Spongebob: The Rise and Demise

As a kid, I grew up on Spongebob Squarepants.  As an adolescent, Spongebob remains a timeless classic to me.  Others, including adults, would casually dismiss Spongebob as an immature show for children.  I beg to differ.  The humor is, believe it or not, surprisingly high brow.  Here are a few quotes as examples:

"The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma" - Patrick Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZSXnrbs_k&feature=related

-  "Is mayonnaise an instrument?" - Patrick Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKB-wWK_K_Y&feature=related

- "Now you must acquire a taste for... free form jazz" - Patrick Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4sEcIHG0Yc&feature=related 

"Squidward, you're steaming. You're like a steamed vegetable, only smarter" - Spongebob Squarepants


"You can't fool me. I listen to public radio!" - Squidward Tentacles

"But don't a genius live in lamps?" - Patrick Star

"Dumb people are always blissfully unaware of how dumb they really are" - Patrick Star

Here is a longer excerpt:
Flying Dutchman: "Listen! We're heading down to Bikini Bottom tonight for a little haunting spree, so I want this ship to look good and scary!"
SpongeBob: "You mean you want it to look good...and scary. Well, I think we can probably..."
Patrick: "No, no, I think he means he wants it to look so good that it's scary"
SpongeBob: "Or maybe that by looking so scary you forget that it doesn't look good!"
Patrick: "I don't get it"
SpongeBob: "Look, it's easy, it simply means that..."
Flying Dutchman: "Never mind what it means! I just want it to look scary! That's it! You know, mold growing on the ceilings and bugs in the sink"
SpongeBob: "So, you don't want it to look good?"

As good as Spongebob once was, though, it has fallen upon dark times.  After the third season, most of the writers and the producer left the show, and it has suffered ever since.  All I ask is that everyone give it a chance (at least seasons one through three).