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Title: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on December 12, 2006, 08:19:07 AM
In one scene on last night's (12/11) show , Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) was sick in bed wearing a gray t-shirt with the Cornell Huggy Bear logo on it!

Anybody know what the connection is?
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: Bio '04 on December 12, 2006, 08:28:17 AM
[quote Jeff Hopkins '82]In one scene on last night's (12/11) show , Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) was sick in bed wearing a gray t-shirt with the Cornell Huggy Bear logo on it!

Anybody know what the connection is?[/quote]

I wasn't sure if I was imagining that but I guess not :)
I was trying to figure out the connection, but so far no luck.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: 2 on December 12, 2006, 10:56:56 AM
I wondered about it, because it seemed it would have been Doogie Howser's friend's t-shirt.  He was at his friend's apartment.  So perhaps the three college friends (Ted, Marshall and Lilly, I think) went to Cornell together.  But I thought I remembered some mention of them having gone to school in NYC.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: Robb on December 12, 2006, 12:31:39 PM
[quote 2]But I thought I remembered some mention of them having gone to school in NYC.[/quote]
Well, Doogie's a doctor, right?  :-)
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: KeithK on December 12, 2006, 01:15:48 PM
FWIW, the Wiki page has no mention of where the three went to college.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: jtwcornell91 on December 12, 2006, 05:05:04 PM
[quote 2]I wondered about it, because it seemed it would have been Doogie Howser's friend's t-shirt.  He was at his friend's apartment.  So perhaps the three college friends (Ted, Marshall and Lilly, I think) went to Cornell together.  But I thought I remembered some mention of them having gone to school in NYC.[/quote]

Marshall is going to Law School at Columbia, but I think there was some hint of someone having gone to Yale (the a capella reunion in "The Slutty Pumpkin").

ETA: also, I don't think Robin was "mothering" Barney in Marshall and Ted's apartment, although I don't remember it looking like Robin's apartment (no dogs) or the Fortress of Barnitude.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on December 13, 2006, 08:00:31 AM
[quote jtwcornell91][quote 2]I wondered about it, because it seemed it would have been Doogie Howser's friend's t-shirt.  He was at his friend's apartment.  So perhaps the three college friends (Ted, Marshall and Lilly, I think) went to Cornell together.  But I thought I remembered some mention of them having gone to school in NYC.[/quote]

Marshall is going to Law School at Columbia, but I think there was some hint of someone having gone to Yale (the a capella reunion in "The Slutty Pumpkin").

ETA: also, I don't think Robin was "mothering" Barney in Marshall and Ted's apartment, although I don't remember it looking like Robin's apartment (no dogs) or the Fortress of Barnitude.[/quote]

I think it was at Marshall and Ted's.  He came over and passed out on the couch (legen.......dary).
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: nyc94 on December 21, 2006, 10:10:27 AM
I got another look at the shirt last night as CBS ran that episode again at 8:30.  It almost looked hand drawn.  Does anyone know if "huggy bear" is a unique logo?  I only ask because I swear I have seen the "leaning bear" elsewhere.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: cth95 on December 21, 2006, 05:26:23 PM
Maybe it was a Grateful Dead bear  :-)
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: Bio '04 on January 08, 2007, 08:20:20 PM
In tonight's episode (Jan 8), Ted was wearing the huggy bear shirt again.  Definitely has to be more than a coincidence now...
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on January 09, 2007, 12:23:17 PM
[quote Bio '04]In tonight's episode (Jan 8), Ted was wearing the huggy bear shirt again.  Definitely has to be more than a coincidence now...[/quote]

I missed that.  Too busy watching Robin, I guess.  ::dribble::

I sent an email to CBS/Barney's blog asking what the connection is.  No reply yet.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: Bio '04 on January 12, 2007, 12:55:16 PM
[quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote Bio '04]In tonight's episode (Jan 8), Ted was wearing the huggy bear shirt again.  Definitely has to be more than a coincidence now...[/quote]

I missed that.  Too busy watching Robin, I guess.  ::dribble::

I sent an email to CBS/Barney's blog asking what the connection is.  No reply yet.[/quote]

It was right at the beginning of the episode (Ted was killing a spider).
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: jtwcornell91 on January 18, 2007, 11:53:23 AM
Nice bit of continuity for someone in TV land to have a non-endless wardrobe.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: Liz '05 on January 19, 2007, 09:30:56 PM
[quote jtwcornell91]Nice bit of continuity for someone in TV land to have a non-endless wardrobe.[/quote]

Meredith Grey of Grey's Anatomy wears her Dartmouth t-shirt a lot, and carries the same tote bag.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: 2 on June 19, 2007, 01:14:39 PM
Apparently Ted, Lilly and Marshall did not go to Cornell.  They went to Wesleyan.  Perhaps a writer had a CU connection or the Cornell PR department did something right.
Someone sent me this myspace page:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=118877431
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: jtwcornell91 on June 19, 2007, 05:17:14 PM
[quote 2]Apparently Ted, Lilly and Marshall did not go to Cornell.  They went to Wesleyan.  Perhaps a writer had a CU connection or the Cornell PR department did something right.
Someone sent me this myspace page:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=118877431[/quote]

Damn you, you made me click the Robin Sparkles page. :-(
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: stc32 on August 14, 2007, 03:25:27 PM
anyone know where you can get that shirt? its pretty cool.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: nyc94 on September 27, 2007, 12:09:49 PM
On Monday's season premiere Ted was wearing a 1987 Harvard heavyweight crew national champions t-shirt.  It says "Heavyweight Crew" above crossed oars with "19" and "87" split on the sides and the word "Champion" below.  On the back it says "Harvard" in large letters across the shoulders - best seen when Ted is showing off his tattoo.
Title: Re: How I Met Your Mother
Post by: jtwcornell91 on September 27, 2007, 02:16:20 PM
Yet another example of how the producers of the show are about 10 years older than the characters...

Also, Harvard sucks.