BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD to take on the JERSEY SHORE and more
Beavis and Butt-Head are set to come back to the small screen on MTV later this year. As expected they will be making fun of new artists and pop culture icons. Here is what MTV president Van Toffler had to say about bringing the animated duo back on the air:
"I was eating Fruit Loops and Cap'n Crunch out of the box and flipping through the dials when a Lady Gaga video came on. That's when he had the idea: Bring back Beavis and Butt-Head. "I felt like there was a whole crop of new artists — and what the world sorely missed was the point of view that only Beavis and Butt-Head could bring."
Despite the new artists and icons the show will be very familiar to fans of the Nineties original.
"They'll be self-contained segments with the boys in different situations like they used to be. But this time around, they'll watch Jersey Shore, UFC matches and user-generated videos from YouTube, in addition to music videos." All of the programming will be displayed on the duo's TV, even if it comes from YouTube — "like silly videos of cats playing music."
Mike Judge is returning to helm the new series. Here is what John Altschuler (King of the Hill), head writer had to say about the new series:
"In the years since Mike quit doing Beavis and Butt-Head, he realized that there was a lot to make fun of. We just kept coming up with ideas that Mike thought would have made good Beavis and Butt-Head episodes. Then one day, Mike said, 'Maybe we should just actually make some good Beavis and Butt-Head episodes.'"
Despite being in their thirties Beavis and Butt-Head will remain the teenagers they were during the original run. Toffler says,"They'll have the same intelligence. They're the same boneheads sitting on the same couch, commenting on things through a really simple prism."He has no fear that younger viewers won't respond to the show. "Look how popular South Park and Family Guy are," he says. "These boys are beloved characters, and even if you didn't know them the first time around, it doesn't take more than 30 seconds to fall in love with them."
MTV will use multiple platforms to promote the new show according to Toffler who said,
"It will be much more viral this time around. We're going to plant seeds of the characters throughout social-media networks like Facebook and Twitter, in addition to traditional programming on television and, potentially, in theaters. It's formatted very well for the Internet because it's short-form."
I am glad to see Beavis and Butt-Head back in action. What are your thoughts on this news? What stars are you looking forward to them making fun of?