I’ve long been bewildered by the fact this show even exists. Ah mean really: some guy had to give a pitch to a board of directors saying “ok, so for this show, the lead character is named BOB, and he’s a SPONGE ... and he wears PANTS ... SQUARE pants, and I really do want you to sink tens of millions of dollars into not just making it happen but making it a huge hit! and we’ll license the character EVERYWHERE, even boxer shorts! guess where his long nose will be! no really, I’m serious about all this! can I have a big pile of money now?”
Marketing just amazes me.
Well, whoever sunk “tens of millions of dollars” into it has certainly made it back about 10 times over.
I thought the same when I saw a commercial for it. A sponge? My exact quote was “We’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel these days.”
Then I saw an episode and my opinion changed. There’s some good writing and voice acting behind the show.