{"id":52610,"date":"2023-04-06T17:32:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T21:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=52610"},"modified":"2023-04-06T17:32:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T21:32:58","slug":"prime-video-announces-stand-up-comedy-special-zarna-garg-one-in-a-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/06\/prime-video-announces-stand-up-comedy-special-zarna-garg-one-in-a-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Video Announces Stand-Up Comedy Special &#8220;Zarna Garg: One in a Billion&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52611\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/zarna.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/zarna.webp 555w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/zarna-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zarna Garg&#8217;s taking the comedy world by storm with her first streaming stand-up special <strong><em>One in a Billion<\/em><\/strong>. 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