>>114376943>implying that's not what they always wanted to do It wasn’t. There’s a reason why classic SpongeBob doesn’t resemble Ren & Stimpy so closely. The classic writers and boarders had a far better balance of visual and dialogue-based humor. I think people like Vincent Waller, Adam Paloian, and Benjamin Arcand might’ve seen how stiff Seasons 6-8 were and tried to reel the show back to being more cartoony, only they took it to an alarming degree.
This is the whole show now:
https://twitter.com/klusha68/status/1249709163116204037 
