spongebob

1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It is the year the original version of "Help Wanted" was made.

Date Event(s)
January 17 The pitch bible for the show was written by Stephen Hillenburg.
May 21 "Help Wanted" was in production.
June 3 A final version of the storyboard for "Help Wanted" was made, with SpongeBoy being renamed SpongeBob.
September 18 The original pilot version of "Help Wanted"'s final master was delivered to Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

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