Review of How I Met Your Mother

I absolutely despise this show. My reaction may be the same as others had to a show, "Oliver Beene", from the same creative team. I liked "Beene" but i cannot tolerate the smug/smarmy/cloying unfunny drivel put forth here every Monday night. The cast seems put together from people who make good second and third leads but are here asked to carry a la "Friends" the who load themselves and are just not up to it. Neil Patrick Harris is a marquee name I suppose but he makes his character the least convincing heterosexual since Niles Crane. Unlike David Hyde-Pierce did with Niles Harris imbues his character with absolutely none of the likability Niles had.

If you think "Dharma And Greg" displayed the cutting edge cleverness of "Seinfeld" or that Gallagher is the equal of Richard Pryor or Lenny Bruce then this show may appeal to you. It makes a good pairing with the equally unfunny but much better cast "Three And A Half Men". Unwatchable