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Rick James, Fay Wray and now Julia Child<\/a>. I used to love her show, as well as Dan Ackroyd’s great impression of her on SNL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rick James, Fay Wray and now Julia Child. 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