Review: Mike Judge’s Beavis And Butt-Head “Meditation Sucks/Polling Place” ; “Old Man Beavis/Hunting Trip”

Tom Anderson recounts his time in the Battle of Incheon.

Lil Nas-X, Quarter Hoarder, Summer Trickshots, Audrey Nunn

Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head returns with a second season on Paramount+ premiering almost 30 years after the show’s original airing on MTV and really this franchise has NOT lost an ounce of its lunacy. This week’s two-part premiere featured a multitude of hilarity with premises that involve stokes on religion, politics, and even a new Tom Anderson-only War Story!

Joining the fray this season among a litany of an already impressive roster of writers solicited for the rebooted series, Jimmy O. Yang and Family Guy’s Artie Johann. Having been a long-time Silicon Valley castmember, it makes sense that Jimmy would re-team with Mike Judge to offer up a ridiculous episode premise that features ridiculous jokes and gags rife for commentary on the modern-day political climate. Artie Johann seems like a no-brainer, Family Guy has done more than a few gags featuring Beavis and Butt-Head, so clearly, Artie’s coming to pay homage to the series.

Tom Anderson episodes are always a hoot, but now we’ve got shorts featuring the popular character and they are already hilarious and I hope we get a bunch more. The cutaways were pretty solid this week as well, but one thing I had an issue with is it seems like the jokes are more savage against home-produced videos than against the featured artists. I’m not sure if that’s MTV jumping in and telling the producers to hold back punches so as not to anger a younger music-loving base that the franchise has lost long ago, but for my money, I want EVERYONE to get hit. Fortunately, I can’t be all mad. Season two of Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head is here and it’s still a laugh riot.