{"id":550,"date":"2002-11-30T08:29:02","date_gmt":"2002-11-30T11:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/?p=550"},"modified":"2011-06-03T14:16:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T19:16:55","slug":"help-wanted-straight-man-for-comedy-routines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/whuzzup\/help-wanted-straight-man-for-comedy-routines\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Wanted: Straight man for comedy routines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; well the &#8216;straight man&#8217; can be gay, too. Just don&#8217;t look for me to share the same hotel room when we go on tour. 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