kids I’m gonna tell you an incredible
story in the Battle of the attractive
upwardly mobile assemble castes who
reign supreme
welcome to watchmojo.com and in this
installment of verses we’re pitting How
I Met Your Mother against friends to see
who takes the sitcom’s smackdown hey
Carl
turn it up you’re going down oh yeah
you’re going further down down town
round one personable personalities
sitcoms
are by nature formulaic and true to form
both these shows feature the classic
character archetypes the quirky female
friend the wisecracking guy who marries
within the inner circle etc etc it is on
to that break of dawn but it’s the
hedonistic playboys where the battle
really occurs mother’s lock up your
daughters daughters lock up your milfs
wonka’s milfs wankers wait I can get
this Mother’s I’d like to sleep with and
never call again alright circle gets the
square on friends joey tribianni plays
an affable if somewhat dim lothario who
seems to have plenty of luck with the
ladies even though he’s not all that
bright you put this in your coffee a
spoon your hands your face much of his
womanizing seems to come incidentally
and while he’s almost always on the
prowl he’s only moderately aggressive in
his approach I look a woman up and down
and I say hey how you doing hey you do
by contrast How I Met Your Mother suit
wearing Barney Stinson is a borderline
predator there are a million new hot 22
year olds walking into bars and call me
glass half-full but I think they’re
getting dumber he’s constantly on the
hunt for women with most of his free
time being spent concocting elaborate
schemes to score with the ladies he puts
in the good old college try and for that
we’ve gotta give him credit
really Puccini comes out of it only if
you rub it hard enough while the friends
cast is definitely in the running
Barney helps give How I Met Your Mother
the advantage in the character
Department winner How I Met Your Mother
round two habitual hangouts both of
these primetime sitcoms have their band
of merry friends convening at some
fairly interesting hangouts the How I
Met Your Mother crowd seems to be
perpetually seated in a booth at
MacLaren’s pub since they’re all young
upstarts just trying to deal with
romantic entanglements having drinks
after work every day seems like the way
to go you always go to McClaren’s yeah
cuz MacLaren’s is fun meanwhile the bugs
over at friends play it’s straightedge
getting their kicks at Central Perk a
coffee shop where Rachel and Joey both
worked do you work here no waiter yeah
Phoebe plays her music smelly cat smelly
cat and it has but one couch hey you’re
in our seats and they are there a lot
that’s weird I don’t think my boss likes
me anything think mine likes me either
maybe it’s a universal thing or maybe
it’s because you’re all hanging around
here at 11:30 on a Wednesday
however these guys and gals also managed
to somehow the permanent guests in each
other’s apartments although it’s mainly
the girls apartment sure the kids over
at How I Met Your Mother
have some pretty cool cribs as well
Barney’s pad is a chick magnet and
repellent
and everyone else has lived in the
apartment over MacLaren’s at one time or
another but the friend spots are pop
culture fixtures plain and simple have
to go to the new house right away or do
you have some time winner friends
sometime okay should we get some coffee
sure we’re round three running gags the
writing on both shows is what helped
them wedge their way into mainstream
popularity and garner a ridiculous
amount of fans it also helps to have
running gags Oh callbacks recurring
jokes and catchphrases that make each
show’s fans feel like they’re part of
the gang challenge accepted suit up it’s
gonna be legendary when I get sad I stop
being sad and be awesome instead true
story the friends have an ugly naked guy
and we’re done with the chicken fried
rice Phoebe’s shady pass my mom killed
herself and my stepdad went to prison
and Joey’s catchphrase to make viewers
feel as though they’re in the loop how
you doing
then again between Barneys legendary
playbook Robin sparkles and the slaps
fans of How I Met Your Mother are
equipped with enough nudge worthy inside
jokes to write the shows on their own
this round clearly goes to How I Met
Your Mother
winner now I Met Your Mother
round four plot and romances each show
has its respective twists and turns
romances feuds fights and
disappointments you’re never gonna hear
my voice again I should call her no
on-again off-again relationships hookups
and eventual marriages are a part of
what makes each show addictive to watch
her lobster friends established an
underlying romantic tension between Ross
and Rachel that persisted from the first
episode to the very last and can
