Why does alyson hannigan always sound congested

By Kristin Battestella. That, however, is no excuse — especially since now that I'm neck deep in another Buffy marathon, I can admit it's the disinterested sagging of Year 6 that bottoms out the vampy viewings. Unfortunately, Buffy isn't glad to be back, Willow becomes addicted to using magic, and relationship cracks show as Xander and Anya's wedding approaches. Life is bad enough, but the nerdy, self-proclaimed villains known as The Trio Adam Busch, Danny Strong, Tom Lenk interfere with the Scooby gang, causing a spiral of deadly divisions and end of the world rage.

Sure, your friends meant well! These early bottle shows are strong in Year 6, for there's no need to divert with weekly villains when you have so much raising from the dead angst. The gang isn't exactly up to fighting demons, and their internal problems make for a more interesting pain than any supernatural catalysts. However, the episode has the unenviable task of fleshing out The Trio as mini bads for the season — rather than say, leaving them as an obnoxious recurrence or two amid all the other break ups, allegory, and torment.

I hum these tunes or refer to the lyrics more often than I should admit, and while you can't watch it with your parents thanks to the naughty gay sex innuendo in 'Under Your Spell,' that suggestive wink has held up well. The actors who aren't really singers still have catchy moments — Sarah Michelle Gellar's flat notes appropriately match Buffy's off-key state of mind — and the tongue in cheek whimsy makes for self aware set changes and breaking the fourth wall moments.

Rather than the shorter syndicated edition, viewers must see the full length episode with its lyrical subtitles to appreciate how the smiling mid century musical direction perfectly belies the unhappy truths. Slow motion training montages are intermixed with serious reprises, progressing the hour from lighthearted to explosive.

Indeed, the 'Where Do We Go from Here' finale wonderfully surmises all of Buffy's metaphors, leaving the house of cards fallen and our players facing rocky, unknown futures. All their secrets are made known — maybe life will be okay, maybe it won't.

Going out on a high note jokes aside, I must say, this episode could have been a superb series finale. Their souls have been sung, so now let's wipe everyone's memory and see if anything is happier. The switcharoos are humorous yet serious, and it is important for our wayward Scoobies to rediscover themselves. The pairs with the strongest ties remain, and whelp, that's that for the rest.

Michelle Branch's appearance with 'Goodbye to You' is also the best use of a concert montage on Buffy, ever. The early episodes this season are largely solid, even spectacular. Our beloved ladies are going to the dark side, nobody's friends, no one gets along, and it's all too unlikable and tough to watch.

Important character developments may happen and pieces of these shows are memorable, but the framework is too depressing or forgettable. And we care because? Which tale do we tell ourselves to keep us miserable or happy?

Sadly, this critical episode is also uneven with Trio filler and an unnecessary, crossing the line motivation for Spike. His love isn't cause enough for his quest? Unfortunately, Buffy doesn't quite come round right, and it's just a sigh of relief that this season is finally over. Spike's relationship with Buffy, however, is a little weird.

Such kinky, uncomfortable, and unhealthy physicality is a bit too much for younger viewers yet Spike has grown in emotion and loyalty. He has a chip in his head but not his soul, and that restrained, misplaced prowess helps him relate to Buffy the way the rest of the Scoobies cannot. He works alongside them but remains at arms length, an outsider just like she is.

Is Spike a man in love or a monster playing poker for kittens? This ongoing struggle provides some wonderful character movement even whilst Spike dresses sexier, goes in the buff, and is treated like a drug for Buffy's fix. He's a powerful influence that threatens to harm her but the violence feels too extreme. Can Spike yet be redeemed? We'll see.

Likewise, Dawn is understandably trying to find her way now that the Key elements served their purpose in Season 5. Unfortunately, Dawn is also an inverse Wesley Crusher with nothing to do but steal, get rescued, or be really shrill, and we've been through all this erstwhile youth before on Buffy.

The audience has been rolling our eyes over her all along, so when the rest of the cast doesn't notice her petty crime and actually forgets about Dawn after the bullets fly Losing the character completely admits to a Dallas dream season mistake, but this year Dawn may have worked better in a reduced recurring capacity as the sisters' mother had been.

Ultimately, Dawn is truly a supporting character more for how the familial tug and pull affects Buffy rather than her own developments. The hints were there, but it's pretty stinky nonetheless to watch Willow go off the magic junkie deep end with too many unlikable me me me threats against her friends. Giles is right when he says she has some in over her head amateur to resolve.

Does Willow work? What is her major at school? She's a selfish bully who raises the dead or kills when it suits her but she can't poof away a bill for Buffy? Willow does the resurrection spell because she wants to prove she can, not because she should, and there's no need for the redundant magic ala drugs antithesis because Buffy's making her own mistakes already. Where magic was a positive empowering lesbian metaphor in Year 5, now Willow is a very bad girlfriend becoming the abusive boyfriend.

