"We wanted the humor to come from the characters and their world – you go down there to escape the world up here for a while. So when the crew would write jokes that would refer to American TV or culture, I’d just eliminate them because it just seemed odd that SpongeBob would know about it."
- Stephen HillenburgThe creator of the popular animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants," Stephen Hillenburg, sought to create a world that was both unique and relatable. SpongeBob's underwater world provides viewers with a similar haven to the treehouse you built in your backyard as a child to escape from everyday life.…