When I say “Veronica Mars,” I’m of course referring to Kristen Bell, the actress who played her. Seems the former WB/CW star, who narrates “Gossip Girl” — and does a damn good job, in my opinion — wants to emerge from behind-the-camera to play some sort of bit part.

“I’ve pitched [executive producer] Josh Schwartz a couple of times for me to be on camera as a waitress or something but he wasn’t buying it,” K.B. reportedly told the NY Daily news. “Hopefully he’ll change his mind in the future!”

What do you think? Could you see Ms. Bell on the Upper East Side? Any thoughts on where or how exactly she’d fit in?

My suggestion: Grad student/TA at NYU who gives Blair a hard time. Or is that too much like the Ms. Carr storyline? Well, what if she then ends up making out with Nate? …oh, wait, that’s… never mind.

MONDAY, MAY 11
“Gossip Girl” (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET)
“Valley Girls” (TV-14, L) (HDTV)

EPISODE FEATURES GUEST STARS BRITTANY SNOW (“AMERICAN DREAMS”), KRYSTEN RITTER (“CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC”), 80S ICON ANDREW MCCARTHY, MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG (“17 AGAIN”) AND A PERFORMANCE BY NO DOUBT In a flashback to the 80s, 17-year-old Lily Rhodes (Snow) gets kicked out of boarding school and runs away to Los Angeles, reconnecting with her parents, Rick (McCarthy) and Cece (guest star Cynthia Watros, “Lost”), and sister, Carol (Ritter). Back in present day, Blair (Leighton Meester) and Nate (Chace Crawford) attend prom together, but the evening doesn’t turn out exactly as planned and Chuck (Ed Westwick) has a little something to do with that. Serena (Blake Lively) and Lily (Kelly Rutherford) don’t see eye-to-eye over Serena’s recent run-in with the law. No Doubt performs in the episode as an 80s band called “Snowed Out.” Penn Badgley, Taylor Momsen, Jessica Szohr and Matthew Settle also star. Marc Piznarski directed the episode written by Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage (#224).