So why does the film feel like a missed opportunity in the satire department, even as its eponymous slacker idiots score plenty of familiar laughs? America hasn’t gotten any less spoofable in the 30 years since Beavis and Butt-Head made their ignoble small-screen debut there’s no shortage of contemporary targets for Judge to lock in his comedic crosshairs. The hook of this new feature-length vehicle is that it plucks television’s densest duo out of their natural 90s habitat and deposits them straight into the modern world. Plus, the full library of Beavis and Butt-Head‘s 200-plus original episodes will begin hitting Paramount+, in batches, the same day that Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe drops.Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe isn’t much of a window or a mirror. In July 2020, Comedy Central ordered two seasons of a “reimagined” Beavis and Butt-Head series (with Judge once again on board) that project was shuffled to Paramount+ in February 2022 and is expected to premiere on the streamer later this year. The show originally aired on MTV from 1993-97, then came back for an eighth season on the network in 2011. “Mike Judge has reimagined this dynamic duo in a way that is sure to have both old fans and new ones alike laughing out loud - and we couldn’t be more excited to bring them back into our rapidly expanding arsenal of hit adult animation.” “Beavis and Butt-Head were defining voices of a generation, and to this day, the show is one of the most well-known and beloved animated IPs of all time,” said Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Paramount Media Networks and MTV Entertainment Studios. Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge will be back to voice both of the titular slackers, while the rest of the voice cast includes Gary Cole ( NCIS), Chris Diamantopoulos ( Made for Love), Nat Faxon ( Our Flag Means Death), Brian Huskey ( Bob’s Burgers), Chi McBride ( Hawaii Five-0), Tig Notaro ( Star Trek: Discovery), Stephen Root ( Barry), Andrea Savage ( I’m Sorry), Martin Starr ( Silicon Valley) and Jimmy O.
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