Beavis and Butt-head possibily returning to the airwaves

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Give them a cavity search, don't stop 'till you reach the back of his teeth!

Claaassic.

[Coola Yagami]

I mean, I have to kinda agree there, having the same channel that says just joking about boobs makes you a sexual predator have a cartoon where the main characters comment on how a girl's boobs made them go boi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oing is very very odd. Almost like putting B&B on the Disney Channel right after Snow White.

South Park is offensive as it gets but at the very least the main characters are kids and they're still at the age where they don't care about getting laid or feeling girls up, where that is basically B&B's full motivation, other than blowing **** up, especially now where anything remotely sexual seems to be a bigger hot button issue than ever before.

To be fair though, a metoo type episode with those two would be kinda funny. I kinda wonder how those two would handle it, especially since the concept would go over their heads. Would they know how to use social media? Imagine those two being cancelled but completely ignoring it because they either don't get the concept or can't even read Twitter to see that.

"It says we're.... c.... c..... can-sell... cancel? Hey Beavis, it says you're cancelled, huh-huh huh-huh huh-huh"
"that's stupid. I don't have a TV show. heh-heh heh-heh heh-heh heh-heh".

I can already see the episode ending with whoever accused them being cancelled over something else.
"huh-huh huh-huh, she's cancelled"
"yeah! cancelled! cancelled! heh-heh heh-heh! cancel her tv show!"


Fuuuck, does Mike Judge need a co-writer?

Edit- You know, I just realized, unless those two get a slight IQ upgrade, 99% of social media that isn't just memes are gonna go completely over their head, those two can barely read. Anything involving wordplay, and well...... words... will completely go over their head. Like I can't even imagine being able to use Twitter or Facebook or whatever to agree/disagree with a post if I couldn't read. Beavis and Butthead can't use social media! LMAO Those two are immune!

[Leo656]

I mean, it'll PROBABLY be fine and I hope it is. A lot of times I just have to get my gut reaction out of the way first, and my gut reaction was "Huh... that's a weird fit."

But it'll hopefully be alright.

And that movie is still so, so good. What a bangin' soundtrack, too.

[TigerClaw]

The show was very satirical. I could totally see some episodes where Beavis and Butt-Head are completely oblivious that the world has changed. They go to some convenient store. and then everyone around them starts freaking out because they aren't wearing a mask.

[Leo656]

Good lord, I am not looking forward to the inevitable Coronavirus "Humor" that's gonna be all over the place with the new Fall TV shows. That's gonna be unbearable.

I know South Park is obviously gonna go there but I'd love it if nobody else did. Once this situation is over with I don't EVER wanna think about it again. I don't even wanna be reminded that 2020 was a thing. I just wanna lock it in a box and pretend it never happened.

So yeah, I don't want any jokes about masks or COVI-19 or "social distancing". I really, really want all fictional TV shows and movies going forward to just treat this thing like a goddamn bad dream. It's not worth making jokes about.

[TigerClaw]

These shows are gonna address the Coronvirus no matter what. Its the world we live in. We cannot pretend that it didn't happen.

[Leo656]

Oh, yeah, 10 and 20 years from now I'm gonna really wanna come home from a hard day at work, turn on the TV to try and relax, and then have reruns from 2020 reminding me about ALL THIS SH*T.

People are always saying they only want TV and movies to be "escapism". This is one of the rare times where I highly agree. If I wanted This Sh*t rubbed in my face 24/7 I'd watch MSNBC. Trying NOT to get depressed and kill myself, thanks. Let the news handle sh*t like this. Even Family Guy doesn't make the 1980s AIDS crisis a satirical plot point, because people don't wanna remember that sh*t. And with good goddamn reason.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Oh, yeah, 10 and 20 years from now I'm gonna really wanna come home from a hard day at work, turn on the TV to try and relax, and then have reruns from 2020 reminding me about ALL THIS SH*T.
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Wouldn't that make you happy knowing that you were able to overcome that period since at the time you'd be coming from a hard day at work?

We all have rough spots, it might not be fun remembering all the details, but you can look fondly on how you overcame and got past them.

[TigerClaw]

This show always provided social commentary and satire on the world we live in. So I wouldn't be surprise if this new show pokes fun at the absurdity of people losing the **** for not wearing a mask in a store.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Wouldn't that make you happy knowing that you were able to overcome that period since at the time you'd be coming from a hard day at work?

