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Question: Britney Spears has a new guest-starring role? Ugh. Britney's new role is putting How I Met Your Mother in the headlines and giving it a lot of deserved attention? Woo-hoo! America will be divided that night between those who are tolerating her for the publicity and those who are coming to the show just for her. I certainly hope they make this a quality episode and not crap like Britney's Will & Grace episode. I'm hoping the episode brings in new fans and a quality acting job that gives Britney a little bit of respect.
Answer: Wouldn't that be nice? I didn't get an advance screener of Monday's episode, so I will be watching like everyone else out of rubber-necking curiosity. The good news, as you said, is that it puts Mother squarely on the cultural buzz-meter just in time for its return from hiatus. That is the upside to a stunt like this. The downside is possible backlash if you don't deliver the goods. The Mother cast certainly seemed genuinely enthusiastic about it in everything I read. Hope it pays off for them.

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