Best Day Ever marathon

For the episode, see Best Day Ever

The Best Day Ever marathon is a SpongeBob SquarePants marathon that aired on November 9 and 10, 2006. The The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Television premere occured after the marathon.

This episode aired on November 10, 2006 during a 24-hour marathon, in which Patchy the Pirate counted down the top 100 SpongeBob episodes, while on a boat in the New York City harbor. Fans voted weeks prior to the marathon on an online poll. The marathon started on November 9, 2006, and ran through November 10, 2006 and ended with the network premiere of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The marathon raised Nickelodeon's ratings to an average of over 6.7 million viewers and became the network's most highest-rated day ever.[1]

During the Best Day Ever marathon for 24 hours, starting at 8 p.m. on November 9. During the marathon at 9 p.m., the logo in the right bottom corner changed from Nick, to the Nick at Nite logo. At 6:00 a.m. it went back from the "Nick at Nite" logo to the "Nick" logo. If one were to look for episode information in their cable guide during the countdown, the message "A yellow sponge lives in subterranean Bikini Bottom" would appear in the "Info" box so as not to give away the rankings.

Repeats of the top 10 episodes (referred to as "The Best 10 Ever") were shown on November 22, November 25, December 9, December 29, and January 12. The marathon (lasting for 1 day (or 24 hours)) and the episode are both called "Best Day Ever". In Australia, the marathon (lasting for 4 days (or 96 hours)) has another version called "Non-Stop SpongeBob" which premiered on December 23, 2006. In February 1-2 2008, the "Best Day Ever" will premiere on Nickelodeon in Australia.

Trivia

• Patchy the Pirate's hook changes hands throughout the marathon.

External links

• Best Day Ever Site:
  • Commercial version
  • Non-commercial version
• Press Release on the Marathon
• 12 episodes that were not skipped
• Ratings success
• Watch (German) episode here