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I'm interested in gaining a familiarity with Beavis and Butthead so I can understand more of the cultural zeitgeist. However, I am not a teenage boy and will probably not like it all that much. The plan right now is to watch 6 episodes. Which 6 episodes should I watch?

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[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I would honestly just watch the movie. Beavis and Butthead Do America is pretty much a perfect encapsulation of the characters and all their bits

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 6 points 4 days ago

Ha! They got Butane Hank Hill!

[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago

I gotta rewatch this again. I wonder if I'll find it as hilarious as I did when I was 13. Hopefully.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 7 points 4 days ago

Cool! Time to find out if I like it!

At the very least, I will have a well-educated position whence to call annoying people Butt-heads

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago
[–] ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I loved this one from the new seasons. Downward dumbass had me in tears.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 days ago

Agreed! I was really surprised at the quality of some of the new episodes. The New Enemy is another one of my favorites.

[–] PodPerson@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not sure I could pull exact episodes out of memory, but I always enjoyed the sections of the show where they were watching music videos (didn’t find the actual plot-focused stuff as fun). I feel like them sitting and talking trash about music videos gets their vibe best.

[–] anytimesoon@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

This is totally what made the show

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 days ago

Couch fishing

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The one where they protest outside of an abortion clinic because they think its a whore house.

The woodshop episode, and "Work Sucks" where they just throw everything in the deep fryer.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 days ago
[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone -5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Honestly Mike Judge's worst show. Watch Daria. Also Common Side Effects. King of the Hill isn't bad either.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Judge wasn't involved with ‘Daria’.

[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh wow, I didn't realize MTV kept him out of it. That's kind of brazen to make a spin-off with a character and not let the creator be involved. Good show, though.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Not how it works. Different people created the spinoff and thus ran the show. Judge had nothing to do in there because it wasn't his show. Apparently he “allowed the character to star in the series”, although I'm not sure he had the rights anyway.

I'd guess they would let him come onto the show if he wanted. But even the characters that he voiced in ‘B&B’ aren't in ‘Daria’, and

Other than a brief mention of Highland, ‘Daria’ did not contain any references to ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’.

[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He mentions in an interview that he was frustrated to not have been offered to take part in it.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Ah, idk then.