A 24 hour SpongeBob marathon changes a man irreversibly

I can't wait for the 48 hour marathon.

"Have you finished those errands?" - Spongebob to Karsten, probably

That shot at 4:35 where our protagonist sees himself in a mirror against a backdrop of clocks, forcing him to confront the way he spends his time, was a cinematic triumph

Ok hear me out: Imagine the Lighthouse, but it's just Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson being driven to insanity through watching Spongebob for 24 hours. All of it still set in the lighthouse itself, and all they have to entertain themselves is Dafoe's DVD collection of Spongebob episodes

4:40 that shot of the cart rolling in and revealing the spongebob ipad in the child seat is pure cinema

Cant wait for karsten to one day tell his children that one of his biggest accomplishments is watching 24 hours of spongebob

Nothing like 24 hours of SpongeBob to drive you to complete madness.

man's out there really doing shit no one asked him to do

I assumed this was gonna do something artsy with the circles on the arm, like this was gonna become some experimental horror thing, but then near the end it's just like "why did I do this? What was the point of this bit?". Love it

I am so serious when I say that the impact that Spongebob has had on an entire generation (and also the impact it had on the direction of comedy) should be studied

I lost it at him defending Patrick's privacy from SpongeBob, it got personal af

Feels like The Lighthouse in that I'm watching a guy go crazy😅 we appreciate your torture Karsten!

lunch while watching spongebob in public alone is crazy…..it’s giving iPad kid ✨

For years science has pondered the question of what would happen if someone Watched Spongebob for 24 Hours Straight, and now finally we have an answer. Thank you Karsten!

We all witnessed a man slowly go insane watching SpongeBob, true quality content

To everyone wondering 24 hours can only cover the first 2 seasons

This is the most beautiful video ever. We went on a journey into a man’s curiosity of him not knowing it would cost him his sanity. We watch him enjoy the test fueled by the sweet nostalgia of his childhood but watch him slowly fall into resentment and hatred towards something he loves so dearly. After that moment we watch a man go through the 5 stages of grief while undertaking this task and we are along for the ride. I felt all of the emotions in this and I felt like I was also watching Spongebob for 24 hours. I just couldn’t wait for it to be over. When it was, it felt so satisfying, I shed a few tears as I truly learned how to suffer but to also make the best of the time you have. This man, took me by the hand, led me to the land, that I now understand. Truly magnificent.

That piano rendition sounds like heaven & a beautiful accompaniment to the accomplishment of the consumption of 24 hours of SpongeBob SquarePants. Congratulations, Karsten!

Didn’t anticipate how funny this would be, watching Karsten unravel and needlessly analyze the show

My friends and I had a virtual 24 hour movie marathon it was very fun we watched 12 movies together. We all picked a different movie and my only rule is that they be stand-alone so that anyone can join at any time, we still talk about how much fun it was.

This video brings me the comfort and joy that SpongeBob will never bring to Karsten again.

you did all this unprovoked. some point you’ll do a 4 hour analysis on spongebob and im here for it

My favorite part of these KZfaq challenges is watching how quickly KZfaqrs already regret their life choices

the fact that you had the confidence to eat in the restaurant with spongebob is inspiring

The descent into madness, it intrigues me lol if you haven't heard about the "I don't want to talk about fight club anymore" podcast, I highly recommend it. Comedian Jacob Wysocki watches Fight Club for 72 hours straight and has other comedians cycle in to watch with him. By the end he's just singing show tunes. It's a great time and this video was also very fun!

classic instance of karsten not having fun doing something nobody ever asked him to do

When the holes appeared, I thought Karsten would gradually turn into a sponge.

Brings back memories of the Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash which had a 24 hour marathon. Karsten doing this for the culture!

This is like Bo Burnham inside but it’s SpongeBob

Karsten, do you ever just sit there and say why the fuck did I do this after you do stuff like this?

If you really wanted to torture yourself, you’d do 24 hrs marathon of modern SpongeBob 😂

Whatever you do for 24h straight is insane and will drive you nuts. No matter what it is.

Karsten, 12 hours in: “I’d say, I’m already halfway there! Halfway there! Halfway there! Halfway there!”

This is like one of those videos where someone gets trapped in an elevator for a few days and slowly goes insane.

Good for you.

This made the LOTR Extended Edition marathon look like a cake walk.

lol I did this during the “Best Day Ever” episode. Failed but SpongeBob was my childhood 😂

Man SpongeBob and bob the builder were 70% of my childhood. I used to watch tv endlessly back then.

the title of this video is just me on a thursday in a depressive episode, i've been there

In today's episode of Karsten Suffers For Our Amusement:

When I was a kid I had a day where I watched Songebob for probably ~12 hours straight and now, as an adult, when I’m feeling very off and like a strong sense of dissociation I legit have flashbacks to SpongeBob day

The depth of this show really hits when he looks at the camera and goes "Now I am become Sponge, the wearer of SquarePants."

this is going in my list of top 10 psychological horror movies

Kind of feel like the movies needed to be mixed in more to break it up but i appreciate you mainitaing the purity til the end, bless your heart

This is the most audacious thing I've seen anyone on KZfaq undertake. Bravo

This is the type of crap 11 yo me thought I'll would be doing constantly when i grow up.

