To quote Space Ghost himself, "I'll be dead long before you were born, and I'll be dead long before you'll be dead."
In 1994, producer Mike Lazzo donned a pith helmet, filled his arms with machetes, and trekked into the darkest corners of the bleak, terrifying Hanna-Barbera cartoon library. In the depths, he re-discovered a long-forgotten, one-season animated series from 1966 called "Space Ghost," a superhero show about a white-clad, cape-wearing starship captain who fought bud-like villains in the inky void of the cosmos. Space Ghost, voiced by Gary Owens, could pass through walls and oversaw a pair of sidekicks named Jan (Ginny Tyler) and Jace (Tim Matheson) as well as a chimp named Blip (Don Messick).
Like most of Hanna-Barbera's output, "Space Ghost" was strange and awful. 20 years later, reruns of shows like "Space Ghost" were increasingly enjoyed exclusively by college students under the influence of potent smokables. One would be...
In 1994, producer Mike Lazzo donned a pith helmet, filled his arms with machetes, and trekked into the darkest corners of the bleak, terrifying Hanna-Barbera cartoon library. In the depths, he re-discovered a long-forgotten, one-season animated series from 1966 called "Space Ghost," a superhero show about a white-clad, cape-wearing starship captain who fought bud-like villains in the inky void of the cosmos. Space Ghost, voiced by Gary Owens, could pass through walls and oversaw a pair of sidekicks named Jan (Ginny Tyler) and Jace (Tim Matheson) as well as a chimp named Blip (Don Messick).
Like most of Hanna-Barbera's output, "Space Ghost" was strange and awful. 20 years later, reruns of shows like "Space Ghost" were increasingly enjoyed exclusively by college students under the influence of potent smokables. One would be...
- 5/4/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Paramount+ has released the official trailer for season two of the adult animated series Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head. The first two episodes will premiere April 20 in the U.S. and Canada, and in Australia and the U.K. on Friday, April 21, with further international markets to follow.
In the second season, Beavis and Butt-Head return as, natch, two guys who like things that are cool and hate things that suck.
Created and voiced by writer, producer and director Mike Judge, the characters originated in Judge’s 1992 short film Frog Baseball, which was broadcast by MTV’s animation showcase “Liquid Television.” After MTV commissioned a full series around the characters, Beavis and Butt-Head ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 1997. The series was revived in 2011 with an eighth season airing on MTV.
The show’s popularity spawned various related media, including the theatrical film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America in...
In the second season, Beavis and Butt-Head return as, natch, two guys who like things that are cool and hate things that suck.
Created and voiced by writer, producer and director Mike Judge, the characters originated in Judge’s 1992 short film Frog Baseball, which was broadcast by MTV’s animation showcase “Liquid Television.” After MTV commissioned a full series around the characters, Beavis and Butt-Head ran for seven seasons from 1993 to 1997. The series was revived in 2011 with an eighth season airing on MTV.
The show’s popularity spawned various related media, including the theatrical film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America in...
- 3/28/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Mike Judge as the voice of Butt-Head and Beavis in Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head Paramount+ has announced that the second season of adult animated series Mike Judge’S Beavis And Butt-head will premiere two episodes on the service Thursday, April 20 in the U.S. and Canada, and in Australia and the U.K. on Friday, April 21, with further international markets to follow. In the second season of Mike Judge’S Beavis And Butt-head, Beavis and Butt-Head triumphantly return as two guys who like things that are cool and don’t like things that suck.
Created and voiced by writer, producer and director Mike Judge, the characters of Beavis and Butt-Head originated in Judge’s 1992 short film “Frog Baseball,” which was broadcast by MTV’s animation showcase “Liquid Television.” After MTV commissioned a full series around the characters, “Beavis and Butt-Head” ran for seven seasons, from March 8, 1993 to Nov. 28, 1997. The series...
Created and voiced by writer, producer and director Mike Judge, the characters of Beavis and Butt-Head originated in Judge’s 1992 short film “Frog Baseball,” which was broadcast by MTV’s animation showcase “Liquid Television.” After MTV commissioned a full series around the characters, “Beavis and Butt-Head” ran for seven seasons, from March 8, 1993 to Nov. 28, 1997. The series...
