The Fairly Odd-Blog

Episode #288. Premieres tonight on Nick at 7:00 p.m.

– Eric

Eirik Paye

You know what’s so special about July 8? Well, it was two years ago today Mr Eirik Paye officially joined the Fairly OddParents crew. Although Eirik’s spent most of his time on the series working on props, he’s more recently moved over to become the show’s newest background and layout artist. Let’s bother him with a few questions, shall we?

Frederator: Where did you grow up?

Eirik: I was born in Norway but moved to Santa Barbara, California, while I was still learning to toddle. The neighborhood my family finally settled in looks a lot like Calvin and Hobbes backyard only with actual bears, bobcats, coyotes – basically an assortment of wildlife that can eat your face. As a city, Santa Barbara has a lot to offer for anyone enthusiastic about the arts or raging brush fires. It was certainly an interesting place to grow up, geographically speaking.

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Episode #307. Premieres on Nickelodeon tonight at 7:00 p.m.

– Eric

Episode #308. Premieres on Nickelodeon July 7, 2009.

– Eric

Episode #309. Premiered on Nickelodeon July 6, 2009.

– Eric

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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