LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - David Bowie is set to star in cartoon series 'SpongeBob SquarePants'.

The music legend begged bosses to let him voice a part for the children's animated show because his six-year-old daughter, Alexandria, is a big fan.

The 59-year-old wrote on his internet blog: "At last, I've hit the Holy Grail of animation gigs."

Bowie will play the role of Lord Royal Highness in a new special episode.

SpongeBob is a friendly sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, with his pet snail Gary

This is not the first time Bowie has worked with fantastical creatures.

The 'Heroes' singer starred in Jim Henson's 1986 cult classic 'Labyrinth', as Jareth, the king of the goblins.

Wearing heavy make-up and singing several songs specially written for the film, he appeared alongside a teenage Jennifer Connelly - who went on to win an Oscar in 2003 for her role in 'A Beautiful Mind'.

(c) BANG Media International.

gay Gay GAy GAY!!!

lazycrockett said:

What could possibly be gay about this guy



working with these guys?

eh. SpongeBob is so 4 years ago.

:coughcough:alreadyposted:coughcough:

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/205075

Anx said:

I looked for a thread and couldn't find one. Sorry.

lazycrockett said:

Since when doing a cartoon makes an artist gay?

People are so full of prejudice!

MikeMatronik said:

Are you serious?

Spongebob Squarepants is among the latest targets of such good upstanding groups like Focus on the Family, who are convinced this pen-and-ink sponge and his Starfish buddy are a gay couple and pushing the "homosexual agenda" on the nation's kiddies.

Bowie is, well, Bowie. Said for years he was variantly gay or bi. Says now that he's straight. Some people believe him, some people think this heteroness is a bigger act than he says his flamey-goodness was.

At any rate, combining those two makes one helluva queer cartoon.
[Edited 10/13/06 4:00am]

MikeMatronik said:

I think it has less to do with doing a cartoon and more to do with the fact that the cartoon is Spongebob Squarepants.

Now if he was doing a guest spot on Family Guy or The Boondocks, that would be different.

Yes, I agree. People are full of prejudice. Myself included.

Bowie is shit!

mikek1 said:

You must live in another planet...Bowie is a genius!!!

MikeMatronik said:

i was only joking

mikek1 said:

ok...

mikek1 said:

Over at www.bowieaudio.com they're making more drama over this then we had here when Prince did American Idol. Well, almost.

the holy grail of animation gigs would be more along the lines of working with chuck jones (r.i.p.) or spumco. but alas...

[/animationgeekmodeoff]

Just to confirm...

-Bowie is awesome
-Bowie is genius
-Bowie is bi
-Bowie is married
(to a supermodel...a woman supermodel)
[Edited 10/13/06 11:23am]

shockadelicaa said:

calldapplwondery83 said:

oh, lawd. as if those episodes of spongebob won't be faithfully posted over there and downloaded like crazy by all those ziggy fams. what's the controversy? he's got a pre-school aged daughter and he wants to do something that kids like. it may not be the fashion with kids right now, but he's a 60 year old rock legend, cut the fucker some slack.

Just what I posted over there. They think he makes himself look embarrassing and how dare he destroy his whole reputation and how record companys will never spent another dollar on him because now no one will buy his albums anymore anyway.

calldapplwondery83 said:

He released this and we still love him!

yaaaaay david

calldapplwondery83 said:

for christ's sake, this is the same man who danced and sang with muppets in Labyrinth. what could there possibly be drama about at this point.

MikeMatronik said:

They can't all be gems!

Tessa said:

Right?!

And besides, I may not watch the telly much anymore, but SS was always a hell of a lot funnier than some of the other shit that pollutes the Nick network nowadays. It's something children and adults alike could always enjoy because it had versatility in its humor.

David Bowie is one of the coolest guys on this planet, and starring in SpongeBob Squarepants makes him even cooler, methinks.
There's nothing better than a man who obviously doesn't take himself too seriously.
Go Bowie!

I'm gonna have to actually watch an episode of Spongebob now! lol

Bowie, Snoop & Madonna
Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) - US Trailer

http://-trailers.blogspot...ailer.html

And don't forget...David will be in The Prestige It come out on October 20th in the US!