- 3/9/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Paramount+ has announced the return date for Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head. The second season will premiere with two episodes on Thursday, April 20 in the U.S. and Canada, and in Australia and the U.K. on Friday, April 21, with further international markets to follow.
Originally announced as a two-season pickup, in Season 2 of the adult animated series Beavis and Butt-Head triumphantly return as two guys who like things that are cool and don’t like things that suck.
Created and voiced by writer, producer and director Judge, the characters of Beavis and Butt-Head originated in Judge’s 1992 short film Frog Baseball, which was broadcast by MTV’s animation showcase “Liquid Television.” After MTV commissioned a full series around the characters, Beavis and Butt-Head ran for seven seasons, from March 8, 1993 to Nov. 28, 1997. The series was revived in 2011 with an eighth season airing on MTV. During its initial run, Beavis and Butt-Head...
Originally announced as a two-season pickup, in Season 2 of the adult animated series Beavis and Butt-Head triumphantly return as two guys who like things that are cool and don’t like things that suck.
Created and voiced by writer, producer and director Judge, the characters of Beavis and Butt-Head originated in Judge’s 1992 short film Frog Baseball, which was broadcast by MTV’s animation showcase “Liquid Television.” After MTV commissioned a full series around the characters, Beavis and Butt-Head ran for seven seasons, from March 8, 1993 to Nov. 28, 1997. The series was revived in 2011 with an eighth season airing on MTV. During its initial run, Beavis and Butt-Head...
- 3/8/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The all-new ‘adult’ animated TV series “Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head” streams August 4, 2022 on Paramount+:
Created and voiced by writer, producer, director Mike Judge (“King of the Hill”) the characters of Beavis and Butt-Head originated in Judge’s 1992 short film “Frog Baseball” broadcast on MTV‘s “Liquid Television.”
After MTV commissioned a full series around the characters, Beavis and Butt-Head ran for seven seasons from March 8, 1993 to Nov. 28, 1997. The series was revived in 2011 with an eighth season airing on MTV.
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Created and voiced by writer, producer, director Mike Judge (“King of the Hill”) the characters of Beavis and Butt-Head originated in Judge’s 1992 short film “Frog Baseball” broadcast on MTV‘s “Liquid Television.”
After MTV commissioned a full series around the characters, Beavis and Butt-Head ran for seven seasons from March 8, 1993 to Nov. 28, 1997. The series was revived in 2011 with an eighth season airing on MTV.
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- 8/4/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Joseph Baxter Dec 5, 2017
The entire run of the 1990s’ definitive animation showcase, Liquid Television, is now available to watch for free...
Those who come from a generation that can elegiacally recall the days when the programming line-up of MTV (Music Television) not only consisted of music videos, but thought-provoking cutting edge original programing, will likely remember late-night viewings of the cable channel’s bellwether mixed-media showcase, Liquid Television. While it’s not coming back anytime soon, a nostalgic boon has just arrived, making the show’s entire run available to stream.
Indeed, Liquid Television was the crucial 1990s platform responsible for the emergence of would-be MTV hit series Beavis And Butt-Head, along with the bizarre, ultraviolent and titillating assassin series Æon Flux, which, in 2005, would be adapted as a movie starring Charlize Theron. Now, the series has been made available for consumption in its originally-aired form, thanks to the folks at Internet Archive,...
The entire run of the 1990s’ definitive animation showcase, Liquid Television, is now available to watch for free...
Those who come from a generation that can elegiacally recall the days when the programming line-up of MTV (Music Television) not only consisted of music videos, but thought-provoking cutting edge original programing, will likely remember late-night viewings of the cable channel’s bellwether mixed-media showcase, Liquid Television. While it’s not coming back anytime soon, a nostalgic boon has just arrived, making the show’s entire run available to stream.
