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I don't feel the same way at all. It kept largely a consistent tone of bretty good up until the movie, which I thought was just okay really. As for the comfy vibe? That may have changed when the animation changed for the show, which I personally didn't mind but I could see others bitchin about it.

Season 2 felt like good balance between the two styles, but Season 3 and the original movie were very much signs of things to come. More dumb-downed, stale, overly broad, and off-putting.

I like all 3 seasons, but I understand what you mean. Season 1 is really comfy.

Season 3 was more "Hit or Miss", mostly hits but it fumbled a bit. Not by any means bad though, still vastly superior to anything out of Season 4 and beyond of Spongebob.

Season 2 is balanced, and strong for it.

>9gag type humor

>over a decade before 9gag

>years before even 4chan

Season 1 is the weakest to me. Too many awkward pauses and dead air for my tastes. Season 2 is the best of the three, but Season 3 is still really good.

I suppose this is as good a thread as any to post this. I got bored one day and determined just which writers contributed the most to the first three seasons. Here's a count of how many episodes each writer worked on per season.

s1

Mr Lawrence 19

Peter Burns 12

Paul Tibbit 11

Erik Wiese 10

Aaron Springer 10

Sherm Cohen 9

Ennio Torresan 9

Jay Lender 7

Chuck Klein 6

Merriwether W 5

Steve Fonti 4

Chris Mitchell 4

Tim Hill 3

Mark OHare 3

Vincent Waller 3

David Fain 3

Stephen Hillenburg 2

Derek Drymon 2

s2

Merriwether W 21

Walt dohrn 19

Paul Tibbit 19

Mr Lawrence 13

Aaron Springer 10

CH Greenblatt 10

Jay Lender 10

William Reiss 7

Mark OHare 4

Dan Povenmire 3

David Fain 1

s3

Merriwether W 21

Kent Osborne 18

Paul Tibbit 18

Mark OHare 12

CH Greenblatt 10

Jay Lender 9

Sam Henderson 9

Kaz 8

Aaron Springer 5

Walt Dohrn 1

Total

Paul Tibbit 48

Merriwether W 47

Mr Lawrence 32

Jay Lender 26

Aaron Springer 25

Walt Dohrn 20

CH Greenblatt 20

Mark OHare 19

Kent Osborne 18

Peter Burns 12

Erik Wiese 10

Sherm Cohen 9

Ennio Torresan 9

Sam Henderson 9

Kaz 8

William Reiss 7

Chuck Klein 6

Steve Fonti 4

Chris Mitchell 4

David Fain 4

Tim Hill 3

Vincent Waller 3

Dan Povenmire 3

Stephen Hillenburg 2

Derek Drymon 2

>>546833

I'd say it jumped the shark after Stephen Hillenburg stopped being showrunner.

>>546833 (OP)

>only good season

Fool, are you deliberate baiting? Season 1 has some good episodes (Pizza Delivery, Tea at the Treedome) but it has a lot of dated or odd episodes that really aren't funny (I never really "got" the Ripped Pants episode).

>the show started focusing less on the "underwater" theme.

>even though Season 1 had multiple episodes that focused on Goo Lagoon, which is literally an ocean under the ocean

>>546968

Sherm didn't write a single episode of Season 2 and 3?

>>546969

You say that as if it's not common knowledge.

>>546833

The flanderization and 9gag humor didn't start until season 4. To me, season 2 is when the show was in its prime with season 3 being mostly good with the rest being meh at the worst. I do agree with you that season 1 was really comfy.

>>547134

They describe as Goo Lagoon as mud puddle

>>547134

>Sherm didn't write a single episode of Season 2 and 3?

no, he only did s1

>season 1 was the only good season of Spongebob

Fuck you

The animation obviously plays a big part in why season 1 felt so comfy, but I think the music is really overlooked as a contributor. Listen to the stuff that was played during the early seasons and was only rarely played in the later ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBVqmagU9dU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953vagWiMJM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VhBgEyauGI&list=PLEBC7E20B5032E311

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fQWm7mg21Q

I also agree with the characters being way more subdued. I was watching the two episdoes from the newer seasons and actually liked them, but the humor came more from the quick gags rather from the characters being witty or anything.

Wheres a torrent for the first three seasons anyways

>>547643

Yeah, but what the fuck is in them? I would not go near that shit. It fills my mind with images of creatures from H.P. Lovecrafts dark nether realm.

It was awkward and ugly, but in a charming way

>>546968

>Wiese

>Springer

>Cohen

>Lender

>Klein

>David

>Greenblatt

I wonder who is behind this