At the end of the second interview, Tom Kenny reveals that a new Spongebob Christmas episode is in the works. It will be based on and named after the Christmas single released in 2009: "Don't Be A Jerk, It's Christmas!"
In honour of his 10th Anniversary, SpongeBob SquarePants was immortalized at the famed Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in New York City, becoming the first cartoon character to receive a statue made entirely out of wax.
This first clip is in German. Here is a basic translation: A new resident has taken his place in Madame Tussauds Wax Museum - Spongebob Schwammkopf, or, how it's said in the USA, Spongebob Squarepants. The yellow cartoon character celebrates his 10th birthday on Wednesday. Spongebob is the first cartoon character to be immortalized in wax here. Incidentally, "Spongebob" speaks 25 different languages and is not only loved by children. President Obama and Prime Minister Gordon Brown have confessed to regularly watching Spongebob with their children.
Here is some more footage of the event, with another brief Tom Kenny interview.
A little bit about what the Annie Awards actually are, taken from their website: "The highest honor given for excellence in animation. Each year, Annie Award trophies are awarded for the year's best feature film, video, television program, commercial, and animated interactive production; as well as individual achievement by artists, writers and voice talent." http://www.annieawards.org/
Spongebob Squarepants has been nominated for many Annie Awards in the past. The awards that were actually won, I have highlighted in bold.
2001 - Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production - Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff in "No Free Rides"
2001 - Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Television Production - Tom Kenny as SpongeBob in "Wormy"
2001 - Outstanding Individual Achievement for a Song in an Animated Production - Peter Straus and Paul Tibbitt for the song "The Very First Christmas"
2005 - Best Animated Television Production
2006 - Best Writing in an Animated Television Production - C.H. Greenblatt, Paul Tibbitt, Mike Bell, and Tim Hill in "Fear of a Krabby Patty"
2008 - Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production - Tom Kenny in "Spy Buddies"
2009 - Direction in an Animated Television Production - Episode: "Penny Foolish"
2010 - Best Home Entertainment Production - "Spongebob vs The Big One" DVD
2010 - Best Animated Television Production for Children
2010 - Best Voice Acting in a Television Production - Tom Kenny in "Spongebob's Truth or Square"
From 2005 to 2009, Tom Kenny was the host for the Annie Awards. In 2010, William Shatner took his place. Now, in 2011, Tom Kenny is set to host the Annie Awards once again. Spongebob is nominated for two awards this year. The ceremony will take place on 5th February.
2011 - Best Animated Television Production for Children
2011 - Music in a Television Production - Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr, Tuck Tucker
Last year's Annie Awards can be viewed on Youtube (37th Annie Awards). Tom Kenny collects his award in this video:
If ASIFA-Hollywood upload this year's ceremony to their website, I will create a new post linking to it so you can view it.
Keep your fingers crossed for Spongebob this Saturday!
