Mad #325 (Nick Meglin and John Ficarra) - Beavis and Butt-Head Issue - February 1994

Beavis and Butt-Head is an awful cartoon consisting of gross and nasty humor that both of my teenaged sons seemed to enjoy.  This poorly-drawn creation by Mike Judge appeared on cable television from 1993 to 1997 with a movie in 1996.  The Mad cover by Sam Viviano recast Bill Clinton and Al Gore as the dimwit stars.  Viviano also drew the three-page "When the Beavis & Butt-Head Phenomenon Spreads Into Politics" with Joseph Biden, Ted Kennedy, William Rehnquist, Ruth Ginsburg, Dan Quayle, Mario Cuomo, Ross Perot, Jack Kemp, William Bennett, Bob Dole, Dan Rather and Connie Chung as the unfortunate foils.  In addition, Angelo Torres put the boys on a "Wanted for Arson" poster in "The Stooge-itive."  However, the real butt-head was identified by Stan & Chris Hart in "The Conservative Talk Show Host of the Year," and by Al Jaffee in the "Mad Fold-In."  [JAM 5/5/2012]

Departments:
Twin Geeks - When the Beavis and Butt-head Phenomenon Spreads into Politics
Joke And Dagger - Spy vs. Spy
Lifetime Deceivement Award - Celebrity Self-Delusions
Serge-In General - A Mad Look at Basketball
Cutting Off a Limbaugh - The Conservative Talk Show Host of the Year
Tales From the Duck Side - The Brutal Basketball Boondoggle; The Long-Suffering Lackey's Lament
Why the Long Phrase? - Sentence-Length Product Names We'd Like to See
Flushing the Genre - Scenes as Played Out in Different Types of Movies
Cooks, Lines and Zingers - Mad's 7 Steps to Becoming a Hit T.V. Chef
Today You Are a Man of Steel - What If Superman Were Raised by Jewish Parents
City of Angers - John Callahan's Misguided Tour of L.A.
Berg's-Eye View - The Lighter Side
May the Dwarfs Be with You - Snow White as Reviewed by Today's Publications
At the Joke of Midnight - Every Single New Year's Eve
Original Cast Reporting - Shocking "Tell-All" Books by T.V. Sitcom Characters
Bringing Up Booby - 8 Runner-Up Prizes That Nobody Claimed
Flee Circus - The Stooge-itive

Fold-In - Beavis and Butt-Head