A couple weeks ago, “How I Met Your Mother” centered an episode on Ted and Marshall looking ahead to the future and dreaming what their older, better selves would be like.
Each sequence was accompanied by a flash forward that was accentuated by future newspaper headlines.
Poynter gathered the headlines (no screengrabs, unfortunately), and Dennis! figured prominently in one. (Co-creator and writer Carter Bays is from Cleveland, if you didn’t know.)
* 2003: “President Gore signs historic bill into law”
* 2006: “President Dean calmly addresses the nation”
* 2009: “President Kucinich kicks ass, as expected”
* 2015: Mosby is surrounded by piles of newspapers; the only visible headline: “America regrets giving Bush surprise third term”
This article appears in Apr 18-24, 2012.
(Oooh I shuddered)…Did it suddenly get cold in here??
So…it was the end of the world in that episode then? I mean, I appreciate a Cleveland shout-out as much as the next guy, but a shout out for Dennis really doesn’t count. Let’s talk believability. They could have said Kenny Lofton was president and it would have been just as notable (and probably a better situation for the USA)
Kucinich also has a bastard love child with Hilary Clinton that grows up to be a demon that spews fire and burns the world. That happens in the next episode.
cbrbart, I shuddered too. Man, creepy thought.