SpongeBob trying to warn us?
A few days ago, over on the Oregon Coast in the small but snazzy little "cottage" we were staying in, the chilluns were watching SpongeBob on the generously supplied satellite T.V. (it was actually pretty irritating. About 10% of the channels could actually be watched, everything else was either Pay Per View or "you have not yet subscribed to this channel". Grrr...anyhoo...)
This particular episode was about the miserly Mr Krabs trying to seduce the children of Bikini Bottom into buying more Krabby Patties, by saying things like "When yer all done playin' why doncha all come inside for a delicious, nutritious, vitamin enriched Krabby Patty! Ararararar!"
and by having SpongeBob abuse himself to amuse the kiddies.
From the kitchen in which we were lurking, my sister and I could see snippets of the disturbing episode, and she made a frightening point. I paraphrase:
"This episode is showing how evil advertising to kids can be, and then right after this episode is over, Nickelodeon's gonna bombard us with commercials for Chef Boyardee and Froot Loops."
Scary.
This particular episode was about the miserly Mr Krabs trying to seduce the children of Bikini Bottom into buying more Krabby Patties, by saying things like "When yer all done playin' why doncha all come inside for a delicious, nutritious, vitamin enriched Krabby Patty! Ararararar!"
and by having SpongeBob abuse himself to amuse the kiddies.
From the kitchen in which we were lurking, my sister and I could see snippets of the disturbing episode, and she made a frightening point. I paraphrase:
"This episode is showing how evil advertising to kids can be, and then right after this episode is over, Nickelodeon's gonna bombard us with commercials for Chef Boyardee and Froot Loops."
Scary.
posted by James at
2:24 PM
