Things are going to get LOUD this February half-term when Nicktoons UK & Ireland premieres more brand-new episodes of Nickelodeon's hit animated series The Loud House daily at 4:30pm from Monday 18th February 2019!
And if that wasn't awesome enough, Nicktoons UK & Ireland will be hosting the "Loud Your Family" competition this half-term, in which one lucky fan will be able to win a cool picture of their family, just like the Loud House! For a chance to win, upload a photo of your family to nicktoons.co.uk! More information about Nickelodeon's "Loud Your Family" will be unveiled during Nicktoons' The Loud House Half-Term Premiere Week!
Below is a list of all-new The Loud House episodes set to debut on Nicktoons UK & Eire in February 2019!:
Monday 18th February 2019 - Really Loud Music: Hoping to win a song-writing contest, Luna contemplates whether she should go with a song that's true to her sound or try to make something that the whole world will love. (30 minute special)
Tuesday 19th February 2019 - House of Lies: After witnessing an excess of lying in the family, Lisa invents lie-detecting glasses to try and curb the fibs.
Wednesday 20th February 2019 - Game Boys: Lincoln asks to borrow Clyde's new gaming system, but Clyde struggles to trust that it's safe with him.
Thursday 21st February 2019 - Everybody Loves Leni: Torn between her work friends and her school friends, Leni tries to bring everyone together.
Friday 22nd February 2019 - Shop Girl: The kids worry that Leni is too weak and try to teach her how to be more aggressive.
Monday 25th February 2019 - The Loudest Thanksgiving: Faced with spending Thanksgiving apart, Lori and Bobby try to bring their crazy families together for the first time. (30 minute special)
Want to win tickets to Nickelodeon's 2019 Kids' Choice Awards in L.A.? Find out how HERE!
The "Loud Your Family" competition is open to U.K. and Republic of Ireland (ROI) residents aged 18+ only. The contest opens Monday 18th February 2019 and will close on Monday 4th March 2019. One entry per person. One winner will receive an animation portrait on a canvas or framed print. Full terms and conditions and privacy policy applies. See nicktoons.co.uk for more information.
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Nickelodeon Asia and the Singapore Festival of Fun have announced the aweslime news that, following the tremendous success of the first two Nickelodeon Fiesta's, Nickelodeon Fiesta is back bigger than ever in 2019!
Nickelodeon will be serving Nicksters up a fabulous carnival of playful adventures at Nickelodeon Fiesta 2019, a FREE two day event being held over Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th March 2019, as part of the 2019 Singapore Festival Of Fun!
Fans can immerse yourself in the world of Nickelodeon favourites PAW Patrol, SpongeBob SquarePants and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Admission is free for everyone and to top that off, Nicksters will get to meet and greet their most-loved Nickelodeon characters in real life, yes, you read it right – real life! Furthermore, fans and their families can discover the historic story of how the trading port Clarke Quay used to be through fun and games. Fans can photograph these special moments with the characters and collect limited edition toys and memorabilia at the festival too!
NEW GAMES, NEW THRILLS!
Launch yourself into a fabulous carnival of adventures! Play at the game booths featuring themes from the biggest Nickelodeon shows, where you can get a feel of nostalgic trades like street cobblers, kacang puteh sellers or traditional bakers, and also stand to redeem limited edition Nickelodeon goodie bags*!
SET SAIL WITH NICKELODEON!
Journey on the first ever Nickelodeon Fiesta River Cruise** and get to know Singapore like never before. An experience you definitely don't want to miss!
LET'S GET CRAFTY!
Create your own Nickelodeon masterpieces*** - paint your own lantern, create flower garlands, and more! Unleash your imagination and get to bring home your creations!
*While stocks last. Terms and conditions apply.
**Limited scheduled times – free registration at Nickelodeon Fiesta River Cruise booth required.
***Limited scheduled times – free registration at Art & Craft Workshop booth required.
To celebrate this years Nickelodeon Fiesta, Nick Asia has launched a exclusive competition in which one family can win a trip to Nickelodeon Fiesta 2019! Visit https://www.nickelodeonasia.com/fiesta for more information and to enter! The contest closes March 2, 2019 at 11:59pm, Singapore Time.
