I like Neil Patrick Harris. Especially as Barney on How I Met Your Mother. But I couldn't put my finger on WHY I liked the character so much.
Until the most recent episode, featuring the tournament bracket for the top girls he slept with and dumped. I realized then what was so special about him.
He is this generation's Dan Fielding.
Just as John Larroquette turned a despicable character into an award-winning performance, so is NPH pulling magic out of what, in lesser hands, would be just cruel.
Since they like the stunt casting on HIMYM, and since they established that Barney doesn't know who his father is, they should sell some kidneys or whatever they must to get Larroquette on there as a potential father. Even if it is a red herring, just the idea of that kind of callback is just too much to ignore.
Until the most recent episode, featuring the tournament bracket for the top girls he slept with and dumped. I realized then what was so special about him.
He is this generation's Dan Fielding.
Just as John Larroquette turned a despicable character into an award-winning performance, so is NPH pulling magic out of what, in lesser hands, would be just cruel.
Since they like the stunt casting on HIMYM, and since they established that Barney doesn't know who his father is, they should sell some kidneys or whatever they must to get Larroquette on there as a potential father. Even if it is a red herring, just the idea of that kind of callback is just too much to ignore.
