Luring Anderson

Neil Patrick Harris Comes Up With Foolproof Plan to Win Anderson Cooper
By Kyle Buchanan
5:30 PM on Thu Dec 18 2008


[The cast of "How I Met Your Mother" (from l. to r) Jason Segel as Michael Phelps;
Josh Radnor as Michael Phelps and Neil Patrick Harris as Michael Phelps.]
Neil Patrick Harris has long confessed to finding Anderson Cooper "dreamy," and it looks like Harris has finally devised a clever ruse to lure him: disguising himself as the newsman's objet d'amour, Michael Phelps!

Entertainment Weekly assisted the actor in his trick, recruiting the How I Met Your Mother cast to act out 2008's biggest moments (captured below). Will Harris's scheme vault him ahead of NeNe? Watch out, Doogie: the Atlanta housewife isn't afraid to get dirty.