HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #012

Craig Thomas's wife Rebecca was reluctant to have a character (Lily) based on her, but only if Alyson Hannigan plays as the character.

HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #011

The character relationship of Ted, Marshall & Lily is actually based on producers Carter Bays, Carig Thomas and Thomas's wife respectively.

HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #010

Cobie Smulders (Robin) was actually casted and asked by directors to act in a movie as "Wonder Woman" in a film, but it was eventually cancelled.

HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #009

Neil Patrick Harris (Barney) & Josh Radnor (Ted) actually starred in a play "The Paris Letter" in which they played as a couple.

HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #008

The Episode "Old King Clancy" where the gang have to guess which Canadian celebrity propositioned Robin with a bizarre sex act was actually based on a real incident that happened to a friend of the show's writers.

HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #007

Josh Radnor (Ted) actually dated Lindsay Price (Cathy or a.k.a The Chatty Girl) for a little over a year after her appearance in HIMYM.


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HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #006

Producers Carter Bays & Craig Thomas were in the band "The Solids" that plays the theme song of HIMYM. A 12-seconds clip was used as the theme.

HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #005

Neil Patrick Harris got his role as Barney Stintson after his role as himself in the movie "Harold & Kumar".

HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #004

The reason that Lily and Marshall had a "psychic conversation" in the episode "Murtaugh" was because Hannigan had laryngitis and couldn't talk.

HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #003

Alyson Hannigan (Lily) & Cobie Smulders (Robin) were actually pregnant during the production of the fourth season of how i met your mother.

HIMYM Fun Fact 101 #002

Neil Patrick Harris's (Barney) partner is David Burtka, who plays as Scooter (Lily's ex) in HIMYM.