{"id":15547,"date":"2014-08-13T09:45:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T09:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=15547"},"modified":"2017-03-06T22:57:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:57:12","slug":"lightbox-gumball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-gumball\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightbox: &#8216;Amazing World of Gumball&#8217; creator Ben Bocquelet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lightbox: Ben Bocquelet, Creator of &#039;Amazing World of Gumball&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Swxzs2NRpDI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of our video series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL-0qdHF_aune0e5I9HLJ_iy14qMqu-fi9\" target=\"_blank\">Lightbox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/ben-bocquelet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Bocquelet<\/a>, creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Cartoon Network<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk\/show\/gumball\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Amazing World of Gumball<\/em><\/a> talks to Skwigly about the creation of the show, his influences and what UK viewers can expect in the upcoming Fall 2014 season.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more in our written interview with Bocquelet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/ben-bocquelet\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Interview conducted by Laura-Beth Cowley<br \/>\nEdited by Ben Mitchell<br \/>\nFootage courtesy of Cartoon Network UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest episode of our video series Lightbox Ben Bocquelet, creator of Cartoon Network&#8216;s The Amazing World of Gumball talks to Skwigly about the creation of the show, his influences and what UK viewers can expect in the upcoming Fall 2014 season. 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