in season 2. The entire story changes when retold from the new perspective of who really was "Ted Mosby: Architect." (Spoiler: He's a visionary) And what made it one of my favourite episodes is how they made Marshall say the same line, _"This isn't you, Ted."_ and make it mean two completely different things altogether. 😂

Another banger! I hadn't been able to quite put into words why I liked the narrative structure of HIMYM compared to friends, or new girl etc. but you said it perfectly, especially the first two, perspective and playing with chronology. Great analysis

I loved HIMYM and I also am loving HIMYF too! I Hope HIMYF has many more seasons. I don’t care about how it compares with HIMYM. I want to know who the father is, so it better not get canceled!

FINALLY a video that reflects what I’ve been feeling about the two series 🙌🏼

Love your HIMYM content! Keep up the good work 👍

Since there has only been one and a bit seasons of himyf and seasons being longer now, hopefully the show runners are able to add those things and make it feel like a proper reboot of himym instead of just being in the same universe. Overall I want himyf to retain what himym did really well but still have its own identity and not just making call backs or references just for the sake of it. Great video as always really appreciated some of the little things you did like the himym text font and play book pages, just shows the effort you put into these videos.

This video captures everything so perfectly! Storytelling is huge to the show! I will say s2 so far has been way better and I think is getting close to the nature of himym. I’d love an update to this after s2 is all out!

I hate to be that guy... but it is Marshal who (suposedly) doesn't like olives.

It would be funny to have the HIMYF group be in McLarence and have a scene from HIMYM take place in the background. Just in the background, without any focus on it or interactions with it, but as sort of an easter egg.

Loved your take on this

I teeny tiny mistake that I wont let go off... in The Olive Theory, Lily 'loves' the olives and Marshall 'hates' them (although that's not true) But yeah, slight error😬

You have Really well done videos! As someone mentioned i love the playbook cutaways on this one. And some of the similar things in other videos. I love all these shows. Disagree on most of your prospectives but still enjoy them and the shared fandom of the himym and community, etc series.

What a great video!!!! The details, the edit, the comparison. Himym was...is such a well written show, telling simple stories in such an engaging way. Like why would anyone be interested in a ducky tie???? But himym did that to you. I was so damn excited for himyf, because umm Hillary Duff! And more of the himym universe... well kind of. But it never felt right. We all were expecting something different from the orginal but this just didn't hit. And this video just articulates everything so perfectly! Love your attention to detail 🧡

THANK YOU for using Barney's playbook model at 5:20!!! You have my respect, sir!

Loved your last video on HIMYM, loved this one as well. You've earned a sub

I wasn't expecting this to be so good! You made some very good points about why the original show is so good and unique! thank you my friend

You nailed it fam. I still have hope it will get better. It definitely has its moments here and there. Hopefully it finds its footing soon so they can keep going.

Great vid You did switch Marshall and Lily in the olive theory explanation haha

I have a feeling i’d be a good friend with this guy. The videos you make are literally the ones i like and watch.

Great video! Something that I also miss from the new himyf is the fantasy part of the series, the parts where the gang are telling a story and exaggerated it to the point of making it something magical and funny. Or the mysteries arcs like the pineapple? Where is a pineapple something-like in this new version? I will watch it though for the cameos and the hope of seeing glimpses of himym.

The similarity of the cinematography/color palette definitely works in HIMYF’s favor

Good stuff!

When that Summoning Salt music starts playing in the middle and I start thinking about speed running

I’m a fellow avid himym fan who’s watched it start to end way more times than I’d like to admit, and think you really hit the nail on the head for one thing I absolutely love in the show, the life lessons. From my point of view, the best part of himym is how applicable it is to real life and real world scenarios. While the characters are all exaggerated cartoon depictions, the scenarios they get into on a lot of levels are so applicable. One way I always see this, is I’ll just be living my life and swim thing happens or I hear about something, and the first thing I think of is “oh yeah, this is like like that episode of himym where…” it’s actually fuckin uncanny how much this happens. Me and my griflreind at this point just have a running joke that himym has a lesson and example of basically any scenario you can find yourself in as a young adult living in a big city, be it the crazy in-group relationships and conflicts that happen, the friends we have all being reflections of the characters and the different realities around dating in the 21st century. It’s just so god damn good

Great video! Definitely a lot of things i have been thinking about too! However, i think the main issue with Father is that it has to many characters 8-10 in any given episode all needing their own stories. There is sometimes an A, B, and C story all of which is usually not flushed out enough for 22 minutes. The most important 6th HIMYM character McClarens, feels missing; Now it doesn't need to be that bar specifically but it could have been some place that felt more like a bar. Sid's bar seems more like a weird mix between a man cave basement and a coffee shop. Just recently they did the bit where they buy really bad wine so they market it as a famous celebrities wine but then get caught. I think that bit was great and brought life to the bar.

very accurate notes, thank you!

damn bro, you just gained a sub. Great video! Imma see your video about friends growing apart

Hit the nail on the head. Every episode of himyf I am waiting for something to happened that just never happens! Yet I still watch and will continue to watch 🤣 nothing can compare to the original. Great video!

