the man behind HIMYM

Carter Bays is the one of the main writers and creator of the show How I met your mother. How I met your mother focuses on Ted telling his kids how he met their mother. One would think that this would be a short story like “ I met your mother while grocery shopping” or something direct and to the point.  Ted starts the story many years before ever seeing the woman he marries. He tells stories that get fuzzy because he goes on so many ridiculous funny tangents. I thought it would be interesting to look up Carter Bays Twitter to see if he is like any of the characters he writes. Ted being the hopeless romantic that says I love you too early, Marshal the funny married man or Barney the man that refuses to settle down and uses women.

A lot of what Carter Bay tweets is about pop culture. It is evident that he loves movies and watching television shows. About a quarter of what he posts is a funny remark making fun of some other writing other than his own. He posts “if you take out the dramatic pauses, the movie Drive is 14 minutes long”. It is clear that he is married and has a child through posts that say he was with his daughter when something happened that was funny. He never does the annoying post often seen on Facebook “ I loveee my wife and kid so much” which is refreshing because honestly, no one cares. People follow celebrities because they post funny things so I find it annoying when they post “I just went to Kroger”. Although Carter Bays doesn’t post about personal things he does promote How I met your mother quite a bit. Its clear that he loves his job and the industry in general.

People quickly judge others based on what they say on Facebook or Twitter. I know I am guilty of it. I also know I have a soft spot for nerds. With this said, I think Carter Bays and I would get along. His background is space themed which I automatically assume means that he is a nerd.  I mean you have to be a little nerdy to love space and not be afraid to show it. Maybe he believes in aliens I don’t know but he is automatically cooler in my eyes. He also posts a lot of immature jokes and I would imagine he cracks up to himself while posting them- like man am I funny type stuff.

After looking at his twitter I imagine Carter Bays to be an awesome guy not only does he write How I met your mother( which is hilarious) but he also is that guy in real life. He makes funny of political worries and makes light of situations.  I can imagine a little of all of his character in him--the immature humor of marshal and Lilly, the seriousness about work and love of Ted, the ridiculousness of Barney, and the sarcasm of Robin. I am obviously guilty of judging people based on their websites but its hard not to.