‘SpongeBob’ star Tom Kenny gets Lifetime Achievement Award, shares wild Syracuse tales

Tom Kenny, Bobcat Goldthwait

Bobcat Goldthwait introduced his friend, fellow Bishop Grimes High School graduate Tom Kenny, at the SAMMYS Hall of Fame ceremony at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Syracuse, N.Y., on March 3, 2022. Kenny, the voice of "SpongeBob SquarePants," received a Lifetime Achievement Award. (Geoff Herbert | gherbert@syracuse.com)

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Did you ever hear about the time SpongeBob met Muddy Waters?

It’s one of many wild tales that comedian-filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait and “SpongeBob SquarePants” star Tom Kenny shared at the SAMMYS Hall of Fame dinner Thursday night at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Syracuse. Kenny received a Lifetime Achivement Award from the Syracuse Area Music Awards, and Goldthwait honored his lifelong friend and fellow Bishop Grimes High School graduate during the ceremony.

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