He’s absorbent, he’s porous, he’s yellow..............
He’s a sponge!!!! Cut him some slack!
SpongeBob - the new Charlie Brown. Why’s everybody always picking on him?


I still like him. And I think we provide a sound enough home life to counter any moral damage the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom may be doing.

The show, like many non-PBS shows that feature explosions, is flamboyantly anti-educational. In Bikini Bottom, in fact, "educational television" is a horrible punishment, as fearsome as a bout with giant clams. And still each show contains moral questions, after a fashion. They are not the kind that find answers in ordinary children's fare (be kind and tolerant), but rather the pressing, if tawdry, dilemmas that adults face every day......

What do you teach your children about these things? SpongeBob SquarePants is no help; it has nothing to teach. SpongeBob's would-be role models—his greedy, pirate-like boss (Mr. Krabs); his blousy, neurotic teacher (Mrs. Puff); and his snobbish co-worker (Squidward Tentacles)—furnish only opportunistic answers.


And then let’s imply that Sandy Cheeks is being written out because it’s a male-gay oriented show and nobody cares about a girl squirrel, that’s a real stretch.


Maybe I just don’t like a lot of PBS shows. A lot of PBS kids shows do feel like a horrible punishment. Maybe that’s why I like SpongeBob.