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Huh huh, sometimes these two slackers are smarter than they look... Join us as we count down our picks for the moments when Beavis and Butt-Head accidentally made profound observations about life! Our countdown includes frozen yogurt disappointment, customer service woes, psychic frauds, pre-internet boredom, and more! Which moment do you think was the most surprisingly insightful? Let us know in the comments below!
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00:00Uh, how do you keep a moron in suspense?
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the times Beavis and Butthead
00:13made particularly pertinent points about society.
00:17Nothing's on for two hours, dude.
00:20Number 10.
00:24Frozen Yogurt Disappointment
00:26During the 80s and 90s, frozen yogurt, or fro-yo, took off in a big way.
00:32Touted as a healthier alternative to ice cream, yogurt shops were basically everywhere.
00:38We need yogurt.
00:40Yeah, yogurt's cool.
00:42While perfectly fine in its own right, it doesn't hold a candle to what it's trying to replicate.
00:48After being swayed by a suggestive commercial, Beavis and Butthead are convinced to try frozen
00:53yogurt for themselves.
00:54Needless to say, they're not impressed.
00:57Ugh, tastes like puke.
01:00Oh, yuck.
01:02Ugh, oh, yuck.
01:04This sucks.
01:06And even the store manager is clearly aware of his product's deficiencies.
01:11Sorry, boys.
01:12Next time try a topping, it drowns out the taste.
01:14Now shove off.
01:15After not getting a refund, they find other ways to use the frozen yogurt they purchased,
01:20much to the dismay of the rest of them all.
01:23Number 9.
01:32Politics As Usual.
01:34For as long as there are elections, there will always be people running to serve their own
01:39interests and with no coherent platform.
01:42Beavis and Butthead.
01:44What office do you want to run for?
01:46As such, this episode, which first aired over 30 years ago, feels as relevant as ever, if
01:53not more so.
01:54After Mr. Van Driesen suggests they run for class treasurer, Beavis and Butthead are enticed
01:59by what they see as potential financial gains.
02:02Money.
02:03Money.
02:03Yeah.
02:04Yeah.
02:04Yeah.
02:05Money.
02:06Cool.
02:08Yeah.
02:09Money.
02:11We're there, dude.
02:13Count us in.
02:14And when it comes time to take questions and present their vision, they show just how unqualified
02:20they are.
02:21How do you plan to get money for the new football uniforms?
02:25He said ball.
02:28Running as a pair, they managed to secure only one single vote, cast by Butthead.
02:35If we're being honest, we probably wouldn't be able to resist voting for Beavis and Butthead
02:41ourselves.
02:42It's pretty amazing that Beavis and Butthead were even hired to work at Burger World, let
02:56alone hold on to their jobs.
03:03Still, while we don't condone their unprofessionalism, anyone who's ever worked in the service industry
03:08can understand their frustration at having to deal with the various customers.
03:12In the first episode, Principal McVicar obnoxiously screams his extended, specialized order at
03:19the drive-thru, prompting Butthead to interrupt him.
03:21And some onion rings with no salt.
03:26And shut up.
03:30I also want a large orange soda with no ice.
03:36Then, another customer has specific questions regarding shakes, but the duo are ill-equipting.
03:42Are your shakes made from shake-mix or from ice cream and milk?
03:47Uh, we have vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry.
03:52In the second episode, another customer's large order prompts this immortal response from Butthead.
03:58Uh, could you, like, get left stuff?
04:01Just get it.
04:02The duo might not be all that polite or professional, but in all fairness, neither are their customers.
04:11Number seven.
04:12The Problems of No Child Left Behind.
04:15The No Child Left Behind Act was a 2002 Act of Congress that tied school funding to state-created
04:22assessments.
04:22This meant a significant increase in standardized testing as a means of tracking academic performance.
04:30Low grades reflect a lack of goals.
04:32Uh, I thought it was because we're stupid.
04:36This emphasis on teaching to the test has been widely criticized for its effects on education.
04:42These flaws are made apparent in this episode from the show's first comeback season in 2011.
04:49Beavis and Butthead are given a tutoring crash course to help secure funding for Highland High.
04:53Whoa.
04:55I just got something.
04:57Uh, uh, uh, number two pencil.
05:02Uh, uh, uh, uh, number two.
05:05Oh, yeah.
05:06Then, once the test comes, they don't get very far.
05:11I'm all done.
05:16Your name?
05:18All this time?
05:20And that's all you wrote was your name?
05:21Um, hey.
05:22Yeah, I wrote my name too, yeah, see?
05:24Beefeth.
05:25Now, wait a minute, wait, wait.
05:27That's all right.
05:27Hey, some of us just don't test well.
05:31Number six.
05:32Releasing Anger.
05:33There's long been the misguided notion that negative feelings like anger can be calmed
05:39through physical aggression towards inanimate objects, such as punching a pillow.
