1 00:00:01,917 --> 00:00:04,248 Kids, sometimes when you're about to give up 2 00:00:04,250 --> 00:00:06,763 on your love life forever for the 17th time, 3 00:00:07,172 --> 00:00:09,156 destiny intervenes. 4 00:00:09,489 --> 00:00:12,740 Instead of rushing in, I took my time 5 00:00:12,742 --> 00:00:14,458 to think up the perfect opening line. 6 00:00:16,329 --> 00:00:17,912 Wait, no, damn it, come back! You're really... 7 00:00:17,914 --> 00:00:19,998 You're pretty! 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,249 And before I could call out after her, 9 00:00:21,251 --> 00:00:22,617 in any kind of embarrassing way 10 00:00:22,619 --> 00:00:24,836 that a bunch of teenagers made fun of for the next five stops 11 00:00:24,838 --> 00:00:26,804 while I stared straight ahead and pretended not to hear them, 12 00:00:26,806 --> 00:00:28,056 she was gone. 13 00:00:28,058 --> 00:00:31,225 But here's the thing about Ted Mosby: 14 00:00:31,227 --> 00:00:32,477 he doesn't give up. 15 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:34,128 Stalker Ted alert. 16 00:00:34,130 --> 00:00:35,563 Repeat, Stalker Ted alert. 17 00:00:35,565 --> 00:00:37,649 Already has a yellow legal pad going. 18 00:00:37,651 --> 00:00:39,767 Repeat, already has a yellow legal pad going. 19 00:00:39,769 --> 00:00:41,235 I'm not stalking. 20 00:00:41,237 --> 00:00:42,987 I just jotted down a few details 21 00:00:42,989 --> 00:00:44,155 to help me find her. 22 00:00:44,157 --> 00:00:45,490 Uh, like the fact 23 00:00:45,492 --> 00:00:47,358 that her smile was cute, 24 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:48,493 but a bit crooked, 25 00:00:48,495 --> 00:00:50,311 which can be a sign of teeth grinding. 26 00:00:50,313 --> 00:00:51,996 So I called up the city's 27 00:00:51,998 --> 00:00:53,247 top five TMJ specialists, 28 00:00:53,249 --> 00:00:55,667 and here's where it gets interesting. 29 00:00:55,669 --> 00:00:57,168 Not interesting, Ted, creepy. 30 00:00:57,170 --> 00:00:58,169 Let her go. 31 00:00:58,171 --> 00:00:59,320 No, this is destiny. 32 00:00:59,322 --> 00:01:01,673 No, Ted, this is forcing it. 33 00:01:01,675 --> 00:01:05,009 When Lily and I met, I mean, that was destiny. 34 00:01:05,011 --> 00:01:06,827 She could've knocked on any door 35 00:01:06,829 --> 00:01:08,262 to find someone to fix her stereo, 36 00:01:08,264 --> 00:01:09,681 but she knocked on mine. 37 00:01:13,268 --> 00:01:14,936 Now hand over the pad. 38 00:01:17,506 --> 00:01:19,140 Ted... 39 00:01:20,008 --> 00:01:21,509 And the backup pad. 40 00:01:21,511 --> 00:01:23,611 They were right. 41 00:01:23,613 --> 00:01:25,446 You can't force destiny. 42 00:01:25,448 --> 00:01:27,014 If it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen. 43 00:01:28,735 --> 00:01:30,234 And funny story, kids... 44 00:01:30,236 --> 00:01:31,869 Oh, my God. 45 00:01:31,871 --> 00:01:33,154 It's you. 46 00:01:33,156 --> 00:01:35,039 ...it happened. 47 00:01:35,041 --> 00:01:39,041 ♪ How I Met Your Mother 8x15 ♪ P.S. I Love You Original Air Date on February 4, 2013 48 00:01:39,066 --> 00:01:44,066 == sync, corrected by elderman == 49 00:01:48,776 --> 00:01:52,111 Subway Girl's name is Jeanette, 50 00:01:52,113 --> 00:01:54,347 and she does grind her teeth. 51 00:01:54,349 --> 00:01:56,682 I assume that started the moment she met you? 52 00:01:57,619 --> 00:01:58,985 Uh, well, the fact is 53 00:01:58,987 --> 00:02:01,654 she wanted to find me. 54 00:02:01,656 --> 00:02:02,872 The first thing I did 55 00:02:02,874 --> 00:02:04,324 was list out all the details 56 00:02:04,326 --> 00:02:05,625 I remembered about you. 57 00:02:05,627 --> 00:02:07,627 Is... is that a yellow legal pad? 58 00:02:07,629 --> 00:02:08,694 Yeah. 59 00:02:08,696 --> 00:02:10,029 I've even got a backup. 60 00:02:10,031 --> 00:02:11,331 Oh, my God. 61 00:02:11,333 --> 00:02:13,032 You had a tweed blazer 62 00:02:13,034 --> 00:02:14,467 and chalk all over your hands, 63 00:02:14,469 --> 00:02:16,052 so I figured you were either a professor 64 00:02:16,054 --> 00:02:17,754 or a British gymnast. 65 00:02:17,756 --> 00:02:20,723 I'm bloody good on the pommel 'orse. 66 00:02:21,475 --> 00:02:24,310 Regrettin' this accent. 67 00:02:24,312 --> 00:02:26,179 Can't seem to stop. 68 00:02:26,181 --> 00:02:27,730 So then I asked the lady at the student center 69 00:02:27,732 --> 00:02:29,182 where I could find the youngest, 70 00:02:29,184 --> 00:02:30,850 cutest professor on staff. 