{"id":2841,"date":"2009-07-02T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2009\/07\/02\/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up\/"},"modified":"2009-07-02T09:41:46","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T16:41:46","slug":"you-cant-make-this-stuff-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2009\/07\/02\/you-cant-make-this-stuff-up\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can&#8217;t Make This Stuff Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/jacko.jpg' alt='jacko.jpg' class='right' \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radaronline.com\/exclusives\/2009\/07\/exclusive-25-charge-attend-michael-jackson-memorial\">Michael Jackson&#8217;s memorial<\/a> to be opening act for Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus &#8211; literally! <\/strong><strong>Plus<\/strong>, there will be a <strong>$25 cover charge<\/strong> to sit in the stands at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staplescenter.com\/\">Staples Center<\/a> for the Whacko-Jacko memorial!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fans who wish to attend Michael Jackson&#8217;s star-studded memorial service at Staples Center will have to shell out $25 to sit in the stands, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.<\/p>\n<p>[snip]<\/p>\n<p>The service will be held between 10am PST and Noon PST&#8230; with the scheduled Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus on standby, literally.<\/p>\n<p>The parade of elephants, held as circus performers arrive in town is scheduled to take place immediately following the service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I tried to refrain from commenting on the untimely death of the famous entertainer, but the <strong>sheer irony<\/strong> of this made me do it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Jackson&#8217;s memorial to be opening act for Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus &#8211; literally! Plus, there will be a $25 cover charge to sit&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,26,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-degenerates","category-entertainment","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}