How Craig Met Carter [AKA: "The Backpack Boys"]

20 Mar 2025 · 34 min · Bonus · Explicit

Episode How Craig Met Carter [AKA: "The Backpack Boys"]

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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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AND IN CASE IT HELPS:

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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