Mike Judge and Comedy Central are "reimagining" Beavis and Butt-Head for Gen Z

[TopCat]

Once upon a time, Beavis And Butt-Head convinced our nation’s pearl-clutching boomers that the next generation was lost, beholden as it was to the vacant chuckles and inane observations of “Buffcoat and Beaver.” Now, those corrupted youths having come of age in a broken country, MTV’s iconic duo will return to laugh at the wreckage that is America in 2020. That’s right: Beavis And Butt-Head has been picked up by Comedy Central for two new seasons with original creator Mike Judge at the helm.

Judge will write, produce, and lend his voice to the “reimagined” Beavis And Butt-Head, which, per a press release, will encompass “meta-themes relatable to both new and old fans—Gen X parents and their Gen Z kids.” Comedy Central has committed to two seasons of the show, as well as “additional spin-offs and specials” that we’re hoping finds some way to fold Daria into the mix.

This marks the show’s second revival following an eighth season that aired on MTV in 2011. In it, the duo dunked on reality TV, reviewed movies, and, as always, commented on music videos (I still chuckle remembering Butt-Head calling Joanna Newsom a “lousy mom” in that MGMT video). It’s only natural, we imagine, that Beavis and Butt-Head will take on social media, influencer culture, and life under Trump (Mr. Anderson’s definitely MAGA) in the new seasons, hopefully while still counting GWAR as society’s truest prophets.

“It seemed like the time was right to get stupid again,” said Judge in a press release.

https://news.avclub.com/mike-judge-and-comedy-central-are-reimagining-beavis-1844232775

 

[Officer Eradicate]

Gen Zed is finally happening?

 

[TFT-A9]

"pls bring daria back pls"

could you sound any more pathetic

 

[Tootsie Bear]

I don't have high hopes for this to be honest. Ever since King of the Hill has ended, Mike Judge's animated programs have been lackluster. The Goode Family was a bad liberal parody of King of the Hill, and the return of Beavis and Butt-Head was lackluster that it was a shell of it's formed self. Hopefully Mike Judge can make it work but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

I love both Mike Judge and B&B, but out of respect, I’ll stick to the older seasons.
The 2011 MTV reboot ended fairly on its own terms, in my opinion.

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

I don't have high hopes for this to be honest. Ever since King of the Hill has ended, Mike Judge's animated programs have been lackluster. The Goode Family was a bad liberal parody of King of the Hill, and the return of Beavis and Butt-Head was lackluster that it was a shell of it's formed self. Hopefully Mike Judge can make it work but I'm not holding my breath.

I personally found the 2011 episodes to be really good. I enjoyed the bounty hunter episode a lot.

 

[Too Many Catgirls]

While I really want Mike Judge's classic cartoons to come back... maybe it's best that Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill aren't around anymore.

 

[Stephanie Bustcakes]

Let's be honest, a true Beavis and Butthead for Gen Z would be redesigned as wojaks.

 

[XYZpdq]

I want to have a knee-jerk dislike out of principle, but honestly that revival turned out pretty okay. Not the greatest content but still solid enough.

 

[CIA Nigger]

But the real question is will the music video review segments return somehow? There's plenty of shitty music videos to dig into still.

 

[5t3n0g0ph3r]

This will not work.
It'll just be millennials (or worse, boomers) doing the "How do you do, fellow zoomers" routine.

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

This won't work for the following reasons:

1. Mike Judge had a fairly decent grasp on Gen X culture when he made the original series, so he was able to successfully satirize the zeitgeist. This new series will just be the epitome of "How do you do, fellow kids!", especially since Boomers can't even distinguish Millennials from Zoomers, and the writers will probably most likely confuse the two -- such as assuming Zoomers eat avocado toast or have man-buns.
2. Music videos are essentially dead at this point, and merely exist as YouTube videos promoted by media companies. Few Zoomers have cable, as most often get their entertainment from mobile devices. A modern Beavis & Butthead reboot would portray the duo watching shitty music videos or TikTok clips on their phones, which would be down right retarded. The whole idea of two kids sitting on a couch together and flipping through channels is a relic from a bygone era.
3. Unless they hire some real young blooded writers who thoroughly understand meme culture (such as Wojaks and Doomers), none of the elements will speak for young people. As mentioned previously, the original show did a great job to portray teenagers in the 90's, but times have changed dramatically in the past 25 years. Gen X kids were negatively stereotyped for being slackers (which the original show portrayed), and Gen Z kids are stereotyped for being depressed and offensive: a real, accurate Gen Z Beavis & Butthead show would just have the duo being miserable, broke, and calling each other nigga on Discord.
4. The original show was mainly apolitical with only a few rare topical elements -- such as an episode lampooning Rush Limbaugh, and an episode with Bill Clinton visiting their high school. This modern reboot will just be an endless barrage of ham-fisted outdated, SNL-style jabs at Trump, the alt-right and Fox News in such a cringy, predictable fashion that would have looked lame even in 2016.