71 00:02:30,852 --> 00:02:31,934 And...? 72 00:02:31,936 --> 00:02:33,403 She sent me to a physics class. 73 00:02:33,405 --> 00:02:35,238 Professor Leyborne? 74 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,523 I wonder if she'd think Dr. Goodhair was so cute 75 00:02:37,525 --> 00:02:40,076 if she knew he hasn't been published in over a year? 76 00:02:40,078 --> 00:02:41,327 Then she sent me here, 77 00:02:41,329 --> 00:02:42,612 but the security guard wouldn't let me in 78 00:02:42,614 --> 00:02:43,946 without an ID. 79 00:02:43,948 --> 00:02:45,198 I was about to give up 80 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,033 when the fire alarm just sent you out. 81 00:02:47,035 --> 00:02:48,701 It was like... 82 00:02:48,703 --> 00:02:49,819 Destiny. 83 00:02:49,821 --> 00:02:51,287 Right? Right? 84 00:02:51,289 --> 00:02:52,588 It's a meet-cute. 85 00:02:52,590 --> 00:02:53,673 It's a stalk-crazy. 86 00:02:53,675 --> 00:02:54,691 Look... 87 00:02:54,693 --> 00:02:55,942 there's a fine line 88 00:02:55,944 --> 00:02:58,378 between love and insanity. 89 00:02:58,380 --> 00:02:59,278 It's... 90 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,547 the Dobler-Dahmer theory. 91 00:03:01,549 --> 00:03:02,932 Oh, no... 92 00:03:02,934 --> 00:03:04,567 - Damn, I always forget the little one. - All right. 93 00:03:04,569 --> 00:03:06,719 If both people are into each other, 94 00:03:06,721 --> 00:03:08,805 a big romantic gesture works. 95 00:03:08,807 --> 00:03:11,474 Like Lloyd Dobler holding up the boom box 96 00:03:11,476 --> 00:03:13,643 outside Diane Court's window in Say Anything. 97 00:03:13,645 --> 00:03:14,977 But if one person 98 00:03:14,979 --> 00:03:16,112 isn't into the other, 99 00:03:16,114 --> 00:03:18,648 the same gesture comes off serial-killer crazy, 100 00:03:18,650 --> 00:03:20,400 or Dahmer. 101 00:03:20,402 --> 00:03:21,784 Now, Marshall, the story of 102 00:03:21,786 --> 00:03:24,287 how you asked out Lily is super sweet. 103 00:03:25,572 --> 00:03:27,273 ♪ Lily, how you thrill me 104 00:03:27,275 --> 00:03:29,125 ♪ But it may just even kill me 105 00:03:29,127 --> 00:03:31,127 ♪ If you do not say "I will-y" 106 00:03:31,129 --> 00:03:33,045 ♪ To this question 107 00:03:34,798 --> 00:03:38,885 ♪ Will you go out with me? 108 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,804 I will-y. 109 00:03:41,806 --> 00:03:43,222 Dobler. 110 00:03:43,224 --> 00:03:44,991 But if Lily wasn't into you? 111 00:03:44,993 --> 00:03:47,143 ♪ Lily, how you thrill me 112 00:03:47,145 --> 00:03:49,312 ♪ But it might just even kill me ♪ 113 00:03:49,314 --> 00:03:51,481 ♪ If you do not say "I will-y" 114 00:03:51,483 --> 00:03:53,399 ♪ To this question 115 00:03:54,201 --> 00:03:57,737 ♪ Will you go out with me? 116 00:04:00,191 --> 00:04:01,324 Dahmer. 117 00:04:01,326 --> 00:04:03,443 Whether a gesture's charming or alarming 118 00:04:03,445 --> 00:04:05,144 depends on how it's received. 119 00:04:05,146 --> 00:04:08,147 And I was charmed by Jeanette finding me, 120 00:04:08,149 --> 00:04:10,082 hence... she's a Dobler. 121 00:04:10,084 --> 00:04:12,151 Don't you think it's a little convenient 122 00:04:12,153 --> 00:04:15,488 how that fire alarm happened to randomly go off? 123 00:04:15,490 --> 00:04:16,706 What are you saying? 124 00:04:16,708 --> 00:04:18,508 Ted, does she have enormous cans? 125 00:04:18,510 --> 00:04:20,376 No. Then what we're saying is 126 00:04:20,378 --> 00:04:21,994 she's a crazy stalker bitch who pulled that fire alarm 127 00:04:21,996 --> 00:04:23,429 and you should run screaming. 128 00:04:23,431 --> 00:04:24,380 You know what? 129 00:04:24,382 --> 00:04:25,331 I-I don't think 130 00:04:25,333 --> 00:04:26,799 that we should be so cavalier 131 00:04:26,801 --> 00:04:28,217 with the word "stalker." 132 00:04:28,219 --> 00:04:30,303 Why does that word bother you so much? 133 00:04:30,305 --> 00:04:31,554 Doesn't bother me. 134 00:04:31,556 --> 00:04:34,307 Wait... do you have a stalker? 135 00:04:35,675 --> 00:04:36,893 I don't want to talk about this. 136 00:04:36,895 --> 00:04:37,944 What do you mean? 137 00:04:37,946 --> 00:04:39,278 As your fiancé, if you have 138 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:41,314 some psycho stalker out there, I should know. 139 00:04:41,316 --> 00:04:42,615 It was me. 140 00:04:42,617 --> 00:04:43,983 I was a stalker. 