Beavis and Butt-head are coming back... again

During the heyday of MTV, when the channel actually stood for Music Television, there was an edgy animated sitcom called Beavis and Butt-Head. Created by Mike Judge, the show premiered in 1993 and featured a pair of teenage dimwits. They became pop culture icons, and the show spawned a big-screen spin-off. In 1997, after four years and 209 episodes, the original series went off the air.

But Beavis and Butt-Head survived. There were reruns and a one-season revival back in 2011. Just recently, Judge signed a deal with Comedy Central to bring them back to television. Details of the new series are few right now but, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the King of the Hill director will write, produce and voice a reimagined version of the show for two seasons.

"Beavis and Butt-Head were a defining voice of a generation, and we can't wait to watch as they navigate the treacherous waters of a world light-years from their own," said ViacomCBS' Chris McCarthy. Plus, Judge added, "it seemed like the time was right to get stupid again."

Here's a video of Beavis and Butt-Head watching and commenting on Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees.

Beavis: "Ahhhhhhhh, yeah. I like to mellow out to this song."

Butt-Head: "Yeah. Let's get a little mellow."

Beavis: "Sometimes if I have a boner that won't go down, I listen to this kind of music."

What do you think? Should Beavis and Butt-Head return to TV? If you have the power to singlehandedly bring one dearly departed animated series back from the dead, what would it be?

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