{"id":20458,"date":"2020-05-19T21:53:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T02:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=20458"},"modified":"2020-05-19T21:53:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T02:53:40","slug":"that-new-toy-smell-newsdesk-in-the-cracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/19\/that-new-toy-smell-newsdesk-in-the-cracks\/","title":{"rendered":"That New Toy Smell &#8211; Newsdesk In The Cracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kCpc2Z5mOJA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With so many missing episodes in this timeframe and much restoration work to be done on the next flashback episode, here&#8217;s a collection of Newsdesk segments from that missing period to help fill in the cracks! We&#8217;re talking about Masters of the Universe Classics, GI Joe, Thundercats, and even that upcoming Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern movie that shows so much promise! Boy, I hope that movie turned out well! https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/pop-culture-network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With so many missing episodes in this timeframe and much restoration work to be done on the next flashback episode, here&#8217;s a collection&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[32,16,727,5,7],"tags":[1162,67,1168,1193,1208,305,1027,1222,22,1241,285,1244,1243,1318,1176,1161,1127,1167,1163,1317,1319,65],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/vs200520-001.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20350,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/04\/24\/that-new-toy-smell-episode-22-2009-masters-of-the-universe-classics\/","url_meta":{"origin":20458,"position":0},"title":"That New Toy Smell Episode 22 &#8211; 2009 Masters of the Universe Classics","author":"DiRT","date":"April 24, 2020","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tnyyxMnZImI Happy new year! 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