Thursday Morning Grins
Posted April 17th, 2008 by Rich Heldenfels
Yes, it's the legendary "Let's Go to the Mall" by Robin Sparkles. (Thanks to Alan Sepinwall for pointing this out.) "How I Met Your Mother" fans will note that Robin Sparkles was, in fact, "HIMYM's" Robin in her younger days. But you don't need history to appreciate the sublime, perkalicious '80s quality of the video.
And, just because you can't listen to that song just once, here's a version with paper-bag puppets:
Stay with it. Some great cat socks near the end.
And, just to remind you of the roots of "Let's Go to the Mall" (and the great detail in the video) here is Tiffany's mall-hopping epic "I Think We're Alone Now":
April 17th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
I've seen the Robin Sparkles vid before — watched it a few times off and on, in fact. But I haven't seen the Tiffany video since I was in junior high, so I guess I didn't realize how visually faithful the Sparkles stuff was.
Did I read it here or somewhere else that there's a new RS video on next week's HIMYM? I still haven't seen this week's episode yet, though. Wondering if I can get away with watching it online at the office … Probably not — the giggling would give me away.
April 17th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Yup, more Robin Sparkles arriving Monday: "Sandcastles in the Sand." Snippets being released, including the one in a post above this.