the first episode of spongebob aired on may 1, 1999.
the first episode of spongebob aired on may 1, 1999.
when did the first episode of spongebob air?
may 1 , 1999
in addition to the show's regular cast of voice actors, guest stars have been featured on "spongebob squarepants", an american animated television series created by marine biologist and animator stephen hillenburg for nickelodeon. "spongebob squarepants" chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of bikini bottom. many of the ideas for the show originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled "the intertidal zone", which hillenburg created in the mid-1980s. he began developing "spongebob squarepants" into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of "rocko's modern life", which hillenburg directed. the pilot episode first aired on nickelodeon in the united states on may 1, 1999. the show's eleventh season premiered in 2017, and episodes of "spongebob squarepants" have aired. a series of feature-length theatrical films based on the show began in 2004 with "the spongebob squarepants movie", followed by a and a third installment set for 2020.
list of spongebob squarepants guest stars
american rock band the flaming lips recorded "spongebob & patrick confront the psychic wall of energy". they shot the song's music video, directed by band member wayne coyne and filmmaker bradley beesley, in austin, texas. coyne said, "stephen [hillenburg] seems to be a fan of the weirder music of the late '80s and early '90s [...] he wanted to evoke the music he got turned onto back then." coyne suggested a duet with justin timberlake, but hillenburg refused, saying "i don't want any of those sort of commercial weirdos on there. i don't like those commercial people. i like you guys, and wilco and ween." american band wilco wrote and recorded "just a kid". one of the film's producers contacted frontman jeff tweedy after seeing a spongebob air freshener hanging from tweedy's rearview mirror in "". tweedy said, "i fell in love with spongebob when i heard him describe the darkness at the bottom of the sea as 'advanced darkness' [...] how could i not write a song for this film? it automatically makes me the coolest dad on the block." avril lavigne recorded the series' theme for the soundtrack. other artists contributing to the soundtrack were motörhead, singing "you better swim" (a derivative of their 1992 song "you'd better run"); prince paul ("prince paul's bubble party"); ween ("ocean man"), and the shins ("they'll soon discover", partially written in 2001).
the spongebob squarepants movie