"Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993) TV series 1993-1997

Creator:

Mike Judge
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Seasons:

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

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:

Heavy Metal | MTV | Beavis And Butt Head | Based On Short Film | Insult

Cast

Mike Judge

...

Beavis / ... (195 episodes, 1993-1997)

Series Directed by
Mike Judge		(195 episodes, 1993-1997)
Yvette Kaplan		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Mike Judge		(195 episodes, 1993-1997)
Bo Weinberg		(18 episodes, 1993-1997)
Kristofor Brown		(17 episodes, 1993-1997)
Don London		(10 episodes, 1993-1995)
Joe Stillman		(8 episodes, 1993-1997)
Larry Doyle		(7 episodes, 1994-1997)
Greg Grabianski		(6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Sam Johnson		(5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Chris Marcil		(5 episodes, 1994-1996)
David Giffels		(4 episodes, 1993-1996)
Guy Maxtone-Graham		(4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Andy Rheingold		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Scott Sonneborn		(4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Glenn Eichler		(3 episodes, 1993)
David Felton		(3 episodes, 1993)
Jeff Goldstone		(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
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)
Geoff Rodkey		(1 episode, 1994)
Mike Allen		(unknown episodes)
Jerry Lampini		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Mike Judge	....	executive producer (195 episodes, 1993-1997)
Kristofor Brown	....	producer (191 episodes, 1993-1997)
Abby Terkuhle	....	executive producer (3 episodes, 1993-1997)
John Andrews	....	producer (2 episodes, 1993)
Nick Litwinko	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1993)
Trez Bayer	....	video segment producer (unknown episodes)
Kathy Karp	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Susie Lewis	....	co-producer / video segment producer (unknown episodes)
John Lynn	....	associate producer / co-producer (unknown episodes)
Christina Norman	....	supervising producer (unknown episodes)
Peter Reichert	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Dave Relly	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Dave Hughes		(6 episodes, 1997)
Christopher Kreynus		(unknown episodes)
Ann McConnell		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Tom Warburton		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Leslie Carangi Kelley	....	studio production manager (40 episodes, 1997)
Dominie Mahl	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Tony Eastman	....	storyboard artist (59 episodes, 1993-1994)
Scott Fiander	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1993)
Kevin Brownie	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Sharon Fitzgerald	....	design supervisor (unknown episodes)
Tony Kluck	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Don Poynter	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Regina Mullen	....	sound editor (151 episodes, 1993-1996)
Eric Friend	....	sound recordist (55 episodes, 1995-1997)
John Bowen	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
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 (195 episodes, 1993-1997)
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)
Yvette Kaplan	....	animation director (5 episodes, 1993-1994)
Tony Kluck	....	animation director (4 episodes, 1993-1994)
Scott Fiander	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1993)
Mike DeSeve	....	animation director (unknown episodes)
Jeffrey Gatrall	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Geoffrey Johnson	....	animation director (unknown episodes)
Bill Moore	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Brian Mulroney	....	animation director (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Christopher Kreynus	....	on-line editor (1 episode, 1993)

Series Music Department
Mike Judge	....	composer: theme music (195 episodes, 1993-1997)

Series Other crew
Yvette Kaplan	....	supervising director (90 episodes, 1993-1997)
Adam Liggio	....	production management associate (89 episodes, 1994-1995)
Glenn Eichler	....	story editor (55 episodes, 1993-1994)
Jeff Mertz	....	production assistant (4 episodes, 1997)
Merle Becker	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 1994)
George Brennan	....	production associate (3 episodes, 1994)
Mike Judge	....	creative supervisor (2 episodes, 1993)
Christian Hali	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 1995-1996)
Kristofor Brown	....	story editor / voice director (unknown episodes)
Tina Hong	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Patrick Intrieri	....	design coordinator (unknown episodes)
Kathy Karp	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Dominie Mahl	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Vicky Smith	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Diane Sparagano	....	layout and design supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• MTV Animation

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

Runtime:

15 min (199 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

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

Company:

MTV Animation

Trivia:

The duo was named after two real people. While going to college, creator Mike Judge lived next door to a destructive, unsupervised 12 year-old who called himself "Iron Butt", as he claimed to feel no pain after challenging others to kick him hard in the rear. One of this boy's friends was nicknamed "Butt-head" by Mike Judge and his classmates. There was another boy who lived a few blocks away named Bobby Beavis, though Judge says that he was absolutely nothing like the character.

Goofs:

Continuity: The convenience store is usually called "Maxi-Mart", but in a few episodes the name is "Quik-Mart."

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Butt-head: We're gonna be rich.

Movie Connections:

Featured in America's Teenagers Growing Up on Television (1998) (TV)

uh...hey baby

Beavis and Butt-Head is often times misconstrued as a terribly immature, offensive, and vulgar show. While those claims do have reason behind them, often times the people saying these things have not given this show a fair analysis, taking it simply for what it appears to be. But Beavis and Butt-Head goes much deeper than a lot of people give it credit for. On one level it is about two stupid teenagers who have nothing better to do than laugh, and so it serves as a critique to the general apathy of that early 90s generation. But at the same time, Beavis and Butt-Head can be seen as a positive spin on that indifferent generation. Although they wreak havoc and destroy all that is good, Beavis and Butt-Head endure as good people (in some sense) because they are completely confident in themselves, they do not really have bad feelings towards anyone, and even though we might consider their lives to be meager and pathetic, they are really happy with what they have, they do not think less of themselves, and they (in their own ways) try to improve themselves (like trying to pick up chicks). This might be a bit of a stretch, but I almost view them as the 90s version of Lenny and George from "Of Mice and Men." These are just two guys who are trying to figure out life and laughing the whole way through. Is there anything wrong with that? Methinks not. So, watch these fools, and watch them well, you will not regret it.