How I Met Your Mother (script cutting)

BARNEY

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I thought I’m your best friend. (BEAT)

Ted, say I’m your best friend.

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TED

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You’re my best friend, Barney.

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BARNEY

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Good. Then as your best friend, I

suggest we play a little game I call,

“Have Ya Met Ted?”

*

TED

*

What? No, we’re not playing “Have Ya

Met Ted.”

*

TOO LATE. BARNEY TAPS AN EXOTIC, SEXY GIRL ON THE SHOULDER.

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BARNEY

*

Hi. Have ya met Ted?

*

BARNEY WALKS AWAY, LEAVING TED ALONE WITH THE GIRL. AWKWARD

BEAT. TED SMILES, STICKS OUT HIS HAND.

*

TED

*

Hi, I’m Ted.

*

YASMIN

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Yasmin.

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TED

*

That’s a very pretty name.

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YASMIN

*

It’s Lebanese.

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FREEZE FRAME ON TED’S LOOK OF SURPRISE.

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NARRATOR (V.O.)

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Your Uncle Barney was right from time

to time.
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In this script, a cutting taken from the pilot episode of "How I Met Your Mother", there are distinctive features that can be of great use to the reader. for example the small "*" after every action, tells the reader that the line/action has been completed and to move on to the next one. stage directions and character names are in different font to the actual dialogue, so the actor knows what to say.