"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

Color:

Color

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 logo for Burger World, the fast food establishment at which Beavis and Butt-Head are employed, is just the McDonalds "golden arch" logo upside down.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the music video for the Power Station's cover of Get It On (Bang A Gong) was shown, the album it is from was incorrectly listed as "Electric Warrior." This song is actually from the Power Stations' self-titled album. (“Electric Warrior” is not a Power Station album, but rather a 'T. Rex (I)' album - the band who performed the song originally.)

Quotes:

Butt-head: You didn't score.
Beavis: Yeah, but I came close.
Butt-head: Yeah, but close only counts in horseshoes and like... lemonade.
Beavis: What?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)

Memorable

Beavis and Butt-Head will be remembered for a long time. The gross, sick, and always hilarious show was the best show ever on MTV and probably nothing like it will ever come close. Poeple will always remember it's sick skits (B&B trying to grow beards, B&B playing frog baseball, B&B trying to score) it's dialouge at the couch during music videos, and many other things. This show led other shows like South Park into the promised land (ironically, South Park came out at around the same time when B&B were cancelled). This show will always remain as one of the defining shows of the generation X. So, uhuhuhu-hehehe. A++