Nick Hosts Special SpongeBob Anniversary Weekend

Thursday, June 25, 2009
By: Thomas J. Mclean

SpongeBob SquarePants is about to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his TV premiere — and Nickelodeon isn’t about to let the occasion pass without a big party.

To celebrate the July 17, 1999, debut of the character, Nick will host an Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash Weekend.

The event airs July 17-19 and includes 50 hours of programming, including 11 SpongeBob premieres, all hosted by Patchy the Pirate. It also will include a top-10 countdown of celebrities’ favorite SpongeBob episodes, and the top-10 episodes chosen by fans at Nick.com.

Leading up the event will be an hourlong documentary titled Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants. Produced by Creadon O’Malley, the original documentary will air on Nick sister channel VH1 on July 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Online events include 10 new games at SpongeBob.com, an iTunes celebrity playlist of 25 favorite episodes chosen by Tom Kenny, and SpongeBob’s debut on Facebook at www.facebook.com/spongebob and Twitter at www.twitter.com/happysquared.

Reader Comments

• Fee :

  Sunday, June 28, 2009

  Didn\'t Spongebob debut following the 12th Annual KCAs back on May 1, 1999???

• Terri Hellmund : Education Account Executive : Planet Digital

  Friday, July 17, 2009

  http://illustratingspongebob.eventbrite.com/
  Harry Moore, illustrator of SpongeBob books, met with publishers, interested graphic designers, and very excited kids last night in Thornton Park at Planet Digital (Orlando, FL) July 16. Planet Digital is continuing to celebrate SpongeBob\\\'s 10th anniversary with a Harry Moore seminar July 21 and classes in August. Come and check it out!

• Anna :

  Sunday, July 19, 2009

  I\'m watching the new Spongebob episodes tonight and the drawing in the animation is lacking. The characters seem to lack personality and expression usual in the show. A real disappointment.