Yup… I have to admit it. I’ve been watching a lot of Spongebob Squarepants lately. Yes, really. Stop laughing.
Seriously though, it’s one of those cartoons, like Animaniacs or Rocko’s Modern Life which is for more than just kids. There’s certainly plenty of slapstick and sillyness for kids to enjoy, but I can’t help but feel a lot of the jokes would pass kids by, but adults get them and laugh anyway. I love how the show mixes the odd bits of ‘live’ video with the animation too, sometimes in the same scene, other times flicking back and forth. It’s a nice concept, and it works well. The characters are good – there’s a depth to them that many other cartoons miss.
I saw The Spongebob Squarepants Movie the other day too, and was pleased to see it was basically a long normal episode – often when something is made into a film it loses something, but the movie was just as funny.
It really is great. Go watch it now!