For a special DRAWING CONTROVERSY encore episode, Jordan is joined by film critic, Luke Y. Thompson, to make sense of MTV’s idiotic, destructive, and yet somehow lovable duo, Beavis and Butt-Head. Topics of discussion include the origins of Beavis and Butt-Head, the real-life outrage the cartoon generated, the related works of Mike Judge (B&B’s creator), and the strange way these two relics of 1990s culture have aged. Jordan and Luke also review the 2022 film, Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe, and ponder the new Paramount+ revival series.
Find Luke (@lytrules) on IG and Twitter. Links to his written works are here (https://linktr.ee/lytrules).
See Luke’s review of Do the Universe for The AV Club here (https://www.avclub.com/beavis-and-butt-head-do-the-universe-aims-low-scores-h-1849090871) as well as his 2017 review of the Beavis and Butt-Head Complete DVD Collection (https://archive.nerdist.com/beavis-and-butt-heads-complete-collection-dvd-review/).
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WORKS CITED:
Interview with Mike Judge on the BASIC podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mike-judge/id1623608445?i=1000567353712
No, Idiocracy was not a Documentary by Sarah Z: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=o52zD-aGqjA&skip_registered_account_check=true
Great retrospective from guy who watched every episode of Beavis & Butt-Head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBALHnKU_OY
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/10/nyregion/youth-is-held-in-death-from-bowling-ball.html?pagewanted=all
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-14-ca-45776-story.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/beavis-and-butthead-25th-anniversary-mike-judge-mtv-tv-comedy-animation-offence-a8243906.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/10/us/cartoon-on-mtv-blamed-for-fire.html
https://consequence.net/2022/06/beavis-butt-head-music-videos-paramount-plus/
https://www.avclub.com/steve-o-says-the-early-years-of-jackass-were-a-bad-inf-1849104982
https://collider.com/mike-judge-new-beavis-and-butt-head-series-idiocracy-interview-sdcc/