Fairly Oddparents

I know this is petty but I have a hard time understanding the Fairly Oddparents in the Uk because of their accent and I am really really.. I just can't watch it anymore.
(yes it really bothers me because it is an American cartoon)

So...
I just don't watch television anymore unless I am in America.

Is that petty?

I can't say that I ever noticed a difference in the accents for Fairly Oddparents but it did bother me, at first, when it came to shows such as Backyardigans and Wonderpets. I've gotten used to them now though.

I am not sure if any of you know the answer to this but I was really infatuated with this American show when in America about King Henry and the show was called "Tudors"

Ever heard of this?
I really loved it.

They show the Tudors on BBC.  They should start airing the second season soon.

hehe okay thanks alot I really haven't watched tv ... in ages

The Backyardigans really really bothered me.  I can't watch it here.

It goes both ways.  Watching Thomas the Tank Engine with North American accents always sounds a bit odd to me.

But, really, they're just accents.  The story is the same, so who cares?

I just don't watch television anymore unless I am in America.

How will you watch the Tudors than?
lol

Max and Ruby is weird with the two accents. RTE plays the American one and Nick Jr plays the British accent.

I think one of the reasons for having the different voiceovers is probably due to regulations regarding the amount of imported programming they can show and they may be able to bypass that by using British voiceover actors.

I've noticed this on the History Channel and Discovery, where documentaries that are of obvious US origin have British voiceovers.

A few years ago a friend in the US sent me a video of the History Channel series, Founding Fathers, as I am interested in the American Revolution, and he'd told me about this and I kept checking the listings and eventually emailed History Channel UK and they said they had no plans to show it. So I watched that with, of course, American narration. A year or so later it finally came on over here, and had an English narrator....but just comparing the intros, there were distinct differences in what was being said and the angle that put on the documentary! I think I still have both versions on video.

I know this is petty but I have a hard time understanding the Fairly Oddparents in the Uk because of their accent and I am really really.. I just can't watch it anymore.
(yes it really bothers me because it is an American cartoon)

So...
I just don't watch television anymore unless I am in America.

Is that petty?

You don't watch television in the UK because of the British accents?! Yes, I'd say that was petty!

There are plenty of US shows anyway, in fact a debate here is that there isn't enough home-grown stuff on TV.

I notice that with Deadliest Catch. 

Fairly Oddparents is weird and obnoxious regardless of accents!

What does bother me is that barney's voice has changed. He doesn't sound anything like he did when the show first came out in the early 90's . I was too old to like it, but my sister LOVED it. Now he just sounds like he is whining, which makes it even more annoying!

I think one of the reasons for having the different voiceovers is probably due to regulations regarding the amount of imported programming they can show and they may be able to bypass that by using British voiceover actors.

You're more or less right on that. I could get into the really boring details of it all, but I won't. There are formulae and all sorts of nitpicky rules, but in essence a re-voiced animated product is more qualified as a home production.

The Tudors is a very strange co-production. Mostly financed by Showtime, it has additional funding coming from Ireland and Canada, and is filmed in Ireland. It's aired in the UK on BBC and is taken against the imported programming allowances. I'd have to confirm with a friend who studies co-productions, but I think the Beeb had an opportunity to invest but chose not to for political reasons.

The Tudors is a very strange co-production. Mostly financed by Showtime, it has additional funding coming from Ireland and Canada, and is filmed in Ireland. It's aired in the UK on BBC and is taken against the imported programming allowances. I'd have to confirm with a friend who studies co-productions, but I think the Beeb had an opportunity to invest but chose not to for political reasons.

Probably because it's absolutely littered with historical inaccuracies.