{"id":1273,"date":"2009-01-01T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/01\/addressing-the-ball.html"},"modified":"2009-01-01T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T18:18:00","slug":"addressing-the-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/01\/addressing-the-ball.html","title":{"rendered":"Addressing the ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A local station here in New York has been running a &#8220;Honeymooners&#8221; marathon all day today &#8212; and I was lucky enough to catch this episode, which always just slays me.  I&#8217;ve seen at least a dozen times, and it gets me every time.  Enjoy.  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