{"id":118,"date":"2009-02-10T15:17:36","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T20:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/?p=118"},"modified":"2018-09-10T16:02:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T20:02:22","slug":"tributes-bernie-brillstein-on-john-belushi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/video\/all-interviews\/tributes-bernie-brillstein-on-john-belushi\/118\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Brillstein on John Belushi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-118-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/mel-be.mp4?_=1\" \/><a 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