Carter Bays ’97 and Craig Thomas ’97, co-creators of “How I Met Your Mother” (HIMYM), have created Amazon’s first multi-camera comedy, “Making Friends.” HIMYM director and executive producer Pam Fryman will also join the team to direct the pilot and executive produce the show with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Sony Pictures TV Studio will […]
We know you’ve been anxiously awaiting the resolution to that cliffhanger we left you with last week. If you think you liked hearing Carter Bays ’97 wax poetic about Joss Whedon ’87, just wait until you hear him wax poetic about Wesleyan (fight, fight, fight, fight, fight).
You probably thought we were done, finished. We spent all year leading up to an interview that never appeared in the paper. Well, you can suck it, haters.
On December 13, 1994 the most famous Ampersand editor of all-time, Carter L. Bays, wrote his final piece for the Ampersand. Bays would later write for such programs as “American Dad,” “The Late Show with David Letterman,” and create “How I Met Your Mother.”
Co-creators of hit CBS show give talk on campus for Parents Weekend.Had you been within a one-mile radius of the Memorial Chapel on Saturday night, you may have seen dozens of students and parents rushing to catch a rare chance at seeing two Wesleyan legends return to campus. The excitement was palpable as the audience […]
After arduous searching, we finally managed to procure the name of the publicist for Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.
WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Season 1 of “How I Met Your Father.” Read at your own risk. “Wow, love your place.” “Thanks! It was a total score. We got it from this old married couple who posted it on the Wesleyan alumni group. We even got them to leave their swords.” I could […]
2021 has graced us with many cast reunions, spinoffs, and re-releases. In May, the “Friends” cast assembled for “Friends: the Reunion.” In July, “Gossip Girl” returned in an HBO Max reboot. Just last month, Taylor Swift released the latest of her re-recordings, “Red (Taylor’s Version).” I’ve patiently waited my turn for something I really liked […]
Content Warning: This article contains references to abuse. When director Joss Whedon ’87, known for film and television projects like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “The Avengers,” gave the 2013 commencement address at Wesleyan, he wanted to talk about contradictions. True to his character, Whedon began his speech by telling the graduates that they were […]
The University is making several changes to the Hamilton Prize for Creativity in response to the overwhelming number of submissions it has received in the past two years. Established in 2016 in honor of Thomas Kail ’99 and Lin Manuel-Miranda ’02, the esteemed alumni behind the Tony and Grammy award-winning musical “Hamilton,” the Hamilton Prize is a four-year, full-tuition […]