Word: butthead
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...take long for the humor to escalate from the simple childish cruelty of Brian getting a paper airplane stuck in his brain to the blatant toilet humor of "Puke a Pound" and "Farting to the Favorites." This, of course leads into the most popular bathroom humor duo, Beavis and Butthead...
Placing Beavis and Butthead on the cover of the advertisement flyer apparentlybrought a new crowd into the theater. AmatuerBeavis impersonators repetitively declared what"sucked" and what was "cool" during the show,especially when the MTV stars themselves were onthe screen. This was the kind of behaviorencouraged by Spike himself at the beginning ofthe show and after the intermission...
...like to see Beavis and Butthead get into a real argument sometime. (Something more substantial than, say, "Shut up, Butthead, or I'll kick your ass!") I think it would make them better friends. Better people...
Part of the reason for this appeal to young males seems to be the show's sexism. "I like the shirt," Butthead says in one recent episode as he eyes a video with a busty young woman. "I like what's under the shirt," says Beavis. Then he snickers...
Obviously, this kind of comment, set up as a punch line in a television show, is symptomatic of a society that objectifies women. That's sad. But "Beavis and Butthead" is sadder...