remember my brother Ross their rocky
relationship and definitely bumpy
romance presented viewers with the
opportunity to root for them to
eventually wind up together I got off
the plea
got off the plane we’ll just forget
about that time Rachel and Joey got
together let me explain we weren’t doing
anything
Rach he just saw us the back-and-forth
love triangle between Barney Robin and
Ted is definitely interesting
given its tricky nature but it grew
lukewarm after a while I just slept with
my best friend’s ex-girlfriend and I
just slept with my ex-boyfriends really
a good friend best friend not to mention
the fact we already know Robin is not
the mother of Ted’s kids the Ross Rachel
love affair gives friends the edge for
this round that’s okay winner friends
round five cast and guest stars both
shows have some formidable star power in
the cast with the likes of Neil Patrick
Harris and Jennifer Aniston but the
guest stars on both series made for
midseason treats what’s the matter
50 year old stripper cry before the
popularity of both How I Met Your Mother
and Friends has allowed for some
big-name actors to make surprised sitcom
appearances without feeling like they’re
slumming it the hell you still doing
here
How I Met Your Mother had a number of
big names stopped by for one-off roles
who’s your daddy who’s your daddy’s
including Bryan Cranston as Ted’s
annoying boss once again with feeling
and Britney Spears as one of Barney’s
conquests and later jilted ex-lover
Jennifer Lopez even gets in on the
action nothing sexier than a man in a
fine Corvette except for a woman who
appreciates a fine craft that
how about we just call it a tie friends
also managed to flex some serious star
muscle with the likes of Ben Stiller
well that didn’t really work out too
well for it did you idiot
Danny DeVito Bruce Willis and more got
it
Jen’s ex-husband Brad Pitt even made a
run on an episode while the couple was
still married all in all it appears that
the quality of all the stars on Friends
gives the show its slight advantage
winner friends know no verdict it was a
close call but by an extremely narrow
margin friends walks away with the
victory because we all know they’ll be
there for us do you agree with our
verdict
be sure to debate in the comments and
subscribe to watchmojo.com for more
entertaining vs. battles that was not
the signal
story in the Battle of the attractive
upwardly mobile assemble castes who
reign supreme
welcome to watchmojo.com and in this
installment of verses we’re pitting How
I Met Your Mother against friends to see
who takes the sitcom’s smackdown hey
Carl
turn it up you’re going down oh yeah
you’re going further down down town
round one personable personalities
sitcoms
are by nature formulaic and true to form
both these shows feature the classic
character archetypes the quirky female
friend the wisecracking guy who marries
within the inner circle etc etc it is on
to that break of dawn but it’s the
hedonistic playboys where the battle
really occurs mother’s lock up your
daughters daughters lock up your milfs
wonka’s milfs wankers wait I can get
this Mother’s I’d like to sleep with and
never call again alright circle gets the
square on friends joey tribianni plays
an affable if somewhat dim lothario who
seems to have plenty of luck with the
ladies even though he’s not all that
bright you put this in your coffee a
spoon your hands your face much of his
womanizing seems to come incidentally
and while he’s almost always on the
prowl he’s only moderately aggressive in
his approach I look a woman up and down
and I say hey how you doing hey you do
by contrast How I Met Your Mother suit
wearing Barney Stinson is a borderline
predator there are a million new hot 22
year olds walking into bars and call me
glass half-full but I think they’re
getting dumber he’s constantly on the
hunt for women with most of his free
time being spent concocting elaborate
schemes to score with the ladies he puts
in the good old college try and for that
we’ve gotta give him credit
really Puccini comes out of it only if
you rub it hard enough while the friends
cast is definitely in the running
Barney helps give How I Met Your Mother
the advantage in the character
Department winner How I Met Your Mother
round two habitual hangouts both of
these primetime sitcoms have their band
of merry friends convening at some
fairly interesting hangouts the How I
Met Your Mother crowd seems to be
perpetually seated in a booth at
MacLaren’s pub since they’re all young
upstarts just trying to deal with
romantic entanglements having drinks
after work every day seems like the way
to go you always go to McClaren’s yeah
cuz MacLaren’s is fun meanwhile the bugs
over at friends play it’s straightedge
