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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
Ensemble sitcoms are much more a writer's vehicle nowadays. Sure it's about pretty, diverse, 20-somethings, but the structure is a coatrack for quips much more than in the days of Friends, which was more about situations, performances and catchphrases. I enjoy watching it, but there are so many instances of the episode revolving around a couple key opportunities for wordplay. This phenomenon got it's big break with all the things 'Sex Panther' smelled like in Anchorman, and just this last weekend, Last Week Tonight had a skit riffing on all the crap Bud Lite tastes like.
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However -- and believe me I've logged more Friends and HIMYM hours in this life than I care to admit, like basically two to four hours a night for the better part of a decade -- Friends still holds up a bit better than HIMYM in terms of sexism, portrayal of women, etc. You would think HIMYM, being the younger brother learning from bigger siblings mistakes, would have improved in those terms.