Les Mis & "How I Met Your Mother"

I looked to see if something was already posted about this, and since there seems to be nothing... Here goes.

The cast of the very funny and criminally-underwatched CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" was on Megan Mullaly the other day. Not sure what led up to it, but Neil Patrick Harris (Barney) and Jason Segal (Marshall) began performing -- and really rocking -- a surprisingly accurate and well-performed version of "The Confrontation" from Les Miserables.

You CAN find it on a certain video hosting site (search for Confrontation - How I Met Your Mother) and also supposedly on the Megan show's site.

VEEEERY amusing-- and they totally had the host just dying with laughter, though they somehow kept straight faces... NP Harris said it was his fave musical, and they've obviously listed to the cast recording a TON. enjoy.

LES MIZ is my favorite show of all time and I LOVE Megan. I've never seen HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, but this certianly made me smile

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Updated On: 12/1/06 at 11:39 AM

That was great.

I also like how they fully intended to keep going with the song, had Megan not cut them off.

I think they were interrupted by her producers; seems like they must have flashed the "Applause" sign to keep things moving...

Okay, that's awesome. I must see it.

By the way, I could be wrong, but I think I recognized Megan Mullaly's voice as Barney's mother in those flashbacks from last episode.

Yes. That was Megan's little voice 'cameo'.

Also, their bit with "The Confrontation" number on her show actually went longer than they intended. They were only going to sing a couple of lines but the moment was too magical that they just kept going.

I loved it! that was incredible! They were so into it! I must say that Jason sort of sounded like Colm Wilkinson. If was sort of funny.

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Here's a clip of it... (ETA: a LEGIT clip)

http://gawker.com/news/clips/your-friday-afternoon-musical-theatre-break-218613.php

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Updated On: 12/1/06 at 02:21 PM

That show was amazing

First Robin Sparkles and now this? I love this show! Why did I resist it for a whole season?

I wonder if Les Mis ever extends or needs a new Valjean and Javert, if these two will step in?

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Wow!

That was good!

According to sources, Neil Patrick Harris has been watching Les Miz almost on a daily basis and the rumor was, the actor maybe studying a lead part on the play for a possible replacement. I personally saw him at the bar area on the evening performance before Thanksgiving and after the stint in Megan's show, it may be a possibility he is vying for Javert's part.

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