“Never Say Never” Says Jodie Whittaker on Thirteen/Yaz Doctor Who Kiss 

As much as classic Doctor Who fans hate to admit it, romantic tension between the Doctor and their companions is part of the formula. Eight was a dashing lead alongside Grace Holloway, Ten and Rose’s love story has been well documented, while Fifteen’s flirtation with almost-companion Rogue has us hoping that Jonathan Groff will board […]

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Q: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? A: We all have for the last 25 years! That’s 25 years of supremely silly subaquatic surrealism that we, as a crew, and you, as our amazing audience, have been submerged in together. Twenty-five glorious years since Nickelodeon first introduced the world to Stephen Hillenburg’s quirky cast of characters that he discovered in a town deep on the ocean floor called Bikini Bottom. More specifically, one humble little goofball we all know (and love), Mr. SpongeBob SquarePants.

We’ve been so lucky to be part of a crew that has grown and morphed over the years in surprising ways. There are talented folks who have been with us since the very beginning and new members who grew up loving the show that they are now helping create. This is the secret formula to the show’s success. We get to work with an amazing group of artists who act together to produce an internal continuity of creativity, a style of humor that’s unique to this carefully curated group’s sensibilities. Together, in a place where every department has always been focused on making their contribution to each episode as funny and strange as it can be. 

It all starts in the writing room, where we try to keep the stories super weird and the comedy both verbally sharp and visually cartoony. We all grew up loving cartoony cartoons, and that’s the kind of show we strive to create. These stories are then passed to the Rough Storyboard artists, who are like each new episode’s first directors. They choose the funniest posing for acting and create the clearest setups to sell every story beat and gag. Now it’s time for our actors to make the characters come alive in the recording booth. What was already funny with text and illustrations on a page becomes exponentially more so with the performances of our amazing cast under Tom Kenny’s voice direction. After that, we take all this material into the animatic editing phase, where we try to cram as