{"id":8973,"date":"2006-03-14T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2006-03-14T23:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/03\/14\/welcome-back.html"},"modified":"2006-03-14T16:39:29","modified_gmt":"2006-03-14T23:39:29","slug":"welcome_back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/03\/14\/welcome_back.html","title":{"rendered":"Welcome &#8230; back?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ice Cube will star in the title role of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabays10.com\/entertainment\/entertainment_article.aspx?storyid=27280\" target=\"_blank\">a movie remake of <em>Welcome Back Kotter<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know which is more appalling &#8212; the fact of the remake, or Ice Cube being the star.<\/p>\n<p><small>(and many thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/stupidevilbastard.com\/index\/seb\/comments\/sign_of_the_apocalypse_235_ice_cube_to_star_in_welcome_back_kotter_remake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Les<\/a> for that mental image)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ice Cube will star in the title role of a movie remake of Welcome Back Kotter. 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