Friday, August 12, 2022

Secret Headquarters Special Look w/ Owen Wilson, Walker Scobell & More Cast Members! | Nickelodeon

Secret Headquarters Special Look w/ Owen Wilson, Walker Scobell & More Cast Members! | Nickelodeon


Secret Headquarters is about a kid who doesn't know his dad is actually a superhero, and he stumbles across secret headquarters underneath the house with a group of his friends! Check out this special look and behind the scenes with the directors, Owen Wilson, Keith L. Williams, Michael Peña, Abby James Witherspoon, Momona Tamada and more!

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'SpongeBob' To Get Dark Detective Book Series

SpongeBob SquarePants Mysteries, a brand new book series in partnership with Nickelodeon, Amulet Books and longtime SpongeBob author David Lewman has been unveiled, and from the first look, it looks like it'll feature a darker tone than the series.


In an ominous first look at SpongeBob SquarePants Mysteries #1, "Find a Missing Star," SpongeBob and Squidward solve a mystery surrounding Patrick's disappearance. What's going on?

According to the series listings online, this is only the first part of SpongeBob SquarePants Mysteries. It seems like we'll be getting even more stories in this grim version of Bikini Bottom! The concept also seems to be based on the "Squid Noir" episode of SpongeBob, which offers a fresh perspective on the show that we don't see much of. Like "Squid Noir," the book will feature black-and-white illustrations by illustrator Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife With Archie) throughout.

The hardcover edition of SpongeBob SquarePants Mysteries: Find A Missing Star is currently slated to be released on October 25, and has a SRP of $14.99. A paperback edition has yet to be announced. At the moment, it looks like the book will only be released in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the U.K.


SpongeBob SquarePants Mysteries: Find A Missing Star is available to pre-order on Barnes & Noble and has a listing on Amazon.com.

Overview

Uncover the mysteries of Bikini Bottom with SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends in this all-new middle-grade series!

On the eve of a mayoral event happening at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob's best friend Patrick Star goes missing! With no one willing to help find him, SpongeBob and Squidward put on their best detective gear and hit the case themselves. But as their investigation leads them to the darkest corners of Bikini Bottom, secrets about SpongeBob's best friend are quickly revealed.

Energetic and fast-paced, with plenty of kid-friendly humor, Find a Missing Star, the first in the SpongeBob SquarePants Mysteries series, is a great read for new and longtime fans of the hit TV series.

By Nickelodeon, and David Lewman
Illustrator Francesco Francavilla
Publication Date: October 25, 2022
Imprint: Amulet Books
Trim Size: 5 1⁄2 x 8
ISBN: 9781419757723
Page Count: 224
Illustrations: Black-and-white illustrations throughout
Rights: US/CAN/AUS/NZ/UK English

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
David Lewman has written more than 65 books starring SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron, the Fairly OddParents, G.I. Joe, the Wild Thornberrys, and other popular characters. He has also written scripts for many acclaimed television shows. David lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Donna, and their dog, Pirkle.

Watch SpongeBob SquarePants and The Patrick Star Show on Nickelodeon, and 200 episodes of SpongeBobThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The RunKamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years and The SpongeBob Musical on Paramount+! Try it FREE at ParamountPlus.com.


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CALLING ALL GOOFY GOOBERS! (ROCK!) Are ya ready for a deep dive into the world of SpongeBob SquarePants? The SpongeBob YouTube channel is THE PLACE for all fan-favorite SpongeBob moments! We’re serving up everything from legendary scenes to remixes of classic songs to deep dives into Bikini Bottom lore. Be sure to check back every week for Music Mondays, Wumbo Wednesdays, and Flashback Fridays! Subscribe now at https://www.youtube.com/SpongeBobOfficial!

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THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2022 | THQ Nordic

THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2022 | THQ Nordic


"Tune in for the second THQ Nordic Digital Showcase hosted by Elle Osili-Wood and Richard Kiess to learn more about upcoming and unannounced titles, with a preshow from our friends at Handy Games!

Content creators all over the world of any size are invited to co-stream the showcase on their own channels. Please note that this stream will contain copyrighted music. For a license-free version of our showcase, please watch the stream on our second channel THQ Nordic Inside!

If you’d like to participate, or if you have any questions, please reach out to: contentcreators@thqnordic.com"

THQ Nordic will showcase their upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants video game SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake during the company's Save The Date 2022 event on Friday, August 12, 2022!

