"Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993) TV series 1993-

Creator:

Mike Judge
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

8 March 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Music

Plot:

Animated MTV series about two teenaged heavy-metal music fans who occasionally do idiotic things because they are bored...

Plot Keywords:

MTV | Heavy Metal | Beavis And Butt Head | Music Video | Violence

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Mike Judge

...

Beavis / ... (208 episodes, 1993-2011)

Series Directed by
Mike Judge		(196 episodes, 1993-1997)
Yvette Kaplan		(91 episodes, 1993-2011)
Mike de Seve		(17 episodes, 1993-1997)

Series Writing credits
Mike Judge		(197 episodes, 1993-2011)
Kristofor Brown		(21 episodes, 1993-2011)
Bo Weinberg		(19 episodes, 1993-2011)
Brad 'Chip' Pope		(11 episodes, 2011)
Don London		(10 episodes, 1993-1995)
Joe Stillman		(9 episodes, 1993-1997)
Greg Grabianski		(8 episodes, 1996-2011)
Larry Doyle		(7 episodes, 1994-1997)
Sam Johnson		(6 episodes, 1994-1996)
Chris Marcil		(6 episodes, 1994-1996)
David Giffels		(5 episodes, 1993-1996)
David Felton		(4 episodes, 1993-1995)
Guy Maxtone-Graham		(4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jeff Goldstone		(4 episodes, 1995-2011)
Andy Rheingold		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Scott Sonneborn		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Glenn Eichler		(3 episodes, 1993)
Geoffrey Whelan		(2 episodes, 1993-1994)
David X. Cohen		(2 episodes, 1993)
Billy Aronson		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Peter Gaffney		(2 episodes, 1994)
Etan Cohen		(2 episodes, 1995-1997)
Boyce Bugliari		(2 episodes, 2011)
Sivert Glarum		(2 episodes, 2011)
Franklin Hardy		(2 episodes, 2011)
Michael Jamin		(2 episodes, 2011)
Shane Kosakowski		(2 episodes, 2011)
Jamie McLaughlin		(2 episodes, 2011)
Geoff Rodkey		(1 episode, 1994)
Mike Allen		(unknown episodes)
Jerry Lampini		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Mike Judge	....	executive producer / producer (197 episodes, 1993-2011)
John Andrews	....	producer / series producer (196 episodes, 1993-1997)
Kristofor Brown	....	producer / co-producer (192 episodes, 1993-1997)
Rhonda Cox	....	producer / supervising producer (59 episodes, 1995-2011)
Robert Parigi	....	associate producer / associate post producer (12 episodes, 2011)
Yaniv Fituci	....	story producer (5 episodes, 2011)
Abby Terkuhle	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 1993-1997)
Nick Litwinko	....	associate producer / co-producer (3 episodes, 1993-1995)
Trez Bayer	....	video segment producer (unknown episodes)
Christina Norman	....	supervising producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Benjamin Forrest Davis		(2 episodes, 2011)

Series Film Editing by
Dave Hughes		(6 episodes, 1997)
Neil Lawrence		(2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Andrew Kasch		(2 episodes, 2011)
Christopher Kreynus		(unknown episodes)
Ann McConnell		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Tom Warburton		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Michael Rose		(1 episode, 2011)

Series Production Management
Leslie Carangi	....	studio production manager (40 episodes, 1997)
Carrie Bonfitto	....	post-production supervisor (12 episodes, 2011-2012)
Machi Tantillo	....	production manager / production supervisor (2 episodes, 1993-1995)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sue Perrotto	....	assistant director (20 episodes, 1997)
Steve Smith	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Art Department
Tony Eastman	....	storyboard artist (59 episodes, 1993-1994)
Willy Hartland	....	storyboard artist / storyboard revisor (2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Scott Fiander	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1993)

Series Sound Department
John Bowen	....	sound editor / dialogue editor (197 episodes, 1993-2011)
Regina Mullen	....	sound editor (151 episodes, 1993-1996)
Eric Friend	....	sound recordist / dialogue editor (56 episodes, 1995-2011)
Rob McIntyre	....	sound designer (12 episodes, 2011-2012)
Todd Brodie	....	foley editor (12 episodes, 2011)
Aran Tanchum	....	foley mixer (12 episodes, 2011)
Suzanne Goldish	....	dialogue recordist (10 episodes, 2011)
Matthew Thomas Hall	....	sound effects editor (3 episodes, 2011)
Bradley Carow	....	track reader (unknown episodes)
Neil Cedar	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)
Grant Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Ray Palagy	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Tony Pipitone	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Michael Ruschak	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Kimson Albert	....	layout: MTV (unknown episodes)
Otis Brayboy	....	layout: MTV (unknown episodes)
James Dean Conklin	....	layout: MTV (unknown episodes)
Ian Jeans	....	layout: Funbag, Ottawa (unknown episodes)
Andy Jolliff	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Kent Laursen	....	layout: Funbag, Ottawa (unknown episodes)
Kevin Lofton	....	layout: MTV (unknown episodes)
Sue Perrotto	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Ilya Skorupsky	....	layout: MTV (unknown episodes)
Trish Stolte	....	layout: Funbag, Ottawa (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Mike Judge	....	character designer (196 episodes, 1993-2011)
Gloria De Ponte	....	layout artist / animator (134 episodes, 1993-1997)
Ilya Skorupsky	....	layout artist / storyboard artist / ... (64 episodes, 1993-1997)
Karen Disher	....	layout artist / animator (45 episodes, 1994-1997)
Ben Price	....	character and prop designer / character designer (38 episodes, 1993-1995)
Rachel Greenberg	....	production intern (11 episodes, 2011)
Tony Kluck	....	animation director (5 episodes, 1993-1995)
Yvette Kaplan	....	animation director (5 episodes, 1993-1994)
Scott Fiander	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1993)
Kristy O'Brien	....	assistant technical director (4 episodes, 1993)
Bryon Moore	....	layout artist: MTV / layout supervisor (2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Jeffrey Gatrall	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Geoffrey Johnson	....	animation director (unknown episodes)
Bill Moore	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Mike Mendez	....	editor: video (12 episodes, 2011)
Adam Redding	....	on-line editor (12 episodes, 2011)
Derrick Bazemore	....	apprentice editor (2 episodes, 2011)

