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TYPE: Sketches
COMPONENTS: Included in this lot are approximately 40 original production sketches, with 15 that include Beavis, Butt-Head or both. Also included is a rare production Fuji video cassette with case reading "MTV's Beavis & Butt-head, written by Don London" with: 1) Pool Toys 2) Cleaning House 3) Water Safety 4) True Crime, 4/27/94 In addition, the lot includes hundreds of original copies of sketches used in production.
NOTES: Highly intriguing collection from the famed MTV program.
LANGUAGE
English
ITEM ID: 4801

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Beavis and Butt-Head Original Production Sketches

DATE
Decade: 1990s

1990’s Beavis and Butt-Head Original Production Sketches and more from Mike Judge, one of the most underrated satirists of all. MTV’s first two-dimensional personalities, Beavis and Butt-head star in the animated series “MTV’s Beavis and Butt-head.” They amuse themselves and the audience by watching bad TV shows, wreaking havoc at “Burger World” and scanning TV channels and commenting on “really cool” programs and music videos. Every Day promises something new and different.

Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series originated from Frog Baseball, a 1992 short film by Judge originally aired on Liquid Television. After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the short into a full series. The series originally ran for seven seasons from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997.

During its initial run, Beavis and Butt-Head received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its satirical, scathing commentary of society, though it also was the subject of controversy for its violent, scatological content.

Fourteen years following the end of the series, the series was revived for an eighth season which aired from October 27 to December 29, 2011. A theatrical feature-length film based on the series titled Beavis and Butt-Head Do America was released in 1996 by Paramount Pictures.

Over its run, Beavis and Butt-Head drew a notable amount of both positive and negative reaction from the public with its combination of lewd humor and implied criticism of society. It became the focus of criticism from some social critics such as Michael Medved while others such as David Letterman and the National Review defended it as a cleverly subversive vehicle for social criticism and a particularly creative and intelligent comedy. Either way, the show captured the attention of many young television viewers and is often considered a classic piece of 1990s youth culture and Generation X. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, cite the series as an influence and compared it to the blues.

In 1997, Dan Tobin of The Boston Phoenix commented on the series’ humor, stating that it transformed “stupidity into a crusade, forcing us to acknowledge how little it really takes to make us laugh.” In 1997, Ted Drozdowski of The Boston Phoenix described the 1997 Beavis and Butt-Head state as “reduced to self-parody of their self-parody.”

In December 2005, TV Guide ranked the duo’s distinct laughing at #66 on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases.

In 2012, TV Guide ranked Beavis and Butt-head as one of the top 60 Greatest TV Cartoons of All Time.