How That Wasn't Moby | S1E11 "The Limo"
How We Made Your Mother
Audacy & Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas
4.8 • 922 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Josh and Craig reflect on How I Met Your Mother’s Season 1 episode “The Limo,” a fan-favorite New Year’s Eve story that they and many fans—including Andrea from Mexico—consider emblematic of the show’s emotional core. They recall the episode’s ambition to be a “simple shoot” that turned out to be one of the most technically challenging due to the cramped limo set, and share behind-the-scenes stories like Jason Segel’s triumphant foggy entrance, the difficulty of getting camera shots in the limo, and the running joke of “the circuits are jammed.” They marvel at the Emmy-winning cinematography, the comic perfection of Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name,” and how the episode balances magical realism with emotional honesty. Josh highlights the cinematic final shot and the episode’s theme—that life’s unexpected detours are all part of the journey. They praise guest stars like Kathleen Perkins (Mary Beth) and JP Manoux (Not Moby), reflect on their own formative pop culture experiences, and read fan letters, including one from a Canadian listener whose wedding was filled with HIMYM references. Jordana, Josh’s wife and a clinical psychologist, closes with an insightful commentary on the spiritual lesson embedded in Ted’s narration: not everything has a happy ending, but it’s all important.
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| 0:15.0 | Hi guys, my name is Andrea. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm from Mexico and I really do love the episode about the limo. |
| 0:23.7 | I've actually watched it every single New Year's Eve right after 12. And honestly, the |
| 0:30.3 | funny thing is New Year's Eve is like my least favorite holiday of all. But I don't know, |
| 0:36.0 | this episode just says to me what's important about a holiday, |
| 0:39.8 | you know, like it's not about what party you go to or about gifts or about, you know, |
| 0:46.1 | make it in extraordinary, but about the people you actually spend it with, about reflecting, |
| 0:51.0 | about being thankful for one another. And I don't know, I guess that's just one of the things that I love the most about the show |
| 0:58.9 | that it makes to come back to the people you love and making sure you spend the most time as possible |
| 1:06.0 | you can with them and cherish each other. |
| 1:08.1 | Thank you so much for doing this podcast. |
| 1:10.1 | It's amazing. So thank you |
| 1:12.2 | and thank you for changing my life for the better. |
| 1:14.3 | I'm alone. What a pity. I won't be soon in New York City when I see you. Please permit me to tell you everything in New York City. |
| 1:34.3 | Well, hello, welcome to another episode of How We Made Your Mother. |
| 1:39.1 | I'm Josh Radner, and I am joined by my friend Craig Thomas. |
| 1:42.4 | Hello, Craig. |
| 1:43.4 | Hey, Josh. |
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