About Singapore Festival of Fun 2019:
Presented by Clarke Quay, event organizer Magic Rock will bring the third annual Singapore Festival of Fun to Clarke Quay between Thursday 14th - Sunday 24th March 2019 to entertain Singapore residents and tourists of all ages through a raft of programming segments, including Nickelodeon Fiesta 2019, Magners International Comedy Festival, and Street Fest. Full details about this years Singapore Festival of Fun can be found online at http://festivaloffun.sg, as on Singapore Festival of Fun's official Facebook and Instagram pages. Nickelodeon is a supporting partner of Singapore Festival of Fun 2018.
With the upcoming Singapore Festival of Fun, the island state is going to take adventure, dining and entertainment to a whole new level, and your whole family is invited to join in the fun!
Every March, Clarke Quay offers interactive fun for the whole family with the three-in-one Singapore Festival of Fun. The 10-day extravaganza consists of children’s fair, festival of street performers and a string of comedy shows that will leave you loving Singapore even more. From 8 – 18 March, experience Clarke Quay – the once bustling port that has transformed itself into an upbeat lifestyle district – become a place that offers the young and the young at heart thrilling experiences and much.
Start your fun adventure with a good laugh out loud session, at Magners International Comedy Festival Singapore (8 – 11 Mar). Listen to no-holds-barred jokes of decorated international comedians, with headline acts like American comedian, Dough Stanhope, UK’s Best Newcomer to Comedy of 2016, Yuriko Kotani, and Hong Kong’s 2014 Comedy Competition winner, Jim Brewsky. Singapore’s homegrown comedians will also take the spotlight, giving you more reason to laugh your heads off. All of these hilariously funny comedians will be taking comedy a notch higher and you will probably still be laughing days after!.
Continue the family fun at Nickelodeon Fiesta (10 & 11 Mar) and immerse yourself in the world of PAW Patrol, SpongeBob SquarePants and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Admission is free for everyone and to top that off, meet your most-loved cartoon characters in real life, yes, you read it right – real life. Furthermore, you and your family can discover the historic story of the trading port Clarke Quay used to be through fun and games. You can photograph these special moments with the characters and collect limited edition toys and memorabilia at the festival too.
And if you’re looking to something more bizarre, witness the incredible street performers from London’s Covent Garden live at the Street Fest (13 – 18 Mar). Catch the contortionist, Bendy Em, as well as some of the world’s most peculiarly amazing daredevils, gymnasts and jugglers like Pancho Libre, Jump Stilts Extreme and Circus Sonas with stunts never seen before in Singapore! Their unmissable acts will be leaving you in awe and fascination, excited for the next Singapore Festival of Fun.
With so many fun activities at Clarke Quay for your whole family, don’t wait any longer to get your tickets for the Singapore Festival of Fun!
From Nickelodeon Asia's Nickelodeon Fiesta 2019 Facebook Event:
Good things come in threes and the third edition of Nickelodeon Fiesta held on 23rd and 24th March, promises to be a fabulous carnival of adventures! The two-day free event at Clarke Quay will feature playful Nickelodeon activities that are inspired by Singapore’s rich history and traditional trades.
Look forward to game booths and activities with themes from the biggest Nickelodeon shows, where kids and families can get a feel of local nostalgic trades such as street cobblers, the kacang puteh man, ice cream seller or the traditional baker, and also stand a chance to take home Nickelodeon collectibles.
Not to be missed too are the stage games and photo opportunities with family favourite characters from shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, PAW Patrol and Dora the Explorer! Fans from the region who wish to attend Nickelodeon Fiesta, look out for a contest from 10 February on nick-asia.com, where you can win a trip to Singapore to experience Nickelodeon Fiesta 2019!
ACTIVITIES
Stage Games and Photo Opportunities
Take selfies with your favorite Nickelodeon characters, play stage games and win prizes!
New Games, New Thrills!
