“It’s a quality show and I think it came along at the right time, America wanted something stupid after the insanity of 9/11. The SpongeBob character is a naïve idiot but he also has a heart. He’s a dumb, well-meaning person, like Forrest Gump or Jerry Lewis.”

—  Mr. Lawrence

East Brunswick native voices SpongeBob Squarepants character http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/entertainment/people/2015/11/15/east-brunswick-native-voices-spongebob-squarepants-character/75597924/ (November 15, 2015)

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