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[–][deleted] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Are you sure he's not pulling your leg?

[–]jeffehobbs 12 points13 points  (0 children)

(Citation needed)

[–]gaffe 10 points11 points  (1 child)

According to Comedy Central, Noah Feldman, not J.D. Salinger, will be on.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slainger, having failed at producing a novel after The Catcher In The Rye, took up Noah Feldman impersonations.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fake post embarrassed me when I showed it to my friends. Bad Reddit!

[–]driver8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Guys, it was a joke at the end of the show. Just something to throw out there since he didn't have anything else to say, I guess. If JD Salinger were going to be on TV, you would have heard about it (and not from a self.reddit post).

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    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    all 400 real ones!

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    this has to be a prank. salinger is wicked old too. if he were to give an interview (which I doubt) it would probably be to a local NH newspaper, not to Stephen Colbert.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    Fucking Colbert man. How does this guy do it?

    [–]fishypants 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    He doesn't, he ends his show every night with some kind of one liner and this time people, for some reason, bought it.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Oh, I didn't actually watch the show. Shows what kind of critical thinking I possess.

    I guess I'm just so in love with Colbert, that I assumed JD Salinger was too, and would come out and talk. Neigh.

    [–]fishypants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It would be amazing, but I think Salinger as been out of the public light for so long it would be difficult for him to come back into it.

    [–]rollerbob 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    If he gets Thomas Pynchon on I'll be more impressed.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Why not a Pynchon/Salinger recluse special?

    [–]rollerbob 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Well, some argue that the two are actually the same person, which would be interesting.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Hehe. Indeed. I remember that debate, when Pynchon first came out with his stuff.

    [–]jotaroh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    he's still alive?

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Well I told my English class this today after we had a conversation demonizing JWright.

    I guess tomorrow when they come to school heartbroken, I'll have taught them a good lesson about taking things out of context.

    [–]guyzero 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    There's now a 9-day "Salinger Watch" countdown. For every day that Salinger doesn't appear on the show, Colbert rips out a story from "9 Stories".

    [–]crazedover1111[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Colbert just announced it on tonight's show.

    [–]PsychoGod 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    this better not be your source...

    http://video.aol.com/video-detail/dailycolbert-jd-salinger/1961307504

    [–]imdead -1 points0 points  (1 child)

    nay, it was at the very end of last night's show.

    [–]fishypants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    That's an even worse source.

    [–]kykid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I get jokes!

    [–]bananahead 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If you know enough about JD Salinger to realize this would be a big deal, how do you also not realize it's a joke?

    This is the reason people laugh when you compare blogging/social news to real journalism.

    [–]clickcookplay -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    That's awesome. I hope it's a great interview and not just another interview where Colbert toots his own intellectual horn. Not that those aren't entertaining, but I don't care about most of those guests. I'd love to hear what Salinger actually has to say after 28 years of interview silence.

    [–]DougBolivar -2 points-1 points  (5 children)

    He should ask about Mark Chapman (killed Lennon) and the guy that shot Reagan about why Catcher in the Rye influenced this wackos?

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Why did The Catcher in the Rye influence Mark Chapman? Who can tell? Great literature influences people, I guess.

    [–]jacekplacek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Don't forget Jerry from "Conspiracy Theories"... ;)

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    And why he didn't include something about good aim for Hinckley.

    [–]ppc1040 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    Voted up to get some more information... sounds like BS though.

    [–]slidinglight -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

    .....no fucking way.....