THE BATTLE IS ON!

ARE YOU READY?

Wish-granting Mermaid’s Tears in the hands of SpongeBob and Patrick… What could possibly go wrong?

Sure, the very fabric holding the very universe very together could come very undone, opening up portals into Wishworlds full of knights, cowboys, pirates, and prehistoric snails. But that’s nothing everyone’s favorite Sponge can’t handle – with the right cosmic costume!

Everybody do the Cosmic Shake!

Key Features

• Unlock classic and new platforming skills like the Fishhook Swing and Karate Kick
• Don more than 30 spongetastic costumes like SnailBob and SpongeGar
• Travel to 7 distinct Wishworlds like Wild West Jellyfish Fields and Halloween Rock Bottom
• Experience all the buddy movie banter with SpongeBob’s permanent companion Balloon-Patrick
• Meet all your favorite characters from the series, voiced by their original actors
• Enjoy the in-game soundtrack featuring 101 songs from the series, including "Sweet Victory"
• 1 - 2 players
• Online play optional

Release date: TBA

Published by THQ Nordic GmbH, Austria. Developed by Purple Lamp Studios GmbH, Austria. The game was revealed during THQ Nordic's 10-year anniversary digital showcase.

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From THQ Nordic's official announcement:

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
Everything is possible in the infinite expanses of the cosmos .. there might even be a reality where mayonnaise isn't an instrument! When the mysterious fortune teller Kassandra grants SpongeBob and Patrick wishes, the two buddies unintentionally open up portals to strange Wishworlds... it's all F.U.N. and games until their friends get lost in the portals! Explore seven distinct worlds and don more than 30 cosmic skins to rescue the universe of the brand new adventure SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, available on PC, PlayStation™, Nintendo Switch™ and Xbox One.

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Watch SpongeBob SquarePants and The Patrick Star Show on Nickelodeon, and 200 episodes of SpongeBobThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The RunKamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years and The SpongeBob Musical on Paramount+! Try it FREE at ParamountPlus.com.


Listen to The SpongeBob Musical here!

CALLING ALL GOOFY GOOBERS! (ROCK!) Are ya ready for a deep dive into the world of SpongeBob SquarePants? The SpongeBob YouTube channel is THE PLACE for all fan-favorite SpongeBob moments! We’re serving up everything from legendary scenes to remixes of classic songs to deep dives into Bikini Bottom lore. Be sure to check back every week for Music Mondays, Wumbo Wednesdays, and Flashback Fridays! Subscribe now at https://www.youtube.com/SpongeBobOfficial!

Shop SpongeBob!: https://www.spongebobshop.com - SpongeBob face masks now available, with ALL proceeds going to charity!


Originally published: August 10, 2022.

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Paramount Opens South Park Anniversary Pop-Up Shop in London

Head on down to South Park's Anniversary pop-up shop! With exclusive merch and original artwork from the iconic series, you're gonna have yourself a time! Doors open Friday 12th - Sunday 14th at 59 Greek Street, W1D 3DZ, London, UK!


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Comedy Central to Premiere 'South Park The 25th Anniversary Concert' on Aug. 13; To Stream on Paramount Plus From Aug. 14

COMEDY CENTRAL TO PREMIERE "SOUTH PARK THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT" ON SATURDAY AUGUST 13 AT 10 PM ET/PT

Concert Available to Stream On-Demand Next Day on Paramount+

Live concert with Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Primus and Ween filmed at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater will air 25 years to the date and time of South Park's August 1997 premiere date


Wednesday, July 20 - New York, NY - Today Comedy Central announced they will be airing "South Park The 25th Anniversary Concert" starring South Park co-creators Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Primus and Ween.

The concert, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the renowned franchise with iconic songs from the historic series premieres Saturday, August 13 at 10 PM ET/PT on Comedy Central and will be available to stream the following day, Sunday, August 14th, on Paramount+. It will also be available in international territories where the service is available. Try Paramount+ for FREE at ParamountPlus.com.

Filmed in Colorado at the renowned Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, the concert celebrates the essential role music has played in the series since its debut 25 years ago. Joined by Primus and Ween, Parker and Stone will perform many fan favorites. Primus and Ween will also collaborate with their own songs in honor of their long-standing relationship with South Park.

