Drumroll, Please

"Drumroll, Please" is the 13 episode in the first season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on January 23, 2006. At his friends', Claudia and Stuart, wedding, Ted is disappointed and alone after Robin cancels their date because of work. But Ted sees a pretty woman across the room and the next morning he tells Marshall and Lily that he had the most amazing night of his life. He then begins to tell the story of his ... more

"Drumroll, Please" is the 13 episode in the first season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on January 23, 2006. At his friends', Claudia and Stuart, wedding, Ted is disappointed and alone after Robin cancels their date because of work. But Ted sees a pretty woman across the room and the next morning he tells Marshall and Lily that he had the most amazing night of his life. He then begins to tell the story of his night. Ted approaches the pretty woman (Victoria), who warns him that she never hooks up with people at weddings because all of the romance of the wedding isn't real. Ted wins her over with some flirting, so she suggests a compromise: they will spend the rest of the wedding together and then never see each other again. They plan to use fake names—Victoria says her name is Buttercup and Ted gives his as Lando Calrissian -- but Barney immediately comes by the table and calls Ted by his name several times. They agree to tell each other only their... less