Friday, July 10, 2020

The Return of the Butthead

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.












17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, I feel sorry for Cornholio, given the shortages of TP. He'll never get enough of that for his bunghole.

One of my favorite stories is the fact that, for several years, during the annual Chicago Police vs. Fire Dept ball game, the FD would play "Fire!! heh heh Fire!!" from the show when they scored.

Anonymous said...

uhhh huhuh... come to butthead huh huh huh

*cuts to GWAR music video*

GWAR RULES!

Anonymous said...

Well,,,,shit.

Anonymous said...

Al Gore invented TP.

Anonymous said...

Daria: you guys are idiots
Butthead: Diarrhea cha cha cha

Anonymous said...

@6:37
Al Gore was on South Park not Beavis and Butthead. It was before he was deified and climate change became a religion so he was viciously mocked.

Anonymous said...

Who needs Bevis and Butthead when we have the Tater and Dr. Dobbs show.

Anonymous said...

Yet another sign of the coming Apocalypse.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Chin-Shin seems to take himself awfully seriously. I suspect he is now studying the lint in his own navel to discover the secrets of the universe.

Anonymous said...

6:10's comment made me laugh for about 5 minutes. Well Done !

Anonymous said...

@10:26, you and the original commenter must be the only two who found it funny.

Anonymous said...

This idiocy and all the other "cartoons" that are presented as entertainment is about as interesting as watching ice melt. These animated "cartoons" are not the least bit funny.

Anonymous said...

I’m pumped about this, but just curious how they are going to do a major part of the show since there hasn’t been a music video since they went off air.

Anonymous said...

@7:22
You must be that decrepit stick in the mud that claims comedy peaked in the 20th century with Blazing Saddles. You sound incredibly lonely.

Anonymous said...

@7:22
The creator of Beavis and Butthead made a movie calked Idiocracy that might be more to your liking.

Anonymous said...

The road runner can no longer blow up the coyote.

Elmer Fudd can't even rabbit hunt with a gun anymore.

Thankfully, Beavis and Butthead are coming back.

But I'll bet they can no longer laugh at the sissy teacher, when he gives an astronomy lesson about planet Uranus.

Beavis:

"Uhhh , heh heh . . . . . did say your anus has never been explored.

Heh Heh.

Heh Heh Heh ".




Anonymous said...

12:38 and 12:40, not the lease bit lonely but you cannot be serious. You missed the best part of television on Saturday morning cartoons, The Honeymooners, Red Skelton Hour, etc. That was comedy, this garbage you are touting is exactly that......GARBAGE.



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