Co-creators Parker and Stone are executive producers, along with Anne Garefino and Frank C. Agnone II. Eric Stough, Adrien Beard, Bruce Howell and Vernon Chatman are producers. Christopher Brion is the creative director of South Park Digital Studios. South Park's website is SouthPark.CC.com.

MTV Entertainment Studios' expansive deal with Parker and Stone includes extending South Park on Comedy Central through 2027 and taking cable's longest-running scripted series through an unprecedented 30th season. In addition to the series extension, the new deal includes 14 South Park original made-for-streaming movies exclusively for Paramount+, including last year's SOUTH PARK POST COVID and SOUTH PARK POST COVID: THE RETURN OF COVID as well as this year's SOUTH PARK THE STREAMING WARS and SOUTH PARK THE STREAMING WARS PART 2. The series has earned five Emmy Awards, to date, and a George Foster Peabody Award.

About MTV Entertainment Group:

MTV Entertainment Group is one of the preeminent youth media companies in the world that connects with global audiences through its nine iconic brands - MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, CMT, Pop, Logo, Smithsonian, Paramount Network and TV Land - as well as MTV Entertainment Studios which produces acclaimed series and movies and the award-winning, Oscar nominated MTV Documentary Films.

About Paramount+:

Paramount+ combines live sports, breaking news and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world's biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the U.S. in addition to the ability to stream other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis and ET Live for entertainment coverage.

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The South Park 25th Anniversary Experience is popping up across the country. In Chicago today 10-6! | South Park Studios


South Park 25th Anniversary Concert Tailgate | South Park Studios


We saw incredible cosplay, karaoke performances, and expert trivia knowledge from fans all over the world at the South Park 25th Anniversary Concert Tailgate at Red Rocks! Some lucky fans got to take home prizes like the custom South Park x @Bose headphones, toys, and accessories. 

Thank you to everyone who came out to check out items from our archive, take photos with iconic moments from the series, and play lawn games with fellow South Park fans. 

If you missed it, the South Park 25th Anniversary Experience will be in Denver’s McGregor Square from 10-6 8/12 and 8/13. It is free and open to the public. 


Originally published: July 21, 2022.


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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Official Trailers | Nickelodeon Movies | Paramount Pictures México

El Perro Samurái | Tráiler oficial (DOBLADO) | Paramount Pictures México


Un pueblo de gatos se encuentra en peligro y un héroe inesperado surge para ayudarlos: ¡un perro llamado Hank! Ve el tráiler oficial de #ElPerroSamurai 🐾 Próximamente en cines. 

Sinopsis:
Hank, un sabueso con mala suerte, se encuentra en un pueblo lleno de gatos que necesitan un héroe que los defienda de un despiadado villano que quiere borrar a su aldea del mapa.

Con la ayuda de un maestro que no quiere entrenarlo, nuestro desvalido héroe debe asumir el papel del samurái del pueblo y unirse a los aldeanos para salvar el día. El único problema es que... ¡los gatos odian a los perros!

El Perro Samurái: La leyenda de Kakamucho, próximamente en cines. Con las voces de Juanpa Zurita como Hank y Faisy como Ika Chu.

Toph’s Bending Style Was Accidentally Perfect, 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Co-Creators Reveal

Avatar: The Last Airbender's Toph had a bending style that was created by a blind woman, with co-creator Bryan Konietzko saying it was a coincidence.


Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creator Bryan Konietzko talks about the origin of Toph's fighting style, learning that it was invented by a blind woman. Avatar ran for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005-2008, with the series recently experiencing a resurgence in popularity due to its addition to Netflix. Netflix is slated to release a live-action remake of the same name, currently in post-production for its first season, and Avatar Studios is planning a series of movies set in the Avatarverse.

Avatar: The Last Airbender follows Aang, the titular Avatar as he must travel across the land to master the fighting styles of all four elements. His earthbending teacher, Toph, was introduced in the second season and joins Aang on his journey, notably becoming one of the few main characters on a TV series with a disability through her blindness. Toph went on to become a favorite of Avatar: The Last Airbender fans, with many complimenting her personality and role in the story.

