{"id":926,"date":"2006-09-30T13:44:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-30T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/archives\/926"},"modified":"2006-09-30T13:44:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-30T08:14:00","slug":"desperately-seeking-kingkong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/desperately-seeking-kingkong\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperately Seeking KingKong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh no not that monkey. I am talking about this midget actor from Tamil and Telugu movies (late 80s through 90s). Apparently he is a super star now, thanks to the Internet, Kingsely tells us.<\/a>
Why? This is why!<\/a><\/p>\n

A million views! Wow!<\/p>\n

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Oh no not that monkey. I am talking about this midget actor from Tamil and Telugu movies (late 80s through 90s). Apparently he is a super star now, thanks to the Internet, Kingsely tells us. Why? This is why! A million views! 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