Review: Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head “Hellhole/Take a Bow”

Overview

“Hellhole”

Beavis and Butt-Head fall into a sewer and think they have died and gone to hell.

Cutaways

Ariana Grande

“Take a Bow”

Butt-Head teaches Beavis a new game, which puts him in the hospital.

Cutaways

Mountain Dew Jug, Camino

Our Take

This week’s episode of Beavis and Butt-Head featured a fun thread that was featured throughout both episodes…religion. That’s right, we spend a lot of time discussing the philosophies of different belief systems juxtaposed in a 30-minute show with animation television’s two biggest idiots. On one hand, Beavis and Butt-Head look forward to parties in hell, as long as it’s together. In “Take a Bow”, Butt-Head imagines life without his best friend and we get to see a slightly softer side to the offspring of a Motley Crue roadie (probably).

Regardless, the complete package that is the two episodes is a belief system in heaven and hell, and given that both settings are fictional, this makes rife for exploration of what could possibly be there.  Watching Butt-Head pray for the well-being of his pal is one of the most heartfelt things I’ve seen, even in the guise of lunacy, if that scene doesn’t tug on your heart strings, then I don’t know what to tell you.