We all have rough spots, it might not be fun remembering all the details, but you can look fondly on how you overcame and got past them.

Good point. If I have a job at all by that point it'll be a huuuuuuge win.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Good point. If I have a job at all by that point it'll be a huuuuuuge win.

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[Voltron]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Brotherrrr I'm definitely not gonna go hunting for every interview I've watched or read where they say that they hate working there and have to fight with The Suits about every little thing and that it's a miracle they get away with anything to the degree that they do.

So I found this article where Matt and Trey talk about censorship. They expound on different issues, but one part that stuck out to me was this:

The South Park TV show has continuously pushed at the boundaries of what is acceptable on cable television and has even faced some censorship of its own. When asked about how the permissiveness of the culture has changed in the 17 years they have been on the air, Stone said:

It?s crazily more permissive than when we started. The standards were much, much higher when we started out.

You go back and watch the first season of South Park and it?s pretty slow and not the best written and junky-looking, but it would almost play on Nickelodeon at this point.

There are dirty words but, conceptually, we couldn?t have covered the material that we do now. And yet, in the first year, that?s when we were getting all the calls from the network and we had to fight for it, and that?s when we were on the cover of magazines that said: ?Don?t let your children watch?.

It?s hilarious, people would probably show it to younger kids now. I think things have loosened up and, generally, I think that?s pretty good. It?s a lot of the reason why television has become so dominant right now.

According to them, the Suits aren't that big of an issue.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Voltron

So I found this article where Matt and Trey talk about censorship. They expound on different issues, but one part that stuck out to me was this:



According to them, the Suits aren't that big of an issue.

Those are the guys behind South Park though, not Mike Judge, he might not get the same courtesy.

[Leo656]

Yeah, that's been my primary point and it keeps getting buried in the minutiae.

Like at my former job, I could tell my boss "No, I'm gonna do what I know is right" because I'd been there for years. A new guy would get tossed on his ass even if he'd been a superstar elsewhere. That's just how things work. You only get that longer leash over time, and being a big shot at one job doesn't mean your new boss will likewise revere you.

I'unno, we'll see. Like I said, many of these things I say about anything are my gut reaction mixed with observation, which leads to a tentative prediction. It's not like I have money on it. A lot of the times I'm just playing Devil's Advocate and what I predict COULD happen isn't necessarily what I think should or will happen. But if nobody else is gonna point stuff out as a hypothetical, then someone still ought to.

But I feel like people misread me on that, a lot. Me saying "This very well might happen, Because _____" is not me saying I want or even necessarily expect it to. But I'm not here to say the exact same things everyone else says, it's to remind people that there's other possibilities and other points of view in play, even if it's not necessarily MY "take".

I probably would'a made a great lawyer. But I hate wearing a suit.

[Reinako666]

Will it air on MTV or some other Network?

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Reinako666

Will it air on MTV or some other Network?

Um... Comedy Central?

[Wildcat]

But really nothing suggests Mike Judge would have far less leeway.

1. B&Bs tone and humor is nothing compared to South Park.

2. They already went through the backlash thing in the 90s that caused later airings and warnings.

3. They are basically just as old as South Park. Neither one needs anymore credibility. Starting out on different channels does not matter.

Like nobody is mad about Mortal Kombat anymore. Well some probably are but its not an issue anymore. Beavis and Butthead will be fine on CC.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

But really nothing suggests Mike Judge would have far less leeway.

1. B&Bs tone and humor is nothing compared to South Park.

2. They already went through the backlash thing in the 90s that caused later airings and warnings.

3. They are basically just as old as South Park. Neither one needs anymore credibility. Starting out on different channels does not matter.

Like nobody is mad about Mortal Kombat anymore. Well some probably are but its not an issue anymore. Beavis and Butthead will be fine on CC.

Difference is, South Park never ended and it's still an ongoing show. Had B&B kept on going non-stop there would be less doubt but since this is a 'revival' or technically a 'new show's there's always the risk of it being a watered down version.

Had South Park actually gone away for a few years there would have been a risk of a tamer version whenever it made a comeback.

[Reinako666]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Um... Comedy Central?

I was just asking.

[Wildcat]

I still do not see it being toned down. Beavis and Butthead was not even that hardcore to begin with except for the early episodes that got the brunt of the criticism.

Once it got going it really was not that rough. It became more like early Family Guy or something. Aimed at older audiences but nothing deeply offensive.

It was more about them bumbling through situations, their stupidity messing stuff up and trying to get girls attention.