{"id":85,"date":"2009-01-12T16:42:32","date_gmt":"2009-01-12T21:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/?p=85"},"modified":"2018-09-10T16:07:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T20:07:10","slug":"my-comedian-hero-jonathan-winters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/video\/all-interviews\/my-comedian-hero-jonathan-winters\/85\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Winters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-85-1\" 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\/jonath.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/jonath.mp4\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/jonath.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong>Jonathan 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