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''"[[Beavis and Butt-head]]"'' was an American animated TV series that ran on [[MTV]] from 1993 until 1997.
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It featured two extremely dumb teenagers, Beavis and Butt-head, whose only purpose in life seems to be watching television and grinning about everything they see and encounter. They both want to ''"score with chicks",'' but always fail since they are to stupid to know how. Yet they always discover sexual references in things other people say to them, which amuses them immenselyThey divide the entire world in things that are ''"cool"'' and things that ''"suck"''. The program became one of the most iconic cult tv shows of the 1990s.
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'''Beavis and Butt-head''' was an American animated TV first shown on [[MTV]] in March 1993.<ref>[http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=beavisandbu Beavis and Butthead U.S. Cartoon  - Museum of Broadcast Communications]</ref>
  
During his final life year Zappa claimed he only watched [[Beavis and Butt-head]], [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] and [[The Simpsons]] as entertainment on television.  
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It portrayed two teenagers, Beavis and Butt-head, whose only purpose in life seems to be watching television and grinning about everything they see and encounter. They both want to "score with chicks", but always fail. Yet they always discover sexual references in things other people say to them, which amuses them immensely.<ref>[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HehHehYouSaidX Heh Heh You Said X on TV Tropes]</ref> They divide the entire world into things that are cool and things that suck. The program became a cult TV show during the 1990s.
  
In one of the Beavis and Butt-head episodes, ''"Canoe"'' (October 1994) the braindead duo watch Zappa's music video ''[[You Are What You Is (The Music Video)|You Are What You Is]],'' but become so annoyed at what they see that they change the channel. Since Beavis and Butt-head rarely changed the program, even if they hated the music video they were watching, this scene angried a lot of Zappa fans. However, [[Mike Judge]], the creator of the show claimed it was one of Zappa's wishes before he died. (See [[Mike Judge]]).
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Towards the end of his life [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] claimed he only watched Beavis and Butt-head, ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]'' as entertainment on television.
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During the episode [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0857490/reference "Canoe" (Season 3, Episode 17, original airdate November 15, 1993)], the duo watch Zappa's music video ''[[You Are What You Is (The Music Video)|You Are What You Is]],'' but become so annoyed at what they see that they change the channel. Since Beavis and Butt-head rarely changed the program, even if they hated the music video they were watching, this scene angered some of Zappa's fans. However, [[Mike Judge]], the creator of the show claimed it was one of Zappa's wishes before he died.<ref>''[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=61544 A Dinner with Extract's Mike Judge ]'', ComingSoon.net, December 2002.</ref>
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==See Also==
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*[[wikipedia:Beavis and Butt-head|Wikipedia article on Beavis and Butt-head]]
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 18:15, 29 September 2021

"Huh huh, huh huh"

Beavis and Butt-head was an American animated TV first shown on MTV in March 1993.[1]

It portrayed two teenagers, Beavis and Butt-head, whose only purpose in life seems to be watching television and grinning about everything they see and encounter. They both want to "score with chicks", but always fail. Yet they always discover sexual references in things other people say to them, which amuses them immensely.[2] They divide the entire world into things that are cool and things that suck. The program became a cult TV show during the 1990s.

Towards the end of his life Frank Zappa claimed he only watched Beavis and Butt-head, Mystery Science Theater 3000 and The Simpsons as entertainment on television.

During the episode "Canoe" (Season 3, Episode 17, original airdate November 15, 1993), the duo watch Zappa's music video You Are What You Is, but become so annoyed at what they see that they change the channel. Since Beavis and Butt-head rarely changed the program, even if they hated the music video they were watching, this scene angered some of Zappa's fans. However, Mike Judge, the creator of the show claimed it was one of Zappa's wishes before he died.[3]

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