141 00:04:43,985 --> 00:04:45,735 It was back in Canada. 142 00:04:45,737 --> 00:04:47,236 I liked a guy 143 00:04:47,238 --> 00:04:50,022 and he didn't like me, and... 144 00:04:50,024 --> 00:04:51,524 well, I got a little obsessed. 145 00:04:51,526 --> 00:04:54,293 I'd fill up my journals all about him, 146 00:04:54,295 --> 00:04:56,462 and eventually there may have been 147 00:04:56,464 --> 00:04:59,532 a teensy-weensy 50-meter restraining order. 148 00:04:59,534 --> 00:05:01,700 50 meters? 149 00:05:01,702 --> 00:05:02,718 That's like... 150 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:04,720 four years. 151 00:05:05,389 --> 00:05:06,472 Wow. 152 00:05:06,474 --> 00:05:08,558 You must have been a total nutbag. 153 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:09,542 I wasn't. 154 00:05:09,544 --> 00:05:10,543 Ted is right, 155 00:05:10,545 --> 00:05:11,677 there is a fine line. 156 00:05:11,679 --> 00:05:13,596 Anyone can cross it and get obsessed. 157 00:05:13,598 --> 00:05:15,731 Yeah, if you're a total nutbag. 158 00:05:17,101 --> 00:05:19,352 Now, uh... who's the guy? 159 00:05:19,354 --> 00:05:20,770 I'm not telling you until you admit 160 00:05:20,772 --> 00:05:22,188 that this can happen to anybody. 161 00:05:22,190 --> 00:05:23,222 I'm not admitting that. 162 00:05:23,224 --> 00:05:24,440 Fine. Forget it. I'm not telling you. 163 00:05:24,442 --> 00:05:25,741 Fine. Forgotten. 164 00:05:33,534 --> 00:05:37,587 "You are so beautiful. 165 00:05:37,589 --> 00:05:38,904 "Why can't you see me? 166 00:05:38,906 --> 00:05:41,457 "Someday, I'll make you see me 167 00:05:41,459 --> 00:05:43,376 "and we'll be together. 168 00:05:43,378 --> 00:05:44,794 "P.S. I love you. 169 00:05:45,796 --> 00:05:47,797 "P.S. I love you. P.S. I love you. 170 00:05:47,799 --> 00:05:49,549 "P.S. I love you. 171 00:05:49,551 --> 00:05:51,300 "P.S. I love you. P.S. I love you. 172 00:05:51,302 --> 00:05:54,420 P.S. I love you, you, you." 173 00:05:54,422 --> 00:05:56,105 This is "ridikilus." 174 00:05:56,107 --> 00:05:58,224 Who cares who she was obsessed with? 175 00:05:58,226 --> 00:06:01,594 What, am I gonna go to Canada and track this guy down? 176 00:06:02,312 --> 00:06:04,030 Thankfully, 177 00:06:04,032 --> 00:06:05,648 unlike Uncle Barney, I wasn't the kind of guy 178 00:06:05,650 --> 00:06:07,433 to fixate on one little detail. 179 00:06:07,435 --> 00:06:09,201 That fire alarm-- did you pull it? 180 00:06:09,203 --> 00:06:10,536 Ugh... 181 00:06:10,538 --> 00:06:11,871 This is embarrassing. 182 00:06:11,873 --> 00:06:14,707 I wasn't gonna tell you this, but... 183 00:06:14,709 --> 00:06:16,075 I'd come so far, 184 00:06:16,077 --> 00:06:18,711 only to be sent packing by that security guard, 185 00:06:18,713 --> 00:06:20,463 and... well... 186 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:24,884 I'm sorry. 187 00:06:24,886 --> 00:06:26,302 I just couldn't stand the idea 188 00:06:26,304 --> 00:06:27,786 of not meeting you. 189 00:06:27,788 --> 00:06:29,755 Could not 190 00:06:29,757 --> 00:06:32,475 stand the idea 191 00:06:32,477 --> 00:06:34,143 of not meeting me. 192 00:06:34,145 --> 00:06:35,511 Was it a little 193 00:06:35,513 --> 00:06:37,980 over the top to pull that fire alarm? Perhaps. 194 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:39,815 But it charmed me. 195 00:06:39,817 --> 00:06:41,901 Hence... Dobler. 196 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:44,353 Aha! You see? 197 00:06:44,355 --> 00:06:46,022 People don't put fire alarms 198 00:06:46,024 --> 00:06:48,658 out in front lobbies for just anyone to prank pull. 199 00:06:48,660 --> 00:06:50,109 They put smoke detectors 200 00:06:50,111 --> 00:06:51,527 up on the ceiling. 201 00:06:51,529 --> 00:06:53,245 Hold on. 202 00:06:53,247 --> 00:06:55,448 I'm beginning to think that you guys didn't come here 203 00:06:55,450 --> 00:06:56,999 to see my new lectern. 204 00:06:57,001 --> 00:06:59,619 Are you implying Jeanette started a fire? 205 00:06:59,621 --> 00:07:00,703 Dahmer. 206 00:07:00,705 --> 00:07:02,305 Dobler. 207 00:07:02,307 --> 00:07:03,673 She's John Cusack, 208 00:07:03,675 --> 00:07:05,041 I'm Ione Skye, 209 00:07:05,043 --> 00:07:07,326 and there is nothing weird about that. 210 00:07:11,214 --> 00:07:12,715 Gordie Bellavoh. 