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Your feelings are very valid and I like the high school analogy. You’ve moved on, you’re now a different person who is now working on different things. I wish people wouldn’t project so much on you or try to take you back to that time period so often (this can apply to other scenarios and to other people, so it’s a good broader point - have decency when interacting with people).

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Wow! I love getting a glimpse of the “real” Josh Radnor (despite being a HUGE Ted Mosby fan) and really enjoyed reading your psycho-spiritual dissection of your relationship with your character. Coincidentally, I just wrote something (set to post in six hours) about the revolving cast of characters we all play, and how constricting it can be to define ourselves as having a singular “identity”. One of the reasons IFS appeals to me, too. Looking forward to reading more of your writing!

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this was awesome 😁

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As a fan, I think it's hard to understand the feeling you're describing, because most of us have never dealt with this much of exposure (fame?). You did a good job comparing with Higschool, and that's when it clicked to me.

We don't know Alyson and Josh; we know Lily and Ted, they are like family to us. The fact that people still remember those characters is because of the great job actors did.

But yeah, life still goes on, and I'm so happy reading you are involved in other projects that I was unaware of.

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It feels akin to sibling rivalry. (As one of eight kids, it’s possible that EVERYTHING feels to me like sibling rivalry. So apologies right away in case projection is blinding me to how it feels to you.)

I heard Sean Connery had similar feelings to James Bond as you, Josh, feel towards Ted Mosby. I never met him so this is all conjecture. I am guessing that it dominated how he was perceived.

One time my favorite cousin, Mimi, commented on how impressed she was when she heard my older brother speaking at a conference. My internal switchboard lit up, though I said nothing, but thought, “Wait — I’M the great public speaker in the family. How could you think that about anyone else.”

I like your High School analogy also, however. I’m glad to hear that you and Ted have started working things out.

Reminds me of the high school reunion scenes in Grosse Pointe Blank.

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