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Friday, November 30, 2018
How Many Top Wing Characters Can You Name? | Top Wing Rap Video 🐤 | Nick Jr.
There are a lot of friends around Top Wing Academy. 🐤 Get ready to rap about them! Find more Top Wing weekday mornings on Nickelodeon, and everywhere you find Nick Jr.
You can rap rhymes about your favorite cadets and other Top Wing cartoon characters with this video! Watch Brody making waves, in his Splash Wing making saves and Swift being really quick, showing off moves that are super slick. There’s Rod, the speedy rooster, that’s driving off with his turbo booster! Don’t forget Penny, the penguin cadet! She rides along in an Aqua Wing, and deep-sea rescues are her thing. Aside from the cadets, there are also fun rhymes about all their friends: Rhonda, Captain Dilly, Speedy, Bea, Oscar, Cheep, Chirp, and more! There are lots of rhymes in this Top Wing song can you catch them all while rapping along? There are forty friends, all from Top Wing. Watch until the end! Looking for the preschool animated series, Top Wing? Catch more weekdays on Nickelodeon!
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Preschoolers can watch full episodes online, play games, and discover silly surprises in the free Nick Jr. App and at NickJr.com. Stream Nick Jr. for free in the Nick Jr. App on Roku and Apple TV or download full episodes for offline viewing on iTunes or Google Play.
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You can rap rhymes about your favorite cadets and other Top Wing cartoon characters with this video! Watch Brody making waves, in his Splash Wing making saves and Swift being really quick, showing off moves that are super slick. There’s Rod, the speedy rooster, that’s driving off with his turbo booster! Don’t forget Penny, the penguin cadet! She rides along in an Aqua Wing, and deep-sea rescues are her thing. Aside from the cadets, there are also fun rhymes about all their friends: Rhonda, Captain Dilly, Speedy, Bea, Oscar, Cheep, Chirp, and more! There are lots of rhymes in this Top Wing song can you catch them all while rapping along? There are forty friends, all from Top Wing. Watch until the end! Looking for the preschool animated series, Top Wing? Catch more weekdays on Nickelodeon!
Find more of your favorite shows, weekday mornings on Nickelodeon, and everywhere you find Nick Jr.: http://nickjr.com/tvschedule/
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Preschoolers can watch full episodes online, play games, and discover silly surprises in the free Nick Jr. App and at NickJr.com. Stream Nick Jr. for free in the Nick Jr. App on Roku and Apple TV or download full episodes for offline viewing on iTunes or Google Play.
You can also download premium apps featuring your child's favorite Nick Jr. shows on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon, including Nick Jr. Draw and Play and Nick Jr. Let’s Learn!
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Bed & Biscuit | Season 3 Episode 1 | Full Episode | TeenNick | Nickelodeon Israel
בית הכלבים 3: פרק 1 המלא | טין ניק
עונה 3, פרק 1: אמא בהפתעה | סוף עונה קודמת, דפיקה באמצע היומולדת. כן כן אמא של אורי מגיעה לביקור מכניסה את כולם לסחרור, רק לא ברור אם היא רוצה להישאר.
בית הכלבים 3 | ימים א'-ה' בערוץ טין ניק | ערוץ 94 לילדי יס
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עונה 3, פרק 1: אמא בהפתעה | סוף עונה קודמת, דפיקה באמצע היומולדת. כן כן אמא של אורי מגיעה לביקור מכניסה את כולם לסחרור, רק לא ברור אם היא רוצה להישאר.
בית הכלבים 3 | ימים א'-ה' בערוץ טין ניק | ערוץ 94 לילדי יס
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‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Creator Stephen Hillenburg Dies at 57
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, died on Monday, November 26. He was 57.
The cause of death was ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease), which Hillenburg revealed he had been diagnosed with in March of last year, saying in a statement at the time that he would continue to work on the animated series, “for a long as I am able.”
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Remembering the creative mastermind behind SpongeBob SquarePants Stephen Hillenburg.
“I wanted people to hear directly from me that I have been diagnosed with ALS,” he said at the time. “Anyone who knows me knows that I will continue to work on 'SpongeBob SquarePants' and my other passions for as long as I am able. My family and I are grateful for the outpouring of love and support."
ALS is a disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It progressively kills the neurons that control muscles, eventually leading to paralysis. The fight for a cure came into the spotlight in 2014 with the ice bucket challenge, which raised more than $100 million. Scientists are still racing to find a cure.
