How We Blah Blah [with Gloria Calderón Kellett] | S3E5 "How We Met Everyone Else"
6/15/20261 hr 5 min
Josh and Craig are joined by writer and producer Gloria Calderón Kellett to discuss “How I Met Everyone Else,” one of the most mythology-rich episodes of the series. Gloria shares the origins of fan-favorite ideas like Blah Blah, the sandwich euphemism, the Hot/Crazy Scale, and the various “how we met” stories that flesh out the gang’s shared history. The conversation explores the episode’s use of Ted as an unreliable narrator, the challenge of building authentic long-term relationships through Marshall and Lily, and the many real-life experiences that inspired the show’s stories. They also reminisce about working with future filmmaking superstar Phil Lord, Abby Spencer’s memorable guest appearance, the early days of the writers’ room, and how HIMYM captured a generation’s experiences with friendship, dating, and growing up. The episode closes with a heartfelt listener letter about a mother who bonded with her sons through the show over many years, underscoring the lasting emotional impact of both the series and the podcast.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[upbeat music] How I Met Your Mother is the reason that I fell in love with my partner. Not the only reason, obviously. He's amazing. But when we first started dating, we were long distance and we were looking for something we could do together, specifically every night, so we started watching How I Met Your Mother, 'cause we were both huge fans. And lo and behold, not long after that, we discovered there was the How We Made Your Mother podcast, so we started listening to the episodes together, and then we would watch the episode of television. And then at night when we had a chance to finally connect after our long separate days, uh, all the way across the United States from each other, uh, we would talk about our favorite parts of the episode and comment on the podcast as well. And then we are finally at a year today. Today's our anniversary of a year together, and we're looking at closing the distance. And I'm so excited both to have this podcast to continue watching together, and also to be able to watch the show in person from our home [laughs] that we are gonna make together. And I am so in love and so happy, and this show and this podcast are a big part of why our relationship is so strong today, 'cause we have such common interests. And we're just about to start watching the trilogy again together as well. So we're gonna Trill it up. So we appreciate you and all that you do to help connect all the How I Met Your Mother fans worldwide, including two people who fell in love together