Tom Kenny | March 17, 1986 

wow this guy should voice an animated sponge one day

0:20 Spongebob being lit on fire

0:20 GARY YOU ARE GONNA FINISH YOUR DESSERT AND YOU ARE GONNA LIKE IT

At 0:20, if you can hear carefully, Tom did his soul scream that can also be heard during his band performances. Sidenote: Tom's such a great guy.

He played it safe, and did not make any squirrel jokes.

1986 is the same year when stephen hillenburg came up with the idea for spongebob in the ocean Institute in Dana point California

WHERE’S THE SQUIRREL JOKES?!

2:38 the birth of Spongebob

He’s literally the same over the top nonstop riffing comic he played in Mr. Show 😂

Can we all take a moment to appreciate his hair..

0:20 Tom Kenny's SpongeBob yell when he rushed up to the stage.

Never once in my life have I asked myself what Spongebob might be like on cocaine but now I have an answer

From pineapple hair to pineapple under the sea! No joke, I love this man

He has some manic moments that almost seem Robin Williams-esque. Even some of his “voices” sound like something Robin would do. I wonder if he was a fan ❤

Bro you can hear his Mayor and Spongebob voice in there years prior, with a little Ice King in there he's lightning in a bottle!

That hair what a madlad

His hairstyle kind of goes hard

Absolutely wild. If I was a wealthy man I'd pay a fiver animator to put spongebob on stage doing this set.

He was only 24 when he performed on this show. Just shows how talented he really was.

“Oh brother, THIS GUY STIIIINKS!!!”

I never knew Tom Kenny did stand up. This opens an entire perspective for me tbh. Holy shit. That spongebob as a comedian.

He’s the same age as me here but he looks 30

0:20 I’m hearing Spongebob screaming

who knew he had such talent

If adhd was a person

Tom Kenny looked so young

Bro was coked tf out

I can’t believe that the voice of my favorite kids show is insane 😂poor spongebob

Jesus! That mullet.

I know people like Tom Kenny for Spongebob and his childish roles, but his real voice is so mature and very suave.

He’s sooo young here ! I wish we didn’t have to age 🙁

So glad you posted this! Wish there was more of his Stand-Up online. Thank you, again! I remember another set, different material, even wilder hair, sometime between 1982-1991 on TV (KQED, San Francisco, "Comedy Tonight," at Wolfgang's, hosted by Alex Bennett). I can't tell a joke, but I remember most of those shows verbatim and I've hoped to see his again for so many years after my daughter got me into watching Sponge Bob!

GET ON WITH THE SQUIRREL JOKES!!

Squirrel jokes?

What a spazz ass, I love it! 😂

I use to seem him walk by the Palace Hotel in San Francisco everyday( he had a 9-5 day job) I worked in front finally struck up a conversation and he was really nice. This was back around 1986. He just didn't seem like a 9-5 guy. Just back ground info on his early history,. He did mention he was doing comedy work at some of the clubs that were open back then.

I'm gonna guess he watched a lot of Robin Williams

Tom Kenny won 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for playing SpongeBob SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants and Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for playing SpongeBob SquarePants on SpongeBob SquarePants.

it is so weird to see him not doing the spongebob voice

I am so glad I found this. Over the past year or so, I've found the odd clip or voice clip of Tom's stand up and they're all hilarious.

Tom kenny is what made SpongeBob the character he is today.

Wow this is good vintage footage, thanks for uploading.

He's nuts..love him haha

this guy would be a great voice actor for a yellow sponge

wow it's so crazy to think that he was only 24 years old when this was filmed

He looked so frikkin cute in the sweater 🥺

5:42, sounds like Jerry Seinfeld. Love this guy

Hey this guy sounds funny! Hopefully he gets a spot on a good tv show!

0:20 - 0:47 You can hear Spongebob.

young Tom Kenny reminds me of David Tennant

7 years later he would voice Heffer on Rocko's Modern Life.

So underrated..

Check Tom out in Shakes The Clown. He plays a cocaine addicted, Machiavellian party clown vying for a lead roll in a kid's TV show. Oh, see if you can spot Bobcat Goldthwait and Adam Sandler as well.

Tom Kenny looks so young.

No one has mentioned Tom is the voice behind Spongebob? THIS is the version of Tom who overheard a surly, drunken little person speaking less than child-friendly things in a voice that would serve as the inspiration of the Bikini Bottom resident.

This reminds me of a infant reindeer

I'll give this guy credit for having such a bright assemblage of voices and the eventual legacy he ends up creating... but man, his comedy *stunk* sometimes. Too fast, man!

i absolutely loved Tom Kenny in "The Edge" (1992-93) and his appearance in "Windy City Heat". I had no idea he did work outside of voice acting until recently

“If you’re drinking and driving tonight, use someone else’s car.” That joke would not land nowadays dang

love this guy

his impression of himself in college is his Spongebob voice haha!!!

My dude looks like a cross between Jerry Lewis and Morissey

Bro SpongeBob SquarePants was aired 8 years later after the Soviet Union dissolved

6:09 Spongebob said number 8 (a**hole)

Its amazing how he stills looks the same now

Someone should show him this in an interview

love this

its kinda funny when you hear him cussing and your watching spongebob

Reminds me a lot of Robin Williams

I also remember him from Bob Odinkirk and David Cross’ hbo show.

6:10 first spongebob voice

I feel like cocaine may be involved.

what a wacko...that’s our tom kenny

Very Robin Williams vibe

Imagine all the coke he did before the show lol

I still can't believe that this guy is the voice of Spongebob!

"Good morning, Sister Sumo" 😂

Before Spongebob, we had this.

Hes on that Columbian Marching Powder ❄️ ❄️ ❄️

The real voice of SpongeBob SquarePants.

6:10 he said 🐬!!!!!!! I'm telling Mr Krabs!!!!!!

OOH EE OOH I LOOK JUST LIKE BUDDY HOLLY

0:49 Nosferatu

sound like spongebob lol

anyone almost kinda hear ice king's voice at 3:06?

Well, if he had been bombing, he would have had a secret weapon in his backpocket " How many squirrels does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" We all know that's a fail safe!

6:32 is that david cross?

1:42 But no fluoride, mm-hmm. [Insert the drinking]

2:34 Tom Kenny be in that conversation

5:55 Really Sad but really good killyfields

I named a character after him and Kenjiro Tsuda his name is Tom Kenjiro

Tom Kenny the hedgehog

Thus is a hideen gem

i cant kinda here where he got the spongebob voice from aha

This guy was way ahead of his time RIP

Charles martinet should do stand up comedy

Sound like a Spongebob and Spyro the dragon

JoJo hair

5:56 Killyfields

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