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The first year or so sucked

posted 2 years ago by MaximRecoil (4631)
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Beavis and Butt-Head's voices were wrong (especially Butt-Head's), their lingo was wrong, and their personalities / way they interacted with each other was wrong. The dynamic of Butt-Head being the leader / Beavis being the sidekick wasn't really apparent yet; they always called each other "dude," sounding like cheap knockoffs of Bill and Ted, and they weren't funny; just crude. There wasn't much, if any, of the clever writing that made the later episodes so funny.

Some of the funniest parts of the show were when Butt-Head would confidently "correct" Beavis, e.g.:

Beavis: What did people do before they had TV?
Butt-Head: Don't be stupid Beavis, there's always been TV! There's just a lot more channels now.

There was nothing like that in the early episodes.

Fortunately I first started watching the show during the second year when it had already pretty much settled into its final form (1994 / 4th season). Some of the first episodes I saw were "Cow Tipping" and "Beavis and Butt-head's Island," which were hilarious. If I'd started watching during the first year I probably would have dismissed it as a stupid show and never bothered to watch again.

[–] ReelReviews14 (1220) 2 years ago

The first year of B&B had classic and hilarious episodes like "No Laughing", "Stewart's House", "Home Improvement", and of course, the introduction of Daria in "Scientific Stuff". You will cease your heresy against early 1993 B&B!

[–] Kowalski (75745) 2 years ago

If I'd started watching during the first year I probably would have dismissed it as a stupid show and never bothered to watch again.

LMAO...WAY TO GO.

[–] blue1981 (7788) 2 years ago

I have the History of Beavis and Butthead dvd set. It was recalled almost immediately upon release because Mike Judge didn't authorize it. It has the very earliest episodes on it such as "Give Blood" and "Door to Door" on it and they are very bad. The animation is so off model to the rest of the series and they really aren't good stories.

[–] N2Far (51) 7 months ago

Might wanna hang on to that set. Probably will be worth something.

[–] blue1981 (7788) 7 months ago

I' tried selling it but got no takers on Ebay.

[–] csweetleaf2 (3676) 3 months ago

I thought the best years for Beavis and Butthead were from 1993-95, I didn't think the later episodes from their original run were as great as their earlier episodes.

[–] Zarkoff (1887) 3 months ago

Mike Judge agrees.

Paramount plus only has one episode from the first season up, but I'm not sure if that's because Judge wanted it that way.