While I’m for the return of Beavis & Butthead on MTV, I get the feeling the network that recently is better known for promoting teen momness across America is trying to figure out a way to screw the show up:
The new show, which debuts later this year, will be very familiar to fans of the Nineties original. “They’ll be self-contained segments with the boys in different situations like they used to be,” Toffler says. “But this time around, they’ll watch Jersey Shore, UFC matches and user-generated videos from YouTube, in addition to music videos.” All of the programming will be displayed on the duo’s TV, even if it comes from YouTube — “like silly videos of cats playing music.”
For me, I think Jersey Shore does a decent job of mocking itself, but I imagine MTV is a bit of a bind. Since they haven’t shown videos in a decade or so, they don’t probably have any sitting around to use. This is disappointing, mostly because the two animated morons were the best music critics around for awhile.
This article appears in Feb 17-23, 2011.
