Within the oral historical past, DiMaggio explains that he struggled along with his function within the sequence till he acquired some recommendation from some sagely co-stars:
“I used to be like, ‘I do not get this present.’ It was non sequitur, it was onerous to observe the scripts. I felt I used to be at midnight about quite a lot of stuff and uncomfortable as an actor approaching the function. A few individuals sort of clued me in, like, you recognize, ‘Recover from your self, this’ll work.’ Dee Bradley Baker that is within the present was, like, ‘Dude, you’ve got gotta simply gear up and do that factor and go house and cry in your bag of cash.’ After which Tom Kenny mentioned to me, ‘That is this era’s “Yellow Submarine”‘ and I used to be, like, ‘All proper, let me let it go and observe that recommendation.'”
Baker, who voiced quite a few characters on the sequence together with Cinnamon Bun and Struggle King (and was the voice of Olmec on “Legends of the Hidden Temple”), gave fairly good recommendation, however Kenny’s was higher as a result of it helped DiMaggio get previous his fears and embrace the present. It is in all probability recommendation Kenny, who voices The Ice King on “Journey Time,” in all probability needed to give to people on his personal present, “SpongeBob SquarePants,” the place he voiced the titular pineapple-dwelling optimist with geometrically-shaped underoos. In spite of everything, it was as soon as one of many weirder reveals on TV, however the large swings on each “Journey Time” and “SpongeBob” paid off as a result of youngsters love bizarre!