Don't worry, How I Met Your Mother fans: There will be slaps. Not only will the series' Nov. 23 Thanksgiving episode feature a guest star -- Chris Elliott (pictured), as Lily's estranged dad -- but also the long-awaited fourth slap in Marshall and Barney's Slap Bet. (The Bet's hardly over though — Barney's still anticipating one more strike!) "There's a little bit of a twist on the slap this year," says executive producer Carter Bays. "The Slap Bet commissioner makes an interesting ruling that I can't reveal." What Bays can reveal is why they invited Chris Elliott in on the fun. "He's a hero of mine, »
- Kate Ward

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Recently, to celebrate the show's 20th season, there was a contest to create a new character for The Simpsons. Well, the winner has been announced as Peggy Black of Orange, Conn., and the character is Ricardo Bomba, who is quite the ladies' man.
While the concept of a womanizing male character has been done on The Simpsons before (Life on the Fast Lane, anyone?), it hasn't been done with any regularity. This could be the case of The Simpsons stealing from the Family Guy character of Glenn Quagmire (although likely with more taste). However, the concept of the ladies' man has been around since Casanova himself so I don't think it actually qualifies as a theft.
With a show like The Simpsons, it's always tough to find new concepts and new characters. The popular theory is that television ideas can be recycled every seven years, but The Simpsons has been around for twenty. »
- Brad Trechak

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You've already read our 90210 review of the episode "To Thine Own Self Be True."
But that was just one writer's opinion.
In our weekly Round Table discussion a trio of TV Fanatics gather to analyze various character and plot developments. We encourage readers to play along, either in the comments section below or in our 90210 forum...
Were Debbie and Harry too harsh on Jasper?
M.L. House: Actually, yes. We know he's a drug dealer and, possibly, insane. But he actually have the Wilsons a heartfelt speech. The writers cheated a bit by having Debbie and Harry act like they knew the same things about Jasper as the audience did, simply due to one thing Dixon said.
Dr. Shepherd: Are you kidding? The guy is nuts! Debbie and Harry were too nice, if you ask me. They should lock Annie in her room.
The Barnacle: No. Jasper has to prove »
- matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)

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