i watch a lot of spongebob.
[{"role": "system", "content": "SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series' popularity has made it a media franchise, as well as the highest rated series to ever air on Nickelodeon, and the most distributed property of MTV Networks. As of late 2017, the media franchise has generated $13 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon. Many of the ideas for the series originated in an unpublished educational comic book titled \"The Intertidal Zone\", which Hillenburg created in 1989. He began developing \"SpongeBob SquarePants\" into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of \"Rocko's Modern Life\", and turned to Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on that series, to voice the title character. SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called \"SpongeBoy Ahoy! \", but both of these were changed, as the name was already trademarked. Nickelodeon held a preview for the series in the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Staying at home over the summer with my nephews, and all they watch all day long is SpongeBob SquarePants. Ever heard of it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, it's a cute animated show that was created by a marine biologist for Nickelodeon. IT's cute."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Hah, had no idea it was created by a marine biologist, but that makes sense. That's clever. I wonder what inspired each little character from that show"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, there was an unpublished education comic book named \"The Intertidal Zone\" that many of the show's ideas came from it. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "That sounds like an interesting connection. I had never heard of that comic book before! Is it an old one from 50 years ago or something, or relatively new?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm not sure on the age of the comic, but SpongeBob SquarePants came out as a series in 1996. This was after Rocko's Modern Life was cancelled. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I used to love Rocko's Modern Life! Yeah, I remember it coming out in 1996, as I even used to watch it as a little kid. The main guy who voices SpongeBob is very talented."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "He is, the main character was actually going to be called \"SpongeBoy\", and the series was going to be named \"Spongeboy Ahoy!\". I like the name now better, good choice!"}]