Still, given the overall reception, plenty of parents in 1993 thought that “Beavis and Butthead” was too dangerous for TV. Last week, a Moraine, Ohio, mother, Darcy Burk, accused Beavis and Butt-head MTV’s highest-rated showof inspiring her 5-year-old son to set the fire that killed his 2-year-old sister and. How could someone be capable of producing a professional-level piece of animation and still be as dumb as Beavis and Butthead are? (via The Spokesman-Review). As Mike Judge later put it, they really should have connected the dots. Strangely, many of these critics thought that Mike Judge was just as dumb as the characters he created. I don’t want to be part of another ‘older generation.’ But I can’t help it: I really, really hate these guys” (via The Los Angeles Times). “In fact, it actually bothered me that I didn’t like them. This episode has received heavy controversy after a 5-year-old boy burned down his trailer home, killing his 2-year-old sister who was sleeping in the next room. “I tried to like, I really did,” she wrote. ) ' Comedians ' is the first episode of the third season of Beavis and Butt-Head and the 28th episode of the series overall. In 1993, San Diego Union-Tribune critic Brenda Brissette-Mata summed it up best. The generational divide was also a factor. For just one example, “The McLaughlin Group” spent an entire segment bashing the show and complaining that it represented the decline of American television (via YouTube). However, at the time, many critics completely missed the point. The show is a satire, one that poked fun at adults’ perceptions of Generation Xers who watched MTV.

Everyone understands that creator Mike Judge doesn’t endorse these shenanigans. Both of them are obsessed with sex, have juvenile senses of humor, and engage in all kinds of destructive behavior. Today, most critics and TV viewers understand the point of “Beavis and Butthead.” Yes, the characters as both dumb as bags of rocks.

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