Indeed, Liquid Television was the crucial 1990s platform responsible for the emergence of would-be MTV hit series Beavis And Butt-Head, along with the bizarre, ultraviolent and titillating assassin series Æon Flux, which, in 2005, would be adapted as a movie starring Charlize Theron. Now, the series has been made available for consumption in its originally-aired form, thanks to the folks at Internet Archive,...
- 12/4/2017
- Den of Geek
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress, as presented by the creators themselves. At the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Half the Picture
Logline: A feature length documentary about the dismal number of women directors working in Hollywood.
Elevator Pitch:
“Half the Picture” is a feature length documentary about women directors in Hollywood, using the current Eeoc investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework for conversations with successful women directors about their paths, their struggles, their inspiration and their hopes for the future.
After 11 months of shooting, we’ve completed over 40 interviews with Lena Dunham, Catherine Hardwicke, Miranda July, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kimberly Peirce, Karyn Kusama, Rosanna Arquette, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Mary Harron, Kasi Lemmons, Chris Hegedus,...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Half the Picture
Logline: A feature length documentary about the dismal number of women directors working in Hollywood.
Elevator Pitch:
“Half the Picture” is a feature length documentary about women directors in Hollywood, using the current Eeoc investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework for conversations with successful women directors about their paths, their struggles, their inspiration and their hopes for the future.
After 11 months of shooting, we’ve completed over 40 interviews with Lena Dunham, Catherine Hardwicke, Miranda July, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kimberly Peirce, Karyn Kusama, Rosanna Arquette, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Mary Harron, Kasi Lemmons, Chris Hegedus,...
- 11/10/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
MTV's Scream pilot ticks all the boxes without feeling rote or formulaic. It's a witty, twisty, thrill for fans of the original...
I never would have thought I would watch as much MTV as I do. Once upon a time, MTV was a must-watch for music videos, and maybe weird cartoons like Beavis And Butthead or Liquid Television. Other than that, I never really had a lot of engagement with MTV or its programming. Then Teen Wolf came along, and everything seemed to change for the former Music Television. Now they're producing some great TV, attracting great ratings in their demographic, and killing it on the teen horror front. Teen Wolf wasn't enough; now the network is reaching into its bag of nasty tricks and unleashing a television adaptation of Scream on the world.
Scream is something of a horror classic, just because it references so many genre classics. It's...
I never would have thought I would watch as much MTV as I do. Once upon a time, MTV was a must-watch for music videos, and maybe weird cartoons like Beavis And Butthead or Liquid Television. Other than that, I never really had a lot of engagement with MTV or its programming. Then Teen Wolf came along, and everything seemed to change for the former Music Television. Now they're producing some great TV, attracting great ratings in their demographic, and killing it on the teen horror front. Teen Wolf wasn't enough; now the network is reaching into its bag of nasty tricks and unleashing a television adaptation of Scream on the world.
Scream is something of a horror classic, just because it references so many genre classics. It's...
- 7/1/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The full trailer for producer Adi Shankar's animated miniseries Judge Dredd: Superfiend has been released, and I'm completely sold. This thing looks strange, dark, funny, a little messed up, and completely insane… I love it. The trailer comes from Collider, who also got a statement from Shankar on how this miniseries fits in with the previously made "bootleg" short films that he's produced. Those films include "Dirty Laundry," which is based on The Punisher, and "Truth in Journalism," which is based on Venom. He also talks about the reason he decided to develop this project, and why he went with this style of animation. Judge Dredd: Superfiend was inspired by the “Dark Judges” comic book story arc. Here's what the producer revealed about it:
1. The “Bootleg Universe” is about viewing things through a fresh lens. I wanted to do something that played up the satirical tone of the Judge Dredd comics,...
1. The “Bootleg Universe” is about viewing things through a fresh lens. I wanted to do something that played up the satirical tone of the Judge Dredd comics,...
- 10/24/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
At the heart of the ABCs of Death series is something I absolutely cherish about horror cinema; the ability to take a short story and convey an idea that terrifies (or if we’re lucky grosses out). It strips out the bullshit ie all those love plots and pieces of character development that are wholly unnecessary to a good horror story. Horror shorts, anthology films and portmanteaus truly are my favorite way to watch horror fiction. From Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to Stephen King’s Night Shift. From Dead of Night to Creepshow. Bite size stories to tell around a campfire or underneath the covers or to read on the beach, that’s the way to consume horror in small portions.
