How We Almost | S1E13 "Drumroll, Please"
How We Made Your Mother
Audacy & Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas
4.8 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of How We Made Your Mother, Josh and Craig revisit the deeply romantic Season 1 quasi-two-parter culminating in “Drumroll, Please,” where Ted meets Victoria at a wedding and chooses connection over logistics. They unpack how the structure mirrors “The Pineapple Incident,” praise the chemistry between Josh and Ashley Williams, and reflect on how the episode balances whimsical rom-com structure with emotional realism. They explore Ted’s romantic resilience, Robin’s surprise vulnerability, and the subtle heartbreak and sweetness of not kissing. The hosts also discuss rom-com mythmaking, garment metaphors, and HIMYM’s layered mysteries, while listener messages highlight the show’s global emotional impact—including as a way to learn English. A SPECIAL GUEST makes a surprise cameo with a cheeky question, and Craig reveals that Victoria’s “thank God” moment remains one of his favorite endings.
To the Woman Crying Uncontrollably in the Next Stall
BY KIM ADDONIZIO
If you ever woke in your dress at 4am ever
closed your legs to someone you loved opened
them for someone you didn’t moved against
a pillow in the dark stood miserably on a beach
seaweed clinging to your ankles paid
good money for a bad haircut backed away
from a mirror that wanted to kill you bled
into the back seat for lack of a tampon
if you swam across a river under rain sang
using a dildo for a microphone stayed up
to watch the moon eat the sun entire
ripped out the stitches in your heart
because why not if you think nothing &
no one can / listen I love you joy is coming
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| 0:44.4 | U.K.S. Before we get started today, I just wanted to let everyone know that we've got some great |
| 0:48.9 | how we made your mother merch, and that 10% of the profits will go to our permanent fundraising |
| 0:54.0 | campaign to support |
| 0:55.6 | congenital heart disease research. |
| 0:58.0 | You can get some t-shirts and hoodies and learn more about our fundraising on our website, |
| 1:03.0 | and also kids, let me tell you about the incredible story of how we met our friends at Amplifier |
| 1:07.7 | for partnering with us to get this how we made your mother merch to you |
| 1:11.5 | while raising money for congenital heart disease research along the way. Yes, Amplifier is helping |
| 1:17.5 | us to do something good by offering Whimium fans something great. So if you're a business with |
| 1:22.8 | big orders to fulfill, Amplifier is there to help growing consumer brands and influencers create a unique |
| 1:28.8 | experience for their customers during that fulfillment process. |
| 1:33.0 | The link to their site is in our show notes, and if you name drop How We Made Your Mother, |
| 1:37.6 | they'll get a special pricing for your emerging brands program. |
| 1:41.5 | By the way, if you just want to donate directly to the research, we would be deeply |
| 1:45.0 | grateful, and the links to everything are on our website. On with the show. |
| 1:50.0 | Hey guys, my name is Miles. I'm from Newton, Massachusetts, I'm 27, and I have a lot to say, |
| 1:57.0 | but I, like many other people, began watching the show when I was in middle |
| 2:01.1 | school or high school, and particularly through Ted's character, but the whole show in general |
| 2:07.2 | means a profound deal to me as I have battled in the passing to need to battle with the complexities |
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