Beavis & Butt-Head Do America

Beavis & Butt-Head Do America (1996)

Runtime: 81 minutes

Directed by: Mike Judge

Starring the vocal talents of: Mike Judge and many famous voices

From: Paramount/Geffen/MTV

I was a teenager in the 90’s… of course the original TV show and this film would be hilarious at the time. I haven’t revisited the show in ages (let alone gave a shot to the revival or the film that came out last year) but this was for free on Prime so it was time to reminisce about the time when MTV was actually watchable and actually showed music videos instead of episodes of Ridiculousness for what seems like days in a row.

Of course it was incredibly silly and juvenile, with plenty of crass insults delivered to others and each other. Yet, it still made me laugh pretty hard… huh huh, I said “hard.” Both were oblivious to the wild events around them as their TV being stolen resulted in them going on an adventure across the country where they think they will “score” while going on around them is a chase for a stolen biological weapon; many wild things occur. Naturally this isn’t for all tastes and if you maintain a stone face while hearing that this features multiple body cavity searches, a Cornholio alter ego and the insults include buttmunch & bunghole, then the humor of this movie will be lost on you.

That said, this still made me laugh pretty hard. Admittedly, I was sold after the first few minutes, which featured spoofs of both Godzilla and 70’s cop TV shows. What an eclectic mix in both the soundtrack and the voice cast. With the latter, there’s Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman, David Letterman, Robert Stack, Richard Linklater (!), Eric Bogosian, and Greg Kinnear. Meanwhile, the songs include everyone from Isaac Hayes and the Butthole Surfers to LL Cool J and Engelbert Humperdinck. I’m a big fan, in other words.

Admittedly, only some of the supporting characters from the show appear here. That said, most fans of the show should be satisfied. One day I will check out Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe, promise.