The Fairly Odd-Blog

Director Ken Bruce

What does Fairly OddParents director Ken Bruce think about the current Iranian election turmoil or petting on the first date? I don’t know, but in this interview, we do find out a bit about his history with FOP and what he’s been doing for a prominent CG studio up north.

Frederator: Where did you grow up?

Ken: I grew up on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. I wish someone would’ve smacked me upside the head when I was a kid and told me to never take the view of the Pacific Ocean outside my bedroom window for granted. Our home also looked out over Marineland of the Pacific, a tourist mecca since 1955, where I worked selling stuffed killer whales during high school. Alas, the home of Orky and Corky is now a real estate development.

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Butch has been good enough to send along these images of the stars of his seventy-second Nickelodeon series, T.U.F.F. PUPPY. That’s Kitty Katswell beside Dudley, AKA Agent Puppy. Look for the show to premiere on Nick sometime next year.

– Eric

A few pieces of character art from episode #288, “Birthday Bashed!”

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Well, well, well. It seems Mr Butch Hartman has gotten yet another show on Nickelodeon. Just when we’re on the verge of the network being re-branded Dreamworks, Jr™ , T.U.F.F. Puppy (Hartman series #3) comes along and puts Butchelodeon© back in the running as a serious contender for a new name for Nick. Butch originally pitched this project during the Eisenhower administration, so it’s nice to see something finally materialize (in this case, twenty-six eleven-minute cartoons).

I asked Mr Hartman if I could blog some T.U.F.F. Puppy art, and he scoffed, “Absolutely not.” Turns out he’ll unleash some images on his own site later this week. It looks we’ll see the (non-Frederator!) show itself sometime in 2010.

Congratulations, Butch, and to your cast and crew, too.

– Eric

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