LittleBigPlanet PSP (found German "SpongeBob SquarePants" commercial; 2009): Difference between revisions

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A screenshot of the only remaining footage of the commercial

Status: Partially Found

SpongeBob LittleBigPlanet PSP Commercial (also known as SpongeBob PSP Commercial) refers to a commercial featuring the character SpongeBob playing the game LittleBigPlanet on the PSP.

Background

On November 18, 2009, all four Viacom channels hosted 24 hours of SpongeBob Squarepants called “Think Happy Day”. Comedy Central, being one of the channels, devoted itself to the wildest, most absurd and well known rumors of the show named “Captain’s Special”. Some of the rumors that were from these selected episodes were:

The rumor that SpongeBob is already around the age of 20.
The rumor that SpongeBob sat down on a photocopier without pants on at a company party (inferring that he might have photocopied his bottom).
The rumor that Sandy is in a witness protection program.
The rumor that Mr. Krabs is taking drugs.
The rumor that SpongeBob is gay and transvestite.

YouTube user JANTista999 posted a video from one of the commercials on the same day “Captain Secrets” aired, where at the 29 second mark, a see one second clip of the commercial can be seen. The PSP model seen in the commercial specifically is a PSP 1000.^[1]^[2]

It is not known whether the commercial is promoting the PSP console itself, or the game LittleBigPlanet. A possible theory is that the special was airing SpongeBob related bumpers and interstitials, making the commercials mostly SpongeBob related, as the YouTube video was uploaded on the same day that Captain Special happened.

Availability

Not much is known about the commercial outside of the aforementioned one second of footage from a poor cut, and information on it's day of airing.

It is widely believed that JANTista999 has the whole recording of the commercial, but the channel has not been active since 2009, leaving it unlikely that the full recording would be posted.

As of 2023, no new leads or content have been found.

Gallery

LSuperSonicQ’s video on the subject (starts at 8:16)

JANTista999 video of the “Captain Special” commerical which includes 1 second of the SpongeBob PSP Commerical

External Links

References

[1] Lost Media Wiki Forums about the episode

[2] r/lostmedia post from u/Swouse-mouse

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 |title=<center>LittleBigPlanet</center>
 |image=SpongeBob PSP Commerical.jpg
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+|imagecaption=A screenshot of the only remaining footage of the commercial
 |status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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-'''''LittleBigPlanet “SpongeBob PSP” Commercial''''' refers to a small clip of SpongeBob playing LittleBigPlanet on the PSP that premiered on a Comedy Central special
+'''''SpongeBob LittleBigPlanet PSP Commercial''' (also known as SpongeBob PSP Commercial)'' refers to a commercial featuring the character SpongeBob playing the game LittleBigPlanet on the PSP.
 == Background ==
 On November 18, 2009, all four Viacom channels hosted 24 hours of SpongeBob Squarepants called “Think Happy Day”. Comedy Central, being one of the channels, devoted itself to the wildest, most absurd and well known rumors of the show named “Captain’s Special”. Some of the rumors that were from these selected episodes were:
-*The rumor that SpongeBob is already around 20.
+*The rumor that SpongeBob is already around the age of 20.
-*The rumor that SpongeBob sat down on a copier without pants at a company party.
+*The rumor that SpongeBob sat down on a photocopier without pants on at a company party (inferring that he might have photocopied his bottom).
 *The rumor that Sandy is in a witness protection program.
-*The rumor that Mr. Krabs is taking drugs
+*The rumor that Mr. Krabs is taking drugs.
-*The rumor that SpongeBob is gay
+*The rumor that SpongeBob is gay and transvestite.
-A YouTube video by user, JANTista999, posted a video from one of the commercials on the same day “Captain Secrets” aired but if you go to the 29 second mark, you’ll see a one second clip of SpongeBob playing LittleBigPlanet on the PSP. The PSP seen in the commercial specifically is a PSP 1000.<ref>[https://lostmediaarchive.fandom.com/wiki/SpongeBob_Little_Big_Planet_PSP_commercial_(2009) Lost Media Archive Fandom Article]</ref>
+YouTube user JANTista999 posted a video from one of the commercials on the same day “Captain Secrets” aired, where at the 29 second mark, a see one second clip of the commercial can be seen. The PSP model seen in the commercial specifically is a PSP 1000.<ref>[https://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/11329/spongebob-littlebigplanet-psp-commercial-2009 Lost Media Wiki Forums about the episode]</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/s/ebrsDlBj6F r/lostmedia post from u/Swouse-mouse]</ref>
-<ref>[https://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/11329/spongebob-littlebigplanet-psp-commercial-2009 Lost Media Wiki Forums about the commercial] </ref> <ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/lostmedia/s/ebrsDlBj6F r/lostmedia post from u/Swouse-mouse]</ref>
+It is not known whether the commercial is promoting the PSP console itself, or the game LittleBigPlanet. A possible theory is that the special was airing SpongeBob related bumpers and interstitials, making the commercials mostly SpongeBob related, as the YouTube video was uploaded on the same day that Captain Special happened.
-It is not known what is it advertising about LittleBigPlanet or why it was there after a completely different commercial. But a possible theory is that the special was airing SpongeBob related stuff, making the commercials have to be SpongeBob related as the YouTube video was made on the same day that Captain Special happened.
 == Availability ==
-As mentioned before, only one second of the commercial exist as there’s a poor cut at the end as a mistake. It is widely believed that JANTista999 has the whole recording of the commercial, but since they’re not active anymore after 2009, it’s unlikely to contact them and ask if they have anymore recordings of the commercial. Though the only possible way for this commercial to be found is if it was aired internationally.
+Not much is known about the commercial outside of the aforementioned one second of footage from a poor cut, and information on it's day of airing.
+It is widely believed that JANTista999 has the whole recording of the commercial, but the channel has not been active since 2009, leaving it unlikely that the full recording would be posted.
+As of 2023, no new leads or content have been found.
 == Gallery ==
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 == See Also ==
 === LittleBigPlanet ===
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 *[[War Blowers (found full version of "SpongeBob SquarePants" production music; 1999)]]
 *[[SpongeBob: Re-Hydrated (partially lost "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated short; 2003)]]
 == External Links ==
 *[http://de.spongepedia.org/index.php/Think_Happy_Day_(2009) Spongepedia Article about Think Happy Day which includes Comedy Central’s “Captain Secrets”]
 *[http://de.spongepedia.org/index.php/Captain’s_Secrets Spongepedia Article talking about the selected episodes and it’s rumors]
-== Reference ==
+==References==
 {{reflist}}
+[[Category:Lost advertising and interstitial material]]
+[[Category:Lost animation]]
 [[Category:Partially found media]]
-[[Category:Lost advertising and interstitial material]]