After being on Beavis and Butthead, Daria moved on to star in her own series. The sarcastically blunt teen and her family moved from Highland to Lawndale.
Daria now has a whole new group of classmates to tolerate. Her best friend is Jane, an artist who seems to be on Daria’s level. Jane’s brother, Trent, is the lead singer of his rock band called “Mystik Spiral”. I wonder if this character was based on Trent Reznor, lead singer of “Nine-Inch Nails”. I mean, he did have an album titled “The Downward Spiral”. Coincidence? Maybe.
Quinn, who is Daria’s sister, is shallow and superficial. She’s highly popular, but is insecure around her friends. Especially when she doesn’t admit that Daria is her sister. Yet Daria is never jealous of Quinn. At least I don’t think she is. Daria claims that she doesn’t have a conscience, but I don’t think that’s true. She’s just not the emotional type. Daria’s father, Jake, is hilarious. He gets angry over the silliest reasons. Like issues on comic strips, puzzles on cereal boxes, and his own home cooking.
The “Sick Sad World” segments that Daria and Jane watch have all sorts of unusual items. It’s creative, but how can anyone watch that stuff?
The end credits of every episode feature each character as a different pop culture icon while playing a random song. That helps bring out the MTV style of this series. It’s totally creative.
Daria (1997-2001) is a good series with its brand of humor. I must admit, this is more of a teen show than Beavis and Butthead. Speaking of which, I used to wonder why Beavis and Butthead never made any guest appearances on Daria. I guess Lawndale is pretty far from Highland. But wouldn’t it have been neat if Beavis and Butthead had visited Daria in Lawndale?
As much as I enjoyed the series, this was definitely a movie to look forward to. I can still remember how long the lines were to the movie theatre when Beavis and Butt-Head Do America premiered around Christmas of 1996. There are no music videos to make fun of this time. This full-length feature has Beavis and Butthead getting caught in the middle of a criminal plot and end up traveling all throughout America when all they wanted to do was get back their stolen TV.
It has some of the other characters from the series. Including Principal McVicker… with a prostitute? Whoa, dude. “You’re expelled!” A new character, Agent Fleming (voice of Robert Stack), was interesting. He had a thing for using cavity searches to crack cases. Of course he doesn’t do them himself.
When Beavis and Butthead arrive at a casino in Vegas, the only thing that interested them was the giant bare chested Cleopatra statue and dancing to the rock music playing. Of course these are the types of guys who think auto-flushing urinals are more interesting then Old Faithful.
We find out more about Beavis and Butthead’s backgrounds in this movie. After seeing that, I had a different outlook on the series. Even though there were times when Beavis’ mother, the slut, was mentioned at least several times.
Here’s an interesting fact. It turns out that some of Rob Zombie’s art was featured in Beavis’ hallucination, which is set up like a music video. Beavis and Butthead don’t make fun of it because they’re a part of it.
Many of the same gags from the series were in this movie. That helps make it more memorable. Even after all these years, I still think this movie is a classic. Who’d have thought that Beavis and Butthead would accomplish so much without realizing it. One thing’s for sure. MTV toons rule!
Beavis and Butthead (1993-1997) was one of MTV’s most popular shows back in the 90s. In fact, it was one of the first animated shows I’ve seen that was not suitable for children. I’ve got to tell ya. Beavis and Butthead are hilarious. They’re like a cross between Dumb and Dumber and South Park. All about a couple of unintelligent teens, who are foulmouthed. And let’s not forget the signature laughs those two have. I think that’s what helps make their idiocy more likable.
There were other classic characters also. They include Mr. Van Driessen the mellow hippie teacher, Buzzcut the blunt Drill Sargent of a teacher, and Principal McVicker who is always on edge. Tom Anderson, the next door neighbor, is a lot like Hank Hill from King of the Hill. Not only the same voice, but the same personality too. “I tell you what.” I guess, in a way, he got his own series just like Daria. Another favorite.
During the episodes, Beavis and Butthead watch various music videos and make fun of them. I think it’s hilarious to hear what they have to say, even though Beavis can get annoying sometimes. I don’t know how many times Butthead has told him to shut up.
There are times when Beavis and Butthead want to join Todd and his street gang. I don’t understand why, because Todd is always so awful to them. Another classic item is about Beavis’ alter ego, Cornholio. It only comes out when Beavis eats too much sugar. It’s odd that only one little taste of sugar gets him addicted so easily and he gorges himself. Talk about sugar high.
This series is an MTV classic with its brand of humor. Not to mention their t-shirts with names of heavy metal bands on them and classic catchphrases like “Come to Butthead”, and “Fire! Fire!” Cool, huh?
After being on Beavis and Butthead, Daria moved on to star in her own series. The sarcastically blunt teen and her family moved from Highland to Lawndale.
premiered around Christmas of 1996. There are no music videos to make fun of this time. This full-length feature has Beavis and Butthead getting caught in the middle of a criminal plot and end up traveling all throughout America when all they wanted to do was get back their stolen TV.
