Staying at home over the summer with my nephews, and all they watch all day long is SpongeBob SquarePants. Ever heard of it?
Yes, it's a cute animated show that was created by a marine biologist for Nickelodeon. IT's cute.
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
Well, there was an unpublished education comic book named "The Intertidal Zone" that many of the show's ideas came from it. 
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?
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. 
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.
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!