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Plot

Before its "official" launching, the iconoclastic cartoon series Beavis and Butt-Head was test run on MTV with four episodes, the first of which originally aired March 8, 1993. The debut episode "Blood Money" finds our two goonish, giggling protagonists donating blood for money and ending up with neither. Next up is "Door to Door," in which Beavis and Butt-head tool around their neighborhood collecting money for a class project, only to run up against a neighbor lady who's into leather -- and whips. Third on the docket is "Sign Here," wherein our heroes collect signatures for a pro-animal petition. This act of largess does not prevent Beavis and Butt-head from trying to kill some dolphins at a local zoo in the last of the four first-season episodes, "Balloons." When Beavis and Butt-Head originally aired on MTV, each episode included one or more live-action music videos, permitting the pair to make asinine comments while the musicians sweated away. Seen in the inaugural four episodes were performances by the likes of the Ramones, Judas Priest, Guns N' Roses, Madonna, LSD, Def Leppard, Huey Lewis and the News, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and AC/DC, among many others. Alas, these musical highlights have been edited from the current rerun and home-video versions of Beavis and Butt-head.
MPAA Rating:
Run Time:
30min.
Starring:
Mike Judge