Launch yourself into a fabulous carnival of adventures! Play at the game booths featuring themes from the biggest Nickelodeon shows, where you can get a feel of nostalgic trades like street cobblers, kacang puteh sellers or traditional bakers, and also stand to redeem limited edition Nickelodeon goodie bags*!
Set Sail with Nickelodeon!
Journey on the first ever Nickelodeon Fiesta River Cruise** and get to know Singapore like never before.
An experience you definitely don’t want to miss!
Let’s Get Crafty!
Create your own Nickelodeon masterpieces** - paint your own lantern, create flower garlands, and more!
Unleash your imagination and get to bring home your creations!
*While stocks last. Terms and conditions apply.
** Limited scheduled times – free registration at Nickelodeon Fiesta River Cruise booth required
*** Limited scheduled times – free registration at Art & Craft Workshop booth required
Originally published: Friday, January 25, 2019.Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for all the latest Nickelodeon News and Highlights!
Nickelodeon Benelux started to premiere and show the brand-new CG-animated preschool series 44 Cats on Monday 11th February 2019! Created and directed by Iginio Straffi, the founder of Italian content powerhouse Rainbow Group, the makers of Winx Club and Regal Academy, and produced by Rainbow in collaboration with Antoniano Bologna and Rai Ragazzi, Nickelodeon is currently airing brand-new episodes of 44 Cats daily at 15:45 uur on Nickelodeon Netherlands (Nederland) and at 16:00 uur on Nickelodeon Belgium (België; Flanders).
Set in the world of animals, 44 Cats (52 eps x c. 13') follows the daily adventures of Lampo, Milady, Pilou, and Meatball – four adorable kittens who are part of a music band named The Buffycats.
The protagonists live and play in the Clubhouse, a garage beside old Granny Pina’s house. Their adventures explore the themes of friendship and altruism: the four cats love helping others and always find creative solutions to everyday hitches and help other cats in need. The series promotes positive attitudes and conveys educational messages dealing with important themes such as tolerance, diversity and solidarity in a funny way.
This eagerly anticipated show made its world debut on Rai Yoyo in Italy on Monday 12th November 2018. Nickelodeon International acquired the broadcast rights to the series in May 2018, and will roll the animated series out on Nickelodeon channels and branded blocks around the world, excluding in the U.S. and Latin America, throughout 2019.
44 Cats is inspired by the very popular Italian kids song "44 Gatti", which, in 1968, won the 10th edition of the Zecchino d'Oro and has since entered the collective imagination of Italians.
44 Cats is the first Rainbow Group production jointly developed with Bardel Entertainment, the Canadian animation studio it acquired in 2015, and jointly produced in collaboration with Antoniano Bologna and Rai Ragazzi, and combines great music and edutainment with high quality animation. The series also marks Rainbow’s (Winx Club, Regal Academy, Mia and me, Maggie & Bianca Fashion Friends) inaugural foray into preschool programming.
Rainbow inked a licensing deal for 44 Cats with Thai Group’s Hong Kong-based company, Toy Plus in August 2018. Under the terms of the agreement, Toy Plus will develop a variety of products including interactive plush, figurines, play sets, musical toys and more based on the music, creative play patterns and collectability featured in the series. The line of merchandise debuted in Hong Kong in October, and is slated to become available for purchase around the world in fall 2019.
Rainbow has also secured a new licensing deal for 44 Cats with holistic lifestyle company Artsana Group. Under the agreement, the company will develop a range of licensed 44 Cats-themed infant educational toys for infants and a nursing line under its Chicco brand, the largest infant brand in Europe. The deal also includes apparel and accessories collections by Prenatal and Chicco. Products are expected to hit retail shelves later this year and will be supported by a dedicated, high-level marketing campaign delivered jointly by Rainbow and Artsana Group, which is also based in Italy.
Viewers can visit the official 44 Cats show website at 44cats.tv to find out more about the show and its musical stars, as well as watch exclusive video clips, play pawesome games and download purr-tastic activities. Fans also also visit nickelodeon.nl and nickelodeon.be to watch full-length episodes of 44 Cats dubbed in Dutch, and like the official Nickelodeon Nederland and Nickelodeon België Facebook (NL | BE) and Instagram (NL) pages for the latest Nickelodeon news and highlights.