According to the Avatar: Braving the Elements podcast, Konietzko talks about Toph's fighting style, officially known as Southern Praying Mantis, a rare form of Kung Fu. After he and Michael Dante DiMartino decided on the style, the pair met with a martial arts coordinator who informed them that the style was invented by a blind woman according to legend. Konietzko admits they had no idea of the synchronicity and saw how perfect it was in depicting Toph's fights. Read his quote below:

"And then there was, you know, the really neat synchronicity when we picked Southern Praying Mantis, this rare style, for Toph. And we met with Sifu Manuel [Rodriguez], and he was like, ‘You know the legend is this style was created by a blind woman.’ And we were like, ‘We had no idea.’"

With Avatar heavily borrowing from East Asian mythology and culture, it's interesting how Konietzko would unintentionally make such a connection between the legend and Toph. The lack of representation in the cast and creative team is one of Avatar: The Last Airbender's most common criticisms, with the Netflix series set to change that precedent. The coincidence seems to lightly echo that criticism, where the creators didn't understand the cultural origin of a fighting style before deciding to implement it in the series.

Nevertheless, Avatar remains one of the most critically acclaimed shows of all time, with its story, characters, themes, and animation often cited as some of the best in television history. Toph is a perfect representation of how the show stood apart, giving a character with a disability motivation that broke stereotypes and added to the world-building. With Toph's fighting style accidentally suiting the character so well, it just adds another reason why Avatar: The Last Airbender stands at the height of animated storytelling and is one of the most beloved shows of its age.
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Originally published: August 12, 2022.

Original source: ScreenRant.

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Rodger Bumpass To Take Part In 'SpongeBob: What’s Bikini Bottom Really Like?' Panel At Fandom Fest

Schenectady, NY will get a closer look at the world of Bikini Bottom this weekend thanks to Rodger Bumpass, the man behind the nasal-voiced, ever-sarcastic SpongeBob SquarePants character Squidward Tentacles.

Rodger Bumpass, the longtime voice of Squidward Tentacles on Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants,” will roll into Schenectady this weekend.

The voice actor will be in the Electric City as part of Fandom Fest. Organized by Proctors, the weekend-long festival includes celebrity guests such as Bumpass, James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), Amber Benson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and many others. It will also feature panels, games, a cosplay contest, film/anime screenings, trivia, paint and sip, vendors and more. This is the first year the event has been held.

Bumpass will speak on the panel “What’s Bikini Bottom really like?” on Sunday, August 14.

An Arkansas native, the actor studied radio and television as well as theater at Arkansas State University, and went on to win a role in the National Lampoon music and comedy road show That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick.

Shortly after that, he began landing more voice-acting gigs, including in movies and cartoons such as The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? and Batman: The Animated Series.

Bumpass went on to play Squidward on Nickelodeon’s animated comedy series SpongeBob SquarePants, giving voice to the misanthropic octopus who has become one of the most recognizable cartoon characters of today. He has also played a variety of incidental characters on the show, which has been on the air since 1999.

The Daily Gazette caught up with Bumpass shortly before his journey to Fandom Fest and spoke about the surprising success of SpongeBob, the recording process, ad-libbing on the show and his favorite episodes, among other things.

Question: By the time SpongeBob came along in your career, you had already done Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and many other shows, correct?

Answer: I had done just scores upon scores of things and I worked with a lot of looping groups. So I worked on a whole bunch of movies. I was a completely working actor. I was making a fine living before [SpongeBob] happened. But this was just the biggest thing I’ve ever been part of.

In fact, up until SpongeBob, Carmen Sandiego was the longest running cartoon I had ever been a part of, which was four years. So that was a big deal for me back then. Nobody had any idea this would become what it became.

Q: When you first started working on it, did you think, “This is kind of fun. It might be a one-off show. We’ll see where it goes”?

A: That’s pretty much what I thought. It was just another audition. Back then you would travel across town to your agent’s office, and they have a little booth and you go in there and read whatever copy came to them. Then you either get it or you don’t, and you go on to the next thing.

That was just one of those things I read for. I got the part. We did the pilot, I got a copy of the pilot. I took it home to my family and played it for them, and they all fell asleep.

And so I said to myself, “Well, it’s funny, it’s OK. It’s nice. It’s work.”

Then two years after that I was on the street and I just casually mentioned to someone that I worked on the show, and their eyes got just gigantic and their jaw dropped, and they said, “No way. You guys are so hip.” And I didn’t even know that young people knew what that word meant. So that’s when I said, “Maybe we’re onto something here.”

People always ask, “What’s the thing that makes it fun and good and desirable for people to watch?” And I always draw the comparison of Looney Tunes.