getting their kicks at Central Perk a
coffee shop where Rachel and Joey both
worked do you work here no waiter yeah
Phoebe plays her music smelly cat smelly
cat and it has but one couch hey you’re
in our seats and they are there a lot
that’s weird I don’t think my boss likes
me anything think mine likes me either
maybe it’s a universal thing or maybe
it’s because you’re all hanging around
here at 11:30 on a Wednesday
however these guys and gals also managed
to somehow the permanent guests in each
other’s apartments although it’s mainly
the girls apartment sure the kids over
at How I Met Your Mother
have some pretty cool cribs as well
Barney’s pad is a chick magnet and
repellent
and everyone else has lived in the
apartment over MacLaren’s at one time or
another but the friend spots are pop
culture fixtures plain and simple have
to go to the new house right away or do
you have some time winner friends
sometime okay should we get some coffee
sure we’re round three running gags the
writing on both shows is what helped
them wedge their way into mainstream
popularity and garner a ridiculous
amount of fans it also helps to have
running gags Oh callbacks recurring
jokes and catchphrases that make each
show’s fans feel like they’re part of
the gang challenge accepted suit up it’s
gonna be legendary when I get sad I stop
being sad and be awesome instead true
story the friends have an ugly naked guy
and we’re done with the chicken fried
rice Phoebe’s shady pass my mom killed
herself and my stepdad went to prison
and Joey’s catchphrase to make viewers
feel as though they’re in the loop how
you doing
then again between Barneys legendary
playbook Robin sparkles and the slaps
fans of How I Met Your Mother are
equipped with enough nudge worthy inside
jokes to write the shows on their own
this round clearly goes to How I Met
Your Mother
winner now I Met Your Mother
round four plot and romances each show
has its respective twists and turns
romances feuds fights and
disappointments you’re never gonna hear
my voice again I should call her no
on-again off-again relationships hookups
and eventual marriages are a part of
what makes each show addictive to watch
her lobster friends established an
underlying romantic tension between Ross
and Rachel that persisted from the first
episode to the very last and can
remember my brother Ross their rocky
relationship and definitely bumpy
romance presented viewers with the
opportunity to root for them to
eventually wind up together I got off
the plea
got off the plane we’ll just forget
about that time Rachel and Joey got
together let me explain we weren’t doing
anything
Rach he just saw us the back-and-forth
love triangle between Barney Robin and
Ted is definitely interesting
given its tricky nature but it grew
lukewarm after a while I just slept with
my best friend’s ex-girlfriend and I
just slept with my ex-boyfriends really
a good friend best friend not to mention
the fact we already know Robin is not
the mother of Ted’s kids the Ross Rachel
love affair gives friends the edge for
this round that’s okay winner friends
round five cast and guest stars both
shows have some formidable star power in
the cast with the likes of Neil Patrick
Harris and Jennifer Aniston but the
guest stars on both series made for
midseason treats what’s the matter
50 year old stripper cry before the
popularity of both How I Met Your Mother
and Friends has allowed for some
big-name actors to make surprised sitcom
appearances without feeling like they’re
slumming it the hell you still doing
here
How I Met Your Mother had a number of
big names stopped by for one-off roles
who’s your daddy who’s your daddy’s
including Bryan Cranston as Ted’s
annoying boss once again with feeling
and Britney Spears as one of Barney’s
conquests and later jilted ex-lover
Jennifer Lopez even gets in on the
action nothing sexier than a man in a
fine Corvette except for a woman who
appreciates a fine craft that
how about we just call it a tie friends
also managed to flex some serious star
muscle with the likes of Ben Stiller
well that didn’t really work out too
well for it did you idiot
Danny DeVito Bruce Willis and more got
it
Jen’s ex-husband Brad Pitt even made a
run on an episode while the couple was
still married all in all it appears that
the quality of all the stars on Friends
gives the show its slight advantage
winner friends know no verdict it was a
close call but by an extremely narrow
margin friends walks away with the
victory because we all know they’ll be
there for us do you agree with our
verdict
be sure to debate in the comments and
subscribe to watchmojo.com for more
entertaining vs. battles that was not
the signal
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