211 00:07:12,717 --> 00:07:14,550 Thanks again for the free donuts, eh? 212 00:07:14,552 --> 00:07:17,169 So, you up here visiting family? 213 00:07:17,171 --> 00:07:19,355 No. I'm not Canadian. 214 00:07:19,357 --> 00:07:21,307 Not even a quarter Canadian on my father's side. 215 00:07:21,309 --> 00:07:22,642 Shut up. 216 00:07:23,694 --> 00:07:24,727 We're not talking "aboot" me-- 217 00:07:24,729 --> 00:07:27,697 about me. Whoa. 218 00:07:27,699 --> 00:07:29,065 How long did you and Robin date? 219 00:07:29,067 --> 00:07:31,117 Well, it wasn't really dating. 220 00:07:31,119 --> 00:07:33,285 We'd take a sixer of Labatts behind the hydro plant 221 00:07:33,287 --> 00:07:36,288 and she'd let me go under her parka over turtleneck. 222 00:07:36,290 --> 00:07:38,457 Summer love. 223 00:07:38,459 --> 00:07:41,127 Was Robin obsessed with you? 224 00:07:41,129 --> 00:07:42,044 No. 225 00:07:42,046 --> 00:07:43,245 No. 226 00:07:43,247 --> 00:07:44,497 Robin was way more into this guy named... 227 00:07:44,499 --> 00:07:46,415 Turk Grimsby. 228 00:07:46,417 --> 00:07:49,001 I hear Robin was obsessed with you? 229 00:07:49,003 --> 00:07:50,836 No. We only went out a few times, 230 00:07:50,838 --> 00:07:51,804 barely knew each other. 231 00:07:51,806 --> 00:07:53,139 All we talked about 232 00:07:53,141 --> 00:07:54,724 was her relationship with her mother, 233 00:07:54,726 --> 00:07:56,425 the gnawing feelings of inadequacy, 234 00:07:56,427 --> 00:07:59,011 all the horrible secrets on that side of the family. 235 00:07:59,013 --> 00:08:00,879 But heck, you're her fiancé. 236 00:08:00,881 --> 00:08:02,214 You know all that, right? 237 00:08:02,216 --> 00:08:03,882 Yeah. 238 00:08:03,884 --> 00:08:05,050 Robin was 239 00:08:05,052 --> 00:08:07,219 way more into this other guy. 240 00:08:07,938 --> 00:08:10,072 Can't seem to remember his name. 241 00:08:10,074 --> 00:08:11,190 Though sometimes a powdered jelly 242 00:08:11,192 --> 00:08:12,891 can help get the old noodle going. 243 00:08:13,994 --> 00:08:16,562 Ah... 244 00:08:16,564 --> 00:08:18,030 His name's... 245 00:08:18,032 --> 00:08:19,665 Simon Tremblay. 246 00:08:19,667 --> 00:08:21,033 I should have known. 247 00:08:21,035 --> 00:08:22,067 Eh. 248 00:08:22,069 --> 00:08:23,252 Thanks for the free donuts. 249 00:08:23,254 --> 00:08:24,570 They're just donuts! 250 00:08:24,572 --> 00:08:26,739 Okay? They're like two for a loonie-- dollar. 251 00:08:26,741 --> 00:08:27,923 What's happening? 252 00:08:27,925 --> 00:08:30,743 Oh, somebody moosed down all the jellies. 253 00:08:30,745 --> 00:08:33,412 Have you been hanging out with Turk Grimsby? 254 00:08:34,748 --> 00:08:36,432 So how serious were you and Robin? 255 00:08:36,434 --> 00:08:39,268 Well, serious enough to pop the question. 256 00:08:39,270 --> 00:08:40,386 Wow. Really? 257 00:08:40,388 --> 00:08:41,587 Yeah, sure. 258 00:08:41,589 --> 00:08:43,189 Got down on one goalie pad, 259 00:08:43,191 --> 00:08:44,640 I said, "Robin, 260 00:08:44,642 --> 00:08:47,643 could we keep dating but I get to stick it to other babes?" 261 00:08:47,645 --> 00:08:48,978 Turned me down. 262 00:08:48,980 --> 00:08:50,896 I'm so sorry. 263 00:08:50,898 --> 00:08:51,897 Oh, that's okay. 264 00:08:51,899 --> 00:08:53,983 I really wanted to stick it to Louise Marsh. 265 00:08:55,069 --> 00:08:57,203 Still, as the years pass, 266 00:08:57,205 --> 00:08:59,705 and you take stock of your life, 267 00:08:59,707 --> 00:09:02,941 part of me wishes I could've kept sticking it to Robin, too. 268 00:09:04,127 --> 00:09:06,212 So are you the one that Robin stalked? 269 00:09:06,214 --> 00:09:09,448 Oh, that story goes back to the 1996 Grey Cup. 270 00:09:09,450 --> 00:09:11,634 What in God's name is that? 271 00:09:11,636 --> 00:09:13,185 Only Canada's Super Bowl. 272 00:09:13,187 --> 00:09:14,220 Didn't you ever see 273 00:09:14,222 --> 00:09:15,671 Underneath the Tunes 274 00:09:15,673 --> 00:09:16,889 on MuchMusic? 275 00:09:16,891 --> 00:09:18,224 Again, I have to go with: 276 00:09:18,226 --> 00:09:20,810 what in God's name is that? 277 00:09:20,812 --> 00:09:23,462 It's only Canada's VH1 Behind the Music. 278 00:09:23,464 --> 00:09:25,464 There's one all about Robin Sparkles. 279 00:09:25,466 --> 00:09:28,601 Tells you the whole story from "A" to zed. 280 00:09:32,939 --> 00:09:35,274 Are you gonna take your...? 281 00:09:37,971 --> 00:09:40,418 Kids, relationships are built on trust. 