ABCs of Death was comprised of 26 filmmakers creating horror fiction based on a letter of the alphabet and the sequel follows suit. No wrap story just right on into the sequence,...
ABCs of Death was comprised of 26 filmmakers creating horror fiction based on a letter of the alphabet and the sequel follows suit. No wrap story just right on into the sequence,...
- 10/20/2014
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
The Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is just weeks away (opening August 8). While we're waiting for a new Bay-tastic reiteration of a childhood classic, the fine folks at Animation Domination High-Def decided to put a Bay-style spin on another nostalgic hit. Icons of the MTV generation, slacker nerd-creeps Beavis and Butt-head originally appeared as part of the network's Liquid Television series. They quickly became a favorite for those who appreciate lewd humor and subversive social commentary (and those of you who don't are probably pod people). This version of Beavis and Butt-head finds the pals more heroic than ever, sporting firearms and roaming a city in chaos. Fellow Highland High student Daria also makes an appearance, with a sexy makeover...
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- 6/11/2014
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
MTV continues bolstering its slate of digital content with a second season of workplace comedy Fast Food Heights. The six-episode season, starring Nicole Byer (Girl Code) and YouTube star Jimmy Wong, will premiere May 14 on digital platform MTV Other. New episodes of the comedy from writer-director Greg Tuculescu will roll out every Wednesday through June 18. Joining Fast Food Heights on the network is animation franchise Liquid Television. Based on the original series that aired on MTV from 1989 to 1991, Liquid Television features a collection of animated shorts from executive producer Chris Prynoski. The first
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- 5/8/2014
- by Natalie Jarvey
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
So, what's happening? Yeah, listen, I'm gonna need you to go ahead and face your own mortality. If you could just acknowledge that Office Space came out 15 years ago this week, and that this means You're Old? That'd be great, thanks. Office Space isn't just a cult classic, it might be the quintessential cult classic of the '90s. Look at the criteria: it had origins in something cool and offbeat (the "Milton" animated shorts had played on MTV's Liquid Television and later Saturday Night Live); it tanked in theaters but found an audience through TV and home video; and it's now frequently quoted and referenced by people who may not have actually watched it in years. Red staplers, Tps reports, and that no-talent ass-clown Michael Bolton know...
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- 2/20/2014
- by Eric D. Snider
- Movies.com
Why Watch? Apologies for the cartoon dong. In celebration of the odd, this animated short from Andrew “Griff” Griffin and Scott Garrett stands out despite a well-worn premise of wish-fulfillment. They overcome that cliche by having truly bizarre characters answer what they deeply long for. Slightly reminiscent of MTV’s Liquid Television, the animation is cheerfully lumpy, suiting the punchline-machine perfectly. Hat tip to Short of the Week for this one. What Will It Cost? About 3 minutes. Watch More Short Films...
- 7/29/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Fox has decided to branch out its Animation Domination block by including Animation Domination HD late Saturday nights. The initial announcement of this expansion makes me happy on a number of levels.
The most easily gratified level is the “I like animation” one, which, by now, anyone who reads this column is already familiar. Yes, I am still a fan of animation and that probably will never end. As a medium, animation offers possibilities for storytelling that most other film methods don’t. Your limits consist mainly of whether or not you or someone on your team can actually draw the thing you want to depict. Animation also carries the distinctive hallmarks of its creators more obviously and more readily than a lot of other film. After watching interviews with Chuck Jones, you can’t help but see the man all over Wile E. Coyote and Tom and Jerry when he started directing those cartoons.
The most easily gratified level is the “I like animation” one, which, by now, anyone who reads this column is already familiar. Yes, I am still a fan of animation and that probably will never end. As a medium, animation offers possibilities for storytelling that most other film methods don’t. Your limits consist mainly of whether or not you or someone on your team can actually draw the thing you want to depict. Animation also carries the distinctive hallmarks of its creators more obviously and more readily than a lot of other film. After watching interviews with Chuck Jones, you can’t help but see the man all over Wile E. Coyote and Tom and Jerry when he started directing those cartoons.
