Hi, my name is Amanda Capito, and I am recording this from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

And I have to say that how I met your mother was an incredible community bonding experience for me.

The show was airing while I was in university and I was studying journalism.

So naturally, I connected a lot with Robin.

But we didn't have access to a TV in our dorm rooms.

And then we'd have a shared TV, but it was always up for grabs.

And I couldn't guarantee I'd be able to watch the latest episode of How I Do Met Your Mother.

So I would rent out a party room in the local campus pub that had a TV that was meant for sports viewing activities and maybe like finales of shows.

But I had a standing reservation every weekday night when the show was airing, and I would

always have an open invite for whoever wanted to watch how I met your mother that week.

And so every single week for the entire year, I had groups of people coming together to either

be newly exposed to the show or diehard fans who came every week with me. So it was basically

an in inverted How I Met Your Mother Club. Following that, I went to work on a cruise ship,

and I launched How I Met Your Mother trivia on the cruise ship that I just made up myself from

watching the show. So as you could see, I brought a lot of people together because of the show, and it's always been

such a great joy.

It's been great listening to your podcast.

Thanks for making it.

And all the best for the rest of the episodes.

I'm alone.

What a pity.

I won't be soon in New York City

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