I was worried at first, since the last few Season 7 eps really didn't do anything for me (they felt very bland), but Nick.com have a clip of "Oral Report" up and I actually think it looks pretty good. I'm looking forward to seeing both episodes and if this clip is indicitive of the Season 8 "style" of humour and character design, I think I will like this season a lot. Spongebob is looking a lot like his older self these days; I haven't seen those puffy cheeks and strangely off-model oval eyes in a while.

Here's the clip:

http://spongebob.nick.com/videos/clip/spongebob-squarepants-157b-oral-report-heckling-practice.html