Doogie Howser MD has come a long way.

Neil Patrick Harris, or NPH to his pals, has been building up a solid rep as comedy actor for years. But who knew he had some massive comedy chops as an awards show host? We should have known it from the way he can smack a line like a Barry Bonds homerun.

Let's face it, the Tony Awards lauding the best of New York theater isn't exactly the kind of show you'd expect anyone under 40 to give a tweet about. But after NPH's smokin' stint as the host of the TV Land Awards, and of course his fame on How I Met Your Mother, people would tune in just to see NPH's blurt a canned line.

And he didn't disappoint. From quick quips to the final improvised closing number, NPH made award host extraordinaire Hugh Jackman almost disappear from our memory banks.

Now he's set to host the Emmy awards this fall. Not that he has a tough act to follow after last year's horrific experiment using deadly boring reality show hosts Jeff Probst, Howie Mandel, Tom Bergerone, Ryan Seacrest and Heidi Klum as the Emmy emcees. Lord, there isn't enough beer in St. Patrick's Day and Octoberfest combined to kill those memory cells.

Thank god we'll have NPH, a guy who doesn't mind poking fun at his own Howser beginnings. He kicked it with Harold & Kumar as they searched for a White Castle burger back in '04. He played the role of Neil Patrick Harris, a drug-addled, hooker-addicted nut case and had so much fun he went for the sequel, Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

So for fans and potential NPH fans, we offer up some great lines from the man formerly known as Doogie:

How I Met Your Mother

"I'm like Yoda, only instead of little and green, I'm awesome and wear suits. I'm Broda, and tonight you're going to use the force to get any girl in here."

"This is going to be LEGEND -- wait for it and I hope you are not lactose-intolerant because the second half of the word is -- DARY!"

"Marshall, you're no Lily. Lily is a diabolical puppet master, surreptitiously manipulating every situation to get exactly what she wants. She is pure evil, Marshall. You've got a good one. Hang on to her."

"That's what corporate America wants: People who seem like bold risk-takers, but never actually do anything."

"The only reason to wait a month for sex is if she's 17 years, 11 months old."

"Every Halloween, I bring a spare costume in case I strike out with the hottest girl at the party. That way, I have a second chance to make a first impression."

"A girl is allowed to be crazy as long as she is equally hot. Thus, if she is this (indicates amount on chart) crazy, she has to be this hot. You want the girl to be above this line. Also known as the 'Vicki Mendoza Diagonal.' This girl I dated. She played jump rope with that line. She'd shave her head, then lose 10 pounds. She'd stab me with a fork, and then get a boob job. I should give her a call."

"I say successful in that I achieved my objective. It was less successful in that I inadvertently introduced my arch nemesis to the girl of my dreams."

"Oh, goodness. Look at my wrist! I gotta go."

"I also need to be a little bit more careful about what I say on this blog. Apparently, the LAPD and Captain Hammer are among our viewers."

"The world is a mess and I just need to rule it."

"Texting. It's very important or I would stop."

The 2008 Tony Awards

"Chris Sieber. Please! Performing on your knees? Dude, that only works to win Golden Globes!"

"Take my advice. Cash in. Go Presidential. I can see the marquees now: 'Barack of Ages.' 'Phantom of the Oprah' -- she's almost the president. 'Obama Mia.' "

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