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Stephen Hillenburg, Creator of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants,’ Dies at 57
KTLA ^

Posted on 11/27/2018 12:16:02 PM PST by BenLurkin

Stephen Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob SquarePants and the absurd undersea world he inhabited, has died at age 57, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday.

Hillenburg died Monday of Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as ALS, the cable network said in a statement. He was 57.

Hillenburg had announced he had the disease in March 2017. His death comes just weeks after the passing of another cartoon hero in Marvel creator Stan Lee.

An Oklahoma native with a love of both drawing and marine biology, Hillenburg conceived, wrote, produced and directed the animated series that began in 1999 and went on to spawn hundreds of episodes, movies and a Broadway show

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: als; hillenburg; searchworks; spongebob
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To: Vaquero

ALL of them you say?

At this point, what difference does it make?

41 posted on 11/27/2018 5:00:46 PM PST by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: TheConservativeParty

Ohhhhhhhh
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea
SBSP
Absorbant and yellow and porous is he
SBSP
If nautical nonsense be something you wish
SBSP
Then fall on the deck and flop like a fish


42 posted on 11/27/2018 5:03:00 PM PST by TheConservativeParty ( Trust The Trump)
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To: windcliff

Ping


43 posted on 11/27/2018 5:47:56 PM PST by stylecouncilor (Dreg of Society)
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To: treetopsandroofs
Loved the Flipper sounds for bad language.

"That's one of those 'Sentence Enhancers'. You use them when you want to talk fancy. You just sprinkle it over anything you say, and Wham-O! You've got yourself a spicy sentence sandwich!"

44 posted on 11/27/2018 7:45:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin
Maybe they'll bury him next to Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen


45 posted on 11/27/2018 7:49:10 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

46 posted on 11/27/2018 7:52:58 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: oldvirginian
THX, I forgot my *sarc* tag :(

....And Merry Christmas to you and yours.

47 posted on 11/28/2018 8:48:02 AM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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To: Daffynition

And merry Christmas to you!


48 posted on 11/28/2018 12:06:22 PM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: Red Badger
Parents should know that children who have just watched SpongeBob SquarePants, or shows like it, might become compromised in their ability to learn and behave with self control.

Unlike the Coyote Road Runner cartoons which taught kids not to buy catapults, rockets or other explosive devices from the Acme Corporation........

Or Popeye cartoons where if you ate a can of spinach you could beat up bullies........

Wimpy could have done children a world of service if he only had shared his hamburgers with Olive......

49 posted on 11/28/2018 12:19:20 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: oldvirginian

*<:o)>

I love Virginia! It so beautiful in the western areas.


50 posted on 11/28/2018 1:49:43 PM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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To: Daffynition

I love to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway. Fall is beautiful as is spring.
I like to take mom on a drive in May/June when the mountain laurel is blooming. Just beautiful.


51 posted on 11/28/2018 4:29:15 PM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: oldvirginian

The Blue Ridge is such a treat! And Skyline Drive, too.

Wonder around every turn.

There are places in Connecticut w/ beautiful Mountain Laurel displays in June. [The CT state flower]; my mom’s favorite drive was through an area with wild growth Dogwoods. :)

The Rhoddies around Longwood are fabulous; they grow as big as trees; for years I would take a February vaca to the Delmarva for the spring flowers; then come back to a second spring in Connecticut.

Good times.


52 posted on 11/28/2018 5:14:06 PM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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To: Daffynition

Come spring I’m planning to take mom and jump on Skyline Dr at Front Royal and drive and take the drive through to the other end in North Carolina. Take as much time as we like and stay a couple of nights along the way.
We both like to explore and check out nice scenery.


53 posted on 11/28/2018 8:35:46 PM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: oldvirginian

Luray Caverns? It’s as wonderful as it was in my youth. IMO, worth a stop. :)

Not so many changes made to it, so you are made think it has gone all *Disney*.


54 posted on 11/29/2018 8:33:48 AM PST by Daffynition (Rudy: What are you up to today? :))
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To: Daffynition

The Caverns are beautiful.
We went to them when I was a kid, took my daughter and then my sons to them.
Haven’t been in a few years, I feel a trip coming on!

My neighbor and her boyfriend canoed down the Shenandoah river this past summer. They had fresh caught fish every night. The pictures she brought back were beautiful.
The Shenandoah valley is a Virginia treasure.


55 posted on 11/29/2018 11:07:43 AM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: ExNewsExSpook

Old thread, I know. My younger brother was having some difficulties for a year or so. In July he was still driving a car. ALS was finally diagnosed in October and he died Dec. 8th. ALS is terrible.


56 posted on 12/14/2019 1:00:29 PM PST by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: USMCPOP

I wondered why this thread was revived. Sorry to hear the news of your little brother, USMCPOP.


57 posted on 12/14/2019 1:09:35 PM PST by HonkyTonkMan
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To: Vaquero

That was just perfect. In the true spirit of SBs creator.


58 posted on 12/14/2019 1:16:59 PM PST by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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