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'SpongeBob SquarePants' celebrates 25 years on air

Nickelodeon’s megahit show “SpongeBob SquarePants” made its TV debut on May 1, 1999. Fans of the cartoon span generations and the animated series has become a multi-billion-dollar franchise.

NPR’s Ashley Montgomery reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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