They’re both 11-minute cartoons, not half-hours. And they both use what we call cartoon animation … [where] when you get hit with a frying pan your face takes the shape of the frying pan. We just did what Looney Tunes did and they had great characters, too, and we’ve got pretty good characters ourselves.

But it’s just funny and it’s silly.

It struck a note at that particular time. Maybe it was the cartoon version of The Beatles, just the right group at the right time. It just kind of clicked, and it was very much a surprise to all of us, even the creator of the show.

Q: When you first auditioned for the role, did they provide any direction for how Squidward should sound?

A: The sound was all me. But when you go to an audition, especially for cartoons, they’ll give you a written description of the character. [Squidward is] artistic, he’s finicky. He’s fussy. He is very frustrated. He thinks he’s better than everybody else around him.

I saw the picture of him, in which he had this big honking nose, and so I made him a bit nasal and … just condescending sarcasm about everything around him.

The creator Stephen Hillenburg had heard my stuff in an audition before. So he was somewhat familiar with me. But that was just pretty much what he wanted. One of the great things about him, when he knew what he wanted, he didn’t mess around. So he brought me in.

Q: As you’ve gotten to know Squidward more and more over the years, are there aspects of his character that you either identify with or just really enjoy portraying?

A: I used to describe him as my alter ego and now I’m his alter ego. I’ve become more and more sarcastic, because you can get away with being sarcastic when you’re a part of something that’s your character.

I’m never hurtful to anybody but I can be really sarcastic. I have a shirt that says “Sarcasm: It’s how I hug.”

Q: When you’re recording the show is there any room for ad-libbing or changing lines?

A: Through the years we have evolved into a very nice way of doing things. Early on we ad-libbed a lot, and of course the writers give us the script and they would like to have their script at least in one or two takes as written.

We developed a three-tier way of recording. We’ll do two or three pages exactly as written. And then we’ll go back and do what we call the crazy take, in which we can do anything we want to do and we can ad-lib. Oftentimes we go off-color just for our own amusement. So somewhere in Nickelodeon, there’s a very blue kind of tape.

It gives us great freedom [and] that’s very liberating, but it also covers, in a very efficient way, getting the writers what they want and then we get to do what we want, and oftentimes our improvisations and our changes make their way into the final product. So we like the way we do that. We’re not under some sort of dictatorial rule whatsoever.

There’s an episode called “Sailor Mouth” where Sponge and Pat learn how to cuss, and every time they do that they insert dolphin sounds and whatever. In the end, Krabs, who has been chastising them for having these potty mouths, stubs his toe and then he goes off on his own tirade.

Stephen, who was still directing the show at that point, told Clancy Brown [the voice actor who plays Mr. Krabs], “It sounds like you’re trying to make it up. I tell you what, as we’re recording, you go ahead and really cuss.”

So next time you watch that, know that there is a tape somewhere of Clancy Brown really cussing. I learned new words that day. It’s just one of those neat little moments that we’ve had through the course of our run.

Q: Are most of the actors in the studio at the same time while you’re recording?

A: Well, once COVID hit we couldn’t come into the studio anymore. Nickelodeon gave us all high-quality microphones and laptops, and it just so happened to be good timing for me: I had just bought a voice booth to put in my garage. So we’ve been recording from home since 2020. Every so often one of us can go back into the studio because they live far out or whatever.

When we’re recording, [on] Zoom, you see thumbnails of the other actors. That’s about as close as you get. So that’s something, but it’s just not the same.

We’re hoping things will ease up and we can all go back into the studio again. Although I am liking my eight-second commute to my garage. It’s actually a pretty nice thing.

Q: Has the cast changed very much over the years?

A: It hasn’t changed much. We’re all the original members. Sadly, we have lost members. Stephen Hillenburg died, and Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, who were Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, passed away also. And we retired the characters in tribute to them because of that.

We have a couple of what I call our journeyman players, Dee Bradley Baker and Sirena Irwin, who come in and just do the one-of-a-kind, one-time characters, the peripheral characters.

But we really haven’t hired new people for the main show. We have guests all the time. This is almost like the ’60s Batman show that celebrities actually asked to do cameos, and so we’ve had everybody from Johnny Depp to David Bowie and all in between. I never get to meet them of course; they’re always recording from their kitchens or something.

Q: Squidward’s voice is very particular. Do you have to take breaks during the recording process?

