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‘SpongeBob SquarePants’: A Childhood Icon Revisited
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‘SpongeBob SquarePants’: A Childhood Icon Revisited

The timeless appeal of the famed children’s TV show

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Ben Ulansey
Feb 13, 2025
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It’s a story my mom still tells often: the story of my first tantrum. I was only four years old when it happened and it was SpongeBob SquarePants that was the undeniable, warm-faced aggressor. On that bright fall day, “SPUUNGBOOOBBB! SPUUUUNGBOB!” rang through the house with a high-pitched and cacophonous cry as I sobbed and wailed viole…

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