05:44Go ahead, let it flow.
05:46Beavis, tell Butthead how angry you are.
05:49Um, I'm, like, um, angry and stuff.
05:51However, research has found that this actually just reinforces the unwanted emotions.
05:57Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge seems well aware of this reality.
06:01In this episode, the duo are made to join a group therapy session.
06:06Die, you son of a bitch!
06:08Whoa.
06:09Shuttle down, Beavis.
06:11Beavis is given a bat and a pillow and told to release his anger towards Butthead.
06:15He follows the instructions, but not in the way the group leader intended.
06:20But if he actually knew what he was talking about, he wouldn't have employed this exercise
06:24in the first place.
06:25Now, go out into the world and radiate the truth of who you are.
06:33Number five.
06:35Hot enough for you?
06:37A warm, sunny day can be a lovely experience.
06:40Are we almost there yet?
06:42Uh, probably, like, another five minutes or something.
06:47However, there's a major difference between that and feeling the sun's rays mercilessly
06:53bearing down on you.
06:55During the duo's first big screen outing, they find themselves lost in the desert and
07:00miserable due to the intensity of the heat.
07:03Right before collapsing, Butthead makes this very astute observation on the big, bright star
07:09in the sky.
07:14While we overall appreciate the sun for its role in keeping life on Earth going, we have
07:20to agree with Beavis and Butthead that it can, at times, be a bit much.
07:29Number four.
07:30The fraudulence of psychics.
07:32The only amazing thing about so-called psychics is how they've managed to convince so many
07:38people of their supposed abilities.
07:41You better not come around here again, Lester, or I'm calling the cops.
07:46Oh, wait, I got customers.
07:52So, so, what can I do for you boys?
07:58A popular technique is to use cold reading, in which they make broad inferences to appear
08:04credible.
08:05To our students, in what's it called, the high school?
08:11Whoa, she's right, Butthead.
08:14Unsurprisingly, this works remarkably well on Beavis and Butthead, who are easily suckered
08:18in by Madame Blavatsky's con.
08:21Granted, you don't have to be completely inept to be swayed by someone who knows how to flatter
08:27you, and this episode serves as a crucial reminder that anyone claiming supernatural abilities
08:38is more likely preoccupied with making your money disappear.
08:42Whoa, you're pretty cool, Beavis.
08:46Yeah, yeah, thanks.
08:49I'm pretty cool.
08:50Number three, observational comedy.
08:53If there's one way to describe Beavis and Butthead, it's easily amused.
08:58However, their attempts at making other people laugh don't exactly pan out.
09:02Seeing how much money is in stand-up comedy in the 90s, B&B go to an open mic, where they
09:20both bomb.
09:27By the time Beavis stops laughing and actually starts his act, only Butthead is in the audience.
09:34But to his credits, he does open with a very universal question.
09:43Indeed, why does so much stuff suck?
09:46With a little training, and less of a tendency to set things on fire, Beavis could become
09:53a comedy rock star.
10:06If you don't know what life was like before the internet and smartphones, then you truly
10:12don't know what it was like to be bored.
10:14Uh, you know what this means, Beavis.
10:17It means we have to, like, do something.
10:23Trying to fill in two hours between their TV time proves to be an arduous task for Beavis
10:28and Butthead, as it requires them to do the dreaded act of thinking.
10:32Thinking sucks.
10:34The activities they come up with include standing up, watching the electric meter on the side
10:38of their house, attempting to vomit, and throwing trash cans at each other.
10:43They even briefly resort to talking to nerdy schoolmate Stewart's.
10:47Uh, say something, Stewart.
10:50Really?
10:51You want to talk to me?
10:53Wow, that's cool.
10:54Let's go to the mall.
10:56I know there's a great new place.
10:57This sucks.
10:57Yeah.
10:58They make it through the two hours, but only just barely.
11:01Everyone, no matter how smart they are, knows the feeling of being bored out of their absolute
11:07skull.
11:08Beavis, we're about to see the promised land.
11:11This is going to be cool.
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11:33The Ignorance of Others
11:34Spend enough time in this world and you'll soon recognize that many people are completely
11:39delusional about their own level of intellect.
11:42If there's anything we can do to...
11:43Damn it.
11:46This thing is stuck.
11:47Even if someone is aware that they are not a genius, chances are they still think that
11:52they are at least a little bit smarter than the average person.
11:56After being shown to their hotel room, the pair immediately struggle to remove a television
12:01remote from its mount.
12:03The manager tries to assist, but is rebuffed for his futile efforts.
12:07Uh, could you, like, not stand there and stuff?
12:11After he leaves, Butthead sums things up quite succinctly.
12:15Some people are dumb.
12:17Yeah, really.
12:18You said it, Butthead.
12:20You said it.
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