{"id":16,"date":"2008-11-26T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T19:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/video\/interviews\/best-of-the-best-joan-benny-great-lines\/16\/"},"modified":"2018-09-10T16:09:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T20:09:42","slug":"best-of-the-best-joan-benny-about-jack-benny-and-his-violin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/video\/all-interviews\/best-of-the-best-joan-benny-about-jack-benny-and-his-violin\/16\/","title":{"rendered":"Joan Benny about Jack Benny and his Violin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joan Benny talks about Jack Benny and his violin.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-16-1\" 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-joanbenny.mp4?_=1\" \/><a 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