Got Chocolate Milk? (found "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated tie-in commercial; 2001)
SpongeBob SquarePants is a Nickelodeon animated series that's been airing on the channel since 1999. Over the years, the characters from the series have been marketed for various products and commercial tie-ins, one of them being for the advertising campaign Got Milk?.
Got Milk?
In February 2001, Got Milk? published an ad for magazines featuring SpongeBob and Patrick both drinking a glass of chocolate milk and getting milk mustaches, with SpongeBob's disappearing instantly due to him being a sponge. On February 24th of that same year a commercial of the ad aired on TV.[1][2][3] The ad is similar to the print version but with SpongeBob, after his mustache keeps getting absorbed, ends up sticking his whole face in the glass.
Status
The commercial remained lost for many years, with the only proof of its existence being accounts from people claiming they watched it when it aired,[4] until an anonymous user from the NickStory Discord server uploaded a screenshot of the commercial online.
On October 14th, 2022, user alitek12 posted a screen recording of the commercial to the Lost Media Wiki Discord server, rendering the commercial found.[5] A direct quality version was later uploaded a day later.
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Footage
Videos
See Also
- Astrology with Squidward (found series of "SpongeBob SquarePants" Nickelodeon animated shorts; early 2000s)
- A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (non-existent unauthorized direct-to-DVD mockumentary film; 2011)
- SpongeBob: Re-Hydrated (partially lost "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated short; 2003)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999-present)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Sailor Mouth" (lost uncensored version of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Shanghaied/You Wish" (lost English audio from alternate "Patchy the Pirate" segments of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)
- SpongeBob SquarePants "SpaceBob InvaderPants/Krabs' Army" (lost production material of cancelled Nickelodeon animated series episodes; 2015)
- War Blowers (found full version of "SpongeBob SquarePants" production music; 1999)
References
- ↑ 2001 Bloomberg press release of the commercial. Retrieved 21 Sep '22
- ↑ New York Times article mentioning the ad. Retrieved 19 Oct '22
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly article mentioning the ad. Retrieved 19 Oct '22
- ↑ SpongeBob Mania forum thread on users recollection of the commercial. Retrieved 21 Sep '22
- ↑ Tweet from the Lost Commercials Foundation announcing the discovery. Retrieved 15 Oct '22