Posted by Mike
Here’s a little preview of next week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, “Sandcastles in the Sand” — named after a song by our favorite fake Canadian teen pop star! The very ’80s-inspired music video features cameos by fellow Canadian icon Alan Thicke, former mall-pop princess Tiffany and, um, James Van Der Beek — which is a bit odd considering Dawson’s Creek didn’t premiere until 1998. (Update: See johnnysweeptheleg’s comment below for the explanation of JVDB’s presence in the video.)
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And just for old time’s sake, here’s some classic Robin Sparkles. (We’ll never get tired of this. Thank you, HIMYM!)
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Well, that explains his presence in the video. As for the matter of whether he played himself, I defer to Ice-T:
The HIMYM guys have a MySpace page, and have posted a link to Van Der Beek’s website which shows him in character as former Mr. Teen Winnipeg winner and 80s Canadian pop star Simon Tremblay. You see “Simon” in the 80s and “Simon” nowadays.
http://www.vanderbeek.com/
So alas, we know that he is not playing himself nor The Dawson on this episode. Which explains his presence in the video.
But remember, the ’80s didn’t come to Canada until the early ’90s, which still predates “Creek” but maybe not “Angus.”