They didn’t know what they were doing, and then they hired an animation studio that didn’t know what they were doing. And then on the other side of that, MTV had basically never done a show, definitely never done an animated show.

I was making these animated shorts by myself, in my house, and suddenly had a TV show. I didn’t know anyone who ever did a show. What was your biggest challenge during the ’90s series, and what is going to be your biggest challenge now with this new iteration of the show? And then to act like you have no power over turning it off from your kids, that just didn’t make a lot of sense.īeavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe Courtesy of MTV Entertainment Inc. You had to be responsible and pay your bill and have it installed. ( Laughs.) What always threw me about all of that was it was on paid cable. That said, if I were to show two or three of the episodes that I’m proud of, and they didn’t like, I would say, “Well, I don’t care.” The show is probably my favorite thing I’ve done. So I was sympathetic to parents or older people who didn’t like it. So, if I had never seen the show, and saw the wrong episode, I probably would not like it either. ( Laughs.) At that period of time, especially in the early episodes of the show, a lot of the episodes were just horrible. What was the ‘90s duality like for you, being so loved by kids and teens, and so loathed by their parents?

In the below talk, Judge also reveals that he put a hidden message in one ’90s Beavis and Butt-Head episode, says whether he still has that “Porky’s Butthole” answering machine tape and shares the terrifying ’90s complaint that made MTV get him a bodyguard. In a chat with The Hollywood Reporter prior to the series debuting on the streamer, Judge explained why Beavis and Butt-Head won’t be dropping F-bombs (even though they could now) as well as the difficulties of making the cartoon both in the ’90s and today. 'The Family Stallone' Renewed at Paramount+įor Judge, that was an important aspect of bringing the series into 2022, where Beavis and Butt-Head have changed slightly (Hey, they upgraded to a flat-screen TV!), but remain those classic, hopeless losers, who spout nonsense while getting into one ill-advised situation after another.

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