A: Not really. The one thing that they learned early on was that I can scream all day long and not have it really be terrible [for my voice]. That was the episode where SpongeBob comes across Mermaid Man’s utility belt and it flashes on Squidward and it shrinks him. Squidward demands that he turn him back, and as he keeps pushing the button, different rays come out and do horrible things to [Squidward]. So I had to scream and I took it upon myself to make every scream different.

From that point on, they make me scream every show.

Many times, especially in our post-production, I’ll look at the cues I’m supposed to do and there are no written words. It’s all just screams and yells and pain. It’s a running joke that I actually get to use words sometimes.

[Squidward’s voice] is pretty close to my natural voice. It’s a very comfortable voice to do. He was very monotone when we first started out, and then as time goes on you’re required to do more and more diverse things with your character.

So it enables us to spread our wings and develop a more fleshed-out cartoon character. I’ve gone really far afield now with what Squidward can do.

Q: What have been some of your favorite episodes over the years?

A: Well, I think everyone’s favorite episode is “Band Geeks,” the one where they played the Bubble Bowl. That song at the end, “Sweet Victory,” the story is that the writers came across that song and thought it was so stupid that they wrote the entire episode just to get to that song. It’s really everybody’s favorite.

For me personally, though, when Tom [Kenny] and I work together, just us, we have a nice chemistry.

The back and forth, it’s kind of like Jackie Gleason and Ed Norton in The Honeymooners, way back in the ’50s, where the stupid person does something just sufficiently long enough where the other guy blows up.

One of those episodes was “Dying for Pie,” where Squidward gave a pie that he thought had a bomb in it [to SpongeBob] and they just went back and forth, back and forth all during the episode.

The “Hash-slinging Slasher” is another favorite of people. I like that a lot.

Also, there’s another episode called “Goons on the Moon,” a fairly recent one, where Sandy’s rocket goes to the moon and Squidward is an accidental stowaway.

He gets out of the ship and falls into this cave system under the surface of the moon. He’s trying to get out and he pokes his head into a hole, and it’s something very bizarre. It cuts to a live-action [scene] where he’s inside a guitar at a country western bar, and the [next] time he pokes his head through the hole he’s coming out of the computer screen of a Nickelodeon animator. I talked them into letting me be the animator so that when Squidward pokes his head out he sees the real world, he screams, and then I, the animator, see him and I scream and it’s the same scream. So I’m gratified that they allowed me to do that part because I thought it was just a neat little inside joke.

Q: It seems like there have been a lot of spin-offs or side projects that have come along with the show. Has that been fun to be a part of?

A: It was great. Of course, we’ve done countless video games, and little behind-the-scenes things and stuff. But we do currently have two spin-offs, The Patrick Star Show and Kamp Koral. They’re fun to do [along with] the original show also.

It’s nice to have more projects in the pipeline and think that this thing still has legs.

It’s just a great thing to be a part of something that can be used with the word iconic because this show really is a part of American pop culture. One of the things that I do collect is newspaper comic strips that refer to SpongeBob, and you’d be amazed at how many there have been. It’s pretty interesting that we were a part of the pop-culture lexicon.

We’ve been in movies, we’re in Spielberg’s War of the Worlds. When there’s a TV playing [in a show or movie], oftentimes they’ll just throw in SpongeBob. The theme song or something. It’s just a part of American culture.

Fandom Fest

WHEN: 4 -10 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Proctors, Schenectady

TICKETS: $50 for general admission day pass; $127.50 for three-day pass

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Avatar: The Last Airbender 2023 Collector's Edition Wall Calendar To Be Released On Oct. 25!

Harry N Abrams Inc. will release the Avatar: The Last Airbender 2023 Collector's Edition Wall Calendar on October 25, 2022!


The collector’s edition calendar includes 13 watercolor illustrations and a bonus print of the beloved characters from Nickelodeon’s hit animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Water, Earth, Fire, Air. Four nations. One world in search of balance. The epic saga, Avatar: The Last Airbender has engaged audiences throughout the globe with its stories of conflict, peace, justice, and conquest. Celebrate the rich universe of the hit animated series throughout 2023 with this 12-month wall calendar showcasing 13 exclusive watercolor illustrations of its most beloved characters, including Aang, Kuruk, Yue, Kyoshi, and Yangchen. Your destiny awaits!

Illustrations by Jung Shan.
 
