Hi guys, my name is Griffin and I was born in and still am in Indianapolis, Indiana.

When How I Met Your Mother came out, my mom came to the responsible conclusion that maybe I wasn't quite ready for this show since I was only five years old.

When I first watched the show, I was 13 years old or about the same age that Ted's kids were in the future TED scenes.

I instantly fell in love with the dynamics between the characters and all the hidden messages and themes put into single episode stories and season-long arcs.

I grew lacking a father figure in a weird way your writing filled that void as if it was talking to me

as one of the kids on the couch telling me that you're going to try very hard you're going to win a lot

and you're going to lose a lot and in the end you'll be thankful for all the experiences you've had

both good and bad because it got you to where you are today i have long desired to live in the

city culture seen in this show,

and at the time of recording this, I'm glad to say that I will be moving out of my hometown to

San Francisco in three days. This show gave me the confidence to do things that were ambitious

instead of things that were practical, and it taught me valuable lessons that I honestly

don't know where else I would have learned.

Thank you guys so much for pouring your hearts and souls into the writing of these characters and the world around them.

Your writing was and still is my anchor for understanding the world.

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.

Well, hello and welcome to another episode of How We Made Your Mother.

I'm here with my friend Craig Thomas. Hi, Craig.

Hey, Josh.

We're talking about the TV show we made together from 2005-2014. It was called How I Met Your Mother. We're going back through every episode. We're re-watching. We're rewinding. We're

reconsidering. We're liking what we see for the most part.

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