On March 8, 1993, MTV airs the first episode of the animated series Beavis and Butt-Head, which will go on to become the network’s highest-rated series up to that point.

Beavis and Butt-Head offered audiences rude and crude buddy humor in the tradition of The Three Stooges, Cheech and Chong, and Wayne and Garth of Saturday Night Live and the Wayne’s World movies. The titular main characters were two teenage boys living in the fictional town of Highland; they attended Highland High (based on a real school in creator Mike Judge’s hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico) but spent most of their time eating junk food, talking about girls and–most importantly–watching music videos. Beavis and Butt-Head alternated between animated storylines and clips of actual music videos, which Beavis and Butt-Head commented on in their signature bone-headed style, punctuated by sarcastic comments and grunt-like laughter.


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