How I Met Your Mother Digs Frances Conroy as Barney's Mom - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 01-29-2009, 10:31 AM

'Tis the season for comedies to be casting on-screen parental units, 'twould seem!

On the heels of Big Bang Theory tapping Christine Baranski to mother Leonard, My Name Is Earl recruiting Danny Glover to call Crab Man "son," Scott Bakula making a leap as Chuck's pop, and 30 Rock picking Patti Lupone to coddle Frank (per EW), How I Met Your Mother has ventured forth to find the woman who gave unto the world... Barney. And it's a darn good get — Frances Conroy, who as Six Feet Under's matriarch collected a Golden Globe and four Emmy nods.

Conroy will appear on the CBS hitcom's 15th episode of the season, "The Stinsons," in which the gang discovers that Barney has a fake wife-and-kid on call should his mother ever come to town. (Apparently New York City's most eligible bachelor has told quite the white lie over the years, as mom Loretta's health ebbed and flowed.)

Sure enough, an occasion presents itself where Barney has to produce his "family," and it's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle's Brooke D'Orsay fulfilling the wifely duties.

To date, Barney's mother has been partially glimpsed in flashbacks, but her face never shown. Oh, and his dad is supposedly Bob Barker, but... we're not buying it.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Frances-...M-1002204.aspx

An 80s Guy · 02-04-2009, 04:05 PM

"The Stinsons", This is going to be great! IMO, Barney is the funniest charter on the show and any episodes centered around Barney is bound to be hilarious.

01-29-2009, 10:31 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	How I Met Your Mother Digs Frances Conroy as Barney's Mom 'Tis the season for comedies to be casting on-screen parental units, 'twould seem! On the heels of Big Bang Theory tapping Christine Baranski to mother Leonard, My Name Is Earl recruiting Danny Glover to call Crab Man "son," Scott Bakula making a leap as Chuck's pop, and 30 Rock picking Patti Lupone to coddle Frank (per EW), How I Met Your Mother has ventured forth to find the woman who gave unto the world... Barney. And it's a darn good get — Frances Conroy, who as Six Feet Under's matriarch collected a Golden Globe and four Emmy nods. Conroy will appear on the CBS hitcom's 15th episode of the season, "The Stinsons," in which the gang discovers that Barney has a fake wife-and-kid on call should his mother ever come to town. (Apparently New York City's most eligible bachelor has told quite the white lie over the years, as mom Loretta's health ebbed and flowed.) Sure enough, an occasion presents itself where Barney has to produce his "family," and it's Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle's Brooke D'Orsay fulfilling the wifely duties. To date, Barney's mother has been partially glimpsed in flashbacks, but her face never shown. Oh, and his dad is supposedly Bob Barker, but... we're not buying it. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Frances-...M-1002204.aspx
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02-04-2009, 04:05 PM	#2
An 80s Guy legen-wait for it-dary! Senior Member Join Date: Sep 03, 2005 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 1,870	"The Stinsons", This is going to be great! IMO, Barney is the funniest charter on the show and any episodes centered around Barney is bound to be hilarious.