I'm so glad he got to receive this award before he passed. He truly deserved it. Thank you for making our childhoods a lot brighter. And yellower. RIP.
I knew Hillenburg’s time was limited after he publicly announced his ALS diagnosis, but I didn’t think it was this limited. So glad he lived to see this. R.I.P. Stephen Hillenburg, Bikini Bottom will never be the same
Yeah he may have looked healthy, but the fact that he had Tom deliver his speech for him said a lot, there's a good chance he may have been having trouble speaking at this point.
I live in the same city where Hillenburg lives & skate around the Ocean Institute where he first drew the comic. This is the best cartoon in a very long time. I am so sad for him having ALS! I had a cousin, she was an artist & suffered 5 years before passing. She couldn’t paint or move , eat or speak anymore. So sad! Awful disease! Wish there was a cure! Maybe he will survive, there are stem cell therapies & he has all the money to try everything. I hope that he can somehow beat this ( would take a miracle). So sad he has this! Everyone send him letters saying how much you love the cartoon forever. Would probably mean a lot to him!
Man he looks extremely good for his age he was 57 he looks like he he was in his early forties he look extremely good for his age I'm very saddened when I read the article on my phone that he had passed away like everybody else I am a 90s baby I was 5 years old when I first saw the promo of SpongeBob at the time I was watching the Junior and other shows on Nickelodeon but then I came across this weird promo called SpongeBob and from then on I was hooked to it like everybody was he was a part of my childhood and he was an amazing artist to this day he's almost been on longer as The Simpsons or family guy he's a part of that rest in peace Stephen Hillenburg
Rip Stephen Hillenburg you decorated my childhood with happiness and beauty and that makes you such a nice and a humble person. Always in our prayers..
Tom Kenny won 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for playing SpongeBob SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants in 2018 and 2020.
Started crying I know Tom Kenny is very hurt about his friend having that terrible disease I just seen it today and couldn't watch it started crying instantly it's very sad he was a really nice person but he's is in heaven and Steven Hillenburg you well be missed.
Rip Stephen my favorite cartoon since I was 3 years old it is so sad that he had ALS and died at a pretty young age I wouldn’t be who I am today without him.😥😥😥I hope paul Tibbit is going to take spongebob into good hands. RIP Stephen
Stephen Hillenburg truly deserved that award not only because of his work, but also the condition that he's going through now. I'm gonna miss him when he passes away, he made some of the best first three seasons of any cartoon and my childhood awesome! :)
When he passes away?! 🙄🤔 Mmmm... Sorry but HE'S A-L-I-V-E right now!. He's an amazing animation creator!. He's a big proffesional with infinitive brain!. Stephen Hawkin lived long long life. Your comment is a little bit disgusting at the end, in my personal opinion...
@@swimsanta3132, sorry but, with all my respect to you... I know so fucking well. The fucking principal comment was posted months ago!!. When my friend Stephen still was A-L-I-V-E!!. A lot of months of shit comments and bad education. I know him, and I know his family too. He was my friend!!. Some bad taste comments about my friend. So, end the fucking story!!. No more no less. Today is Stephen, but maybe one day could be one of us, our family, our friends, etc. And lot of people with empathy in this very hard moments maybe answer exactly the same like me in bullshit comments without taste, right?. Rest In Peace, dearest Stephen!! Your legacy is the most beautiful Pirate Treasure in the world for all the new children generations, new teenager generations and new cartoonist generations 🤘💘 ☠️🍍🤓🐌⭐🐿️🍔🦀🦑🐙🦐🐚🦈🐡🐠🐟🐬🐋🐳
@@wSERJw, with all my respect to you... I know so well. This principal comment was posted months ago, when my friend Stephen still was ALIVE. A lot of months of this shit comments with bad education. I know him, and I know his family too. He was my friend!!. Today is Stephen, but maybe one day could be your family, your couples, your sons, your daugthers, your mothers, your fathers or one of us. Our friends (and a lot of persons with empathy in this hard moments) maybe answer fucking exactly the same like me, inside this bullshit comments. Rest In Peace, dearest Stephen!!. Your legacy is the craziest, funniest and most beautiful 'Pirate Treasure' in the world for all the new children generations, new teenagers generations and new cartoonist generations. Dearest friend, we love you forever and ever from the bottom of our hearts 💘🤘 ☠️🍍🤓🐌⭐🐿️🍔🦀🦑🐙🦐🐚🦈🐡🐠🐟🐬🐋🐳
RIP to Stephen Hillenburg. His work will never be forgotten. I can literally recite episodes word for word. Thank you for all the great childhood memories.
