No, you're not nuts. There's been a big change in the show, and it's probably not ever going to be resolved to the satisfaction of old time spongebob fans. Why? Because it's probably driven by monetary considerations. I'm guessing that the original brilliant writers wanted to capitalize on the popularity of the show and asked for more money. Which in turn the producers probably told them to get lost and replaced them. Just a guess. There's a thousand-and-one things wrong with the new shows compared to the originals. I doubt if any people responsible for producing the show are listening. Would they even heed the complaints and make changes if they did know about the current massive dissatisfaction with spongebob fans? Not likely. Luckily there are plenty of originals to keep us laughing for quite a while yet. What makes classics "classic" is because there's no others like them, no? I'm thinking about buying original seasons on DVD. The produces will realize they made the WRONG decision eventually... when the show goes down the tubes due to lack of interest by the viewers.

I hate the new spongebob cartoons. Starting about a year, year and a half ago, something changed. I hate spongebobs new incessantly high pitched voice. There's no longer any different levels to his voice according to the scene. It's always this high pitched monotoned. And the incessantly nerve racking tone to the constant ukelaleigh music sucks. And the plots and screen play suck. Did the orginal writers go on strike and/or start asking for more money and the produces told them to get lost? The original spongebob cartoons were ABSOLUTE GENIUS!