Fairly Odder's Laugh Track Highlights Fairly OddParents' Reboot Problem
Warning! SPOILERS for The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder season 1.
The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder is a very different, live-action revival of the famed Nickelodeon show, but its laugh track also highlights one of the series' main problems. Reboots have been extremely prevalent — across a wide array of genres — as of late, from Dexter to Cowboy Bebop to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. On March 31, a revamped version of The Fairly OddParents hit Paramount+. The live-action sequel series trades out an animated Timmy Turner for real-life actors playing the original main character's cousin, Vivian, and her new step-brother, Roy. There have been a slew of changes between Fairly Odder and its predecessor, but though it's great to see some new life being breathed into a beloved show, the laugh track-infused revival version certainly isn't without its problems.
Created by Butch Hartman, the original Fairly OddParents show began its run on Nickelodeon in 2001. The kid-oriented cartoon show chronicled the life of 10-year-old Timmy Turner, a fairly average, ball cap-sporting young person who was routinely made miserable by his evil babysitter, Vicky. His life was forever altered when he gained two fairy godparents, a couple by the name of Cosmo and Wanda. Floating around with signature glowing crowns, fairy wings, and magic wands, Timmy's formerly run-of-the-mill childhood in his hometown of Dimmsdale became much more complicated and in need of constant problem-solving — albeit one that was profoundly more interesting and exciting.
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