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Oct 2021
18m 24s

Building Bikini Bottom With Kenny Pitten...

NICKELODEON
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Hear from the artist who designed the foundations of the SpongeBob Universe. Kenny Pittenger sits down with Frankie and Hector to discuss the early days of Nickelodeon Animation and what inspired the design of Bikini Bottom. Then Kenny unpacks what it’s like to bring us into the next generation of all things SpongeBob with his recent work as a storyboard dir ... Show More
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