Erik Wiese , a member of the SpongeBob SquarePants crew , considers " Sailor Mouth " to be his favorite episode , mainly due to its random and satirical nature , saying " Sometimes SpongeBob just catches me off @-@ guard . " Nancy Basile of About.com ranked the episode at number two for her list of the Top 10 SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes . She said " ' Sailor Mouth ' just barely missed being in the number one slot . " Basile praised the episode 's plot and called it " genius [ ... ] because children can relate to the forbidden thrill of using curse words , and adults can laugh at the parody of TV censorship . " In an interview with Paul Tibbitt , one of the episode 's writers , he told that " Sailor Mouth " is his second favorite SpongeBob episode .