While I’ve been binging the first two seasons of the revival, I’ve been considering why Beavis and Butthead doesn’t appeal to some folks — including myself back in the day — and why I’ve come to enjoy it. Or appreciate it, at any rate.
It shares a few details with it’s much more sophisticated cousin, King of the Hill, but it’s not the same kind of show.
I think I finally cracked the code, however: it’s basically a modern day Road Runner cartoon.
Or rather, it’s the same kind of simplicity: a basic, repetitive premise that changes only in the smaller details, with occasional flashes of brilliance under the hood.
Except both Beavis AND Butthead are Wile E. and, I guess, the world is the Road Runner?
Or is it the other way around?
All I know is:
- How will they fuck up? (How will the Acme trap fail?)
- Will they score? (Will they catch the Road Runner? [No.])
- How much pain will they endure? (All of it.)
Now I’m envisioning segments where Wile E. and the Road Runner are sitting on a couch riffing on music videos. 🤔