Squidward Chat

Squidward Chat title card

Squidward Chat was a talk show that was on the Bikini Bottom Public Access. It was made up and hosted by Squidward Tentacles and held in his house. SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star quickly became crew members after seeing the show on television. Eugene H. Krabs saw the show on TV and used it to promote the Krusty Krab. From there, Sandy Cheeks saw the show and began dancing when she joined in, Pearl Krabs saw the show and joined in to preform her cheer routine, Sheldon J. Plankton saw the show and used his death ray on set, as well as promoting the Chum Bucket, and Larry the Lobster, thinking the entire show is a housewarming, called in more citizens of Bikini Bottom to join the fun as well, effectively ruining Squidward Chat and ultimately leading to its cancellation. It was only shown in the episode Tentacle-Vision.

History

Part of the ruining of Squidward Chat. Plankton is seen here with his death ray.

The origins of Squidward Chat trace back to when Bikini Bottom Public Access had canceled Fab and Fancy in favor of a new show, The Guitar Lord. Squidward, whose favorite show was Fab and Fancy, got infuriated about the show's sudden cancellation and called the GL's host Zeus, who told him that it is so easy to get a TV show. Squidward got inspired and called the BBPA to request his own television show; he would successfully get one, deciding on a talk show. He names his new show Squidward Chat, planning it to be about personal subjects of his such as arts. However, SpongeBob and Patrick see him on TV and Squidward ultimately hires them as the show's sound man and camera man, respectively. Mr. Krabs sees the show as well, setting off a chain reaction in which Sandy, Pearl, and Plankton all see the show; all four appear and ruin it because they want to join the fun whether Squidward likes it or not, with Mr. Krabs and Plankton even going as far as to promote their respective restaurants. Squidward tries to make them leave, but his mention of "housewarming" is overheard by Larry, who thinks Squidward is actually having a housewarming and calls in more Bikini Bottomites to Squidward's house, which effectively ruins Squidward Chat outright. Later, the show is cancelled in favor of a show similar to the performance of the gang on Squidward Chat called Squidward's House Party, much to Squidward's displeasure.

Set

The set was essentially just a modified version of Squidward's living room. He had a table with a chair where he would be seated. His couch served as a bench intended as seating for guests, suggesting that Squidward planned to do sit-down interviews, which is commonplace for talk shows in general, for Squidward Chat; SpongeBob wound up being the only person to actually sit on the couch on Squidward Chat, and Squidward never actually interviewed anyone. A rug and some paintings of Squidward were also part of the set.

Cast and Crew

• Squidward Tentacles - Host
• SpongeBob SquarePants - Sound Man
• Patrick Star - Camera Man
• Eugene H. Krabs - to promote the Krusty Krab whether Squidward wants him to or not
• Sandy Cheeks - to dance whether Squidward likes it or not
• Pearl Krabs - to perform her "way cool cheer routine" whether Squidward likes it or not
• Sheldon J. Plankton - to shoot at things, including Mr. Krabs, with his death ray and promote the Chum Bucket whether Squidward wants him to or not
• Larry the Lobster and the citizens of Bikini Bottom - to ruin the show for Squidward, thinking that he's having a housewarming

Trivia

• In the German version of Tentacle-Vision, Squidward Chat is called Thaddäus talkt, which means Squidward Talks.
• This is similar to Cartoon Network's talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

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