Why are we featuring this racist video? Looking back, we would have done the accents differently and skipped the eyes (although the teeth are all Spongebob's). Still, the video is important to us.

In 2007, 'SpongeBob SquarePants in China' made quite a splash. For two years it was the most watched 'film and animation' video on YouTube worldwide. It is still the number one comedy video of all time from the Netherlands with over 100 million views. (Due to a hacking incident it has been re-uploaded).

The video, based on the news of SpongeBob cartoons being released in China, addresses issues of censorship, labor laws, and American consumerism. Its politics elicited an official response from the Chinese government who demanded Boom Chicago take it down. We politely declined.

The sequel 'SpongeBob SquarePants in China 2' was also funny, if less successful in terms of views (only 6 million). Watch it here: https://youtu.be/9ZRKfyABraM

As a side note, the second most popular Dutch video of all time, Arjen Lubach's 'America First, the Netherlands Second' also has a Boom connection. Greg Shapiro plays the Voice of Donald Trump

Combined with 'Florida Voting Machine,' which was one of the biggest viral videos of the pre-YouTube era, Boom Chicago has been one of the Netherlands biggest viral video creators.

Boom Chicago's 2002 Video about Zwarte Piet ('Christmas in Holland' featuring Jordan Peele, Colton Dunn and Pep Rosenfeld) can be seen here and also in the Tropenmuseum's permanent exhibit on race in the Netherlands.