“We are incredibly saddened by the news that Steve Hillenburg has passed away following a battle with ALS,” Nickelodeon said in a statement on Tuesday. “He was a beloved friend and long-time creative partner to everyone at Nickelodeon, and our hearts go out to his entire family. Steve imbued SpongeBob SquarePants with a unique sense of humor and innocence that has brought joy to generations of kids and families everywhere. His utterly original characters and the world of Bikini Bottom will long stand as a reminder of the value of optimism, friendship and the limitless power of imagination.”
As a child with a passion for art, Hillenburg also became fascinated with the ocean after watching Jacques Cousteau documentaries on television.
In a 2012 Nerdist podcast interview, he recalled going diving for the first time and discovering the underwater world didn't resemble the black-and-white pictures he had seen.
"It just was a shock for me," he recalled, "and I was riveted by that experience."
The two-time Emmy winner graduated from Humboldt State University in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in Natural Resource Planning and Interpretation, with an emphasis on marine resources. He then became a marine biology teacher at the Orange County Marine Institute (now the Ocean Institute) in Dana Point, California. This interest, combined with his artistic talent and love of the sea and its creatures, led him to create and write The Intertidal Zone, a science lesson in comic book form designed to keep the young students engaged.
That comic book about the briny denizens of a tide-pool would become the early foundation of Bikini Bottom, the vivid community where SpongeBob SquarePants shares with friends like Squidward, Patrick, Sandy, Pearl, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton. The characters from the illustrated teaching tools would later become the denizens of SpongeBob’s home, Bikini Bottom.
Stephen Hillenburg directs Patrick and SpongeBob in a scene from the animated motion picture "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie." Photo: David Strick, Paramount Pictures
"Obviously, SpongeBob is a comedy, but it really was inspired by me liking marine science," he said in a 2015 interview. "I focused on that, and I never thought the two would come together."
He began his animation career in 1987, pursuing a degree in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of Arts in Valencia and earning his Master of Fine Arts in 1992.
That same year he won an award for Best Animated Concept at the Ottawa International Animation Festival for his animated short Wormholes, which went on to be shown at various international animation festivals. From 1993 to 1996 he would pursue work in television as a director and writer on Nickelodeon series Rocko’s Modern Life and Rugrats.
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Martin Olson, a writer on Rocko's Modern Life, admired a comic book that Hillenburg had drawn and written about tide pools. "It got me thinking, 'If I were to do a show, it would be about these invertebrates and these crazy animals that exist in the ocean,'" Hillenburg recalled. "It was that moment that said, 'Maybe I should pursue this.'"
"I decided, 'OK, if I'm doing it about one character, what's the kind of character that I like? First of all, what's the weirdest character? What's the weirdest animal?' The sponge came to mind," he told the Nerdist podcast.
From there, he began to work full-time on writing producing, and directing on the animated series that would eventually become SpongeBob SquarePants. The first episode aired on Nickelodeon on May 1, 1999 and the series commenced its full run on July 17 of that year. By its second season it was a runaway hit with youngsters as well as cult sensation with college-aged audiences, who even organized viewing parties for the show. The series has aired nearly 250 episodes to date.
Hillenburg was the showrunner and executive producer from 1999 to 2004. The show took a hiatus in 2002 so the SpongeBob team could turn their attention to an ambitious undertaking — transplanting the highest rated show in Nickelodeon’s history to movie theaters.
The series has won both U.S. and British Emmy Awards - some of the highest television awards in U.S. and U.K., Annie Awards, and ASACP Awards and has been dubbed or sub-titled in more than 60 languages, including Urdu, Azerbaijani and Maori.
Earlier this year, he was honored with a special Emmy “for his contribution and impact made in the animation field and within the broadcast industry”.
The voice of #SpongeBob @RealTomKenny pays tribute to @SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg at the #DaytimeEmmys #CreativeArtsEmmys pic.twitter.com/OJ0QR774Ze
— Daytime Emmy Awards (@DaytimeEmmys) April 28, 2018
“SpongeBob’s vocal cords might be mine,” he said. “But SpongeBob’s playful spirit of gentle anarchy, his humor and the joy he takes in his vibrant, colorful, music-filled world come directly, directly, 100 percent from my good buddy, Mr. Stephen Hillenburg.”
In February at the Annie Awards in Los Angeles, Hillenburg was among those given a Winsor McCay honor for his career contributions to animation. Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob, made the stage presentation and accepted the award on Hillenburg's behalf as he remained seated to receive a standing ovation.
