"Are you ready kids?! I can't hear you!" SpongeBob SquarePants is cartoon royalty and adored worldwide but what goes into making our favorite sponge fresh, hysterical and a fan favorite year after year? This week supervising producers Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli break it all the way down to Bikini Bottom.
Nov 2017
Chris Garbutt & Rikke Asbjoern
Pinky Malinky creators Chris Garbutt and Rikke Asbjoern are the proud parents of the first social media savvy cartoon character on Nickelodeon - who also happens to be a hotdog! Pinky Malinky is an infectiously-positive wiener who lives in the human world, goes to school, sings, ... Show More
34m 27s
Apr 2025
I Smell Pop Culture: SpongeBob SquarePants
Are ya ready, kids??
We’re diving into a SpongeBob reference in Season 3 Episode 3, when Lorelai jokes about Rory using a SpongeBob cutout photo for her college app.
Carolyn Lawrence (aka the voice of Sandy Cheeks) joins us to talk about making SpongeBob, being live at the Super ... Show More
46m 50s
Jul 2022
SpongeBob In Stop-Motion with Seamus Walsh and Mark Caballero from Screen Novelties
Right from the first shot of the opening theme, SpongeBob established itself as a multimedia cartoon that showed viewers the magic of combining various forms of animation with live-action, and beyond. Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh, and the entire Screen Novelties team have underta ... Show More
25m 36s
Oct 2021
Bubble Stand / Ripped Pants
Learn what defines Patrick Star’s Patrickiness, why SpongeBob ripping his pants is so relatable, who is “Scooter The Dude” and more! Plus, we’re taken to Frankie’s Marine Biology Corner, where Professor Grande teaches us all about the starfish brain (or lack thereof) and what an ... Show More
39m 13s