{"id":26,"date":"2003-07-10T18:39:07","date_gmt":"2003-07-10T23:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=26"},"modified":"2013-06-04T22:15:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T04:15:40","slug":"star_treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/07\/10\/star_treatment.html","title":{"rendered":"Star treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pamelyn in a distinguished role on one of the worst ST:TOS eps ever, costarring Melvin Belli!\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/pferdin.jpg\" width=\"188\" height=\"191\" align=right hspace=10 border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nAs a kid, I had a crush on <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/Name?Ferdin,+Pamelyn\">child star<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pamelynferdin.com\/\">Pamelyn Ferdin<\/a>.  How terribly disappointing it would be if it turned out she was really <a title=\"NewsMax.com: Inside Cover Story\" href=\"http:\/\/newsmax.com\/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003\/7\/10\/140432\">a terrorist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Well, no, it doesn&#8217;t look like she is a terrorist, just the victim of some overzealous anti-terrorist police investigators, concerned about some of her (legal) activities as a member of the Animal Defense League of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Whew.<\/p>\n<p>(Though it was interesting to learn that she was the only the only co-star ever to kill Clint Eastwood (in <i>The Beguiled<\/i>).  Hmmmmm.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a kid, I had a crush on child star Pamelyn Ferdin. How terribly disappointing it would be if it turned out she was really a terrorist. 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