Laugh-bringing line OTD

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Said by a co-worker this afternoon:

"So, who's going to rush out and catch the SpongeBob SquarePants movie this weekend? Come on, I don't see any hands!"

I actually tried watching SpongeBob SquarePants. I figured I'd give it ten minutes. After two minutes, all I could think was, "Do I have to sit through the other eight minutes?"

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Probly too late for comments... but...

[cosmiquemuffin.livejournal.com]

Invader Zim RULEZ. However, it got kicked off the air because it was too nakedly subversive-- hey, when the creator is also the author of "Johnny the Homocidal Manic" you have to wonder how Nickelodeon allowed such a thing to take place with its money.

Spongebob is perky, true, but it is quietly subversive in a lot of ways. There are obvious shout-outs to queeritude (which has made SB-SP a gay icon) but also multiple forays into the surreal and Ren-and-Stimpy-like childish perversion. That's all wrapped up in a goofy appeal by people who clearly are enjoying the work they're doing, and to see something like that succeed in the mainstream gives me some hope for the chillun.

To your point, Lynn-- you probably gaped a phoned-in episode-- have an adult fan point you to a couple of episodes that are nicely bizarre.