Loved your video

Great video. 👍

Fantastic video man

When i went to watch HIMYF my fear was that the jokes wouldn't lend, but i actually got my fair share of laugh so it was ok. I think usually people are too critical with this series because it's carry a way too great of a legacy, even if it's not bad on it's own but, of course, have room to improve.

I LOVED THIS VIDEO Not only it makes me notice why i felt so much distance between HIMYF and HIMYM, but what makes the original series so goood. Also, I just started watching season 2 of HIMYF, and I think they took your advice, because it has more essences of the original, especially the reset button episode, (sometimes is like they're trying really hard, almost copying, like they got a blah blah equivalent) I would love to know what you think about season 2

I love love this video. The greek philosophy and HIMYM crossover I didn't know I need it.

I will never not love Colby Smulders acting in that Lily "are you sure it wasn't" example 😂 its SO hilariously awkward and strange i love it so much. I know the character gets flack sometimes, and rightly so, but Smulders is so fantastic

Fantastic analysis

Great video as always 🔥

It was such a relief to see someone speak about this show the same I do to friends. Man do I love all the storytelling quirks, rules and theories, joke delivery, and life lessons littered throughout every episode. But some jokes are a bit dated and weird to watch play out, so seeing HIMYF was coming out, I thought as long as it keeps the essence of the show (bc the weird and offensive jokes aren't what makes the OG special) this could be an amazing reboot. I haven't watched it yet as I want to let it run a little longer before joining in, but man am I excited to see if it could capture that OG feeling and not just another modern sitcom

This is a great video and I fully agree with you, had to subscribe!

I understand that you were going off of season 1, but season 2 has started implementing these things and it is great. I love Barney's character, but I am glad we don't have another Barney in this group. He is one of a kind. Also the closest to his character would be Charlie.

Thank you for making me realize what I value in sitcoms: Creative Storytelling. That what connects "How I met your Mother", "Community", "Seinfield", and even "Bojack Horseman" and makes them special to me.

I like that you used Assassin's Creed Odyssey Footage for the ship of Theseus concept :)

When you love HIMYM so much that you forget its so genius.

so well explained 10/10

Bro, if you continue making content like this, you'll fucking rise. It felt like watching someone explaining a Westworld episode. Top notch!

You straight up fixed an episode in 2 minutes flat and it kinda broke my heart. The show has so much potential but it falls short.

Just gonna comment for the algorithm great video man

I love Home. Thank you for potentially introducing him to new people.

This is a very good look at why How I Met Your Father doesn't really feel like How I Met Your Mother aside from sharing a few sets. For me, the shift in storytelling is the biggest reason it feels so off. HIMYM had a ton of fascinating setups for episodes, but HIMYF feels like a step back creatively. I do get that while many of the people from HIMYM's creative team are still working on it, the show is being helmed by new people, but even then, the creators of this show were showrunners on This is Us which does a fair amount of interesting storytelling that jumps all around time so I am unsure why this show seems so resistant to trying anything interesting. You'd think that the team would take the lessons learned from HIMYM and This is Us to flex all the cool framing devices they can instead of doing a pretty paint by numbers sitcom. I have not watched season 2, but I hope that it evolves a bit more.

From my point of view, HIMYF feels way more like a drama than a sitcom. It seems far more interested with full plot lines rather than one that builds slowly in the background like HIMYM was oft to do.

i''ve noticed a lot of people asking for the songs used in my videos lately (you all have great taste in music) so i'm gonna try to include a song list for each video from here on out! you'll find the names of all the songs used in this video at the bottom of the description :)

this video just makes me appreciate himym more

THANK YOU! Thank you for helping me understand why this show is not nearly as good as himym. I was really having trouble putting a finger on it. On the surface, himyf seems to have all the same qualities, so I was trying to figure out, is it the actors? Is it the jokes? Is it just that I’m comparing this so much to the original show? But this really helped me to understand, so thank you so much for doing this research and making it clear ❤