man, i watched half of this video certain that it was after stephen had passed. when he suddenly appeared in the crowd, i couldn't hold my tears. you made my childhood, i still miss you even if we never met. cheers from the other side of the globe
RIP Stephen Hillenburg you deserve that award for creating something that touched many people‘s lives and for making the Internet what it is today I hope you’re enjoying your afterlife
What an amazing men Stephen and Tom!!. Beautiful, funny and crazy proffesional couple. All my admiration to Tom too. I don't know Tom, but I know Stephen (and his family too). My thoughts and my heart are with him/all of them 😍🎯💘
Stephen looked good in this footage but you could tell there was something off about his smile. When I first watched this it took me a minute to realize that Tom giving Stephen's acceptance and thank you speech for him probably meant the Stephen could no longer talk, and that his ALS was progressing fairly fast.
He could definitely still talk at this point, but it was getting harder for him to speak in longer sentences, a speech would definitely just be awkward, but also Stephen was notoriously shy and introverted, he probably wouldn't have wanted to get up on stage and talk in front of everyone anyway. The disease didn't really strike him hard until the last few months. Around August it was just too hard for him to walk anymore so he stopped coming into work, but Vincent Waller reported that he could still laugh and talk however much he could at that point.
Stephen is one of the sweetest, kindest and most creative cartoon creators to have ever lived❤ STEPHEN HILLENBURG AND SPONGEBOB NEED TO BE INSERTED INTO THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
Stephen hillenburg was a ocean man and a brilliant animator we will terribly miss him to this day. he was also the father of spongebob. RIP Stephen Hillenburg 1961-2018
R.i.p Stephen hillenburg. I didn’t even get over Stan lees death , and for the man who created my #1 favorite cartoon to just pass away it’s just so sad. All the people we admire just been dying this year and I think it’s really pure coincidence because everyone has their death day, but these deaths have been happening so close together that it really just clusters up your emotions don’t they . Goodbye friend.
I was born on October 4th 2000 and my first episode of spongebob is when I watched the the one where he meets sandy or the I NEEEED IT episode hahah. This guy being here no longer makes me look at spongebob totally different. Rest In Peace Mr. Hillenburg.
SpongeBob is the most important cartoon of my life and was my damn childhood, my mom and grandma told me I'd stay up for hours watching SpongeBob and banged on the TV when a episode ended. I remember when my mother told me he passed, I was like 13 at the time and didn't really understand the importance of his death until about a year a half ago, I cry any time I see one of these about him because he made my childhood and we lost him too soon... I'm 18 soon and continue to watch SpongeBob...thank you so much Mr. Hillenburg for making my childhood ❤️
thank you for all the childhood memories, mr stephen hillenberg.......he really made me laugh when i was around 11 years old back in 2002 even until the 2nd Sponge Bob movie in 2015(then i kinda stopped watching cartoons as i was too busy with establishing my career), i'm kinda shocked and saddened by his unexpected departure at 57 years old :( first Stan Lee , now Stephen Hillenberg.....2018, please stop it already!!