Original Genius Brands International, Inc. Press Release via GlobeNewswire:
Genius Brands International, Inc. Issues Shareholder Letter
Genius Brands International's RAINBOW RANGERS, currently airing on Nick Jr. in the U.S.
Genius Brands International's (Nasdaq:GNUS) new preschool brand, Rainbow Rangers, airs in the U.S. on Nick Jr. with the retail launch of over 300 products coming to market beginning July/August 2019.
Genius Brands International, Inc.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genius Brands International, Inc. "Genius Brands" (NASDAQ: GNUS), the global brand management company that creates and licenses multimedia entertainment content for children released a letter to shareholders from Chairman & CEO Andy Heyward. The complete letter follows:
Dear Genius Brands Shareholders:
On Friday, we closed a small financing of $2 million.
On Friday we also delivered the last episode of our 26 half hours (52x11 mins) of Rainbow Rangers to Nickelodeon, which will continue to be broadcast over the coming months, and hopefully much, much longer.
These seemingly disconnected events are, in fact, quite positively connected. The Rainbow Rangers series continues to perform successfully, and we anticipate moving forward and greenlighting a second season shortly. We want to make sure that we have adequate liquidity to undertake the production and move quickly. We have over 300 products contracted and coming into the marketplace this year and early next year. New episodes being broadcast will ensure a continuing presence for the Rainbow Rangers brand on TV for a long time. The presence on TV, of course, stimulates the appetite for the children’s consumer products when they arrive on shelf, and every Rainbow Rangers product sold generates immediate royalty income for Genius Brands.
Many of our investors have been patient with us since the beginning. As I have often said, it takes four years to go from the creation of a concept to see an animated series produced, distributed, licensed, and consumer products from it on the retail shelf.
The road to making hit shows is bumpy. Some shows succeed. Some don't. Building a catalog of quality entertainment is like building a portfolio of quality stocks. There are ups and downs, but one thing has been clearly demonstrated again and again and again. It only takes one hit to pay for the entire catalog investment.
Something else which is certain is that animated catalogs are an extremely valuable asset class. They endure. They are international. They spawn multiple income streams through the consumer products that come from the characters. They are impervious to technology, as we see good content will always find distribution regardless of whatever new platforms and technologies emerge. Tom and Jerry was made in 1939 as shorts to run in movie theaters. They eventually played on television, home video, and ultimately on every new digital format that was invented. Tom and Jerry is STILL successful and discovered by kids every day. One of the first shows I had the privilege to work on when I was a young writer, was The Flintstones. Today one can still buy Flintstones cereals in the supermarkets and buy Flintstones vitamins in the drug stores.
Rainbow Rangers today has over 300 consumer products coming to shelves and, in fact, one of them is a licensed vitamin. We also have toys and books and apparel, and bikes and costumes and bedding and footwear and even toothpaste.
We will always have a need for cash to fund new productions, as we continue to grow our catalog and build our asset base. The important point to note, however, is that the increased asset base is accretive, and we will never raise money unless we believe the value added is greater than the impact of dilution.
As the largest shareholder of Genius Brands, nobody is more focused on that reality than me. It was recently disclosed in an SEC Form 4 filing that I just bought a large block of stock. It could only be had by paying a premium of over $3/share, to the trading price, which was then a little over $2. I did so to acquire that large block, which I knew existed, and I did so because I believed it would ultimately be worth significantly more than what I was paying for it.
In the world of content creation, those who are patient, ultimately win. It is not insignificant to note that Marvel closed the year 2000 trading at $1.42/share. In that year, the assets of Marvel were Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, Captain America, Thor, and The Avengers, among others. In 2009, that same Marvel with essentially the same character assets was sold to the Walt Disney Company for $4.2 billion.
Personally, in the past, I have sold my last company to Cap Cities/ABC and the Walt Disney Company. It too had animated characters, which we then established: Inspector Gadget, and Strawberry Shortcake, and Care Bears, and Dennis the Menace and The Archies and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I am familiar with the appetite globally for animated content. It is growing, not receding, and I believe stronger than ever, those who show patience will ultimately win. Often, they win BIG.