I think there's a good chance that how I met your father eventually finds its footing, if given another season to work with (mind you, one very important distinction between the two is that himym has the classic 20+ episodes per season cable TV format, whereas himyf has to work with much fewer episodes per season because of the streaming exclusive format they went with). The sample size so far has been extremely small and there were sparks of something I liked. One of my favorite moments from that "season" of TV was the episode where Charlie tries to change his personality in order to fit in with the boys and they set up pieces of a punch line really early in the episode only for one of the last scenes to finally pay it off "nice cuff links", "thank you, did I mention how nice and crisp the white of your walls is". That genuinely felt different from the typical low-effort sitcom writing that I expected and gave me hope that this wasn't just a cashgrab but that people had made this with intent and that there was indeed a larger idea that just hadn't taken form yet. Like I said, I think there is a chance that they might do this, however in a sense, they are working against time. Arguably with himym the first season was by and large the strongest one, that there is a consensus on everyone liking it, whereas the other seasons are more hit or miss and everyone's favorites differ, again for the sake of the argument, we can kind of accept that most people agree the show got weaker over time with the final season (while different and interesting in its own right) being least like what was originally intriguing about season 1. So if season 1 in this style of show is meant to be your best one, then himyf has already lost that race against time, unless the following seasons are somehow worse and we look back at season 1 saying "well it wasn't that bad" which isn't what I would like to see either. I honestly prefer the idea of himyf being it's own thing, having it's own stylistic choices and only being set in the same continued timeline and universe as himym, purely because the expectations for it to be anything more than that are impossible to live up to and they already proved they aren't capable of doing that. I had a good time (much better than expected) watching through himyf season 1 and I really hope they can improve on the sparks of quality that were already there, while changing some things that didn't hit well (like valentina's whole 'catty latina personality' that was really more annoying than fun to watch and proved to be the main thing that actively bothered me while watching).

The summoning salt theme caught me off guard

I loved this video! I think the series IS about storytelling. But it’s also about the characters. They’re my favorite part of the show. HIMYF is taking a bit longer to develop their characters

I've been so distracted by trying to focus on the characters that I completely gave HIMYF on this type of storytelling we all loves so much. Awesome video!

Speaking of rules in the show you can't forget Barney's One Rule, all of them.

Finally found someone who loves HIMYM as much as I do.

I love how I met your mother! I watched all nine season so many times that I lost court too!

I like how you used AC Odyssey's footage for the Theseus parts

I think one of the essentials of HIMYM is the bar. That bar... its where everything happened, from episode 1 to the last. ! I don't know if the bar is in himyf, but if it is AND if it is well used, I would say it is a continuation.

5:23 i thought he was gonna start dropping some speedrunning techniques

Himym does just a fantastic job is slowly building out the characters and the relationships.

maybe this is just due to hilary duff playing the lead, but this show feels less like a himym reboot and more like the lizzie mcguire reboot that got canned. even more so now that they literally used a lizzie clip in the actual show lmao. it's like hilary was already set up to do a sitcom about a group of friends dating, and they snatched her up

i forgot how great this show is. i did used to watch himym ALOT when it was on tv, and probably didnt think much about why i liked it when i couldn't get into most other sitcoms. might have to give it another rewatch.

Spot on, man. Really great video. As you said, they tried to do their own thing and replaced the best parts of HIMYM with their own... nothing. Season 2 kinda starts to flirt with storytelling/flashbacks, but that's really not enough. And you know, I would add the fourth essential part of HIMYM: characters. Having watched the whole of season 1 of How I Met Your Father and some of Season 2, I still have no idea who those people are. HIMYM did a great job of establishing the characters straight away, and so they were able to do a lot of jokes around the characters. In HIMYF the characters are still super bland after one and a half seasons, so they have to rely on situational comedy, which in not nearly enough. P.S. I love you. I agree basically with everything you said about what made HIMYM great. The storytelling, the perspectives... All the things i've been trying to explain to my friends to get them to watch the series. xD

Every single successful comedy television show needs a Barney. Whatever gender, size, color that comes in. Barney is an essential archetype component that works as an exaggerated eccentric comedic counter point to the grounded lead and gives balance to every series premise and tone dynamic. Ted Mosby was the show's audience surrogate and insert relatable character we follow and identify with. But, good lord almighty, Ted is a lot and needs a character to off-set his over the top heightened reality viewpoint through Ted-colored glasses of the world and love. Barney is also the audience insert, the cynical side of the audience that wants to eye roll some of the cringer aspects of Ted's too much emo proclamations of all things love. Barney is almost a meta commentary on the events we're seeing only he's an actual character inside the machinations of the show. Barney is a fourth wall break in not actually talking directly to the audience, but his direct rejection of anything Ted stands for or value system is immediately outrageously funny and we feel like we're co-conspirators heckling Ted's love life and heart felt vulnerability. Barney is the show's comic relief in a comedy show where everyone is supposed to be funny. But Barney is the thing that is a sitcom tradition mainstay: he is the inciting incident, the provocateur, he gets the characters and plot going in motion to places the other cast members wouldn't on their own. So, the fact this new spin off show doesn't even have one in place seems like amateur hour and a rookie mistake. It's the golden rule of situational comedy. You need the outrageous supporting role that says and does controversial things to the point of hilarity character for the main cast to bounce off of. Remove that essential element and your show can never level up and reach any comedic heights of notability or worth.

