Nickelodeon in General

.... how old is this show??

IIRC the show came out in the early 2000s, possibly either 1999 or 2001 when interactive computer games was a major thing for kiss. So I say almosts 20 years, give or take.

WHAT!!?

Bubble Guppies came out in 2011.

See that's more like what I thought.

While I don't think a spin-off of Sponge Bob Square Pants is a good idea, I also feel it can work if done correctly

The previous commenters on this thread said most of the main characters like Squidward, Patrick, Sandy, etc are tied too much to Sponge Bob and can't carry their own show unless their personalities are completely overhauled

That is the biggest issue with doing a spin-off of Sponge Bob Square Pants

To get around that, they can use a lesser character like Patchy the Pirate and make the show live-action which would breathe new life into this almost dead franchise

Is a Patchy spin-off separate from Bikini Bottom a good idea?

Or if they absolutely HAVE to use the primary cast(minus Sponge Bob himself of course), they can team up the characters

Here are some possible combinations:

• Mr. Krabs & Plankton
• Squidward & Mr. Krabs
• Patrick & Squidward
• Sandy & Plankton
• Sandy & Mr. Krabs
• Pearl & Squidward
• Pearl & Sandy
• Sandy & Karen
• Squidward & Squilliam
• Mr. Krabs & Gary
• Mr. Krabs & Mrs. Puff
• Mrs. Puff & Squidward
• Karen & Plankton
• Mrs. Puff, Sandy, & Karen

(this would be a female counterpart to the Sponge Bob Square Pants, Patrick Star, and Squidward Tentacles dynamic)

• Patrick & Sandy
• Squidward & Sandy
• Larry & Sandy
• Larry & Squidward

These characters have been proven to have good chemistry and can easily operate independent of Sponge Bob

In fact, the episodes centering on certain characters may have been the writers testing the waters to see if they would work in a spin-off environment

I don't think Nick will do it though

They'll take the easy way out and use one of the Bikini Bottomites like Fred Rechid

Although...a spin-off of the Bikini Bottomites without the main cast could be possible

Sorry for the long post!

Edited by Mikurotoro92 on Apr 25th 2019 at 3:41:04 AM

A recent documentary about Gabor Csupo’s friendship with Frank Zappa has finally been released to the Internet:

https://vimeo.com/233573753

Take a look at this. It’s terrific.

Apparently this was a thing:

I'm sad to see no one else has reported this here, but unfortunately, Chris Reccardi has passed away.

He was a major part of Ren And Stimpy, from the boards he did for many great moments of the series (including Wilbur Cobb's introduction in "Stimpy's Cartoon Show") to the episodes he directed which allowed his talent to really shine - "Hard Times for Haggis," "Hermit Ren," "Ren's Brain" - to the music he composed for the series, which included the theme song and "Happy Happy Joy Joy."

After the show ended, he went on to pretty much everything you liked - Cow And Chicken, The Powerpuff Girls, Dexters Laboratory, Samurai Jack, the short stints he had on The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy and Sponge Bob Square Pants, even his feature film work on The Lego Movie and the Hotel Transylvania films... If you watched children's TV in the past few decades you've seen something he worked on.

He was a great artist, a great musician and an inspiration for animators everywhere. His death is a blow to everyone in animation.

(I can only imagine how his poor wife is feeling now...)

He also headed that rejected pilot The Modifyers about a 60's spy.

Edited by kyun on May 2nd 2019 at 9:03:34 AM

Honestly never heard of him until today,but

RIP

Oh dang...

Not sure if this belongs in New Media instead, but since they do deal with Nickelodeon, does anyone watch Pop Arena's Nick Knacks videos? They're these mini-documentaries that deal with EVERY show that's ever aired on Nick, they JUST got around to 1984 and Powerhouse for example.

Whoa, Good Burger got a novelization!

EDIT: And a sequel novel!

Edited by lalalei2001 on May 8th 2019 at 7:37:42 AM

Wow! That's bizarre yet awesome.

Static Cling and Enter The Florpus are officially going to Netflix.

http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2019/05/netflix-acquires-nickelodeons-rockos.html

Well, now I have a reason to keep it around.

Look at Gene Meyer's review. That's some funny shit.

Blue's Clues & You! is a thing now. I knew it was coming out, but actually seeing it is something else.

It's not really a reboot that I think was needed. They could just rerun the original show. It hasn't aged much, if at all, aside from some of the kids fashions. Still, more Blue's Clues is always nice. I have an affinity for Blue's Clues merchandise, so more merch is welcome.

My only major issue is Blue's design. Or more specifically, that she's CGI. I'm not fond of how all preschool shows seem CGI nowadays. I know it's easier to work with but everything meshes together after a while.

Blue's Clues and Rugrats were the two Cash Cows of 90s/2000s Nick. I wonder if there's anything else that could be rebooted. I can't see them rebooting their live-action stuff.

Edited by Pichu-kun on May 30th 2019 at 3:54:53 AM

"We need a pink, female dog on the show!"

"But Blue is female."

"..."

"... you're not gonna pay us until we put a pink female dog in the show are you?"

The heck are you on about? Magenta's always been a thing.

Yeah, Magenta was in the original show.

Anyway, the reboot doesn't look too bad so far, I don't think. To be honest I was expecting everybody to be CGI like Blue (and Magenta).

Edited by kablammin45 on May 30th 2019 at 7:34:03 AM

I expect about 20 dark fanfics about what Josh did to Steve and Joe.

Overthinking things, it is weird seeing Blue with a new owner. Joe was Steve's brother at least. They probably won't explain it either since it's a Soft Reboot intended at toddlers.

Maybe we'll see Josh's sister whose color scheme is yellow or red?

Wasn't Magenta owned by an live action African american male?