282 00:09:40,867 --> 00:09:42,083 So unlike Uncle Barney, 283 00:09:42,085 --> 00:09:43,901 I wasn't gonna keep digging and digging... 284 00:09:43,903 --> 00:09:45,203 Did you start a fire? 285 00:09:45,537 --> 00:09:47,188 Ugh... 286 00:09:47,190 --> 00:09:49,190 This is embarrassing. 287 00:09:49,192 --> 00:09:51,793 I wasn't gonna tell you this, but... 288 00:09:52,684 --> 00:09:54,183 I'd come so far, 289 00:09:54,185 --> 00:09:56,786 only to be sent packing by that security guard, 290 00:09:56,788 --> 00:09:58,187 and... well... 291 00:10:00,545 --> 00:10:01,879 I'm sorry. 292 00:10:01,881 --> 00:10:03,397 I just couldn't stand the idea 293 00:10:03,399 --> 00:10:05,399 of not meeting you. 294 00:10:05,401 --> 00:10:06,884 Could not 295 00:10:06,886 --> 00:10:08,919 stand the idea 296 00:10:08,921 --> 00:10:11,338 of not meeting me. 297 00:10:11,340 --> 00:10:12,539 She set a fire, Ted! 298 00:10:12,541 --> 00:10:13,774 Dahmer. 299 00:10:13,776 --> 00:10:14,925 You're just jealous 'cause Lily 300 00:10:14,927 --> 00:10:16,093 never burned anything for you. 301 00:10:16,095 --> 00:10:17,811 Clearly you never tried her pot roast. 302 00:10:18,914 --> 00:10:20,097 I actually brought this 303 00:10:20,099 --> 00:10:21,348 for something totally different, 304 00:10:21,350 --> 00:10:22,416 but it worked out, right? 305 00:10:22,418 --> 00:10:23,600 Okay, anyway, 306 00:10:23,602 --> 00:10:24,501 here's my thing. 307 00:10:24,503 --> 00:10:26,103 Ladies and gentlemen, 308 00:10:26,105 --> 00:10:28,138 I have in my back pocket 309 00:10:28,140 --> 00:10:29,857 the answer to the question 310 00:10:29,859 --> 00:10:32,459 "Who was Robin obsessed with?" 311 00:10:32,461 --> 00:10:34,395 Hang on tight. 312 00:10:34,397 --> 00:10:37,147 It's Robin Sparkles 4, y'all! 313 00:10:49,794 --> 00:10:51,679 With her jelly bracelets, graffiti coat, 314 00:10:51,681 --> 00:10:53,380 and totally rad robot, no one 315 00:10:53,382 --> 00:10:57,334 symbolized the 1990s in Canada like Robin Sparkles. 316 00:10:57,336 --> 00:11:00,454 But as we'd all learn one heartbreaking Grey Cup Sunday, 317 00:11:00,456 --> 00:11:03,057 Canada's sweetheart had a dark side. 318 00:11:03,059 --> 00:11:04,808 I'll never forget that moment. 319 00:11:04,810 --> 00:11:07,261 A little piece of Canada died that day. 320 00:11:07,263 --> 00:11:09,029 To see her throw her life away like that... 321 00:11:11,199 --> 00:11:12,433 ...it was heartbreaking. 322 00:11:12,435 --> 00:11:14,084 I am so happy right now. 323 00:11:14,086 --> 00:11:16,828 I want to see her throw her life away so badly. 324 00:11:16,853 --> 00:11:17,777 Yeah. 325 00:11:17,778 --> 00:11:20,378 We're all terrible people-- turn it up. 326 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:22,831 Sparkles' hit records... 327 00:11:24,417 --> 00:11:28,352 ...both went maple with "Mall" eventually going double maple. 328 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:31,089 I never admitted this till now, but before a big game, 329 00:11:31,091 --> 00:11:33,391 I'd listen to "Sand Castles in the Sand" 330 00:11:33,393 --> 00:11:35,143 and get a good cry on. 331 00:11:35,699 --> 00:11:37,415 I'm not ashamed. 332 00:11:37,417 --> 00:11:41,353 But after endless touring, Robin started to crack. 333 00:11:41,355 --> 00:11:43,288 Who doesn't love the mall? 334 00:11:43,290 --> 00:11:46,741 Shopping with your friends and... 335 00:11:46,743 --> 00:11:49,661 I can't do this. 336 00:11:51,364 --> 00:11:52,831 Get this out of my face, please. 337 00:11:52,833 --> 00:11:54,699 Thank you, pardon me, thanks, sorry. 338 00:11:54,701 --> 00:11:58,353 Even when Canadians are mean, they're polite. 339 00:11:58,355 --> 00:12:01,222 Her record producer Chuck "Chuck" Gerusi. 340 00:12:01,224 --> 00:12:03,174 Robin Sparkles was big. 341 00:12:03,176 --> 00:12:06,227 Gino Vannelli big, who I discovered by the way. 342 00:12:07,246 --> 00:12:08,263 Robin's next song, 343 00:12:08,265 --> 00:12:10,865 "P.S. I Love You," was so dark 344 00:12:10,867 --> 00:12:12,651 Dominant Records refused to release it. 345 00:12:12,653 --> 00:12:15,854 Few have ever seen the long-lost music video, 346 00:12:15,856 --> 00:12:17,222 but we found it. 347 00:12:19,076 --> 00:12:22,210 ♪ You, you're beautiful 348 00:12:22,212 --> 00:12:24,596 ♪ On your pedestal 349 00:12:24,598 --> 00:12:26,564 ♪ I see you 350 00:12:26,566 --> 00:12:28,700 ♪ You don't see me 351 00:12:28,702 --> 00:12:31,503 ♪ Am I just too young 352 00:12:31,505 --> 00:12:34,255 ♪ Or just too dumb 353 00:12:34,257 --> 00:12:38,543 ♪ Or maybe just too grungy 354 00:12:38,545 --> 00:12:40,712 ♪ And I'm wearing my flannel and I'm thinking of you ♪ 355 00:12:40,714 --> 00:12:41,830 ♪ I lace up my boots 356 00:12:41,832 --> 00:12:43,281 ♪ And I'm thinking of you... 357 00:12:43,283 --> 00:12:44,799 This is the most 358 00:12:44,801 --> 00:12:46,534 1990s music video of all time. 359 00:12:46,536 --> 00:12:48,386 All it needs is a shirtless old man 360 00:12:48,388 --> 00:12:50,205 in black and white for no reason. 