Beavis & Butthead are back!

Meph1986 · 07-14-2010, 03:28 PM

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'Beavis and Butt-head" -- the show that celebrated the slacker way of life and helped make MTV into a network that did more than just play music videos -- is coming back.

The move to resurrect the hugely popular 1990s animated anti-heroes has been rumored for several days. But yesterday, sources at MTV confirmed that a new batch of "Beavis and Butt-head" episodes are in the works.

The new series would keep Beavis and Butt-head in their perpetual high-school state, but it would be updated so that the pals -- who obsessively watch music videos on a battered TV set -- could lob their snarky comments at more current targets like Lady Gaga.

The show's minimalist animated style is also expected to remain intact.

The return of "Beavis and Butt-head" will be a backdoor means for MTV to return to showing music videos -- something the network was founded upon but abandoned in the last decade to make room for popular reality shows like "Laguna Beach," "The Hills" and "Jersey Shore."

"Beavis and Butt-head," which premiered in 1993, began as an animated short called "Frog Baseball," which aired on MTV's "Liquid Television."

The basic plotline revolved around two shorts-wearing, spectacularly immature teenage pals whose banter was delivered against the backbeat of their constant idiotic laughter.

Series creator Mike Judge, who's also creating the new episodes, voiced both characters.

The guys worked at a fast-food joint and were always out to "score" with "chicks" when they weren't sitting on a ratty couch watching music videos.

Beavis, the blond half, usually wore a Metallica T-shirt and would morph into his crazed, gibberish-spewing alter-ego, "Cornholio," when he ingested too much sugar.

Butt-head was the "cooler" of the two. He usually wore an AC/DC T-shirt and often picked on Beavis in much the same way Moe would slap around Curly, Larry and Shemp on "The Three Stooges."

The duo was so successful they were spun off into a 1996 big-screen movie, "Beavis and Butt-head Do America" and a marketing juggernaut of T-shirts and character trinkets.

A recurring character on the show, high-school classmate Daria (whom they called "Diarrhea"), eventually got her own MTV series.

After MTV canceled "Beavis and Butt-head" in 1997, Judge went on to create "King of the Hill" for Fox.

He also wrote the cult-classic movie comedy "Office Space" and last year's big-screen movie "Extract."

MTV officials had no comment yesterday.

Judge is "not commenting at this time," his publicist said.

'Beavis and Butt-head' to return with new episodes to MTV - NYPOST.com

~~James~~ · 07-14-2010, 03:30 PM

**** yeah!

duga · 07-14-2010, 03:53 PM

I'm indifferent about Beavis and Butthead...but MTV showing music videos again? No freaking way. I never thought this could happen.

quiqueguitar · 07-14-2010, 04:45 PM

Cool!

boo boo · 07-14-2010, 09:13 PM

SH*T YEAH!

I love that show. MTV will be watchable again.

bannister · 07-14-2010, 09:25 PM

Whoa.

It's been a while. This should be interesting.

rammetal7 · 07-14-2010, 09:34 PM

These new episodes are gonna be the trip!

ShadowsScream · 07-15-2010, 12:01 AM

I think its fantastic that Beavis & Butthead are coming back. Mtv2 shows reruns of it like once a month for an hour. But they play Rob & Big everyday for like six hours. They need to show more Beavis & Butthead. People want to see it.

Sljslj · 07-15-2010, 01:51 AM

Huhuhuhuhu, that was cool.

mr dave · 07-15-2010, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Sljslj

Huhuhuhuhu, that was cool.

what is?

i honestly can't see this flying again. someone posted a big article about how MTV was dropping the term 'music' from its slogan and description so this announcement seems odd - especially with no comments from either side. odds are they don't want to own up to how badly the show is going to be shanked or they're fighting over money.

plus the whole greatness of that show was its ability to relate to a bunch of bored teenagers doing EXACTLY what the characters were doing - being bored as hell in front a tv and flipping through channels until they found something cool.

when is the last time anyone saw a teenager just sitting on the couch and flipping channels? no cellphone, no texting, no internet. just basic cable and the couch. doesn't really seem to happen much anymore. music stations are moving away from the idea of playing videos for the simple reason that involves scheduling them and (at best) very limited control from an audience that could just as easily queue up their favourite videos in youtube before 'this quick promotional break' wraps before the music on tv starts.

now if Hank Hill is still the neighbor and Beavis and Butthead get to have their way with Bobby (like Todd did to them) every couple of episodes it might be worth watching.

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