A huge congratulations to Nickelodeon voice actor Rodger Bumpass and his wife, Angela VanZandt, who got married on Friday, July 26, 2019!
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Newlyweds Angela VanZandt and Rodger Bumpass. Photo: Angela VanZandt.
The voice of Squidward Tentacles the cranky octopus on Nickelodeon's beloved animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, Bumpass wed VanZandt at a ceremony in front of the Old Statehouse in Arkansas!
Bumpass married the woman he always had a crush on back in his days at Central High School. The two of them both graduated from Central and told of their love to each other in their yearbooks.
As the world knows, Bumpass would end up in Hollywood working on SpongeBob. Meanwhile, VanZandt's career kept her in Arkansas.
With both of them single at their 10 year reunion, they renewed their relationship. For almost 40 more years, they would remain single.
But after emails, love notes, and repeated visits, the marriage finally happens!
"With Rodger on the steps of Little Rock Central High for our engagment photo shoot. We met at Central on the first day of school in the 10th grade. We had English together that year and our teacher was Kiitty Held. Rodger was very cute and still is," VanZandt said.
"Fifty years after I met him, he asked me out on a real date and we went on a picnic at the Clinton Library, and I walked on the bridge and he stopped me in the middle of the bridge and kissed me," VanZandt explained. "And he said, 'do you know how long I've wanted to do this?' And I said, 'A half-century? That's how long I've wanted you to kiss me.'"
THV 11's Craig O'Neill asked Bumpass if he was tempted to use his Squidward voice during the wedding ceremony.
"I really did think about it. 'Do you take this woman-- *Squidward voice* Oh boy, I do!'" said Bumpass.
A another huge congratulations to Rodger Bumpass and Angela VanZandt! :)
Newlyweds Angela VanZandt and Rodger Bumpass. Photo: Angela VanZandt.
The voice of Squidward Tentacles the cranky octopus on Nickelodeon's beloved animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, Bumpass wed VanZandt at a ceremony in front of the Old Statehouse in Arkansas!
Bumpass married the woman he always had a crush on back in his days at Central High School. The two of them both graduated from Central and told of their love to each other in their yearbooks.
As the world knows, Bumpass would end up in Hollywood working on SpongeBob. Meanwhile, VanZandt's career kept her in Arkansas.
With both of them single at their 10 year reunion, they renewed their relationship. For almost 40 more years, they would remain single.
But after emails, love notes, and repeated visits, the marriage finally happens!
"With Rodger on the steps of Little Rock Central High for our engagment photo shoot. We met at Central on the first day of school in the 10th grade. We had English together that year and our teacher was Kiitty Held. Rodger was very cute and still is," VanZandt said.
"Fifty years after I met him, he asked me out on a real date and we went on a picnic at the Clinton Library, and I walked on the bridge and he stopped me in the middle of the bridge and kissed me," VanZandt explained. "And he said, 'do you know how long I've wanted to do this?' And I said, 'A half-century? That's how long I've wanted you to kiss me.'"
THV 11's Craig O'Neill asked Bumpass if he was tempted to use his Squidward voice during the wedding ceremony.
"I really did think about it. 'Do you take this woman-- *Squidward voice* Oh boy, I do!'" said Bumpass.
A another huge congratulations to Rodger Bumpass and Angela VanZandt! :)