i saw somehow some usenet archives from 1985 and man nerds still complained about star wars then lol

Lmao holy shit this unlocked a memory. As a kid I'd post on a Hey Arnold fan forum in 1999-2000, and I remember the absolute hate train that Spongebob got from the posters there.

I didn't think much about Spongebob myself for a couple years until I saw the episode "Band Geeks" in like 2002.

Also Rocket Power... That was one of those shows that merely existed. I didn’t encounter anyone who had anything bad to say about it, but I was hard pressed to find a diehard fan. All I remember about it was the dialogue was "hello, fellow kids" tier (even moreso than a typical Nick show) and full of slang that was about 10 years out of date by 1999.

It’s 1999. SpongeBob just premiered. The show is doomed. Rocket Power seems promising, though.

It’s 1999. Amazon just started selling consumer electronics. The company is doomed. Enron seems promising, though.

Chalkzone ruled, that show got done dirty.

I didn't know Paul Krugman was on usenet

I remember watching episodes of the first 3 seasons when they premiered. It was one of the biggest things for kids back then, we would talk about it in school. I got more invested in Cartoon Network a bit later after it became apparent Nick was sinking all its resources into all those teen sitcoms.

Sometimes I miss that structure and anticipation that you get when watching something premiere on TV.

Rudy's got the chalk

I guess, at first glance, Rocket Power seems like an idea that'll make a really good trailer, but to not hello, fellow kids it, is nigh impossible for a childrens cartoon network. Meanwhile, Spongebob is the only IP mentioned that people still watch and love 25 years later, so I guess that's that.

You gotta use the chalk Rudy

I disagree with chalkzone's central premise though. If it's supposed to be a reality full of anything ever drawn in chalk it's not going to be dinosaurs and houses and stuff. It'll primarily be hopscotch squares, math equations, and drawings of penises.

I liked chalkzone

sponge bob was too woke, too many "diversity hire" species. the starfish did absolutely nothing for the plot of the pilot it was just to virtue signal to SJWs to let them poison the minds of their children. this show is gonna fail you just see #go_woke_go_broke

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Rocket power fucking sucked

I wonder if the people commenting on these Internet forums would be slightly older than the target demo for SpongeBob.

It's likely because some if not a good part of SpongeBob fans weren't even in their parent's plans by then