{"id":2604,"date":"2002-05-29T13:10:43","date_gmt":"2002-05-29T18:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2015-05-08T13:25:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T19:25:15","slug":"squawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/29\/squawk.html","title":{"rendered":"Squawk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming this fall on the WB is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvtome.com\/tvtome\/servlet\/ShowMainServlet\/showid-6836\/\"><i>Birds of Prey<\/i><\/a>.  It sounds like it is based &#8212; loosely &#8212; on the quite fine comic book of the same name, though they are playing fast and loose (understandably) with some of the Gotham\/Batman stuff.<\/p>\n<p>It could be fun and dramatic, like the book is.  Or it could be jiggly dreck.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see come Wednesday nights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming this fall on the WB is Birds of Prey. 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