I just now realized Stephen was too shy to go on stage lol, Tom did his speech for him, even citing one of Stephen's mentors, saying "I" from Stephen's POV. Even his wife was urging him on and the people in front of and behind him were looking at him like he was weird, well fuck them. But I love that - SO relatable when you see all these celebrities getting their awards showing off strong personalities and wearing their hearts on their sleeves - what many of us would like to see ourselves do but just isn't the case.
It's sad because Stephen passed away in November 26th, 2018 because of the ALS causing heart failure.. T_T RIP Stephen! You'll always be a goofy goober!
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Man, that's so sad. RIP Stephen
I don't know how! I mean, he looked perfect well here!
I love Spongebob Thank you Hillenburg ! :(
Rest in peace , you are a legend Stephen!
NOOOOOOOOO! 😭😭😭😭
He voiced my favorite puppet potty
My wife and i met talking about spongebob years back. Now we're both having our first baby next month. Thank you Mr hillenburg RIP
Drunken Watcher sooooo the baby is here now?
Any day now set to induce next week
Drunken Watcher oh that’s cool congratulations! Is it a boy or girl
Thank you, were having a girl
Drunken Watcher I wish the best of you and your new family. Do you play fortnite
I'm so glad he got to receive this award before he passed. He truly deserved it. Thank you for making our childhoods a lot brighter. And yellower. RIP.
Very well said!
Wait, Tom Kenny or Stephen?
Nickelodeon wouldn't b the same without him.:,(
Farewell Stephen, thanks for creating Spongebob!
2024.. and today that hits more than 2018.. 😿
You are not forgotten, Stephen Hillenburg.
RIP Mr. Hillenburg. Thank you for your contribution to my life.
I knew Hillenburg’s time was limited after he publicly announced his ALS diagnosis, but I didn’t think it was this limited. So glad he lived to see this. R.I.P. Stephen Hillenburg, Bikini Bottom will never be the same
When I initially watched him receive this award, Tom giving Stephen's acceptance speech for him made me realize he was probably close to the end.
Ethan Akrie I just assumed it was because he was shy like Tom said
Ethan Akrie But you’re probably right
That tribute make me cry 😭
Literally dripping tears rn
Wow, he looked so healthy here. It's Shame he died at such an early age (at 57,wow). Rip Stephen. You will be missed dearly. F.
Yeah he may have looked healthy, but the fact that he had Tom deliver his speech for him said a lot, there's a good chance he may have been having trouble speaking at this point.
Life is so temporary, it’s crazy that a year later he died…. Paramount owes that man so so so much
They are absolutely soulless people cashing in on his dream
I live in the same city where Hillenburg lives & skate around the Ocean Institute where he first drew the comic. This is the best cartoon in a very long time. I am so sad for him having ALS! I had a cousin, she was an artist & suffered 5 years before passing. She couldn’t paint or move , eat or speak anymore. So sad! Awful disease! Wish there was a cure! Maybe he will survive, there are stem cell therapies & he has all the money to try everything. I hope that he can somehow beat this ( would take a miracle). So sad he has this! Everyone send him letters saying how much you love the cartoon forever. Would probably mean a lot to him!
Rip
@Travis Altizer could you be any more basic?
@@smokejc yes
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Try not to cry *CRY A LOT*
Man he looks extremely good for his age he was 57 he looks like he he was in his early forties he look extremely good for his age I'm very saddened when I read the article on my phone that he had passed away like everybody else I am a 90s baby I was 5 years old when I first saw the promo of SpongeBob at the time I was watching the Junior and other shows on Nickelodeon but then I came across this weird promo called SpongeBob and from then on I was hooked to it like everybody was he was a part of my childhood and he was an amazing artist to this day he's almost been on longer as The Simpsons or family guy he's a part of that rest in peace Stephen Hillenburg
Rip Stephen Hillenburg you decorated my childhood with happiness and beauty and that makes you such a nice and a humble person. Always in our prayers..
Rest In Peace 😢🙏🏻
“Aye Aye Captain, you did it!”