361 00:12:53,427 --> 00:12:55,659 ♪ I'll never move on, it'll always be you ♪ 362 00:12:55,759 --> 00:12:57,525 ♪ Every guy that I'm with, I'll be thinking of you ♪ 363 00:12:57,527 --> 00:13:01,713 ♪ If I get married, he'll always be second to you ♪ 364 00:13:01,715 --> 00:13:03,164 That's got to feel good. 365 00:13:03,166 --> 00:13:07,068 ♪ I'll always be waiting for you ♪ 366 00:13:07,070 --> 00:13:09,754 ♪ P.S. I love you. 367 00:13:10,506 --> 00:13:14,324 In 1996, we booked the halftime show for the Grey Cup. 368 00:13:14,326 --> 00:13:15,693 Huge gig. 369 00:13:15,695 --> 00:13:17,861 We're talking Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, 370 00:13:17,863 --> 00:13:20,781 just outside of Guelph. 371 00:13:20,783 --> 00:13:23,684 It doesn't get any bigger than that. 372 00:13:23,686 --> 00:13:25,552 Hello, Canada. 373 00:13:25,554 --> 00:13:27,988 I'm Robin Sparkles. 374 00:13:27,990 --> 00:13:29,640 Oh. 375 00:13:32,578 --> 00:13:34,128 Actually... 376 00:13:34,130 --> 00:13:37,097 I was Robin Sparkles. 377 00:13:37,099 --> 00:13:38,699 The whole stadium went silent. 378 00:13:38,701 --> 00:13:41,819 Right then, I knew something terrible was gonna happen. 379 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:44,204 My stomach started churning. 380 00:13:44,206 --> 00:13:47,091 But Robin Sparkles is dead. 381 00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:50,477 All I could hear was Paul Shaffer's stomach growling. 382 00:13:50,479 --> 00:13:53,180 Stress goes to my stomach-- sue me. 383 00:13:53,182 --> 00:13:55,215 It was kind of disgusting. 384 00:13:55,217 --> 00:13:56,450 I'm sorry, Jason Priestley, 385 00:13:56,452 --> 00:13:58,919 I didn't realize you were the Queen of England. 386 00:13:59,473 --> 00:14:02,357 My new name is... 387 00:14:02,939 --> 00:14:05,106 Robin Daggers! 388 00:14:05,108 --> 00:14:06,591 Two, three, four! 389 00:14:06,593 --> 00:14:09,277 ♪ You, you're beautiful 390 00:14:09,279 --> 00:14:10,661 That day is now 391 00:14:10,663 --> 00:14:15,283 known in music history as the day grunge was born. 392 00:14:15,285 --> 00:14:16,568 In 1996, in Canada? 393 00:14:16,570 --> 00:14:18,036 That seems right, Trebek. 394 00:14:18,038 --> 00:14:20,138 Give him a break, he's not a music guy. 395 00:14:20,140 --> 00:14:22,257 That day is now known in music history 396 00:14:22,259 --> 00:14:24,859 as the day that grunge was born. 397 00:14:24,861 --> 00:14:26,310 Well, that's a bummer. 398 00:14:27,630 --> 00:14:28,863 It was tragic. 399 00:14:28,865 --> 00:14:30,164 I mean, to this day, 400 00:14:30,166 --> 00:14:32,450 you ask any Canadian where they were 401 00:14:32,452 --> 00:14:35,520 when Robin Sparkles lost it, not only can they tell you 402 00:14:35,522 --> 00:14:39,507 which Tim Hortons they were in, but what donut they were eating. 403 00:14:39,509 --> 00:14:42,277 Me? Wawa, Ontario. 404 00:14:42,279 --> 00:14:43,695 Blueberry fritter. 405 00:14:43,697 --> 00:14:45,613 Halifax, Nova Scotia. 406 00:14:45,615 --> 00:14:47,315 Walnut crunch. 407 00:14:47,317 --> 00:14:48,833 Victoriaville, Quebec. 408 00:14:48,835 --> 00:14:50,451 Sour cream plain. 409 00:14:50,453 --> 00:14:52,754 Sudbury, Ontario. 410 00:14:52,756 --> 00:14:54,072 Honey dip. 411 00:14:54,074 --> 00:14:55,940 Red Deer, Alberta. 412 00:14:55,942 --> 00:14:57,842 Chocolate glaze. 413 00:14:57,844 --> 00:15:00,144 Squamish, British Columbia. 414 00:15:00,146 --> 00:15:02,664 Crammed a Timbit into a strawberry vanilla 415 00:15:02,666 --> 00:15:04,699 and invented The Priestley. 416 00:15:04,701 --> 00:15:07,251 Should've been the best day of my life. 417 00:15:07,253 --> 00:15:10,354 It was horrifying on so many levels. 