>>
>> SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS IS BACK FOR ANOTHER ADVENTURE WITH HIS
PAL PATRICK IN THE NEW MOVIE
SPONGE ON THE RUN.
WE GET A LOOK ON HOW THEY ALL
BECAME FRIENDS IN THE SERIES
CAMP CORAL.
CAMP CORAL. BOTH OF THOSE ARE STREAMING ON
PARAMOUNT PLUS.
PARAMOUNT PLUS. I SPOKE WITH TIM KINNEY AND BOB
SAGER BOCK.
SAGER BOCK. -- TOM AND BILL.
>> GREAT DEBATE HERE.
THANKS FOR HAVING US.
-- GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY.
THANKS FOR HAVING US.
>> WE SHARE HEADSPACE WITH THOSE
TWO GUYS.
TWO GUYS.
TWO GUYS. >> HOW HARD IS IT TO TURN OFF
SPONGEBOB AND PATRICK?
>> IT'S DEMONIC POSSESSION.
THEY TAKE OVER SOMETIMES.
MY HEAD JUST
THEY TAKE OVER SOMETIMES. MY HEAD JUST, IT'S REALLY FUN.
THEY ARE GREAT CHARACTERS TO
PLAY AND I LIKE TO THINK THEY
ARE A POSITIVE FORCE FOR
SILLINESS AND GOOFINESS WHEN
PEOPLE NEED THAT IN THEIR LIVES.
IT'S KINDA NICE.
WE LOVE OUR JOB.
>> YOU BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.
STILL AS FUN AS DAY ONE?
>> YES AND NOW IT HAS THIS ADDED
CASE A -- ADDED CACHET.
>> DAY ONE, I DIDN'T GET IT.
IT WASN'T UNTIL I WATCHED THE
PILOT AND I WENT OH, THIS IS SO
GREAT.
GREAT.
GREAT. >>
GREAT. >> AND LOOK WHERE IT IS.
TAKING THESE GUYS -- TAKING YOU
GUYS ALL THESE YEARS.
YOU'VE GOT A NEW MOVIE OUT, A
NEW SERIES OUT.
>> WHEN THERE'S A SPONGEBOB
MOVIE, IT'S OFTEN HAPPENING
OUTSIDE OF BIKINI BOTTOM.
WE GOT THE MOVIE GOING AGAIN AND
SPONGEBOB AND PATRICK AND THEY
HAVE ALL KINDS OF ADVENTURES.
THERE'S A GREAT COMING TOGETHER
OF THE WHOLE CAST IN THE BIG
CLIMACTIC SCENE WHICH IS REALLY
WONDERFUL.
WONDERFUL. IT BECOMES ATTRIBUTE TO THAT
BECOMES ATTRIBUTE TO SPONGEBOB.
>> YOU GOT PEOPLE IN THERE LIKE
KEANU REEVES, SNOOP DOGG
>> YOU GOT PEOPLE IN THERE LIKE KEANU REEVES, SNOOP DOGG.
YOU'VE ADDED IN THESE OTHER
ICONIC VOICES.
ICONIC VOICES. BECAUSE OF THE WORLD WE ARE IN,
DID YOU HAVE TO DO ALL OF THIS
SEPARATELY?
SEPARATELY? >> I HAPPENED TO BUMP INTO AQUA
FINA IN THE HALLWAY.
THAT WAS MY ONLY CELEBRITY
EXPOSURE.
EXPOSURE.
EXPOSURE. >> THE VOICE CAST RECORDS
TOGETHER AND WE DID DO A LOT OF
THAT BECAUSE IT WAS
PRE-PANDEMIC.
PRE-PANDEMIC. SINCE THIS MOVIE IS IN THEATERS
IN MAY, AND WE GET TO SEE IT
STREAMING ON PARAMOUNT PLUS WE
MISSED ALL THAT RED CARPET STUFF
OR I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN TO MEET
KIA NEW REEVES, AQUA FINA.
-- TO MEET KEANU REEVES.
UPPER A FINA.
SUBMIT SNOOP DOGG.
BEST I HAVE MET -- AQUA FINA.
I HAVE MET SNOOP DOGG.
I LOVE THESE GUYS, BUT I SEE
THEM ALL THE TIME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING MY
SPIRIT GUIDE KEANU.
>> HOW MUCH DO YOU GET TO AD
LIB.?
LIB.?
LIB.? >>
LIB.? >> THIS IS ALL SCRIPTED.
YOU ARE DOING REALLY GOOD.
>> WE GET THE NOTES FROM
PARAMOUNT.
PARAMOUNT. >> THE STORYBOARDS ARE THERE AND
THE WRITING IS THERE AND THAT'S
WHAT GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPRINGBOARD OFF OF THAT FROM
TIME TO TIME.
>> REALLY THAT'S JUST A FUNCTION
OF THE LONGEVITY.
WITHOUT THE LONGEVITY, WE WOULD
NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT GOES
INTO THE CREATION OF DIALOGUE
FOR ANIMATION.
FOR ANIMATION. YOU CAN'T JUST SAY HEY I HAVE A
GREAT LINE.
GREAT LINE. >> I'M THROWING THIS AWAY.
>> THE FACT THAT WE KNOW THE
CHARACTERS SO MUCH THAT IT GIVES
US THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO AD
LIB. TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN
ACTUALLY CONSIDER IT.
>> THEY ARE NICE TO INDULGE US.
>> CAN WE GET A SPUN -- CAN WE
GET A SPONGEBOB SQUARE PANTS AND
PATRICK SHOUT OUT TO WASHINGTON,
D.C.?
D.C.?
D.C.? >>
D.C.? >> HELLO WASHINGTON, D.C.
>> HELLO WASHINGTON DC
WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MANY LETTERS
AFTER YOUR NAME?
>> THEY WERE SO MUCH FUN.
THEY EMBODIED THOSE CHARACTERS.