She misuses magic and turns into some kind of stereotypical evil angry lesbian filleting men. The fury and pain are emotional moments the first time you see Buffy, however on repeat, you just want to skip these mixed magic metaphors all together. I w ould be more angry that it is the lesbian relationship being treated so problematic in Season 6, except all the pairings go to hell this year.

Fortunately, Tara remains a positive moral perspective and solid center for the gang, and Buffy confides in her away from the group. She looks out for the Scoobies from a good place, something the rest of the gang learns the hard way. Maybe the character doesn't change, but her reliability as an independent woman not moping over Willow is important to see alongside their more intimate and naturally progressing romantic moments.

They do live together after all, and props to Buffy for not having the gay couple be chaste while other partners make whoopie. The puns all started when a guest star mentioned the magazine Cat Fancy, Hannigan added: "We started having cat puns, and we had an afternoon of punning anything about cats.

Fancy that! A post shared by alydenisof on Sep 17, at pm PDT. One of Hannigan's kids was slated to play Lily and Marshall's second child, but then she got some disappointing news. She was gonna be the baby, but [producer] Carter Bays was like, 'Nope. Image: PopSugar. The Cockamouse was the mysterious hybrid creature that Marshall and Lily found in their apartment, and though it seems like something someone made up, like the "South Park" monster ManBearPig , it turns out this was based on a real story.

She continued, "They were not sure if it was a cockroach or a mouse. To that, HuffPost responded, "Are you freaking kidding me? But, you know, somebody great would come on [the show] and we would be like, 'Yeah, we want her to be the mom,' so it was sort of just like whoever was on for a long period of time. At the age of 45, Ryder was the perfect age for the role, but many fans freaked out at the tangible reminder that they and Ryder were getting older.

Seeing the plucky teenage witch instead chasing down rambunctious teenagers might remind her fans of a certain monster that neither witch nor slayer can conquer: the Grim Reaper. One of the happier reasons Hollywood is hesitant to cast Hannigan is that she's keeping very busy as a mother.

Since then, Alyson has given birth to two daughters. Hannigan is known for being very active and engaged with her family and has understandably felt the pressure of balancing family life and life as an actor. Knowing that she's actively balancing those two lives more than other actors may make Hollywood reticent to hire her for the requisite late nights and reshoots that are part of a major motion picture.

This seems to suit her just fine; Hannigan is positively beaming in nearly every photo she takes with her family. Buffy lasted for seven seasons and spanned two networks, while How I Met Your Mother lasted for a staggering nine seasons. Both shows probably would have benefited by wrapping up about two seasons earlier than they did. But because the same two characters got shoved down our throats for a combined 16 years, she may have worn out her welcome.

No one wants to be typecast except maybe Steven Seagal , but she will forever be associated with those roles. Hopefully, Hannigan will receive and take an opportunity to reinvent herself on the silver screen sometime very soon. Although Alyson Hannigan experienced something of a slowdown on the acting front since her nine-year run on How I Met Your Mother , she's also had a lot more luck in the TV competition series department.

For Hannigan, the gig was a good match for her lifestyle; as she said in a statement, "I am so excited to be hosting a program our whole family can watch together.

The show, which films is Las Vegas, has featured her as its host since its third season, and it doesn't show signs of stopping anytime soon; the network renewed the series for a sixth season in In addition to devoting a precious portion of her time and energy to raising her children, she may also be stepping away from the spotlight a bit allow her husband and former Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Alexis Denisof his turn to shine. Denisof had a recurring guest role on Buffy , which is where he met Hannigan , before achieving regular status on its spinoff series, Angel.

But he's only recently begun to achieve the kind of fame and recognition Hannigan has enjoyed. Of course, Hannigan was happy to arrive as his plus-one for the big event this time, especially since she's always credited him with being greatly supportive of her work when she got to attend awards shows as a nominee. The show is far from over for Alyson Hannigan. Although her first few new adventures in television may not have panned out the way she hoped, she hasn't given up on the small screen yet.

In , she was cast in a recurring role for WGN America's second season of Pure , a crime drama in which she'll portray a woman helping her significant other launder money for a drug cartel. When you think about it, have you ever heard of Alyson Hannigan going out and partying into the early hours of the morning like other celebrities that we see in the media? Perhaps it is a good lifestyle that will keep you looking healthy for longer?

A good diet, for example, could be behind the youthful appearance of this great actress? There are plenty of healthy foods out there that you can eat more to ensure that you stay looking younger for longer. Avoiding the sun can also make a difference — this will stop your skin from looking old before your time. Alyson Hannigan is a red head so this would cause us to assume she would burn easily and therefore avoids the sun.

This is especially the case when you take a look at her pale skin. Maybe Alyson leads a healthier lifestyle than the rest of us and we should assume that before we jump to the conclusion that she has had a form of celebrity plastic surgery?