418 00:15:11,408 --> 00:15:13,825 Actually, you know what? 419 00:15:13,827 --> 00:15:15,843 I'm sorry, I can't... 420 00:15:15,845 --> 00:15:18,029 I just can't talk about this. 421 00:15:18,031 --> 00:15:20,581 I'm out of here, okay? I'm out of here. 422 00:15:20,583 --> 00:15:21,966 Here, excuse me. 423 00:15:21,968 --> 00:15:22,934 I'm sorry, will you take... 424 00:15:22,936 --> 00:15:24,252 No, no, don't move, I'm out... 425 00:15:24,254 --> 00:15:25,753 Sorry, sorry. 426 00:15:25,755 --> 00:15:27,588 Speculation began immediately. 427 00:15:27,590 --> 00:15:29,290 Who was Robin Sparkles singing about 428 00:15:29,292 --> 00:15:31,709 with those angry, obsessive lyrics? 429 00:15:31,711 --> 00:15:33,361 Many names were suggested. 430 00:15:33,363 --> 00:15:34,746 It wasn't me. 431 00:15:34,748 --> 00:15:35,680 It wasn't me. 432 00:15:35,682 --> 00:15:36,848 Wasn't me. 433 00:15:36,850 --> 00:15:37,882 It wasn't me. 434 00:15:37,884 --> 00:15:38,866 It wasn't me. 435 00:15:38,868 --> 00:15:40,584 It wasn't me. 436 00:15:40,586 --> 00:15:43,671 Why does everyone always think 437 00:15:43,673 --> 00:15:45,239 it's me? 438 00:15:45,241 --> 00:15:47,191 I wish it was me. 439 00:15:47,193 --> 00:15:49,060 But one name comes up more than any other. 440 00:15:49,062 --> 00:15:52,363 Alan Thicke. 441 00:15:52,365 --> 00:15:53,965 How can I help you? 442 00:15:53,967 --> 00:15:55,450 Donut? 443 00:15:56,568 --> 00:15:57,602 Whoa! 444 00:16:05,484 --> 00:16:08,302 Whoa. What happened to you? 445 00:16:08,304 --> 00:16:12,556 We watched Robin Sparkles: Underneath the Tunes today. 446 00:16:12,558 --> 00:16:14,191 Wait, what? 447 00:16:14,193 --> 00:16:16,794 You guys get MuchMusic down here? 448 00:16:17,496 --> 00:16:20,748 And that video lead me to... 449 00:16:20,750 --> 00:16:23,701 I am engaged to Robin Scherbatsky, 450 00:16:23,703 --> 00:16:26,754 and I know that she wrote "P.S. I Love You" for you. 451 00:16:26,756 --> 00:16:29,307 Now-now, why is she so obsessed with you? 452 00:16:29,309 --> 00:16:31,875 What? That song's not about me. 453 00:16:31,877 --> 00:16:33,377 Then who is it "aboot"-- about. 454 00:16:33,379 --> 00:16:34,645 Damn it. 455 00:16:34,647 --> 00:16:36,046 I don't know. 456 00:16:36,048 --> 00:16:37,598 I always thought it was Coulier. 457 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,433 It wasn't me. 458 00:16:39,435 --> 00:16:41,051 Stop asking. 459 00:16:41,053 --> 00:16:43,220 Geez, cut it out. 460 00:16:43,222 --> 00:16:46,741 I always liked that joke. 461 00:16:46,743 --> 00:16:49,327 Alan Thicke kicked your ass. 462 00:16:50,279 --> 00:16:51,696 He lied, didn't he? 463 00:16:51,698 --> 00:16:53,831 It was Alan Thicke! 464 00:16:53,833 --> 00:16:55,032 Wow. 465 00:16:55,034 --> 00:16:56,083 It sounds like you've become 466 00:16:56,085 --> 00:16:58,035 a bit obsessed, huh, Barney? 467 00:16:58,037 --> 00:16:59,537 I am not obsessed. 468 00:16:59,539 --> 00:17:01,872 All I did was break into your apartment 469 00:17:01,874 --> 00:17:03,174 and read your teenage journals, 470 00:17:03,176 --> 00:17:06,927 and fly to Vancouver to interrogate your ex-boyfriends, 471 00:17:06,929 --> 00:17:11,215 and fight beloved Canadian actor Alan Thicke 472 00:17:11,217 --> 00:17:13,017 to a draw. 473 00:17:13,019 --> 00:17:15,386 Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! 474 00:17:15,388 --> 00:17:16,887 So, 475 00:17:16,889 --> 00:17:18,189 ready to admit it? 476 00:17:19,642 --> 00:17:22,360 Anyone can get obsessed. 477 00:17:22,362 --> 00:17:23,811 Thank you. 478 00:17:23,813 --> 00:17:26,263 And now, I am ready to tell you 479 00:17:26,265 --> 00:17:28,449 who "P.S. I Love You" is about. 480 00:17:28,451 --> 00:17:30,100 Who? 481 00:17:30,102 --> 00:17:31,786 "P.S." 482 00:17:32,571 --> 00:17:33,821 Paul Shaffer. 483 00:17:33,823 --> 00:17:36,457 Paul Shaffer? 484 00:17:36,459 --> 00:17:39,710 I know, so stereotypical. 485 00:17:39,712 --> 00:17:42,546 Every young Canadian girl fantasizes 486 00:17:42,548 --> 00:17:44,715 about being with Paul Shaffer. 487 00:17:46,501 --> 00:17:49,620 At the Grey Cup gig, Paul was sitting in the front row. 488 00:17:49,622 --> 00:17:54,091 ♪ I'll always be waiting for you ♪ 489 00:17:54,093 --> 00:17:55,926 No wonder his stomach was growling. 490 00:17:55,928 --> 00:17:58,929 I feel bad that I scared Paul. 491 00:17:58,931 --> 00:18:01,665 He's amazing. 492 00:18:02,334 --> 00:18:04,318 But I have no regrets. 