Features include:

  • 12" x 12" (12" x 24" open)
  • Printed on uncoated FSC-certified paper with soy-based ink
  • Planning spread for September–December 2022
  • Spans January–December 2023
  • Generous grids with space to add appointments and reminders
  • Widely celebrated and nationally recognized holidays and observances
  • Moon phases, based on Universal Time
  • Bonus print with Aang watercolor illustration
  • 12 new illustrations created especially for this calendar

Price: $16.99
Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc. (October 25, 2022)
Length: 24 pages
ISBN13: 9781419763397

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Originally published: August 12, 2022.

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Insight Editions To Release 'Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Official Cookbook Gift Set' On Aug. 16

Insight Editions will release Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Official Cookbook Gift Set on August 16, 2022!


Feast on delicacies unique to the Earth Kingdom, Water Trible, Air Nomads, and the Fire Nation with the Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Official Cookbook Gift Set, which includes an exclusive apron.

From the shores of Kyoshi Island to the crowded streets of Ba Sing Se, this official cookbook collects signature dishes from all four nations, like vegetarian plates of the Air Nomads, fiery entrees from the Fire Nation, seafood from the North and South Poles, and delectable cuisine from the Earth Kingdom.

Packaged with an exclusive apron, this gift set is the perfect present for any Avatar: The Last Airbender fan.

60 ENTICING RECIPES: Featuring step-by-step instructions and tips for adapting dishes to specific diets, this book includes authentic food and beverage recipes inspired by the beloved series.

EXCLUSIVE APRON: Show off your love of Avatar while keeping your clothes spotless with this exclusive apron.

INSPIRING PHOTOGRAPHY: Gorgeous photos of finished recipes help ensure success!

Price: $44.99
Written By: Jenny Dorsey
Publisher: Insight Editions (August 16, 2022)
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Length: 128 pages
ISBN13: 9781647227258


Mung Bean & Tofu Curry

Monk Gyatso's Fruit Pies

Yue's Mooncakes

Jasmine Green Tea

Sizzle-Crisps

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Dark Horse Comics To Release 'The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire' Omnibus On April 11, 2023

Dark Horse Comics will release The Legend of Korra: Ruins of the Empire comic trilogy omnibus (all three parts in one paperback) on April 11th, 2023. Check out the brand-new cover art below!



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Originally published: August 12, 2022.

Original source: Avatar News.

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Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Reportedly Adds 'Teen Wolf' Alum, More to Cast

Arden Cho has reportedly been cast in Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender.


According to Avatar News, the Teen Wolf alum has been brought on to play June in the live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon's beloved animated series, meaning the actor will get to play one of the best bounty hunters in the Elemental Nations.

June debuted in Book One as a fearsome bounty hunter on a mission. June has no loyalties when it comes to work, and she will ride her shirshu to the ends of the Earth to find a quarry. Her skills at tracking and capturing are second to none as June learned the bounty hunting business from her father. And after running into Zuko on a job, June finds herself tasked with hunting Aang.

If the reports are spot on, Cho will be the actress responsible for bringing June to life when Netflix releases its adaptation. This role is just the latest one for Cho to undertake as fans came to know her well with Teen Wolf. She played Kira Yukimura on the MTV original series and will soon appear in Netflix's Partner Track, an original rom-com that follows an ambitious lawyer gunning for partner whose dreams are turned upside down when a former lover gets in her way.

Cho's casting is just the latest casting news from the series: Rainbow Dickerson has been cast as Kya (Sokka and Katara’s mom); Joel Montgrand has been cast as Hakoda (Sokka and Katara’s dad); Utkarsh Ambudkar has been cast as King Bumi of Omashu; and Rainbow Dickerson, Joel Oulette, and Rohain Arora, who join the cast in mystery roles. Additionally, Momona Tamada has been cast as Ty Lee.

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Originally published: August 03, 2022.

Original source: ComicBook.com; H/T: ComicBookMovie.com; Additional source: CBR.com.

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Richard Ridings Talks Peppa Pig's Phenomenal Rise, Muddy Puddles, and More

The world of Peppa Pig has become a television mainstay since it first premiered, and a big part of the show's charm is found in the delightful family at the show's center. That family includes Peppa, George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig, and children all around the world love watching their fun adventures and all the hijinks that ensue. A host of amazing performers bring those characters to life, including Richard Ridings, who has been the voice of Daddy Pig since the very beginning of the show.

