{"id":50471,"date":"2020-05-08T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T23:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=50471"},"modified":"2020-05-08T16:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T23:30:07","slug":"battlegrounds-may-not-be-number-1-but-hes-in-their-commercial-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2020\/05\/08\/battlegrounds-may-not-be-number-1-but-hes-in-their-commercial-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"Battlegrounds may not be Number 1, but he&#8217;s in their commercial anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/cylLASrWu_U\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess this is what you do when you&#8217;re Jonathan Frakes. 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