If we needed any reason to think Neil Patrick Harris - and How I Met Your Mother was any cooler - the stunt the HIMYM team pulled at the Super Bowl this week was awesome!
Neil Patrick Harris turned up to the Super Bowl this week in character as womanizer Barney Stinson - holding up a sign that read "Hey Ladies, Call Barney Stinson" with a phone number. During the Super Bowl - a quick shot into the crowd showed 'Barney' holding the sign and the announcer asks "do you think it's his real phone number?" When you called the phone number (and thousands of fans did) callers heard a message from Barney asking to get to know them more.
Then, in the episode of How I Met Your Mother "Rabbit or Duck?" which screened last night in the US - the shot of Barney holding the sign at the Super Bowl was woven into the story line. As a result Barney is inundated with offers from women - which turns out to be more than he can handle. How can he commit to one - when the next call could be from someone hotter?
How I Met Your Mother screens Tuesdays on C4 at 8.00pm
- Rabbit or Duck will screen on C4 later this year.
- How I Met Your Mother is a Love Story in Reverse - as Ted Mosby tells his children how he met their mother.
- A sixth series has just been confirmed.