Should've had Capri Suns and Goldfish, that's what kept me going through SpongeBob marathons.

Not the Ocean Man piano 💀💀

The fact that this is literally your job

This is funny because I follow your channel for literally everything except for the SpongeBob videos

I look into the void, and it responds, “Are you ready Kids? I can’t HEAR YOU?”

The piano version of Ocean Man by Ween at the end was really the cherry on top here

Can't wait for Karsten to do a week long marathon and we just slowly get to watch him lose his sanity for real. I imagine it would be a similar experience to watching The Lighthouse. It'll be great content.

Now its time for Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended verisons) + the hobbit trilogy in 24 hours

I love Karsten Runquist but this video is just him going “Ohhh I can’t believe I’m doing this thing, this is so crazy Im exhausted ahhhhh isn’t this so weird ahhhh”

The instrumental Ocean Man at the end really got me

my toxic trait is that I think I could do this with no issues at all

I’m gonna watch Simpsons for 24 hours now thx for the inspiration Karsten (Really don’t think I’d wanna say that after it’s over)

The next logical milestone would be 24 days SpongeBob marathon

I like how I can’t tell what’s a bit, and what’s not.

You are a mad man Karsten 😂 This video was great!

0:48 not related to the video in any way but love seeing the Four Tet record in the background. Great album

Spongebob was never meant to be constantly marathoned.

I like how the sandwich bread imitated Spongebob's designs with his potmark holes

"I love Spongebob but what are we doing here, man?" I felt that

As an eternal spongebob fan, thank you for this masterpiece

Honestly i feel like I could do this easily if I just had Spongebob on in the background while I played games or something, but I guess that'd be cheating. Also watching the good seasons is easy mode lmao but I feel like watching the later seasons for 24 hours could actually alter your brain chemistry permanently so I appreciate why you didn't do that

This feels like a Karsten Halloween special

This video is sponsored by SPONGEBOB SQUARESPACE!

It would've been funnier to use the SpongeBob time cards to show how much time has passed in the challenge

That Four Tet album by the turntable though......*chef's kiss*

I can’t believe you actually did the karstcast thing 😭

Can’t wait till Karsten watches The Whale for 24 hours straight😂

Karsten, I have been waiting for a girl I know to text me back after I matched with her on Tinder, and she's been doing so at a rate of one text every 24 hours, and it's been a small mental anguish waiting to see if she's down to go out sometime or not. This video, seeing you suffer, it's put perspective on things. I experienced mild schadenfreude, and a gladness that I am not feeling like you in this video. It reminds me of the all-nighters I pulled finishing my dissertation. And I'm glad that's over. Having watched your video I just feel the relief that I don't have to do that, and finding out what happens with this girl doesn't seem so urgent, when I can just enjoy the relief. On another note, I think if it were me doing this, I would start playing movie soundtracks and music over the episodes at some point, just to see how it influenced the tone and keep it interesting for myself. Thanks for the vid

i watched this before i ever did acid and now i’ve done it twice and i can recognise that this is what acid is like

this is the greatest spongebob watching of all time

predicting when succ off finishes he's gonna do a spongecast

How did this not come out three days from now?

To Karsten Runquist, SpongeBob is just regular Bob

Love the Four Tet album in the background. 10/10

a man's decent into madness: a film.

I feel like falling asleep during SpongeBob is just apart of it

08:24 "Uhhh, some roast beef, some chicken, a pizza."

the ocean man piano cover at the end is classy

Just skipping around this video and watching the madness unfold was great

Now do 24 hours of staying indoors with no technology with only a camera to film yourself

You're gonna hear his laughter in your dreams from now on but it was worth it😂😂😂💪

I am now going to watch Karsten Runquist videos for 24 hours straight

i WAS hoping you'd do a bit where you wore a full sponge suit at the end. or maybe like taped a bunch of sponges to ur face. pretty solid this way too tho.

ive never thought of you as SpongeBob guy. I think of you as cool film guy.

That outro was unexpectedly really great

mad respect… in part for the four tet vinyl 💀🙏🙏

king of doing things that sound painful that no one asked for

Commenters: “Waahoo! Isn’t this great, Karsten?! You get to be a SpongeBob KZfaqr forever! Forever! Forever!” *One Eternity Later* Karstens Skeleton: *sitting on the couch, still watching SpongeBob*

Love the piano version of ocean man to end the video

“to inform myself of all the wonderful work that Illumination has put out” Couldn’t even bring yourself to say their name directly into the mic.

Truly quality content

Impressed that you went out of the house while still watching

That final ocean man made me Feel old