{"id":28031,"date":"2016-09-16T09:12:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T09:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=28031"},"modified":"2019-08-09T20:50:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T20:50:40","slug":"lightbox-haley-mancini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/lightbox-haley-mancini\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightbox: Haley Mancini (&#8216;The Powerpuff Girls&#8217;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lightbox - Series 3 Episode 02: Haley Mancini (&#039;The Powerpuff Girls&#039;)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/182969578?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/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\">Lightbox<\/a> Skwigly meet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haleymancini.com\/\">Haley Mancini<\/a>, writer and voice-over actress on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk\">Cartoon Network<\/a>&#8216;s 2016 reboot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/retroranting-ppg\/\"><em>The Powerpuff Girls<\/em><\/a>.<br \/>\nFirst created by Craig McCracken (<em>Dexter&#8217;s Lab<\/em>, <em>Foster&#8217;s Home For Imaginary Friends<\/em>), the original series in which superhero preschoolers Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup wage an unending battle against the evils that blight the city of Townsville ran from 1998-2005, spawning numerous specials and a feature film in 2002.<br \/>\nThe new 2016 show, helmed by Nick Jennings (<em>Adventure Time<\/em>) and Bob Boyle (<em>Wow! 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