Josh Radnor, How I Met Your Mother
Have you met Ted? TV Guide's New York City staffers did just that a few days ago when How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor paid a visit to our offices. What does the affable actor have going on this summer? And what lies ahead for Season 2 of his hit CBS sitcom? We asked Radnor those questions and more.
TV Guide: Are you only visiting us because TV Guide has an office in Radnor, Pennsylvania?Josh Radnor: You do? You do....
TV Guide: Maybe your family founded it?Radnor: I wonder.... You guys have been so nice to our show. Thank you, on behalf of everyone. Really.
TV Guide: Are you OK with the fact that you didn't make our "TV's Sexiest Men"
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Question: Last night (Oct. 17), I watched the most recent installment of CBS' How I Met Your Mother, and I've got to say I was pleasantly surprised. Although I have enjoyed the previous episodes, I always thought there was something missing. But last night felt more whole than ever. After thinking about it, I believe that it's because of Josh Radnor's character, Ted. For the past couple of episodes he's been kind of boring and whiny. Don't get me wrong, I love Ted, but he's been missing something. But last night, when he was flirting with that coat-check girl (who I also loved, by the way), he had a certain confidence and a sense of humor that has been hinted at previously but never shown. I hope that the writers focus more on that side of Ted from now on. What did you think —did you notice anything different about Ted?
Answer: I agree, this was probably the best episode since the pilot, which may have something to do with the fact that it was probably the least silly episode since the
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Question: I've got a theory about why so many people are down on sitcoms nowadays. It seems like ever since Seinfeld ended, half-hour comedy series have become increasingly mean-spirited. Will & Grace isn't about situational comedy; it's about making fun of other people. It's not about laughing with the characters; it's about laughing at them. Mean-spirited comedy certainly has its place, and there were times I found shows like Will & Grace, Malcolm in the Middle etc. funny. But now they just wear on my nerves. What do you think? And do the new comedy shows you've been praising fit (or not fit) into this theory?
Answer: What's so great and encouraging about the early success of My Name Is Earl (most notably) and Everybody Hates Chris is that they manage to be both edgy in tone and somehow sweet-natured, and they're not drowning in self-conscious irony. Earl pokes fun at its lowbrow characters (see my recent Review), but is inherently good at heart. Chris benefits from Chris Rock's
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Josh Radnor
Last week CBS honored three of its freshman series with full-season orders. Among the lucky lot was How I Met Your Mother (Mondays at 8:30 pm/ET), a sitcom starring Josh Radnor as Ted, a likable lad whose story of how he came to meet his wife is told in flashbacks narrated by Bob Saget. Thrilled to see a scripted series (and a sitcom no less) score big, TVGuide.com begged for a Q&A with Radnor (who, in the interest of full disclosure, shares a name with the Pennsylvania town in which TV Guide was born. But that did not influence us. Honest.)
TVGuide.com: I've gotta tell you up front, man: Each week it unnerves me how much you look like Jimmy Fallon
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I think the more relevant "how" is: How exactly are the producers going to keep this premise going for two, three, four or more seasons? Well, obviously they have a plan, and it couldn't be any more complicated than the one those so-clever-it-makes-you-sick producers have for Lost. So Ted (Josh Radnor) is a 27-year-old Manhattan architect who, 25 years now, will sit his surly kids down to tell them how he met their mom. The story starts in 2005 because this is when his buddy, Marshall (Jason Segel), proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Lily, who's played by Alyson Hannigan. Dear, sweet Alyson Hannigan. After seven seasons on Buffy and the American Pie trilogy, she has a nearly fanatical following. Why? Because she's pretty/cute but she seems down to earth and, most important, has a massive geek appeal that makes dudes think, "Yeah, I could totally get her if we could just hang out for a little while." Plus guys love flutes.
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