{"id":30903,"date":"2021-12-15T18:15:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T23:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=30903"},"modified":"2021-12-15T18:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T23:15:30","slug":"max-original-feature-documentary-beanie-mania-debuts-december-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/15\/max-original-feature-documentary-beanie-mania-debuts-december-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Original Feature Documentary &#8220;Beanie Mania&#8221; Debuts December 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30905\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/beanie-mainia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/beanie-mainia.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/beanie-mainia-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>Max Original feature BEANIE MANIA, a documentary film about the &#8217;90s Beanie Babies craze, debuts THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 on HBO Max. 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