The entire cast of the hit CBS show How I Met Your Mother is featured on the cover of the new issue of TV Guide magazine …

… but even cooler than that, the cast is featured in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly in a fun new photoshoot where they recreate images that reflect the Best that 2008 had to offer. Here are pics of the cast doing the Olympics, the Jonas Brothers and Indiana Jones:

THE OLYMPICS — The men lost a lot of hair to play the U.S. 4×200m relay team; Harris (far right) even cajoled Segel (far left) into shaving his 
armpits. ”The guys sounded like they didn’t think it was going to grow back,” laughs Smulders. ”Dude. Trust me. It grows back. 
 I wish it didn’t. It does. You’re gonna be fine.”

INDIANA JONES — Smulders (left) didn’t see Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (she says the key to Cate Blanchett was ”just look like a badass”), while Harris studied Indy hard: ”It’s sort of a quarter-squint. The lips go down, 
 but there’s a hint of a smile. But he’s not amused, because he’s always got other things in mind.”

OMG! Is this not the most brilliant thing you’ve ever seen? Not only is it an amazing idea but the recreations are freakin’ hilarious!! After the jump, check out the HIMYM cast doing the Sex and the City Movie and the Vice Presidential debate …

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US Weekly has our first look at the upcoming cameo that Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, collectively known as Speidi, will be making on an episode of the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The ep, slated to air on January 12, will feature Speidi on the cover of a fictional weekly tabloid magazine called Them before they actually come to life on the show. Here is a pic of HIMYM star Jason Segal (who plays Marshall) with his copy of Them magazine featuring Speidi on the cover:

Usmagazine.com has your first look at newlyweds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. In the episode (airing Jan. 12), the two appear on the cover of a magazine — titled Them Weekly — and eventually come to life. They tease Marshall (Jason Segel) as he desperately searches for a peaceful place to read the magazine while at the office. Their episode also features newly engaged Kendra Wilkinson and Kim Kardashian. Said Kardashian, “I really had a great time and hope this opens up other opportunities for me in the acting world.”

Um … if this cameo ep leads to “other opportunities” for Kim Kardashian to act then I will call for an immediate removal of this show from the television airwaves — period. But I digress … you gotta love that the coverstory headline on this copy of Them magazine reads “Heidi & Spencer: Hey everybody, we’re on How I Met Your Mother”. Talk about your art blending into reality and vice versa. While I sincerely doubt that these cameos will be as well-received as, say, Britney Spears’s cameo appearances on the show earlier this year were you gotta commend HIMYM for keeping their fingers on the pulse of what’s hot. Like it or not, these reality TV stars are all the rage these days … there’s some bit of genius in interjecting some of their appeal into a traditional sitcom. What do y’all think … are y’all looking forward to seeing these folks on How I Met Your Mother?

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Okay, I must confess … I do not watch How I Met Your Mother on CBS despite the fact that one of my fave TV actresses (Alyson Hannigan) and one of my fave out actors (Neil Patrick Harris) star on the show. It’s even more shameful for me that I don’t watch the show since it was the sitcom that allowed our dear Britney Spears to guest star twice this year, helping the girl get her professional life back on track. I keep saying to myself, You’ll catch up with the show on DVD — there’s time. After hearing about and seeing a few screencaps from last night’s ep, I think it’s time that I start catching up and watching the show. Last night’s ep of HIMYM was titled The Naked Man and in it, NPH’s überstraight character Barney Stinson performed a few scenes completely nekkid … with only a few perfectly placed grooming product bottles to cover up his naughty bits:

I gotta say … Neil Patrick looks pretty damn good all nekkid and stuff. Click HERE to read a recap of last night’s ep written by someone who watches the show and click HERE to watch the entire episode online at CBS.com (which I think will only work for viewers in the US). After the jump, check out a few more screencaps of Neil Patrick Harris in all of his glory — as allowed by US network television decency standards …

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