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Beavis and Butthead are returning for two more seasons.  This is not a drill.  The Hollywood Reporter reported:

Comedy Central is summoning the great Cornholio.

The ViacomCBS-owned cable network is reviving Beavis and Butt-Head, with series creator Mike Judge returning to relaunch and reimagine the franchise as part of a sizable deal that includes a two-season order and plans for additional spinoffs and specials.

Judge will return as the show's central driving force and will write, produce and provide voices for both of the iconic characters, who became pop culture sensations in the early 1990s on Comedy Central's corporate sibling MTV....

"It seemed like the time was right to get stupid again," Judge quipped of Beavis and Butt-Head's return.... Rest of article.

Of course, this being 2020, there is always going to be a scold just waiting to pounce and we were not disappointed.

John Chin-Shin whined over at CBR.com:

 Considering the times we're living in, it's hard to imagine Beavis and Butt-Head appealing to anyone outside of nostalgic Gen-Xers.

The idiotic cartoon, Beavis and Butt-Head, featuring the titular teenagers engaging in various jackass antics and providing their, uh, unique perspectives on music videos, is returning. Comedy Central and Mike Judge are giving Gen X the '90s nostalgia it craves. But considering the times we're living in, it's unlikely Gen Z, or anyone else for that matter, will relate to these gas-huffing, chronically chuckling air guitarists from Texas.

Pre-9/11 America was vastly different from society today. A detached and ironic take on life, exemplified by Gen X, prevailed. It was cool to not care. People were so sarcastic so often, it was hard to tell when they were being serious. Nighttime talk-show hosts like David Letterman and Conan O'Brien epitomized this attitude. Society was more carefree but, as became clear later, the country had its head in the sand. Nirvana famously attacked this clueless American hedonism and chauvinism by eviscerating glam metal, racism and homophobia. Beavis and Butt-Head, however, were largely a reflection of this period with their fartknocker and bunghole jokes...

 Though Gen Xers might still enjoy having Beavis and Butt-Head walk them through a Lana Del Rey or Ed Sheeren video, it's hard to see Gen Z, who grew up on candid and rather earnest YouTube videos and shows like Bob's Burgers, would find their observations nearly as amusing. Even if they did, the show already ran for eight seasons and was turned into a movie, making it hard to imagine what else could be done with this formula.
 
Apathy and disaffection also seem inappropriate when much of the country is dissatisfied with the current leadership, and movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo are still at the forefront of discussion. Immature comments about Trump's hair, which already abound, would add nothing to the conversation.

Unless Judge has plans to make the duo more outspoken and subversive, and less patently irreverent, an indifferent or even tone deaf take on modern issues by two white teenagers would not be well received in the current climate of cancel culture. It's also hard to say whether anyone would laugh these days at Beavis and Butt-Head playing frog baseball or putting balloons in dolphin  holes. Animal-rights activists would not be happy, to say the least. Rest of screeching screed.

That is the point.  Stupid sells.  Go look at what goes viral on Youtube.  Why do you think Worldstar is so popular? We love the stupid.  This guy is making the same criticisms that were made back in the 1990s about the same show. 

Just curious, does being truly enlightened ever just suck?

Given all the crap going on right now, frankly, we need Beavis and Butthead.