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How Craig Met Carter [AKA: "The Backpack Boys"]
How We Made Your Mother · Audacy & Josh Radnor and Craig Thomas
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Show Notes
When we sat down with Carter Bays to talk about the development of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, we just couldn’t stop talking. And by the end, we found that we had two episodes on our hands: We had HOW WE GOT IT MADE, detailing the ins and outs of pitching, selling, casting, and finally making HIMYM. But we also have our first bonus episode, HOW CRAIG MET CARTER, about the legendary meeting at Wesleyan University of the HIMYM creators, their musical and comedy collaborations through their work at THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, right up until the moment they first pitched HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER to their agent. (Read more in our Substack post.)
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00:00 The Unexpected Journey Begins
03:11 From College Friends to Comedy Partners
06:01 The MTV Internship Experience
12:08 The Power of Collaboration
14:59 The Suit Connection: Identity and Choice
17:49 Breaking into the Industry
20:56 The Letterman Experience
23:56 Lessons Learned from Late Night Writing
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