The characters we are producing and developing at Genius Brands are tiffany brands. Llama Llama has sold over 20 million books and has become a staple of kid’s publishing. Our Baby Genius property is a classic in its own right with tremendous brand equity. Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaires Club is like no other, and the lessons will stand the test of time, as will also be the case with Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab. It will also be the case with several brands that we have through our joint venture with the great Stan Lee, Stan Lee Comics. Meanwhile, Rainbow Rangers is well along that same road.
I often like to quote Warren Buffett, because we have worked together for many years. He has been in many of our cartoons, and his lessons are well documented in our animated Secret Millionaires Club. However, Warren’s partner Charlie Munger, another super billionaire is equally wise, and I think that his lessons are no less valuable.
“The Big Money is not in the money and the selling, but in the waiting.”…Charlie Munger
“It’s waiting that helps you as an investor, and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait.”…Charlie Munger
“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.”…Warren Buffett
I want to thank all our shareholders who have shown patience as we have built our catalog and as we continue to build our business. As I have often said and continue to believe more than ever, patience will be rewarded.
Sincerely,
Andy Heyward
Chairman & CEO
Genius Brands International, Inc.
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Are you ready kids? Nickelodeon's Tony-winning Broadway musical SpongeBob SquarePants is going on tour!
The multi-award winning SpongeBob SquarePants Musical has announced its next National Tour stop - Oklahoma City! This further confirms previously announced plans for a tour of the U.S. during the 2019/2020 season.
The The SpongeBob Musical will be stopping at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City, OK where it'll play eight performances between Tuesday, November 12 – Sunday, November 17, 2019 as part of the Civic Center Music Hall's OKC Broadway season, a presentation of The Nederlander Organization and Civic Center Foundation!
Inspired by Nickelodeon's hit animated series of the same name, SpongeBob SquarePants explodes with energy and features an original pop and rock-infused score by a legendary roster of Grammy® Award-winning songwriters. Led and conceived by visionary director Tina Landau (2018 Tony Award nominee) and a Tony Award®-winning design team, the production brings the spirit of SpongeBob to life with humanity, heart, and pure theatricality.
The stakes are higher than ever as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage.
Get ready to dive to all-new depths of theatrical innovation at SpongeBob SquarePants, where the power of optimism really can save the world!
SpongeBob SquarePants features a book by Kyle Jarrow, music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tom Kitt, choreography by Christopher Gattelli, musical direction by Julie McBride, colorful costumes and Tony-winning by David Zinn, projection design by Peter Nigrini, lighting design by Kevin Adams, sound design by Walter Trarbach, foley design by Mike Dobson, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe and casting by Telsey + Company/Patrick Goodwin, CSA.
The Broadway cast for SpongeBob SquarePants included Tony Award Nominee Ethan Slater as SpongeBob SquarePants, Tony Award Nominee Gavin Lee as Squidward Q. Tentacles, Lilli Cooper and Christina Sajous as Sandy Cheeks, Brian Ray Norris as Eugene Krabs, Danny Skinner as Patrick Star and Wesley Taylor as Sheldon Plankton.
The ensemble included Brandon Espinoza, Alex Gibson, Gaelen Gilliland, Juliane Godfrey, Jordan Grubb, Kyle Matthew Hamilton, Curtis Holbrook, Jesse JP Johnson, L'ogan J'ones, Jai'len Christine Li Josey, Kelvin Moon Loh, Lauralyn Mcclelland, Vasthy Mompoint, Oneika Phillips, Catherine Ricafort, JC Schuster, Allysa Shorte, Abby C. Smith, Robert Taylor Jr., Allan K. Washington, Brynn Williams, Matt Wood and Tom Kenny as the French Narrator.
It's currently unknown whether any of the original Broadway cast will be reprising their characters for the U.S. tour of the show.
SpongeBob SquarePants is a one-of-a-kind musical event with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and a song by David Bowie and by SpongeBob SquarePants voice actor Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton. Additional music by Tom Kitt.
