Lender said, "It was my baby, and I held its hand until we shipped it overseas. He said, "I searched what little there was of the Web back then." Nick Jennings Photoshopped the smile on Count Orlok to make sure it matched Lender's board drawing. However, the image of Count Orlok used in the episode was taken from the Internet. Lender said, "Steve gave you the opportunities to do things that would really be memorable, if you could sell him on it." Lender then searched for books with scannable pictures of Count Orlok.
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Series creator Stephen Hillenburg accepted Lender's proposal and allowed him to do it.
The episode originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 6, 2002, with a TV-Y7 parental rating.Įpisode writer Lender proposed to have Count Orlok of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu appear as a gag at the end of the episode. Lender and Povenmire also served as storyboard directors. Lawrence, Jay Lender, and Dan Povenmire, with Sean Dempsey serving as animation director. The flickering lights were credited to the antics of Count Orlok of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, with whom the characters are inexplicably familiar. Panicking and screaming, they are relieved when the strange, unidentified figure enters turns out to be a kid applying for a job, revealing that he had tried contacting the establishment by telephone, but had hung up out of nervousness.
Both horrified men immediately realize that they are experiencing genuine supernatural events. SpongeBob insists that these are clear indications of paranormal activity, whereas a dubious Squidward dismisses them as meaningless, until the warning signs continue recurring and reappearing, matching those described in the ghost story.įinally, a mysterious, dark silhouette appears at the road outside the Krusty Krab matching Squidward's description of the Hash-Slinging Slasher. The episode received glowing positive reviews upon release.Īlthough Squidward manages to reassure a petrified SpongeBob that his story is fiction, the two employees are alarmed by the strange, coincidental occurrences paralleling the fictitious omens surrounding the murderous Hash-Slinging Slasher. Before the idea of Count Orlok, Lender thought of "Floorboard Harry", an idea that was deleted. Episode writer Lender proposed the idea as a gag at the end of the episode, which series creator Stephen Hillenburg accepted. The episode featured Max Schreck as Count Orlok, of the 1922 silent film Nosferatu, via stock footage. However, when Squidward and SpongeBob are alone, the events in Squidward's story begin to occur. After scaring SpongeBob, Squidward tells him that the story is fictional. Squidward soon gets bored, and tells SpongeBob a scary story to have some fun with him. In this episode, Squidward and SpongeBob are forced to work 24 hours a day by Mr. The series follows the adventures and endeavours of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 6, 2002, one year after "Band Geeks." Contents Lawrence, Jay Lender, and Dan Povenmire, and the animation was directed by Sean Dempsey.
" Graveyard Shift" is the first part of the 16th episode of the second season, and the 36th episode overall, of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants.
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