when did sponge b.o.b square pants first air
Tom Heintjes gathered insights and reminiscences from some of the people behind SpongeBob SquarePants to illuminate the making of a cultural phenomenon. Itâs SpongeBobâs ocean; we just swim in it. When the first SpongeBob SquarePants episode (âHelp Wantedâ) aired on May 1, 1999, it did so with little fanfare.