Post by VHSUnderground on Feb 8, 2021 23:06:09 GMT
Hey folks
As some of you may know the original tile for SpongeBob SquarePants was SpongeBoy Ahoy. But, it was changed due to copyright concerns because of a mop company with the same name. In 1996 Stephen Hillenburg made the pilot for the show before it was changed to the current name. There is a screenshot of the pilot with SpongeBob's nametag reading "SpongeBoy"
There are 3 versions of the pilot that were made. The first being SpongeBoy, the second is with SpongeBob. This version is online but has been taken down from multiple websites due to copyright violations so it is relatively hard to find. The third is the official version.
Information on the first pilot is relatively scarce, but we do know it was made. I would love to see this thing found.