SpongeBob vs Minions

**Molly Bloom** (0:12)
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**SPEAKER_3** (0:50)
From the brains behind Brains On, it's Smash Boom Best.

**Arturo** (0:55)
The show for people with big opinions.

**Molly Bloom** (0:59)
Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best, the show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best. Today, it's a battle between two silly yellow icons of animation. One side sports denim overalls with goggles and works for a retired supervillain. The other side wears a tie with square pants and works at the Krusty Krab. It's SpongeBob vs the Minions.
Here to make waves for the sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea, it's performance artist, Jada Pulley.

**Jada Pulley** (1:31)
I'm ready.

**Molly Bloom** (1:32)
I'm ready.

**Jada Pulley** (1:33)
Are you ready?

**Jed Kim** (1:35)
Oh my God.

**Molly Bloom** (1:37)
And making noise for the mighty, mighty Minions, its host and reporter and editor, Jed Kim.

**Jed Kim** (1:44)
Go bananas for the little yellow one-eyed guys, it's the Minions.

**Molly Bloom** (1:49)
And here to decide the best yellow fellow, let's say hello to Arturo from Minneapolis. Arturo loves gaming, comics, football, making short films and singing along to Radiohead. Hi Arturo.

**Arturo** (2:03)
Hello.

**Molly Bloom** (2:04)
So football, do you play football? Do you watch football?

**Arturo** (2:08)
In the past, I've played just like pick up football with my friends, but now this place that like collects a bunch of charter schools has collected my charter school and we are all training for a football season starting in the fall.

**Molly Bloom** (2:26)
Well, that's exciting.

**Arturo** (2:26)
This is like the pre-preseason.

**Molly Bloom** (2:29)
What position do you play?

**Arturo** (2:30)
We don't know yet. I think I'm going to be probably O lineman.

**Molly Bloom** (2:34)
Tell me what that means.

**Arturo** (2:35)
I will be at the front near where the center. I'll be near that guy and I will try to defend the quarterback while other people try to take the ball from him.

**Molly Bloom** (2:50)
Excellent. You make short films. Very cool. What kind of short films do you make?

**Arturo** (2:56)
Really, whatever comes to mind. I have done a few day camps, three in total.
This summer is going to be my fourth, where I've made short films.

**Molly Bloom** (3:07)
Cool. Are you in front of the camera and behind the camera? Are you more of a behind the scenes filmmaker?

**Arturo** (3:13)
In all of the stuff I have done, I've been videographer, director, actor, editor, all of it.

**Molly Bloom** (3:21)
You wear all of the hats. Very, very impressive. Will Arturo side with SpongeBob or will he make Minions the winner? We'll find out after we go over the rules.
Every debate consists of four rounds, the declaration of greatness, the micro round, the sneak attack, and the final six. After each round, our judge Arturo will award points to the team that impresses him the most, but he'll keep his decisions top secret until the end of the debate. Listeners, we want you to judge too. Mark down your points as you listen. At the end of the show, head to our website, smashboom.org, and vote for whichever team you think won.
Okay, Jada, Jed, and Arturo, are you ready?

**Jed Kim** (4:00)
Oh, I cannot wait.

**Arturo** (4:01)
I think so.

**Jada Pulley** (4:02)
Yeah, earlier established that I am indeed ready.

**Molly Bloom** (4:06)
Then it's time for the...

**SPEAKER_3** (4:08)
Declaration of Greatness.

**Molly Bloom** (4:12)
In this round, our debaters will present a well-crafted, immersive argument in favor of their side. Then they'll each have 30 seconds to rebut their opponent's statements. We've flipped a coin. And Jada, you're up first. Sing the praises of SpongeBob.

**Jada Pulley** (4:26)
Pop quiz.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Absorbent and yellow and porous is he. Who makes you drop on the deck and flop like a fish? If you answered Big Bird, you'd be wrong. But if you answered SpongeBob SquarePants, then you'd be 100% correct.