{"id":23367,"date":"2015-10-28T05:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=23367"},"modified":"2017-03-06T10:16:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:16:21","slug":"lightbox-daniel-chong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-daniel-chong\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightbox: &#8220;We Bare Bears&#8221; Creator Daniel Chong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lightbox: Interview with &#039;We Bare Bears&#039; (Cartoon Network) creator Daniel Chong\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7jg_CRRWE1w?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:\/\/twitter.com\/threebarebears\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Chong<\/a> speaks with Skwigly at the 2015 Annecy International Animation Festival about his hit show <a href=\"http:\/\/webarebears.cartoonnetwork.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>We Bare Bears<\/em><\/a>, now airing in the UK on Cartoon Network following its Stateside debut earlier this year.<br \/>\n<em>We Bare Bears<\/em> features the escapades of three brother bears Grizzly (Eric Edelstein), Panda (Bobby Moynihan) and Ice (Demetri Martin) as they attempt to assimilate to human ways of life.<br \/>\nThe series, which began life as Daniel Chong&#8217;s webcomic <em><a href=\"http:\/\/thethreebarebears.blogspot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Three Bare Bears<\/a><\/em>, also features Ellie Kemper, Jason Lee, Patton Oswalt and Charlyne Yi amongst its voice cast.<\/p>\n<p>Interview conducted by Julia Young<br \/>\nProduced and edited by Ben Mitchell<br \/>\nRecorded at the 2015 Annecy International Animation Festival<br \/>\nSeries footage kindly provided by Turner Broadcasting<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>There will be a special <\/strong><\/em><strong>We Bare Bears<\/strong><em><strong> presentation (including a Q&amp;A with Daniel via live connection) at this week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.klik.amsterdam\/festival\/program-details\/189\" target=\"_blank\">KLIK! 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