Jason Segel appeared on stage with the Swell Season at L.A.’s Wiltern the other night (November 18) to sing a song with the phone number he sung at a Maroon 5 show earlier this month. It seems that the numner (315-329-6673) is true and goes to a voicemail message where Jason asks to write to a Gmail address.

Amanda Peet is set to guest-star on How I Met Your Mother, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

No details have been released on who Peet will play. Her episode will air sometime in January.

Peet joins the CBS comedy’s plethora of guest stars this season. Chris Elliot will appear on Monday’s episode and Rachel Bilson, Tim Gunn and Stacy Keibler are slated for the series’ 100th episode, on Jan. 11.

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TED FINALLY FINDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DATE THE IDEAL GIRL NEXT DOOR, ON “HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER,” MONDAY, DEC. 7

“The Window” – The gang tries to help Ted when the perfect girl is finally available, and Marshall takes action when he finds a letter written by his younger self, on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Monday, Dec. 7 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Joanna Garcia (”Gossip Girl”) guest stars as Ted’s perfect girl.

SERIES REGULARS:

Ted………………………………………. Josh Radnor
Marshall…………………………………. Jason Segel
Barney………………………….. Neil Patrick Harris
Lily…………………………………. Alyson Hannigan
Robin ………………………………. Cobie Smulders

RECURRING CAST

Narrator…………………………………… Bob Saget

GUEST CAST:

Maggie……………………………….. Joanna Garcia
Jim………………………………………… Jamie Kaler
Bilson…………………………………… Bryan Callen
Wendy……………………………… Charlene Amoia
Mrs. Douglas……………………….. Barbara Perry
Louis………………………………….. Matthew Moy
Betty…………………………….. Marieve Herington
Jamie…………………………………….. George Finn
Nicest Guy in the World………………….. Jay Lay
Adam…………………………….. Michael Spellman
Waiter………………………………… Alec Medlock

WRITTEN BY: Joe Kelly
DIRECTED BY: Pamela Fryman

How I Met Your Mother’s decision to bring the Barney-Robin love story to a premature climax has left fans feeling decidedly unsatisfied. But executive producer Carter Bays insists the romance was sacrificed for a greater good: the preservation of Neil Patrick Harris’ legendary ladies’ man.

“None of us wanted to see Barney wearing a sweater-vest and going to bed-and-breakfasts,” says Bays, adding that it makes sense the relationship would “flame out fast” given that “neither of them, at their core, really wanted to be tied down.” Bays also believes that, deep down, viewers prefer single Barney to attached Barney. “It’s one of those things where you can give people what they think they want, or what they really want.”

And should some of them feel that they really want him to settle down with Robin, Bays offers this bit of hope. “[They] could get relationship amnesia and decide, ‘Hey, this is a good idea!’” he proposes. “This could be the first of many flameouts for them.”

Bays, however, stops short of saying a full-fledged reconciliation could be in their future. “I don’t want to say reconciliation,” he says. “But the story is not over, for sure.”

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The Chateau Marmont hosted the 14th Annual GQ Men Of The Year Party last night in LA (November 18) and Neil Patrick Harris attended the event.

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In the last night episode 5.08 – The Playbook, Lorenzo von Matterhorn is a fictional businessman created by Barney to cope after his breakup with Robin. His Wikipedia page was soon deleted by the Wikipedia editors, as it did not depict a real-life person, and redirected to “The Playbook” – a page exclusively designated to describing the plot of the episode that made Lorenzo famous.

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I’ve just added in the gallery 5 new additional promo pictures from the next episode 5.09 – Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap.

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Question: How I Met Your Mother is currently filming its 100th episode so I’m guessing you have some new news for us. Right? —Jack
Ausiello: Right! Exec producer Carter Bays says the climactic musical number will feature “a big chorus, a kick line, the whole thing. It’s a big celebratory episode.” Everyone in the cast gets a chance to sing, and that includes reluctant crooner Alyson Hannigan. “She didn’t want to sing,” says Carter of Hannigan, who expressed similar reservations prior to shooting Buffy’s musical episode. “But we gave her a little something. She’s got a nice, lilting little voice.” Musical extravaganza aside, Carter says, at its core, the 100th installment is “just a great episode of Mother. That’s what I’m proud of more than anything else. It’s another good episode like the 99 before it.”

Question: Will Barney and Robin get back together on How I Met Your Mother? Their break-up felt rushed when you consider Barney pined after her for an entire season. —Robin
Ausiello: My crystal ball makes no mention of reconciliation in the near or distant future.

Question: Who’s this Don dude on How I Met Your Mother? Is he going to be a serious love interest for Robin? —Necle
Ausiello: This “Don dude” has a name: Benjamin Koldyke. And yes, it sounds like he’ll be around for a bit. “We’re hoping so,” says Carter Bays. “I don’t want to oversell anything. Yes, it’s very soon after her and Barney [split up], but it’s been a while since there’s been a real, serious… We’ve had characters that Ted has dated many times, but we haven’t brought in somebody for Robin. We’re seeing where it goes. We’re taking it gingerly.”