{"id":11744,"date":"2015-12-28T15:32:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T23:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=11744"},"modified":"2015-12-28T15:40:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T23:40:44","slug":"rip-meadowlark-lemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2015\/12\/28\/rip-meadowlark-lemon\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Meadowlark Lemon"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11747 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Meadowlark-Lemon-e1451345928773.jpg\" alt=\"Meadowlark Lemon\" width=\"706\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Meadowlark-Lemon-e1451345928773.jpg 706w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Meadowlark-Lemon-e1451345928773-503x640.jpg 503w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/>\n<p><strong>I never met basketball legend Meadowlark Lemon, but I was always a huge fan! I was completely blown away by the Harlem Globetrotters \u2013 \u2013 especially Meadowlark Lemon! They were completely awe-inspiring and unique in every way. And he was at the forefront of the whole thing! He always seemed like he loved what he was doing. He was a fantastic athlete and an amazing comedian. There was never anyone even remotely like him, ever \u2013 \u2013 and there never will be again! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rest in peace, sir. Thanks for all the entertainment, laughter and inspiration. &#8212;<em>Pee-wee Herman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A history of Meadowlark Lemon, The Harlem Globetrotters, and his Bucketeers.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RlCPOCtshhE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never met basketball legend Meadowlark Lemon, but I was always a huge fan! I was completely blown away by the Harlem Globetrotters \u2013 \u2013 especially Meadowlark Lemon! They were completely awe-inspiring and unique in every way. And he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11752,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11744\/revisions\/11752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}