How I Met Your Mother 05x15 :: Rabbit or Duck :: Season 5 Episode 15

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How I Met Your Mother :: Rabbit or Duck (05x15)

Episode Information

Title:

Rabbit or Duck

Episode #:

05x15

Production Number:

5ALH15

Original Airdate:

Monday February 08th, 2010

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UK (E4)	Sep 02, 2010

Episode Crew
Director:	Pamela Fryman
Writer:	Carter Bays Craig Thomas

Episode Summary

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After forgetting to get Ted a blind date on Valentine's Day, Lily and Marshall go after the many discarded girls Barney has dated in order to see if any of them can be Ted's future wife. Meanwhile, Robin is invited to a party by an obnoxious colleague.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Benjamin Koldyke	As	Don	Recurring (second appearance)
•Jim Nantz	As	Himself	Recurring (second appearance)
•Marshall Manesh	As	Ranjit	Recurring (8th appearance)
•Bar Paly	As	Natalie
•Phil Simms (1)	As	Himself
Co-Guest Stars
•Arnold Chun	As	Waiter
•Lauren Shiohama	As	Marissa

Main Cast

•Josh Radnor	As	Ted Mosby
•Cobie Smulders	As	Robin Scherbatsky
•Alyson Hannigan	As	Lily Aldrin
•Neil Patrick Harris	As	Barney Stinson
•Jason Segel	As	Marshall Eriksen
•Bob Saget	voiced	Narrator / Ted, 2030

Episode References

When Robin enters Don's apartment to find him naked on the couch, he references "The Naked Man" which is a last-ditch pickup move introduced in HIMYM episode 4x09, "The Naked Man"

When Marshall and Lily are discussing possible dates for Ted, they mention "Blah Blah" which is the placeholder for the unknown name of the girl introduced in HIMYM episode 3x05, "How I Met Everyone Else"

Other Episode Crew

• Creator	Carter Bays \| Craig Thomas
• Executive Producer	Chris Harris \| Greg Malins \| Craig Thomas \| Pamela Fryman \| Carter Bays
• Co-Executive Producer	Chuck Tatham \| Suzy Mamann Greenberg \| Jamie Rhonheimer \| Stephen Lloyd (1) \| Kourtney Kang
• Supervising Producer	Theresa Mulligan Rosenthal
• Producer	Rob Greenberg (2) \| Stewart Halpern
• Co-Producer	Missy Alexander \| Joe Kelly (3)
• Associate Producer	Reid Watanabe
• Production Designer	Steve Olson
• Editor	Susan Federman
• Casting	Alyson Silverberg \| Marisa Ross
• Unit Production Manager	Suzy Mamann Greenberg
• First Assistant Director	Michael Shea (2)
• Second Assistant Director	Dorothy A. Steinicke
• Music Editor	Michael Brake
• Music Supervisor	Andrew Gowan
• Costume Designer	Julie Bennett Block (1)
• Key Grip	Robert G. Lestak
• Set Designer	Daniel Saks
• Set Decorator	Susan Mina Eschelbach
• Property Master	David Baker (3)
• Script Supervisor	Janet Kagen
• Script Coordinator	Craig Gerard
• Post Production Supervisor	John Mabry (2)
• Re-Recording Mixer	Charlie McDaniel, III (2) \| John Bickelhaupt
• Gaffer	Steve Blaich
• Director of Photography	Chris La Fountaine
• Story Editor	Matt Kuhn
• Production Secretary	Kelly Harris
• Post Production Coordinator	Bryan Dych
• Associate Director	Jim Rose (1)
• Executive Story Editor	Robia Rashid
• Production Accountant	James Jimenez
• Score	John Swihart
• Main Title Theme Written/performed	The Solids
• Department Head Make-up	Lona Jeffers
• Original Casting	Megan Branman
• Associate Web Producer	Carl Maclaren
• Assistant To The Producer	Matthew Zinman \| Jamie Adamic
• Hair Department Head	Grace Hernandez
• Production Sound	Mike Clark (1)
• Writers' Assistant	Jenni Hendriks \| George Sloan

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