The 'because you're pathetic' moment was perfect, and something it's hard to imagine any other sitcom being able to pull off as deftly.

I definitely agree with this. He was fine, but there was just too much of the 'working at Buy More sucks' vibe with Tang around, and they didn't need him to sell that idea.

1984 (her 21st birthday was fall 2005), but the point stands, Leia is possible.

So I almost feel bad nitpicking after such a glorious performance by Cristin Milioti, but wasn't Mitch pretty much a going-nowhere dude who only talked about fantasy football? Not sure why in this episode he was suddenly a seemingly reasonably grounded and kind orchestra instructor, albeit one with a fledgling Naked…

They hadn't mentioned the bar's name before, but giving bars silly names like that has always been a HIMYM thing, going back to "Okay Awesome" and best shown in the who's-on-first style scene in "Hopeless".

I liked 1 and 2 the best, but 7 was my favorite since then. I didn't realize how great it was until burning through them all on the DVD.

Does he float when you throw him into water?

Spring of 2013, so four years later.

Bays, I believe, is from Shaker Heights, which is why Ted is from there. Josh Radnor is also from Ohio.