Let's not forget the creators would do their best to flood the internet with forced memes to promote the show, but most Zoomers are self-aware enough to resist it.

Let's be honest, a true Beavis and Butthead for Gen Z would be redesigned as wojaks.

That's exactly what I'm saying. The original series worked for the time, but society is so radically different than the 90's that it would be impossible to portray today's youth in a formulated TV series.

The Gen Z Beavis & Butthead couldn't hold a kettle to something like this:

 

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

The one thing I have no idea how they would tackle would be Beavis and Butthead's taste in music. Back in the day, they were metalheads and you could buy that they represented the kinds of music Gen X listened to. These days, Zoomers listen to trap beats and similar kinds of music. You change that, you're kinda changing the fundamental identities of the characters. I dunno, something about that just rubs me the wrong way.

 

[The Last Stand]

Beavis and Butthead was a product of its time. 90s millennial humor from an adult's perspective. The attitude, the music, the themes, the controversy.

Remember when MTV got heat for Beavis saying fire because some kid burned down his own house? Imagine the controversy it would get NOW.

Normally, I'd be happy at these news. I was for the 2011 reboot; that was okay. Maybe this would be the counterculture the SJW age would need OR be a shallow shadow of its former self.

Best of luck to Mike Judge.

 

[Jar-Jar Fanboy]

"pls bring daria back pls"

could you sound any more pathetic

I enjoyed Daria back in high school, but recently started rewatching it, and forgot how much of a huge bitch she is to everyone around her, even people like Jodie who actively try to be nice and include her. She's such an obvious product of 90's teen cynicism that doesn't really work today.

On the topic of Beavis and Butthead, if I understand correctly, and the boys are Gen X parents to turbo zoomer kids, it means that the boys finally scored, so good for them. I'm cautiously optimistic, since I did like the 2011 revival, so I hope this one will at least be decent

 

[The Pink Panther]

Oh fuck. I hope it doesn't suck.

2011 season was as funny as the OG's even with the elongated stories. But if it goes woke....oh boy....if my precious Beavis and Butthead goes woke, then:

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

The one thing I have no idea how they would tackle would be Beavis and Butthead's taste in music. Back in the day, they were metalheads and you could buy that they represented the kinds of music Gen X listened to. These days, Zoomers listen to trap beats and similar kinds of music. You change that, you're kinda changing the fundamental identities of the characters. I dunno, something about that just rubs me the wrong way.

This is also something that really concerns me with this potential new show. I don't think a single teenager I know IRL gives a shit about GWAR, let alone any metal band that was famous in the 90's (sans maybe Slipknot). Modern rock music is pretty much dead as far as being culturally relevant today. Everything is all about trap and SoundCloud rappers, or even YouTube celebs like Joji.

Actually, the closest thing I can think of to modern teenagers liking is metal is when young people make comments that reference Sabaton songs in YouTube videos about famous battles, but that's kind of reaching.

 

[Jason Wynn]

Yeah, I don't see this working very well.

Beavis and Butthead are parents now? The whole point was them being brain dead losers who would never score, even hookers and mail order brides turned them down in a few episodes.

The show was a great parody of younger gen x and older millennials in the 90s. The early 2010s revival was still good in it's cartoon segments, but them trying to riff on things like Jersey Shore and 15 and Pregnant was the weakest part of the show. I love B&B, but it's a product of it's time that needs to stay in the 90s. Mike Judge is a talented guy, but I can't see him being able to pull this off very well without sounding like an out of touch boomer trying to stay in touch with what the kids like these days.

 

[Salubrious]

My biggest problem with this is that we are so devoid of ideas now that rebooting this was even a consideration.

This is the second reboot after a 10 year hiatus. Are they going to do this again in 2030?

 

[Trashfire Garbagefuck]

watching tv was a big part of the show, and now it's irrelevant. that's an issue, but I think you could get around it by giving them a dirty 2005 beige box with windows xp and internet explorer. they watch youtube videos and shit at 240p on it and it's riddled with viruses and superfluous taskbars.