Until.
Until my sister-in-law beckoned me over after our niece’s baptism and introduced me to two gentleman and said “She’s the huge fan!” OMG. Then I might have passed out. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall during this conversation, because while we were talking I just kept hearing a rushing sound in my ears. I remember enough to know that I pretty much demonstrated my total geekitude for television.
Producer: So what’s your favorite episode?
Zoo, thinking oh shit oh shit oh shit I know I’ve mentioned out my all-time favorite episode to people and now I can’t frickin remember what it was, just say something ANYTHING OMG SPEAK: Oh! Um. It’s so hard to pick. I liked finally finding out what the goat was all about!
Producer: Oh, the goat! Yeah.
Zoo, mentally kicking herself because THE GOAT? Really? God.
Producer’s husband: I think my favorite is the Pineapple episode.
Zoo: That one’s great! “Dammit, Trudy, what about the pineapple?!”* Jason Segel is hilarious. I loved one of the commentaries he did where he narrated himself undressing during the commentary and was hitting on the guy doing the commentary with him.
Producer: That really happened!
At some point the subject of their dog was brought up.
Producer: I was able to put our dog in some of the episodes, do you remember Murder Train?
Zoo: YES! The Foreskins!* “Because there’s four of us and we play with our shirts off, sheesh.”
Producer: Yup! Our dog was one of those during the news cast.
Zoo, trying to think of something to say: Well, I can’t think of any that I haven’t liked, I own all three seasons.
Producer: Great! Our last season is coming out at the end of the month.
Zoo: I KNOW! I already have it on my Amazon wish list.
Producer and his husband laughs.
Producer: Oh and don’t forget our season premiere is this Monday!
Zoo: Oh I already have my DVR set, don’t worry!
Producer’s husband: Wow, she’s a fan all right! You’re all over it!
Zoo, willing herself to stop being a dork: I do really love the show, it’s just so innovative and original! Like nothing else out there! (Which, if you’re paying attention, original = like nothing else out there. Awesome.)
Producer’s husband: Yeah, it’s the only show he’s worked on that I can stand watching.
Zoo: Oh, what else have you worked on?
Producer: Oh, nothing you’ve probably heard of. There was a show on a long time ago on HBO called Dream On.
Zoo: I totally remember that show!
Producer: There was also one called Veronica’s Closet.
Zoo: Oh yeah! Kirstie Alley!
Producer: Yup, and then there was also Ellen Degeneres’s second sitcom that went nowhere.
Zoo: Oh, the one with Chloris Leachman?
Producer and his husband: WOW. You’re good.
Zoo: Uh. Yeah. I like TV.
And then so on kind of like that and oh.meh.garsh. I am a dork of epic proportions.
Not five minutes after we said our goodbyes, I had Facebooked a status update about meeting him.
Two hours later, I remembered that my favorite all-time episode of HIMYM is The Bracket. For about ten seconds I considered getting the producer’s email from my sister-in-law so I could give him my real answer to the favorite episode question.
* It should be noticed I quoted these lines in the church. A CHURCH.
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