 Bill Treadway of DVD Verdict said that Squidward is " a cross between Bert [ of Sesame Street ] , Woody Allen , and Roger Addison [ of Mr. Ed ] ... but he has some heart , if you can find it " . Treadway called him " the straight man for his neighbor 's antics " . Film critic A. O. Scott of The New York Times said , in his review of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , that Squidward is one of his favorite secondary characters on the show , along with Sandy Cheeks and Mrs. Puff . He wrote , " I was sorry to see [ them ] pushed to the margins " . Also from the same publication , television critic Joyce Millman said that Squidward has " the nasal bitchiness of Paul Lynde and the artistic pretensions of Felix Unger . " Millman further wrote , " Hmmm , Squidward is one gay squid , I think . " 
