The big hoopla going around with almost everyone I know on social media has been that this week was the end of the nine-year run of “How I Met your Mother.” Let me preface all of this by saying that I really don’t care how he met his kids’ mother, I watched half of the first season, and while the show used to kill a half an hour before Monday Night Football after college, it didn’t fit my mold of necessary viewing. However, for those that did, they’re either wildly ticked off or just slightly disappointed in how the show ended. And for some, rightfully so, they’re depressed that the show is gone because they got to live their 20s and 30s with this group and could identify with the same life experiences. I get it, I felt the same way when “ALF” went off the air.
Now, some people, including someone who writes for The Guys, views the loss of “How I Met Your Mother” as something far more grave than that roughly a decade of your life has had a chapter end, for them it means the end of sitcoms that are worth watching. But for those who feel that way, there’s a debate against it. Chances are there is already a show on the air now that we will lament as the lost art of the sitcom when it goes off the air in a few years. Why? Because sometimes we don’t realize that greatness has been staring us in the eyes for a while until it’s about to go away. Continue reading Eat My Sports: Next Up