I’m interested in gaining a familiarity with Beavis and Butthead so I can understand more of the cultural zeitgeist. However, I am not a teenage boy and will probably not like it all that much. The plan right now is to watch 6 episodes. Which 6 episodes should I watch?

  • PodPerson@lemmy.zip
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    1 hour ago

    Not sure I could pull exact episodes out of memory, but I always enjoyed the sections of the show where they were watching music videos (didn’t find the actual plot-focused stuff as fun). I feel like them sitting and talking trash about music videos gets their vibe best.

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    14 hours ago

    I would honestly just watch the movie. Beavis and Butthead Do America is pretty much a perfect encapsulation of the characters and all their bits

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      14 hours ago

      Cool! Time to find out if I like it!

      At the very least, I will have a well-educated position whence to call annoying people Butt-heads

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      8 hours ago

      Agreed! I was really surprised at the quality of some of the new episodes. The New Enemy is another one of my favorites.

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    13 hours ago

    Honestly Mike Judge’s worst show. Watch Daria. Also Common Side Effects. King of the Hill isn’t bad either.

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        10 hours ago

        Oh wow, I didn’t realize MTV kept him out of it. That’s kind of brazen to make a spin-off with a character and not let the creator be involved. Good show, though.

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          10 hours ago

          Not how it works. Different people created the spinoff and thus ran the show. Judge had nothing to do in there because it wasn’t his show. Apparently he “allowed the character to star in the series”, although I’m not sure he had the rights anyway.

          I’d guess they would let him come onto the show if he wanted. But even the characters that he voiced in ‘B&B’ aren’t in ‘Daria’, and

          Other than a brief mention of Highland, ‘Daria’ did not contain any references to ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’.

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            8 hours ago

            He mentions in an interview that he was frustrated to not have been offered to take part in it.