I feel like the characters themselves are an essence of HIMYM too. Ted is (mostly) a single man and a hopeless romantic. Robin is (mostly) a single woman and a total cynic. Lily and Marshall are the couple. Barney is... Well... Barney, yknow? He's immature and views sex as a game. He's also incredibly zany. They all have different perspectives on love, life and relationships which lends themselves to the story and the lessons they each have. The characters themselves aren't really important, it's their roles.

Its like this : - REAL TRUE 4EVER friends will insult each other at any given occasion without hurting the other, and when they're mad , they are harsh and brutal in their honesty - GOOD friends will be kind to each other and polite and may keep to themselves whatever they dislike about the other HIMYM is about true friendship that lasts a lifetime

Thanks for reminding me why I loved HIMYM and why I adore Malcolm in the middle. Both your examples of out of order storytelling were already in Malcolm. I'm not saying that they did it first, I'm saying that I first saw it in Malcolm and I loved it. Reverse : S04E05 "Room by room" : S07E07

I wouldn't say this is a reboot but more of a sequel series since it does take place in the same universe and features a lot from the series before in terms of locations.

This shit is so high quality oh my 😍

What I missed whas the absurdism. It's not the main thing in HIMYM, but it's there enough to make it part of the identity. Think about Marshall wanting to cut meat at Thanksgiving with a light saber, and later seeing him actually do that. Or the people in suits Robin runs around with in season 9 with the 'no questions asked', or Ted begin stuck in a postal thing the same episode. It's stuff like that, littered around the series, that makes it just a little bit better than tipical sitcoms.

I felt like more is a spin-off than a reboot. In the first season of HIMYF, i guess is trying to get in the nostalgia, taking some things of HIMYM like the apartment, the bar, robin appearence. To me it was a great surprise as a show. Some caracthers hits off more than others. I guess they take it easy in first season, it was only ten episodes and the second gonna have twenty. Watching the season 2 weekly, some episodes feels a little monote and they end so quickly, feeling like is missing some parts. But lets see.

Fine, I'll go rewatch all of HIMYM for the 5th time. Great video I completely agree that HIMYF doesn't live up to expectations.

14:49 the olive theory is Marshal doesn't like olives but Lillyy does..... awsome video though

slightly unrelated to the video but considering the ship of Theseus I believe that it is the same ship as before as long as the soul of the ship stays the same. it's not like the entire ship is swapped so at least for the start every piece was connected to an original piece. its like with humans how every cell will have been replaced after seven years however we still consider ourselves to be the same person because we have the same soul as before

i think the intro on the boat of theseus already guaranteed this a good video. i love himym the characters the friendship the storytelling. 10 years after the finale we are still so in love with it but how i met your father. not it

I still like it and enjoy watching it despite loving the original. Part of that could be my age (I was in elementary school when himym first started, vs the characters in himyf being close to my actual age now), and I hope they do take some of this to heart and do something interesting with it. I think even a simple gag like when sophie says "I met your dad that night" and then going "okay. Well, it wasn't sid" to be kind of a funny moment and have some of the feel of the source material would have been a good choice. It also would have helped solidify sid and hannah as this show's version of lily and marshall. I do think one new thing the show did offer that maybe wasn't given enough credit in this video WAS that reveal. Like hey, he's already here- but I won't tell you who yet. One of the things I didn't like about himym was that the mother herself as a character felt like an afterthought, and I didn't feel like she and ted had any meaningful chemistry at all. this way, we get to see sophie bond with whoever the father ends up being throughout the show. I really hope it gets to keep going and grows and changes the way himym did. It would be a shame if it was just dropped, and I think they might be playing it a little safe. Seeing things like adding Hannah as a more regular character, showing the characters growing a little bit- someone getting a good job, someone having a child, even some stuff happening outside the season would be nice. I hope they feel safe to take some creative risks soon. Personally I think they need to start doing some of those episodes with odd character pairings to flesh out the friendships of the group, because as someone else in this comment section said, they don't really feel like a solidified friend group yet. Finding commonalities between the character of, say, sid and ellen, or charlie and sophie, or ellen and valentina, or whatever combo would help you feel like there's a REASON all these people hang out together. (That being said if I had a loose group of friends like this I would still hang out with them all the time, so maybe I'm biased). Then even hannah feeling like she has nothing in common with anyone when she finally moves and becomes a more permanent character on the show could be a point of contention. thanks for providing this framework and analysis for explaining what's been bugging me about the show though! really hit the nail on the head imo.