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Posted by Kindgo (Member # 2) on :

Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Dixie (Sunny South)

"Mothers were fighing, kids were crying, police had to escort SpongeBob out"

http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/i...ack08232002.htm

by Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa
Friday, August 23, 2002

It was mayhem at the South Shore Plaza the other night when more than 2,000 Krabby SpongeBob SquarePants fans were turned away after waiting hours to have their picture snapped with the Krusty Krab's head frycook.

``Mothers were fighting, kids were crying and the police had to escort SpongeBob out,'' said Caroline Casey of Walpole, who was shopping at the Braintree mall when the SpongeBob incident reached its saturation point. ``It was like he was Elvis.''

Ha! If Squidward could see old SpongeBob now!

The costumed SpongeBob character - whose cartoon counterpart and his pals, Patrick, Gary and Mr. Krabs, are the No. 1 ratings draw on Nickelodeon - was slated to appear for three hours in the mall's center court early Wednesday evening. But by the time Bikini Bottom's most famous resident surfaced, the line stretched from Filene's all the way to Macy's.

``There were about 2,500 kids and parents,'' said Someone Who Knows. ``They did 100 photos per hour - which is a lot - but that's only 300 kids. You do the math.''

Well, by our count, that leaves some 2,200 Krabby customers when it came time for SpongeBob to return to his Pineapple Under The Sea. And while the kids in line were still crying ``I'm ready!'' SpongeBob had left the building.

``SpongeBob may be square but he sure was hip last night,'' said South Shore Plaza marketing director Linnea Kelliher.

So hip that mall security and a Braintree police detail officer had to help him escape the angry mob.

``Mothers were yelling, calling each other names and accusing each other of cutting the line,'' Casey said. ``Kids were crying, yelling `SpongeBob!' It was unreal.''

Posted by Susan (Member # 131) on :

Would be really cool if they would take their kids to church with such excitement and commitment.
We are a Spongbob family. Even my husband who doesn't like TV and movies watches Spongebob everyday! He watches the news and Spongbob... period!

One does have to be careful of the episodes tho. There is one where they are worshipping a magical conch. Unfortunately, I don't have control over what my 5 year old watches. My husband is unsaved and Spongbob is their time together at 7:p.m every night. But I do watch as well so I know what they are watching. My little one now says, " God is the only one with magic powers. Anything else is fake ".
So I'm blessed with that.

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