Re: JDTV

David Schrimpf (david@cybermail.net)
Mon, 20 Oct 1997 13:26:06 -0800

Someone asked:

>Made me wonder: has Seinfeld/Kramer/George ever run into JDS?


I dunno, but does anyone remember that show "The Single Guy"? That had an
episode with lots of Salinger references. See, the single guy was dating
some girl that was like a writing critic or something and he was trying to
impress her because he forgot her birthday or some crap. So one of the
single guy's friends tells the girl that he (the single guy) is taking her
out to dinner and guess who is gonna be there? JD Salinger. So she gets all
drooly and stuff because of course JD is her favorite writer of all time.
The single guy goes nuts yelling at his friend and explaining to him that
JD Salinger is like a hermit and nobody has seen him in like 50 years. So
anyway, what he does, he convinces the doorman that works in the single
guy's building to go to dinner with him and pretend he's JD Salinger. But
then the doorman doesn't seem to really know who Salinger IS, so he doesn't
do a great job of acting like him and the girl catches them in the end and
I think she gets all mad and dumps the single guy or something.

I wish I could see this episode again, because at the time, I hadn't ever
read any Salinger stuff, so it would mean a lot more to me now.  8)


-Me

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