As Ted recounts to his children the story of his meeting with their mother, his history with his four friends, Lily, Marshall, Barney, and Robin, unfolds.
Hanging on the wall of Barney's apartment set is a framed poster of the cover art for the 2001 novel...Read more 'Carter Beats the Devil' by Glen David Gold. The novel is about a magician in 1920s San Francisco; Neil Patrick Harris, who plays Barney, is a talented magician.
An on-going joke in the show is that nobody ever finds out what Barney's job is. Every time the...Read more gang ask him he sarcastically replies, 'Please'!