The episode where Spongebob has to acquire the hydrodynamic spatula (with port and starboard attachments) is hysterial: from the nematodes to the Tiny Tim singing that formed the background music.Īnother favorite is when Barnacle Boy revolts from being treated as a child and joins forces with Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble. I'd love to have the "cell" (or electronic equivalent) of the final shot of Squiddy's leap in the air. I love the bubble bowl episode, it was fun to see Squidward finally get a win. Here's a clip from arguably the show's greatest meta-commentary: "IDIOT BOX." It takes a TV show to remind: If you've got a vivid childlike imagination, then a new television set can be less entertaining than the box it came in. (Classic moment: SpongeBob's full-throated chuckle after Squidward says: "I hate Krabby Patties.")ġ. In keeping with the theme, this is the episode that got me hooked. Squidward's disgust of - and then closet addiction to - Krabby Patties plays to delicious comic effect. Here's a clip from the pilot - "HELP WANTED." (Bonus: Hillenburg's immediate nod to his early influence, Jacques Cousteau.)Ģ. But the character development was already pretty strong in the 1999 pilot. Hillenburg says the character construction was loose. This is demonstrated nowhere better than with his kidlike fixation on a stunt in this clip from "RIPPED PANTS."ģ. Whether buying fake muscle arms or performing squirrel-savaging standup, there's something endearing about SpongeBob when he cares about public opinion.
(Classic line: "I'm living your dream, Squidward.")Ĥ. Plus, there's the great Bubble Bowl rock concert, to boot, in "BAND GEEKS."
Squidward's mix of artistic aspiration in the face of goading, humiliation and unrelenting sub-mediocrity made this a kids' episode that adults can experience on a whole 'nother level.
So to mark this sponge's 10th birthday, 'Riffs picks our Five Fave episodes from the embarassment of Krabs-coveted riches. And Kenny tells 'Riffs that he wrote our favorite musical moment, the song "Best Day Ever." Hillenburg says many of the episodes are inspired by the writers' own childhoods (example: "Patrick's Secret Box"). As "SpongeBob SquarePants" celebrates its 10th anniversary this month - marked partly by tonight's VH1 documentary "Square Roots" - Comic Riffs discussed some of its favorite episodes with creator Stephen Hillenburg and Tom Kenny, the voice behind the sponge.
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