User blog comment:Mobo85/Signs of the "Times": Two Major Newspapers Cover Phineas and Ferb Marketing Machine/@comment-853014-20100624005056

"The new SpongeBob" is actually incredibly positive--by that wording, that would make the show a ratings giant, a cash machine, a pop culture phenomenon, award winning, and a permanent part of television history.

Needless to say, that sounds kind of awesome. Like Mobo said, the metaphor is not being used as a description for the quality of the show, but the elements above.