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The first printed version of the song is in the public domain book Immortalia (1927). Later versions feature the eponymous "Barnacle Bill", a fictional character loosely based on a 19th-century San Francisco sailor and Gold Rush miner named William Bernard. [2] Versions are also known in England and Scotland from the early twentieth century.
The season's executive producers were series creator Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt, who also acted as the series' showrunner. [2] [3] Due to the success of the show, the New York Daily News reported that Nickelodeon picked up SpongeBob SquarePants for an eighth season on December 14, 2009, during the year which the show was celebrating its tenth anniversary on television. [4]
He wants to be called "Barnacle Man" and everyone (except SpongeBob) laughs at his protests, so he decides to go evil and teams up with Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble. They cause chaos all over Bikini Bottom, and Mermaid Man calls a league of heroes to stop Barnacle Boy (featuring Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward and Sandy as superheroes).
It has nothing to do with William Bernard, the sailor and California Gold Rush character known as "Barnacle Bill". Ironically, Fleischer Studios also produced a Popeye cartoon, Beware of Barnacle Bill in 1935, using the same song as aforementioned, almost 5 years after Betty Boop cartoon Barnacle Bill was released, with Bluto as Barnacle Bill ...
The Complete 1st Season: Set details: Special features: 20 episodes (40 segment episodes, excluding "Help Wanted")3-disc set; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
The ninth season featured Tom Kenny as the voice of the title character SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet snail Gary. SpongeBob's best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star, was voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, [15] while Rodger Bumpass played the voice of Squidward Tentacles, an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus. [16]
The featured song "Sweet Victory" was later released on the series soundtrack album SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Album on November 15, 2005. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] "Sweet Victory" went from being a largely unknown production music track, to selling 300,000 iTunes downloads in one year after its exposure on the show.
Barnacle Bill (theme tune), the theme tune of the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter; William Bernard (sailor), subject of the song; Barnacle Bill (Martian rock), a 40-cm rock on Mars in Ares Vallis; Barnacle Bill, a Fleischer Studios animated short film; Barnacle Bill, a film starring Archie Pitt and Joan Gardner