Episode 199: Carter Bays and Craig Thomas Interview Part Two
Dead Pilots Society
Ben Blacker and Andrew Reich
4.6 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You know the thing and no one picked up your thing |
| 0:05.0 | And so you bury the thing |
| 0:07.0 | That's not the end of the thing |
| 0:10.0 | Don't you like eyes yet there's a spooky surprise |
| 0:13.0 | And though you cannot revise |
| 0:16.0 | And nothing ever really dies Dead Pilot Society. |
| 0:37.9 | Welcome to Dead Pilot Society. |
| 0:43.2 | All right, folks, we are almost at the end of the second and final week of Max Fund Drive. |
| 0:45.2 | I wish I could say it's been going great. |
| 0:48.7 | But the truth is, it's been a little slow. |
| 0:50.4 | Just a little slow. |
| 0:56.0 | The numbers of new and boosting and upgrading members are just, they're not where we'd like them to be. I'm just being honest. I'm always honest with you people on this show. |
| 1:00.5 | So I'm hoping if you're listening to this, you can help us fix that. If you're not a member, |
| 1:05.6 | you should go right now to maximum fun.org slash join dead pilots. If you're already a member and you're generous enough |
| 1:12.2 | to want to boost or upgrade, you can go to maximumfund.org slash join. Really, either address will get you |
| 1:18.0 | where you need to go. But please support this show and the worker-owned business that is |
| 1:24.5 | maximum fun. We're working hard to bring you great table reads, great |
| 1:30.1 | interviews. There's no one else that does what we do. So just if you could show us some love, |
| 1:35.9 | we would so appreciate it. This is the after show for Gimmee 5, featuring part two of my |
| 1:42.0 | interview with Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, creators of |
| 1:44.7 | How I Met Your Mother. Hopefully you've listened to Gimmee five. What an amazing pilot. So, |
| 1:49.9 | so rude, so wrong, so funny, and I think so moving. We talk a lot about the real life story |
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