Hit so hard, after his death, it sounds like a, “it’s okay, we are all so proud of you”
RIP Stephen Hillenburg :C
This is why we love tom Kenny! He supports Stephen Hillenburg
Tom Kenny won 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for playing SpongeBob SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants in 2018 and 2020.
*Good bye Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018)* 😢
Started crying I know Tom Kenny is very hurt about his friend having that terrible disease I just seen it today and couldn't watch it started crying instantly it's very sad he was a really nice person but he's is in heaven and Steven Hillenburg you well be missed.
R.I.P Stephen Hillenburg he made my childhood
Thank you Stephen hillenburg
Thanks for everything Steve
Bob Loblow that was Steve Jobs
It could be steve anybody
My dream is to be an animator on Nickelodeon to make Stephen hillenburg proud
Rest In Peace, Stephen.
You built so many of our childhoods and we are all so thankful for what you've accomplished.
Godspeed.
Forever a Goofy Gobber. Thanks for the memories
Rip Stephen my favorite cartoon since I was 3 years old it is so sad that he had ALS and died at a pretty young age I wouldn’t be who I am today without him.😥😥😥I hope paul Tibbit is going to take spongebob into good hands. RIP Stephen
I've watched Spongebob since I was 2 years!
He isn't. Stephen was barely dead 5 minutes before Nickelodeon immediately started betraying his wishes and his legacy.
Stephen Hillenburg truly deserved that award not only because of his work, but also the condition that he's going through now. I'm gonna miss him when he passes away, he made some of the best first three seasons of any cartoon and my childhood awesome! :)
When he passes away?! 🙄🤔
Mmmm... Sorry but HE'S A-L-I-V-E right now!. He's an amazing animation creator!. He's a big proffesional with infinitive brain!.
Stephen Hawkin lived long long life. Your comment is a little bit disgusting at the end, in my personal opinion...
@@Ana_D.C. now he Is dead ;(
@@Ana_D.C. well he had als which is terminal illness, it was guaranteed he would die. The comment is not disgusting at all..
@@swimsanta3132, sorry but, with all my respect to you...
I know so fucking well. The fucking principal comment was posted months ago!!. When my friend Stephen still was A-L-I-V-E!!.
A lot of months of shit comments and bad education.
I know him, and I know his family too. He was my friend!!. Some bad taste comments about my friend. So, end the fucking story!!. No more no less.
Today is Stephen, but maybe one day could be one of us, our family, our friends, etc.
And lot of people with empathy in this very hard moments maybe answer exactly the same like me in bullshit comments without taste, right?.
Rest In Peace, dearest Stephen!!
Your legacy is the most beautiful Pirate Treasure in the world for all the new children generations, new teenager generations and new cartoonist generations 🤘💘
☠️🍍🤓🐌⭐🐿️🍔🦀🦑🐙🦐🐚🦈🐡🐠🐟🐬🐋🐳
@@wSERJw, with all my respect to you...
I know so well. This principal comment was posted months ago, when my friend Stephen still was ALIVE.
A lot of months of this shit comments with bad education. I know him, and I know his family too. He was my friend!!.
Today is Stephen, but maybe one day could be your family, your couples, your sons, your daugthers, your mothers, your fathers or one of us.
Our friends (and a lot of persons with empathy in this hard moments) maybe answer fucking exactly the same like me, inside this bullshit comments.
Rest In Peace, dearest Stephen!!.
Your legacy is the craziest, funniest and most beautiful 'Pirate Treasure' in the world for all the new children generations, new teenagers generations and new cartoonist generations.
Dearest friend, we love you forever and ever from the bottom of our hearts 💘🤘
☠️🍍🤓🐌⭐🐿️🍔🦀🦑🐙🦐🐚🦈🐡🐠🐟🐬🐋🐳
RIP Stephen Hillenburg thank you for the awesome memories 😢😢
RIP Stephen Hillenburg
R.I.P Stephen Hillenburg ❤️
This was Stephen Hillenburg's final appearance before his death on November 26, 2018.