The critically acclaimed SpongeBob SquarePants musical was named Best Musical by the Drama Desk Awards and Outer Critics Circle and earned 12 Tony Award nominations - the most nominated musical of the 2017-2018 theatre season - including nods for Best Musical, director Tina Landau, book writer Kyle Jarrow, title player Ethan Slater (in his Broadway debut), and the all-star roster of songwriters (including Sara Bareilles, Cyndi Lauper, and John Legend) who contributed to the score. The production earned 12 Tony Award nominations including best musical, equaling Mean Girls for the most of any show this season, and while The Band's Visit swept the honors, SpongeBob did score a deserved win for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for David Zinn's scenic design. The show’s director, Tina Landau, earned a Tony Award nomination for her inventive and unconventional approach to the material that humanized the characters than creating literal representations of the familiar Nickelodeon cartoon.
Following a Chicago tryout during summer 2016, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical opened at Broadway's Palace Theatre during Fall 2017, where it ran for 327 regular performances and 29 previews, defying critical expectations by earning some of the warmest reviews of the season. The show closed in September 2018 to make way for refurbishments at the Palace Theatre.
While many expected a theme park-style brand extension, the show surprised theatergoers with its wild Dadaist comic sensibility, ingenious design and winning performances, notably from gifted 26-year-old newcomer Ethan Slater, making a terrific Broadway debut in the title role.
Early in 2019, school and youth group licensing rights will be available, with professional licensing to follow. A North American tour will begin fall 2019.
SpongeBob SquarePants is produced by Nickelodeon with The Araca Group, Sony Music Masterworks and Kelp on the Road.
Below is OKC Broadway's official show description for The SpongeBob Musical. For more information about OKC Broadway's 2019-2020 season, visit https://www.okcbroadway.com:
The SpongeBob Musical November 12-17, 2019
A legendary roster of Grammy® Award winners. A visionary director and a Tony Award®-winning design team. One of the world’s most beloved characters. Turn them loose on stage and what do you get? The bold, original musical The New York Times declares, “BRILLIANT!”
“Wonders pour from the stage in a ravishing stream of color and invention” (Time Out New York) as Broadway’s best creative minds reimagine and bring to life the beloved Nickelodeon series with humor, heart and pure theatricality in a neon-sparkly “party for the eyes and ears” (Daily Beast). Be there when SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe—until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage. This “creative explosion” (Broadway.com) is “nothing short of genius” says Theatermania, so bring the entire family to celebrate friendship and cooperation, and learn the power of unity and inclusion.
Get ready to enjoy the “Broadway Extravaganza” (The New Yorker) that New York Magazine calls “effervescent candy-for-the-spirit.” Explore the depths of theatrical innovation in NICKELODEON’S THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, 2018 Best Musical winner of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, where the power of optimism really can save the world.
SpongeBob SquarePants first debuted on Nickelodeon USA on May 1, 1999 and is still going strong.
Since its launch in July 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has emerged as a pop culture phenomenon. The series has been the most-watched animated program with kids 2-11 for more than 15 consecutive years, and over the past several years, it has averaged more than 100,000,000 total viewers every quarter across all Nickelodeon networks. SpongeBob SquarePants is the most widely distributed property in Viacom International Media Networks history, seen in more than 208 countries and territories and translated in 55+ languages. The character-driven cartoon chronicles the nautical and sometimes nonsensical adventures of SpongeBob, an incurably optimistic and earnest sea sponge, and his undersea friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. Among those friends are SpongeBob's best friend, a pink starfish named Patrick Star, his neighbor and co-worker octopus Squidward Tentacles, and Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas.
SpongeBob SquarePants is created by Stephen Hillenburg, who previously worked as a writer, director and creative director on Nickelodeon's animated series Rocko's Modern Life. Hillenburg graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a master's degree in experimental animation and his undergraduate degree, from Humboldt State University, was in natural science with an emphasis in marine biology. Hillenburg executive produced the series until his untimely passing in November 2018. His first feature film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, which debuted Nov. 19, 2004 and his second theatrical, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, hit theaters Feb. 6, 2015, landing at #1 opening weekend.
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