Could it be? Chud’s Rumor of the Day (via REVIEWniverse) is that Mike Judge, the brains behind “King of the Hill,” “Office Space” and “Idiocracy,” the master of the post-modern suburban ennui oeuvre, is prepping 30 new episodes of the show that put him on the map, the inimitable “Beavis and Butthead.” The crude cartoon, reflecting a generation of mid-90s metal-obsessed awkward 14 year old boys, is an instant classic for anyone who watched MTV during that time, and reached its apex with the feature film, “Beavis and Butthead Do America,” which wasn’t half-bad (it could be better than half-bad, this writer hasn’t seen it since teenage years so we don’t trust our judgment, though it was enjoyed quite a lot at the time).
The second part of the rumor claims Judge is going old-school and keeping B&B’s delightfully lo-fi aesthetic: washed out palette, primitive sketching, and not a lick of CGI in sight. He also wants to retain the sketch-video-sketch format, only with more contemporary videos. Somehow, we don’t see this working out with the slick, high-production videos MTV showcases these days and not the classic grunge and alternative videos featured in the original “Beavis and Butthead.” Maybe the likes of the videos highlighted in our Videodrome feature would be a better fit. Though their “heh-heh-heh” commentary over one of Miley Cyrus’ shiny pop clips would probably enhance the experience.
Remember, this is all rumor and hearsay, don’t blame us if our favorite animated Metallica fans don’t make it to MTV’s small screen. And while we have a fondness for ‘B & B,’ it was so of its time that the reboot might just feel… wrong.