R.I.P. Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018)
Stephen Hillenburg kinda looks a bit like SpongeBob. Just like Uncle Walt and Mickey.
Walt don't look like no mickey
He looks like normal spongebob
He was a marine biologist.
Are you Dumb?
He looked like SpongeBob when he was younger
Rest in peace Stephen, You are ocean man forever...
Rest in peace Stephen. You will be missed 💔😢
two years and I still got tears in my eyes when I think, that the father of our childrenhood is gone way to soon.
It’s hurts more when you think that a few months later he passed.
May you Rest In Peace captain
Rest in Paradise, Ocean Man...
He is long loving ocean man take him by the hand
Respect To Stephen.
Thank you for the childhood you gave me
In Loving Memory to:
STEPHEN HILLENBURG
1961-2018
Spongebob was a big portion of my childhood. Thank you Mr. Hillenburg
R.I.P
RIP to Stephen Hillenburg. His work will never be forgotten. I can literally recite episodes word for word. Thank you for all the great childhood memories.
RIP thank you for making my childhood as great as it was!
4:34 just to think, that man was slowly dying. I wish I could've met him. He was my inspection 😭😢
4:21 I'm gonna miss that face
RIP Shephen Hillenburg (1961- 2018)
man, i watched half of this video certain that it was after stephen had passed. when he suddenly appeared in the crowd, i couldn't hold my tears. you made my childhood, i still miss you even if we never met. cheers from the other side of the globe
RIP Stephen Hillenburg you deserve that award for creating something that touched many people‘s lives and for making the Internet what it is today I hope you’re enjoying your afterlife
What an amazing men Stephen and Tom!!. Beautiful, funny and crazy proffesional couple.
All my admiration to Tom too. I don't know Tom, but I know Stephen (and his family too). My thoughts and my heart are with him/all of them 😍🎯💘
R.I.P Mr. Hillenburg 😔
Rest in Peace Steve, thanks for being apart of our childhoods. We'll never forget you.
R.I.P. Stephen
Thank you Stephen for a great Childhood.
Stephen looked good in this footage but you could tell there was something off about his smile. When I first watched this it took me a minute to realize that Tom giving Stephen's acceptance and thank you speech for him probably meant the Stephen could no longer talk, and that his ALS was progressing fairly fast.
Also by the way he claps at 4:53
Tom mentioned glandular injections while giving his speech, which meant that Stephen was taking them to soften his disease
He could definitely still talk at this point, but it was getting harder for him to speak in longer sentences, a speech would definitely just be awkward, but also Stephen was notoriously shy and introverted, he probably wouldn't have wanted to get up on stage and talk in front of everyone anyway. The disease didn't really strike him hard until the last few months. Around August it was just too hard for him to walk anymore so he stopped coming into work, but Vincent Waller reported that he could still laugh and talk however much he could at that point.
May he rest in peace.
Stephen is one of the sweetest, kindest and most creative cartoon creators to have ever lived❤ STEPHEN HILLENBURG AND SPONGEBOB NEED TO BE INSERTED INTO THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.
Hillenburg is the true ocean man
Rip man thanks for the memories ❤️ u see u soon in the clouds ☁️ buddy
Did Tom Kenney just call Stephen his sensei? Oh no... the feels...
Rest in peace Stephen Hillenburg ❤️
Rest in peace Mr Hillenburg you shaped all of our childhoods
Stephen hillenburg was a ocean man and a brilliant animator we will terribly miss him to this day. he was also the father of spongebob.
RIP
Stephen Hillenburg
1961-2018
R.i.p Stephen hillenburg. I didn’t even get over Stan lees death , and for the man who created my #1 favorite cartoon to just pass away it’s just so sad. All the people we admire just been dying this year and I think it’s really pure coincidence because everyone has their death day, but these deaths have been happening so close together that it really just clusters up your emotions don’t they . Goodbye friend.