493 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,237 I was done being Robin Sparkles. 494 00:18:06,239 --> 00:18:07,188 You're not gonna go get 495 00:18:07,190 --> 00:18:09,807 beat up by Paul Shaffer now, are you? 496 00:18:09,809 --> 00:18:11,325 I can't believe it. 497 00:18:11,327 --> 00:18:13,611 I'm a total Dahmer. 498 00:18:13,613 --> 00:18:15,746 Yeah, but you're my Dahmer, 499 00:18:15,748 --> 00:18:17,164 which makes you a Dobler. 500 00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:20,067 Just like Jeanette. 501 00:18:20,069 --> 00:18:21,285 No, Ted, 502 00:18:21,287 --> 00:18:24,622 what that woman did to run in to you was bonkers. 503 00:18:24,624 --> 00:18:26,257 That's just not how you start a healthy relationship. 504 00:18:26,259 --> 00:18:27,708 Tell him, Lil. 505 00:18:27,710 --> 00:18:29,510 I can't stand it anymore. 506 00:18:29,512 --> 00:18:31,178 I've been living a lie. 507 00:18:31,180 --> 00:18:33,347 See? 508 00:18:33,349 --> 00:18:34,715 I saw you at orientation 509 00:18:34,717 --> 00:18:37,000 and I needed an excuse to meet you, 510 00:18:37,002 --> 00:18:37,968 so... 511 00:18:37,970 --> 00:18:39,670 Ah! 512 00:18:39,672 --> 00:18:41,004 I didn't know which room you were in, 513 00:18:41,006 --> 00:18:44,692 so I had to create a little destiny. 514 00:18:57,156 --> 00:18:58,572 Okay. 515 00:19:02,494 --> 00:19:04,027 I'm sorry, I just 516 00:19:04,029 --> 00:19:07,047 couldn't stand the idea of not meeting you. 517 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:09,333 Could... 518 00:19:09,335 --> 00:19:12,202 not stand the idea 519 00:19:12,204 --> 00:19:13,971 of not meeting me. 520 00:19:18,427 --> 00:19:20,010 I'm sorry, Ted. 521 00:19:20,012 --> 00:19:21,228 You were right. 522 00:19:21,230 --> 00:19:23,347 Jeanette's a Dobler. 523 00:19:23,349 --> 00:19:24,732 So are you. 524 00:19:24,734 --> 00:19:27,050 Thanks, buddy. 525 00:19:27,052 --> 00:19:29,236 You know, if you hadn't been reading 526 00:19:29,238 --> 00:19:30,604 the exact same book as me, 527 00:19:30,606 --> 00:19:32,189 we never would've met. 528 00:19:32,191 --> 00:19:33,657 I mean, that's destiny. 529 00:19:33,659 --> 00:19:35,776 Oh, look. 530 00:19:35,778 --> 00:19:37,945 You bought it in the same bookstore I did. 531 00:19:37,947 --> 00:19:40,247 On the same day. 532 00:19:40,249 --> 00:19:44,034 Within ten minutes of me buying mine. 533 00:19:44,036 --> 00:19:45,870 Ugh... 534 00:19:45,872 --> 00:19:47,455 Uh, this is embarrassing. 535 00:19:47,457 --> 00:19:48,539 I wasn't gonna tell you this, 536 00:19:48,541 --> 00:19:51,909 but I followed you to that bookstore. 537 00:19:51,911 --> 00:19:55,629 I just couldn't stand the idea of not meeting you. 538 00:19:55,631 --> 00:19:58,766 You followed me to the bookstore from where? 539 00:19:58,768 --> 00:20:01,352 How long have you been following me? 540 00:20:01,354 --> 00:20:03,854 Uh, this is embarrassing. 541 00:20:03,856 --> 00:20:06,774 Uh, remember when you were on the cover of New York Magazine? 542 00:20:06,776 --> 00:20:09,643 That was like a year and a half ago. 543 00:20:09,645 --> 00:20:12,029 Yeah. 544 00:20:12,031 --> 00:20:14,548 Before a man meets the woman he'll marry, 545 00:20:14,550 --> 00:20:17,618 he'll make one final, horrible mistake. 546 00:20:17,620 --> 00:20:20,087 For me, that was Jeanette. 547 00:20:20,089 --> 00:20:23,240 ♪ P.S. I Love You. 548 00:20:25,929 --> 00:20:28,879 ♪ The law can't stop my love ♪ 549 00:20:28,979 --> 00:20:31,364 ♪ I'll fit you like a glove ♪ 550 00:20:31,366 --> 00:20:35,167 ♪ Restraining orders don't scare me ♪ 551 00:20:35,169 --> 00:20:37,453 ♪ The lawyers at the record company ♪ 552 00:20:37,455 --> 00:20:40,623 ♪ Made me promise to say 553 00:20:48,815 --> 00:20:50,966 ♪ I'm totally a slacker and I don't even care ♪ 554 00:20:50,968 --> 00:20:53,469 ♪ With my curling 'zines and my faraway stare ♪ 555 00:20:53,471 --> 00:20:57,056 ♪ But deep down inside, yeah deep down inside I'm dying ♪ 556 00:20:57,058 --> 00:21:00,059 ♪ I'm trapped in a cage of the tears I cry ♪ 557 00:21:00,061 --> 00:21:02,278 ♪ I praying to God, but she doesn't reply ♪ 558 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,813 ♪ Even the robot says 559 00:21:03,815 --> 00:21:04,780 Move on. 560 00:21:04,782 --> 00:21:06,148 ♪ I'm trying! ♪ 561 00:21:07,742 --> 00:21:10,043 ♪ P.S. I love you. 562 00:21:10,045 --> 00:21:15,045 == sync, corrected by elderman ==