Hillenburg also wrote, produced, and directed The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, which was released in 2004 and went on to gross over $140 million worldwide. Hillenburg then wrote the story for and was the executive producer of the sequel, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, in 2015. A third film, "It’s a Wonderful Sponge", is due to be released in August 2020. Additionally, the character found life on the stage in the Tony-winning SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, which, by the time of its Sept. 16, 2018 closing, it had played 29 previews and 327 regular performances. The musical is set to tour North America from Fall 2019.
Hillenburg had envisioned the first film as the swan song for Bikini Bottom, a big-screen finale that would save the show from “jumping the shark,” as he put it. The Nickelodeon appetite for the brand was too strong to let it be left on a shelf, however, so Hillenburg decided it was time to leave his animated eco-system in the hands of others.
“It reached a point where I felt I’d contributed a lot and said what I wanted to say,” Hillenburg later explained to the Washington Post. At that point, the show needed new blood, and so I selected Paul [Tibbitt] to produce. I totally trusted him. I always enjoyed the way he captured the SpongeBob character’s sense of humor. And as a writer, you have to move on.”
Hillenburg’s signature creation is a whole empire unto itself: Comics, toys, clothes, and much more. It’s one of the most watched children’s shows of all time.
In May of last year, SpongeBob was renewed through a 12th season, set to premiere in 2019.
“I thought we’d get four seasons, but it’s still going,” he told the Guardian in 2016. I see SpongeBob on ice-cream trucks a lot and I’ve got bootleg SpongeBob merchandise from Mexico. In Egypt, they even wear hijabs with SpongeBob on them.”
"The fact that it's undersea and isolated from our world helps the characters maintain their own culture," Hillenburg told The Associated Press in 2001. "The essence of the show is that SpongeBob is an innocent in a world of jaded characters. The rest is absurd packaging."
Hillenburg also was an early voice actor for Potty the Parrot and played the ukulele for some of the show's original music.
Though Hillenburg had no direct involvement in writing the musical – Kyle Jarrow wrote the book and Tom Kitt’s original music was combined with songs from David Bowie, John Legend, The Flaming Lips, Sara Bareilles, among many others – the spirit of the animated series flowed through the production from beginning to end.
The cast did not perform in costumes mimicking the cartoon, but rather in garb suggesting character: Ethan Slater’s SpongeBob, for example, wore rolled-up plaid pants, a yellow shirt and a red tie, letting his skyrocket enthusiasm do what no mask could.
So full of the animated series’ energy – childlike but knowing, sweet but not sticky – the musical captured the attention of Broadway producers and New York theater owners during a 2016 Chicago run. SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical began previews at New York’s Palace Theatre on November 6, 2017, and opened on December 4, 2017. The musical was awarded with 12 Tony nominations, and won one.
Hillenburg — or Steve as he was known to family, friends, and fans — was born August 21, 1961, at Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. After leaving the military, his father, Kelly N. Hillenburg, Jr., became a draftsman and designer for aerospace companies. His mother Nancy taught visually impaired students.
He has been described by colleagues as "a perfectionist workaholic" and once revealed why he didn't love the spotlight.
"I make animation because I like to draw and create things. I have no real interest to be on camera or to be a celebrity. It's not that I don't like people, but I like having my privacy," he said.
He is survived by his wife of 20 years Karen Hillenburg, son Clay, mother Nancy Hillenburg (nee Dufour) and brother Brian Kelly Hillenburg, his wife Isabel, and nieces Emma and Hazel.
In 2017, the Princess Grace Foundation-USA (PGF-USA) announced the Stephen Hillenburg Animation Award. Karen and Stephen Hillenburg endowed the Foundation with the gift, which will encourage and assist future animators to develop and hone their crafts. Stephen himself received his Princess Grace Award in 1991 and a Statue Award in 2002. He is the first Princess Grace Award winner to honor the Foundation with the gift of such a scholarship.
Earlier this year, Hillenburg furthered his contribution to the marine sciences through an endowment designed to support student research. Created by Hillenburg and his wife Karen with a $135,000 gift, the Stephen Hillenburg Marine Science Research Award Endowment at Humboldt State University (HSU) will provide grant awards for student research projects in marine biology, oceanography, and marine fisheries.
Nickelodeon will be observing a moment of silence to honor his life and work today, Tuesday, November 27. 💛
R.I.P. Stephen Hillenburg. August 21, 1961 - November 26, 2018
Both the ALS Association and the Muscular Dystrophy Association have information on how to support those diagnosed and their families, as well as ways to donate to research efforts and related causes.
Following the tragic news of Stephen's untimely death, SpongeBob fans have been taking to social media to pay tribute to the legend, thanking him for his creation, which "enriched lives" and "stirred up laughter for years to come":
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