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Translating this world of archetypal characters from the small screen to the big presented a unique set of challenges for Hillenburg. He admits that his “experience was really writing 11-minute shows, not even 22-minute...

Author: By Alexandra B. Moss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Sponge’ Creator Talks Bob | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...series, they tried “to keep it very simple and do storylines where there are not a lot of B-plot, but when you do a 75-minute movie that becomes difficult,” says Hillenburg. “We did the movie [because] we wanted to tackle a larger story with greater stakes, [one] that had an arc for SpongeBob, something where he actually goes through growth in the movie...

Author: By Alexandra B. Moss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Sponge’ Creator Talks Bob | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...movie also allowed Hillenburg to answer a nagging question: “What would happen if the characters were to encounter our world...

Author: By Alexandra B. Moss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Sponge’ Creator Talks Bob | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...basically wrote him into the story without asking him,” Hillenburg says, “which is a really dangerous thing to do when you are under a tight deadline. But we needed a person that we associate with the ocean like Jacques Cousteau or something and Hasselhoff became the person to represent the quintessential lifeguard. So, crossing our fingers, I just called...

Author: By Alexandra B. Moss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Sponge’ Creator Talks Bob | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

Fortunately for Hillenburg (and for the star potential of the intrepid square-pantsed man-child of Bikini Bottom), Hasselhoff was excited by the opportunity. “He didn’t even think about it,” the director recalls, because “he has kids and they love the show...

Author: By Alexandra B. Moss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Sponge’ Creator Talks Bob | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

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