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ComicBook.com's Matthew Aguilar recently had the chance to speak to Ridings all about the show, including why it's remained so popular, what he loves most about working on the show, and more!

Ridings has worked on a host of different projects, and while he loved the show when he first joined the project, he didn't see it becoming the worldwide phenomenon it's clearly become.

"I don't think anybody could see anything going in a worldwide... other than Barbie. My first thought was I don't care whether this is a success or not in the UK. I just loved it. I just wanted to be part of this. I loved the team, Phil [Hall], Nev [Astley] and Mark [Baker]. I thought they were creating something really beautiful. At the time, I had a young family as well. I think my daughter was... She'd be about eight or nine, but we had a two-year-old son around about that time as well. I just thought, 'Well, this is beautiful really.' I think maybe that's one of the reasons Phil asked me to come in and have a look and have a test," Ridings said.

Ridings met Phil at a battle of the bands his daughter was playing in, and that's where he learned about a project in the works that would turn out to be Peppa Pig.

"He said, 'Oh yeah, we've got this thing we're developing.' He was lovely. He was saying they were having problems with the BBC. The BBC had done their previous project, but for some reason were dragging their heels on Peppa. I thought, 'I think they're mad because I think this is really lovely.' It's about families. It's funny and it's warm. It's learning about life. It had all those wonderful things in right from the start. They're rolling around laughing. They're jumping in muddy puddles," Ridings said.

Soon it became clear that the show was becoming a hit and finding an audience, and every time Ridings spoke to the team they were adding people to deliver the show to new territories.

"Phil couldn't prophesy it being such a worldwide phenomenon. I remember Phil kept ringing me up and he'd go, 'My company sold it to another five territories.' It was like, 'Well, this is crazy. We're having to employ people to re-voice it or we're having to employ them to type subtitles in for China.' It's great. It's been lovely, but I think also it's testament to the power of the scripts," Ridings said. "Somebody was asking me earlier actually why is it is so popular. I think if you're raising your family, you've got so much raw material there about the family that is trying... a mummy and a daddy who are trying to teach their children about the world and saying it can be fun as well."

The show also explores how parents aren't 100% sure of everything either, and why that's okay and how to handle it. "Also, if you're watching Daddy Pig, it's all right to fail and fall flat on your face because you just have a laugh, but the most important thing is to have a go. I think that's all it is," Ridings said. "Early on, he'd sort of say, 'I'm a bit of an expert at this. Watch this,' and then fall flat on his face, which of course is a well-known comic trope, but more importantly, Matt, I think it's this idea of can do, have a go. Have a crack even if you're not successful the first time. He's huge. He's very comforting. He has a very comforting and kindly presence in their lives."

Ridings has several favorite episodes over the course of the show, though one of them does involve a Peppa staple, the muddy puddle.

"I've got so many, but one that sticks in my mind is when he has to go and retake his World Muddy Puddle Jumping Record and he gets into training, a bit like Mr. Incredible of the Incredibles," Ridings said. "You have this scene, where he goes all zen-like. He says, 'You have to become one with the puddle.' I'm thinking, 'This is for preschool children. It's absolutely brilliant.' The fact that you can go there is wonderful."

"They're so creative. Another favorite as well, there's a music festival. Suzy Sheep's family are glamping. They've got this fantastic... got a yurt with rugs and a jacuzzi or whatever. Peppa's going, 'Oh yeah, have we got one of these, Daddy?' 'No, no, we're doing it traditionally.' Got this tiny little tent. Then it pours with rain and they're all at the music festival, but then they put their wellies on and it leads to the most huge jumping in muddy puddles. The way they tie it in is brilliant. I think the scripts are just wonderful, just wonderful. It's a lovely thing to be part of and I suppose be at the center of as well," Ridings said.

Peppa Pig is as popular as ever, and live-action versions always seem to be popping up, so would he be up for it?

"Funnily enough, actually, I've got a friend who runs a theater company. I think they do a Peppa Pig show, a theater show, where people get dressed up in costume," Ridings said. "Not for me I must hasten to add. I'm happier doing the animation and going to the studio and recording the scripts there, but yes, I think it's been very successful, very popular. Now, we have a Peppa Pig park I believe, which I've not been to yet, down on the South Coast somewhere, where people can go round like a little fairground. You can see pizza stuck to the ceiling. We did some voiceovers for that as well," Ridings said.

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