Season 8 - Episode 3/4
MTV (US)
Not many shows will return after fourteen years off air and be as good as they were before. Beavis and Butt-head hasn't only returned, it's returned every bit as funny as it was in the 90s.
As before, the episodes air in 2 short segments, interspersed with music videos/MTV shows with the boys' usually derogatory commentary. WHat I loved most about this return was the fact that the format has not changed in the slightest. The characters have not changed at all, fourteen years later, they are identical. Brilliant.
The plots are simple and stupid. Firstly, in "Daughter's Hand" the boys watch an old movie and misunderstand what asking for a man's daughter's hand means. They attempt to ask their neighbour for his daughter's hand, which he thinks is sweet at first. Until he realises what they actually mean. This ends with the neighbour and Tom Anderson having a fight in the front garden. Meanwhile, the boys rip the ever loving piss out of "16 and Pregnant" and "True Life".
And in "Tech Support" the boys get jobs in a call centre doing technical support. Predictably they act like idiots, and eventually cause a city wide powercut. They also have a discussion about Katy Perry's "Firework" video, which they hate, but gives them a special feeling.
I expected very little from the return of Beavis and Butt-head, and got so much more than I had ever expected. Watching these episodes has transported me back to the mid 90s. In the best way possible.
Daughter's Hand: ****
Tech Support: ****
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