{"id":3390,"date":"2012-12-22T15:25:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T20:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2013-07-02T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:38:35","slug":"arnold-schwarzeneggers-tenuous-north-dakota-holiday-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=3390","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger’s tenuous North Dakota holiday connection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI’ve been down for the count the past few days, sick and staying in bed with my Netbook and iPod. I happened to come across something extremely painful: an Arnold Schwarzenegger-hosted segment of a “Very Special Christmas” special from 1988<\/a>. Don’t bother watching it…in fact, I only got through the first thirty seconds of it. What I did see, however, was apparently a champion granny bowler from North Dakota! If you’re a glutton for punishment, you can view the video here:<\/p>\n

<\/object><\/center>Notice the misspelling of granny’s town? Sigh. It seems that even when they get North Dakota identified correctly, some sort of other typographical error slips in.<\/p>\n

I make no apologies if you watched after the mention of the bowler from “Wanpeton”…you were warned. I’m starting to feel a little better, so rest assured I’ll try to find something more genuinely Christmas-like and far less horrifying than Arnold’s demented television disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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