{"id":598,"date":"2015-06-23T02:21:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T06:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2015-06-23T02:21:30","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T06:21:30","slug":"afterlife-duets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"Afterlife Duets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>McQueens are walking, hand-in-hand, Steve and Butterfly.<br \/>\nFunny how celebrities pair up after they die.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s the Powells, handsome couple, Dick and Adam Clayton.<br \/>\nAnd the Taylors, Liz and Robert: didn&#8217;t know they&#8217;re datin&#8217;.<br \/>\nLovely Leigh gals, Viv and Janet, always taking showers.<br \/>\nLyndon Johnson loves to walk with Van amongst the flowers.<br \/>\nNo surprise in Art and Henry Miller hanging out.<br \/>\nSame goes for the Harrisons, old Rex and George, no doubt.<br \/>\nThen there&#8217;s seeming mismatched fellows, Tom and Ollie Hardy.<br \/>\nAnd the Carsons, John and Rachel, though both like to party.<br \/>\nSpending quiet time is fun for Karl and Harpo Marx.<br \/>\nGeneral Robert E. and Pinky Lee can cause some sparks.<br \/>\nMarilyn and James Monroe are quite the regal pair.<br \/>\nRosa&#8217;s always teasing poor Bert Parks about his hair.<br \/>\nBea and Chester Arthur like to watch reruns of &quot;Maude.&quot;<br \/>\nWhile Pernell and Oral Roberts argue about God.<br \/>\nThe Bailey Couple, Jim and Pearl, agree to share her dresses.<br \/>\nMichael and Mahalia Jackson seldom share caresses.<br \/>\nSome psychic bond has drawn together Jeane and Willie Dixon.<br \/>\nBut Dean and Mary Martin&#8217;s friendship needs a little fixin&#8217;.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a good bet gossip columns in the after life<br \/>\nwould be most surprised that Ginger&#8217;s now Fred Rogers&#8217; wife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McQueens are walking, hand-in-hand, Steve and Butterfly. Funny how celebrities pair up after they die. There&#8217;s the Powells, handsome couple, Dick and Adam Clayton. And the Taylors, Liz and Robert: didn&#8217;t know they&#8217;re datin&#8217;. Lovely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=598\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":163,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=163","url_meta":{"origin":598,"position":0},"title":"Buffalo Billfold","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A wallet lost in Buffalo was found in Montreal. 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