One of our adoring fans posed this question to us recently in a comment: Whither SpongeBob? He should, after all, constitute a full third of our blog, if the tagline above is to be believed.
Well, dear readers, fear not. We have not forgotten about our absorbent and porous friend. Although he has not had a starring role in our blog until now, he has made several cameo appearances. One such appearance was in the form of a band-aid (although it was pointed out to me later that it was no mere band-aid I used that day -- it was a glow-in-the-dark one!); another appearance here detailed our impression of Mr. SquarePants' adventure on the silver screen.
And, as you may have guessed by the new name adorning these pages, the current and previous title of our blog have paid homage to classic quotes from the TV series:
"Art thou feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?"
-- Spongebob, Mid-Life Crustacean
"Just look at him. Square... the shape of evil!"
-- Sheldon J. Plankton, The Fry Cook Games
Having established the subtle, yet unmistakable presence of Mr. SquarePants, we can turn our attention to the manner in which we became fans.
I first became aware of the aforementioned character in 2002, when I began my job in Colorado. The department I was in had established a team mascot, which was a talking SpongeBob SquarePants doll ("Bring it around town," he exclaimed). Every month the department would vote for a member that had performed exceptionally well, and the winner had the honor of possessing the doll, which was nicknamed "FancyPants," for that month. Lest any harm befall the mascot, the Code of Ethics within the department included the line "Treat FancyPants with Respect."
Having never heard of him before, I asked Wendy one day if she had heard of a cartoon named something along the lines of "SquareBob SpongePants." She had, fortunately, and she corrected my mistake.
Not long after that we began watching the TV show on Nickelodeon and discovered that we quite enjoyed it. SpongeBob is zany, naive, and, perhaps, somewhat gay (not that there's anything wrong with that). A fine combination. And a fine show.
We thank you, Mr. SquarePants, for providing hours of entertainment. And to our readers: should you ever have any SpongeBob-related questions, please do not hesitate to ask. We shall always endeavor to answer.
2 comments:
Thank you for a fine history of your involvement with Spongebob. :)
Yeah, a chance to share a Spongebob anecdote.
One of the Little Ones at school possesses a pair of Spongebob boots. At first I thought that they were hand-me-downs from her big brother but her genuine infatuation with them has set me straight.
Everytime we get ready to go outside she starts yelling "Miss Jill, Miss Jill look Spongebob!" and then she giggles and happily places them on the wrong feet.
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