We will miss you Stephen..
You were and still are a legend
I was born on October 4th 2000 and my first episode of spongebob is when I watched the the one where he meets sandy or the I NEEEED IT episode hahah. This guy being here no longer makes me look at spongebob totally different. Rest In Peace Mr. Hillenburg.
Strphen Hillenburg, he trully was the Number One.
Thanks for the memories, Stephen. Rest in peace.
Rest well Stephen
r.i.p stephen hillenburg you will truly be missed
Looks like this is Stephen’s Last TV Public Appearance
Rest in piece Stephen you are a legend
RIP and much love for a guy that was a part of my childhood. Watching season 1 and drinking wine today, raising every glass to him :)
Farewell Stephen Hillenburg
I miss you Stephen ♡
Gracias por la infancia que tuve Stephen hillenburg
Nick.......the #2 most watched kids TV channel.........without Stephen..........it would be unknown
He should've been awarded the presidential medal of arts long ago
SpongeBob is the most important cartoon of my life and was my damn childhood, my mom and grandma told me I'd stay up for hours watching SpongeBob and banged on the TV when a episode ended. I remember when my mother told me he passed, I was like 13 at the time and didn't really understand the importance of his death until about a year a half ago, I cry any time I see one of these about him because he made my childhood and we lost him too soon... I'm 18 soon and continue to watch SpongeBob...thank you so much Mr. Hillenburg for making my childhood ❤️
It's a shame Stephen Hillenburgh didn't get to see the 20th year anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants
R.I.P. Steven Hillenberg
Beginning to think every year is a cursed year
Thank you Stephen hillenburg and r.i.p
thank you for all the childhood memories, mr stephen hillenberg.......he really made me laugh when i was around 11 years old back in 2002 even until the 2nd Sponge Bob movie in 2015(then i kinda stopped watching cartoons as i was too busy with establishing my career), i'm kinda shocked and saddened by his unexpected departure at 57 years old :(
first Stan Lee , now Stephen Hillenberg.....2018, please stop it already!!
this is more sad when u realize these awards happened before his death.
He looks strong for a person with ALS..
JM Studios Your comment is disgusting
How??
it's not disgusting at all... i found this video because i was curious to see how Stephen's doing recently, and he's still looking great. that's all.
+Black 2D YOUR comment is disgusting.
I recently read he is in the early stages of ALS. Most likely, he probably is still independent and does not show any signs of disability yet.
I just now realized Stephen was too shy to go on stage lol, Tom did his speech for him, even citing one of Stephen's mentors, saying "I" from Stephen's POV. Even his wife was urging him on and the people in front of and behind him were looking at him like he was weird, well fuck them. But I love that - SO relatable when you see all these celebrities getting their awards showing off strong personalities and wearing their hearts on their sleeves - what many of us would like to see ourselves do but just isn't the case.
R.I..P Stephen Hillenburg miss you your number one I hope you're in a better place and thank you a great SpongeBob 🧽
Rest in peace. You helped shape my childhood.
Fred: i would give my leg for you, Stephan, to come home.
rip Stephen hillenburg
Bill and Tom resemble their characters so much😂
R.I.P buddy
RIP Stephen hillenburg, thanks for making mine and many others' childhoods great
Died the same year. RIP you once in a lifetime talent
My childhood gone but not forgotten
Thank you for creating spongbob for our childhood we miss you 😢
RIP Stephen Hillenburg
It's sad because Stephen passed away in November 26th, 2018 because of the ALS causing heart failure.. T_T RIP Stephen! You'll always be a goofy goober!
It's sad that he's gone now.
RIP Stephen hillenburg.
Tom Kenny’s admiration and appreciation for Hillenburg is so wholesome
RIP to the greatest cartoonist of all time