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[thewayne]

"Hard to follow sometimes."
— Fox News host Gretchen Carlson on Spongebob Squarepants

Now, I know that most Foxies are hired for their ability to toe the party line and not for their stunning intellect, and I could accept someone saying that they have problems following Proust or Kierkegaard, but Spongebob? I guess someone is not smarter than a 5th grader.

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[hafoc.livejournal.com]

Have you ever actually WATCHED Spongebob? I never thought I'd agree with Faux News on anything, but I'm with 'em on this one- Spongebob is hard to follow.

Because there's nothing there to follow. You keep expecting it to have, oh, like, you know, a plot. Or maybe some humor. It doesn't. All it has is noise. Endless blaring jangling noise.

The only reason I watched it at all- or rather listened to it- was I was in a hospital bed too drugged to move, scream, or complain. Not so long but boring story. :)

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I have a niece, I think she's going in to the 6th or 7th grade, who has to have a TV on. Doesn't matter if she's in front of the TV, it's going to be on. And usually it was on Nik and Spongebob. So yeah, I've been exposed to a lot.

I wouldn't go as far as saying there's no plot, but it's one oriented to 5 year olds. I've never noticed anything resembling a plot in something like the Teletubbies, probably because it's non-verbal or seems to be, can't say that I've ever gone out of my way to watch it, just casual 'walking through the room' observation.

The last time I was too sick to move was when I had a series of 4 pneumonias, spent a lot of time with Pinky and the Brain on DVD. That was pretty cool.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

But I guess what I'm wondering is why an adult would actually watch Spongebob? I'm not sure why I'd wonder it as apparently the new My Little Pony series has quite a following with young adult males.

With limited exception, if they make it, it will be watched. Myself, give me a good book rather than bad TV: thank Cthulhu for Tivo!

[silveradept]

Hard to follow, as in, no plot? Well, it's no different than most sitcoms.

Hard to follow, as in highly nasal accent and grating laugh? Entirely possible.