--- title: Cobie Smulders on Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris description: Cobie Smulders teamed up with Neil Patrick Harris and Taran Killam to prank party planners on Best Time Ever. canonical: https://time.com/4055423/cobie-smulders-best-time-ever-with-neil-patrick-harris/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-30T14:57:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:24.462Z og:title: Watch 'How I Met Your Mother' Co-Stars Reunite to Pull a Prank og:description: Please tell us this came from 'The Playbook' og:url: https://time.com/4055423/cobie-smulders-best-time-ever-with-neil-patrick-harris/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch 'How I Met Your Mother' Co-Stars Reunite to Pull a Prank twitter:description: Please tell us this came from 'The Playbook' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch _How I Met Your Mother_ Co-Stars Reunite to Prank Party Planners  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 30, 2015 2:57 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 30, 2015 2:57 PM UTC _How I Met Your Mother_ fans rejoice! Barney and Robin teamed up to pull one over on three party planners during Tuesday night’s episode of _Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris_. Cobie Smulders’ real-life husband, Taran Killam, also got in on the action. Similar to last week’s [Britney Spears](http://time.com/4046057/britney-spears-pranks-bodyguards/) “Voices In Your Head” segment, the sketch features Smulders interviewing potential party planners while Harris and Killam instruct her on what to say and do. The interviews take place in Smulders’ home where she suggests several awful anniversary party ideas fed to her through an earpiece. She proposes covering the pool to create a dance floor and giving a cringeworthy sentimental toast. “There are so many stars, so many grains of sand, but when I look to you, my light, my hero, the wind beneath my wings — I have found my planet that I want to live on,” the actress says while barely containing her laughter. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4055423/cobie-smulders-best-time-ever-with-neil-patrick-harris/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4055423/cobie-smulders-best-time-ever-with-neil-patrick-harris/"},"headline":"Watch How I Met Your Mother Co-Stars Reunite to Prank Party Planners","datePublished":"2015-09-30T14:57:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:24.462Z","description":"Please tell us this came from 'The Playbook'","url":"https://time.com/4055423/cobie-smulders-best-time-ever-with-neil-patrick-harris/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","How I Met Your Mother","Neil Patrick Harris","entertainment","TV","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4055423/cobie-smulders-best-time-ever-with-neil-patrick-harris/","name":"Watch How I Met Your Mother Co-Stars Reunite to Prank Party Planners"}}]}] ```