How I Met Your Mother: Hopeless

When Barney tries to bond with his father, he asks the gang to help make his life seem more exciting by lying about their own lives. Meanwhile, Robin runs into a guy she has a crush on.

Source: CBS

Currently 8.3/10
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8.3/10 (9 Votes cast)

Episode Info

Episode number: 6x21
Production Number: 6ALH22
Airdate: Monday April 18th, 2011

Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Chris Harris

Alternate Airdates:

UK (E4)

Jul 21, 2011

Special Guest Stars

John Lithgow
As Jerry

Recurring

Guest Stars

Michael Trucco
As Crush

Co-Guest Stars

Riley Thomas Stewart As Young Barney Recurring	Will Shadley As J.J Recurring
Cristina Rosas As Penny	Jill Basey As Mrs. Perkins
Kelly Curran As Mindy

Main Cast

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

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Cultural References

Barney: Hey Jerry, you really want to be out here like this?
Jerry: Oh, sorry small town preacher from the midwest. Is there a law against dancing?

Actor John Lithgow (Jerry) played a small town preacher from the midwest where dancing had been outlawed in the 1984 movie Footloose.

Other Episode Crew

• Creator	Craig Thomas \| Carter Bays
• Executive Producer	Stephen Lloyd (1) \| Carter Bays \| Pamela Fryman \| Craig Thomas \| Chris Harris
• Co-Executive Producer	Chuck Tatham \| Jamie Rhonheimer \| Kourtney Kang \| Theresa Mulligan Rosenthal \| Suzy Mamann Greenberg
• Supervising Producer	Joe Kelly (3)
• Producer	Tami Sagher \| Rob Greenberg (2) \| Stewart Halpern
• Co-Producer	Robia Rashid \| Missy Alexander
• Associate Producer	Reid Watanabe \| John Mabry (2)
• Production Designer	Steve Olson
• Editor	Susan Federman
• Casting	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
• Production Coordinator	Kelly Harris
• Script Coordinator	George Sloan
• Post Production Supervisor	Bryan Dych
• Re-Recording Mixer	Charlie McDaniel, III \| John Bickelhaupt
• Gaffer	Steve Blaich
• Director of Photography	Chris La Fountaine
• Associate Director	Jim Rose (1)
• Executive Story Editor	Matt Kuhn
• Production Accountant	James Jimenez
• Score	John Swihart
• Main Title Theme Written/performed	The Solids
• Department Head Make-up	Jennifer Turchi
• Original Casting	Megan Branman
• Assistant To The Producer	Patrick Kang \| Shannon Dietterick
• Hair Department Head	Grace Hernandez
• Production Sound	Mike Clark (1)
• Writers' Assistant	Kristin Rejkowski \| Matthew Blitz