"SpongeBob SquarePants" [Hillenburg, 1999] Season 6 [Mar. '08- Mar. '09]

Okay, now this is grotesque, this is what us SB fans have been anticipating and bracing ourselves for for more than three years now ("At long last"-- not that it's a good thing)-- as a matter of fact, it seems that the new creative monarchs who have taken over this most seminal of animated comedies are completely inept as regards what is genuinely funny- as though they're attempting so impassionedly to usher in a new era of modernity to this show that their artistic ideas may be blown hyperbolically out of their ordinary proportions. Prepare to be visually sickened when you watch this season of this show (not that you should, like, try to or anything). And admittedly, "Slide Whistle Stooges" isn't altogether terrible, in fact, it's essentially the season's best episode. But still, I am dismayed to report that even it isn't all that great. (Second place: "Spongicus/Suctioncup Symphony," in which some of the old genius and spirit of this show is also recaptured.) Grade: C