{"id":120,"date":"2009-02-10T15:28:39","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T20:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/?p=120"},"modified":"2018-09-10T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T20:02:11","slug":"tributes-larry-gelbart-on-fred-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/video\/all-interviews\/tributes-larry-gelbart-on-fred-allen\/120\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Gelbart on Fred Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-120-1\" 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-larrygelbart-fredallen.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/mel-larrygelbart-fredallen.mp4\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/mel-larrygelbart-fredallen.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong>Larry Gelbart<\/strong>: He always looked like he had been sucking on a lemon. He had this real literally sour puss. He was very literate and we\u2019re in a very post-literate society now. He was about words. He was primarily an author who was best, the best interpreter of his own words. He wouldn\u2019t survive for a second in today\u2019s you know, stampede toward wherever we\u2019re heading so quickly. He was an acquired taste. You didn\u2019t turn him on and say I like this guy. You turned him on and said I like what this guy is saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/mel-larrygelbart-fredallen.mp4 Larry Gelbart: He always looked like he had been sucking on a lemon. He had this real literally sour puss. He was very literate and we\u2019re in a very post-literate society now. He was about words. He was primarily an author who was best, the best interpreter of his own words. 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