'Beavis and Butt-head' To Return In Movie Form

It's all happening. The new streaming service Paramount+ (well, sort of new. It is absorbing CBS All Access) announced a slew of upcoming shows. Among them, a revival of Beavis and Butt-head in a brand new movie. Two new season's of the classic cartoon will come to Comedy Central as well.

Paramount+ is also reviving Frasier, one of my all-time favorite shows. So far, only Kelsey Grammer is signed on for the production, which makes me nervous. No Niles = no classic Frasier. The show ended 17 years ago, which is mind bending to me. It does not feel that long!

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Comments

[Gary]

Well kick me in the jimmies...😁

[Him]

I can take or leave B&B. I enjoy it for what it was and suspect the new version will be tamer, due to current standards of taste and good grace. Hopefully, Stewart is down incognito and still loving life.

I will admit: I am a fan of shows like Frasier. Don't ask about my other favorites from this era, as it will only make me seem even more of a doof. But it sounds like Daphne Crane (nee Moon) is also out. So I wonder: is this going to be (I have to assume it will) a present day sorta' thing? If so, I can see how they will try to find new characters and new situations to explore . . . which, to my mind, is a mistake, esp. if they can't get some of the original cast involved. Sure, Martin is no longer with us (RIP). But you would hope at least that Roz (I admit, I was smitten with her) and Bulldog (the best instance of a gay actor playing a lug of a hetro jerk) would appear.

And I know that Frasier worked originally without a lot of interplay between his character and the launching point of Cheers (though they did the occasional touch-back episode or made the infrequent reference). But I also fear that what might happen to B&B will happen to this reboot. Current re-runs of Frasier have casually funny things bleeped out when they air. And they are relatively tame things, no less! But I fear that our current moment will blunt the sort of things that, in the mix, made shows like this good.

I also find it sorta' amazing that Grammer is getting this chance. His reputation is not squeaky-clean. But I enjoyed his dramatic turn in Boss. And he has that voice, and those mannerisms, which make him enjoyable nonetheless.

[stu]

reboots are bad enough. but when you try to just extend the show (with the original actors) like the characters were never “missing” from tv, it really gets messy. i was so looking forward to the murphy brown continuation a while back - couldn’t make it through the third episode. plus they rarely make it through 2 seasons so why get our hopes up?
oh and they already rebooted b&b once - and while it was nostalgic, it wasn’t that good. but i’ll watch this one as well. i’m a sucker for frog baseball.

[crued]

Allyson: "Hey bay-be":D

And to show my age I saw the very first Airing of MTV and "Frog Baseball" :/

[crued]

here's a clip of what to expect from the comedy central show. I can't wait!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6reartm5Uw

[Rita]

One of my favorite lines ever is from the first Fraser episode.

Martin was introducing his dog to someone (can't recall who now) and they ask his name. Martin says "Eddie Spaghetti".

The person says "oh he likes pasta??"

Martin says " No, he has worms."

Ha ha, still classic.

[Jeff]

I'm shocked cancel culture hasn't already attacked to this...

[bkallday]

Love B&B, awesome show and right down my immature alley. But it will not be as good as it was because it will hafta be pc and up to the soft societal standards of 2021. Bashing a certain political party/ppl will probably be a bigger part of the show, along with pushing certain ridiculous agendas. In other words, theyre gonna try to make B&B seem like they care about this crap, and attempt to completely change them as ppl. This will obviously turn the show into something completely different, which kinda defeats the whole purpose imo. Can't comment on Frasier, i hate that show.

[Him]

Rita, you have good taste (which sounds odd after reading your comment!). But that is the first episode! Frasier is showing Daphne around the house. Hilarious!!! And people forget just how talented John Mahoney was as an actor. He was great in his roles in Mamet films (an acquired taste, to be sure). His work in theater (I have seen some videos), and dedication to Chicago's theater scene, is less appreciated than it should be. But, boy oh boy, could he play a grumpy oaf with a tender side! He was a kinder, gentler, version of Mr. Bunker, and well suited to play the foil to the uptight lead character.

Funny thing is, Mike Judge was on an episode of Frasier if I am not mistaken. And I want to be clear: I enjoyed B&B for what it was. I also enjoyed Silicon Valley (and his cameos were hilarious), though I have some friends in tech that hated that show with a passion. Crued, that clip does suggest it might still maintain a bit of an edge. I also understand bkallday's point to a degree. But Judge is fairly non-political, lovingly and transgressively poking fun at all sides of the aisle (again, see how he skewers new-Agey stuff on Silicon Valley and also pokes at dumb autocratic tendencies in the highly--to me, at least--overrated Idiocracy). I guess the issue is the degree to which his minders have control over content. If he has more control than not, perhaps my initial reservations with be for naught.

But we live in delicate times. Even a Prius-driving hermit like me can recognize that (and know that what I mean to suggest is that I have an old ad for Prius in a magazine I found that I taped to the inside of my tent . . . my 'home' one, not the 'office' one). Go back and re-watch many of the top shows from the 80s and 90s. There are things in those shows that now won't pass muster, are (as I noted) bleeped out, or are otherwise tone-deaf by today's standards. Thing is, there are also shows out now that do push the envelope in ways that they likely couldn't have 'back in the day'. The Boys comes to mind. So you need a venue that will allow a bit of freedom (which often means it is shielded from the concerns that some of the more traditional outlets have about sponsors).

And Stu is right . . . reboots have a bad track record. His comments on Murphy Brown were spot on. It is hard to recapture that cliched lightning in a bottle. In fact, I am having trouble recalling many times when it worked. Oh wait. There is After MASH. I kid.