Series Music Department
Mike Judge	....	composer: theme music (195 episodes, 1993-1997)
Janine Scalise	....	music supervisor (12 episodes, 2011)
Todd Brodie	....	music editor / musical director (10 episodes, 2011)

Series Other crew
Adam Liggio	....	production management associate (89 episodes, 1994-1995)
Glenn Eichler	....	story editor (55 episodes, 1993-1994)
Clarissa Shepard Follayttar	....	script coordinator / video consultant (12 episodes, 2011)
Amanda Goodbread	....	production coordinator (12 episodes, 2011)
Gerald Hawthorne	....	payroll accountant (12 episodes, 2011)
Kirk Shalosky	....	production accountant (12 episodes, 2011)
John Rice	....	supervising director (11 episodes, 2011)
Derrick Bazemore	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 2011)
Merle Becker	....	production assistant (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jeff Mertz	....	production assistant (4 episodes, 1997)
Mike Judge	....	creative supervisor (3 episodes, 1993-2011)
George Brennan	....	production associate (3 episodes, 1994)
Sara Duffy	....	production assistant / script coordinator (2 episodes, 1993-1995)
Christian Hali	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 1995-1996)
Tina Hong	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Kathy Karp	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Dominie Mahl	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Diane Sparagano	....	layout and design supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
AC/DC	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2011)
Metallica	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2011)
Winger	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2011)

Production Companies

• Film Roman Productions (season 8)
• J.J. Sedelmaier Productions (season 1)
• Judgemental Films Inc. (seasons 2-8)
• MTV Animation
• Paramount Television (seasons 1-7)
• Tenth Annual Industries (seasons 2-7)
• Ternion Pictures (season 8)

Distributors

• Music Television (MTV) (1993-1997) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• MTV Netherlands (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (reruns)

Other Companies

• J.J. Sedelmaier Productions  animation and design
• Marty Thomas Films  video "I Wish"
• RIDICULOUS Pictures  "I Wish" sequence)
• Sync Sound  audio post-production
• USAnimation  digital compositing
• USAnimation  electronic ink and paint

Also Known As:

"Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head" - USA (complete title)

Runtime:

15 min (199 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | UK:12 (some episodes) | UK:15 (some episodes) | New Zealand:M | New Zealand:PG (some episodes)

Company:

Film Roman Productions

Trivia:

Beavis' date of birth was on Sunday, October 28th, 1979.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the music video for the Power Station's cover of Get It On (Bang A Gong) was shown, the album it is from was incorrectly listed as "Electric Warrior." This song is actually from the Power Stations' self-titled album. ("Electric Warrior" is not a Power Station album, but rather a 'T. Rex (I)' album - the band who performed the song originally.)

Quotes:

Butt-head:[Beavis & Butthead after "sensitivity training"] How about a hug?
Beavis:Shut up! Or I'll wound your inner child! Heh hmmhh heh! And then I'll kick your ass!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Jon Stewart/India.Arie (#27.14)" (2002)

I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but I really like this show!

Okay, I admit it. I am a closet Beavis & Butthead fan. Well, actually, not all that closeted, but when I tell people I enjoy the show, sometimes they just don't get it. Some of them say, "But it's just stupid! It's just two morons laughing and being crude all the time!"

Well, I thought so too, before I ever watched the show. I had heard of them; I would occasionally see B & B pop up on an MTV awards show and receive lots of laughter and applause - the laughter and applause of recognition. I knew they were popular but I didn't "get it." Then, part of the way through the first episode I watched, I "got it." The reason Beavis & Butthead is so funny is that it does an extremely dead-on accurate job of portraying a very real aspect of teenage males that had been completely overlooked in a lot of previous television.

I can even remember the exact moment I "got it": Beavis and Butthead were watching a video by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and adding their usual commentary, and when the video ended and the name of the band appeared on the screen, Butthead read their name out loud. And when I heard the tone of voice he used, it hit me. It's that sarcastic, detached, "I'm so cool" kind of voice that teenage boys use constantly - even for such a banality as a simple declarative statement about a band's name.

And of course, what makes B & B's sarcastic detached cockiness all the more ironic is that they have extremely passive and uneventful lives: they spend all their time "hanging out" and doing the same stupid stuff, yet they somehow (well, Butthead especially) consider themselves qualified to put on this jaded cynical act. Everything they do is as observers. They see sex and rock music on TV, they think and talk about sex and rock music all the time, and they've never had sex or played rock music. And the irony never hits them. They're somehow this weird combination of innocence and jadedness at the same time, and this, combined with their passive observer nature, makes Beavis and Butthead an extremely dead-on accurate portrayal of adolescent males.

Of course Beavis and Butthead are exaggerations of teenage males, but nevertheless I find them a rather refreshing change from the portrayals of teenagers in shows such as Beverly Hills 90210 and Dawson's Creek, who seem as articulate, poised, and self-confident as a bunch of sophisticated 28-year-olds, and who do not ring true to me at all.