This program was created by Stephen Hillenburg, a marine biologist who have artistic features and he always wanted to do something different with his job, so he mix his knowledge in marine biology and in the artistic field, and in 1999 he presented to Nickelodeon the idea of a children animated comedy, based in characters of the sea enviroment, and the directors loved the idea inmediatly, so 2 month later they launched a pilor who was a big success.
With characters like a sea sponge (SpongeBob, the principal character, who works as a cooker in the Krusty Krab), a starfish called Patrick, the pink best friend of SpongeBob who is characterized for being a little bit stupid, and for living in a rock, and a octupus called Squidward, this show conquered a lot of achievements, like being the Nickelodeon series with more episodies (It have more of 200, and counting), and is considerated for a lot of magazines and polls, one of the best cartoon of all time. Another curious fact is that SpongeBob is the first fictional character with a sculpture in the Madam Tussauds wax museum in New York.
But the most particular fact is the report that of the 50 million who watch it every month, the 45% are adults! (just like me, but I think I'm a kid yet).
Anyways, for me this is the best cartoon ever and I still keep seeing it, and I'll do forever! HAIL TO THE SPONGE!
Regards.