- 7/29/2013
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
The last time I saw Marton Csokas was 2011s The Debt. The last thing you might have seen him in was Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter unless you saw Pawn. The only beef I have with him is 2005s Aeon Flux. To be fair, that was a hell of a thing to adapt to the big screen and while the animated series is one of my favorites it just was not destined for life beyond MTV's Liquid Television. But my beef lies in the fact that he was in no way, shape or form Trevor Goodchild. If anything, he should...
- 5/17/2013
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
I am in deep smit with all things late 80s and 90s Nickelodeon. I recently did another marathon of The Adventures Of Pete And Pete. I figured that several of you might be overly nostalgic like myself when it comes those years of Nick. Some days I wish there was a channel that just played all the old stuff that I used to love along with the commercials that would play in between. This includes old MTV with music videos and Liquid Television. Okay, I've gotta stop and tell you more about this...
- 4/12/2013
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
Start talking about a Top Five list for anything, and I’m instantly thinking Hi-Fidelity starring John Cusack as a music store owner with exceptionally good taste who is most likely the godfather of aspiring hipsters around the turn of the century. That is not to say that I do not find common ground with Cusack in his role as Rob Gordon. His emotional outbursts and socially driven commentary concerning relationships is flowery, fun and, at times, very honest. Throughout the movie Gordon recites various Top Five lists or asks his coworkers or friends to do the same. He even creates a record label called Top Five Records. So today I’m giving you my Top Five of all time (along with my Liberal Dead brothers in arms)…
Top Five Movies To Watch During Halloween (in no particular order):
1. The Funhouse – You guys Love the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I love the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Top Five Movies To Watch During Halloween (in no particular order):
1. The Funhouse – You guys Love the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I love the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
- 10/30/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
Comedy Central is getting animated with Triptank. The Viacom-owned cable channel has picked up eight episodes of the series, which is slated to premiere next fall. The weekly series is designed to showcase a range of recurring animated shorts, from both new voices and established talent, built into a half-hour block much like the 1990s hit Liquid Television. The plots, which will come from such names as Will Ferrell's partner Adam McKay, Tom Gammill (The Simpsons, Monk) and Jon Glaser (Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Human Giant), range from a magical alcoholic wheelchair helping sick children to a group of aliens studying the world’s
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- 10/18/2012
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Weed movies to get another shot at redemption
Even as a fully bloodshot stoner of a teenager and young adult, I never was much for the pot movies. The stuff that was out there when I was growing up, the comedies, were mostly of the old Cheech & Chong variety, which were a bit outside of my demographic wheelhouse. I got to see a couple of them but they didn’t do a lot for me. And it wasn’t because I wasn’t high enough, believe you me.
I think it had more to do with the portrayal of potheads as dummies, and that I felt laughing at that kind of thing would, by extension, mean that I was a dummy, which I totally was when I was high. Dummies are afraid to go into grocery stores. Dummies get confused at crosswalks. In the early ’90s, dummies watched Liquid Television.
Even as a fully bloodshot stoner of a teenager and young adult, I never was much for the pot movies. The stuff that was out there when I was growing up, the comedies, were mostly of the old Cheech & Chong variety, which were a bit outside of my demographic wheelhouse. I got to see a couple of them but they didn’t do a lot for me. And it wasn’t because I wasn’t high enough, believe you me.
I think it had more to do with the portrayal of potheads as dummies, and that I felt laughing at that kind of thing would, by extension, mean that I was a dummy, which I totally was when I was high. Dummies are afraid to go into grocery stores. Dummies get confused at crosswalks. In the early ’90s, dummies watched Liquid Television.
- 4/21/2012
- by Josh Converse
- Boomtron
The 1990s saw the rise of Nickelodeon and with it, the rise of some really strange, really awesome cartoons. And that was just one channel. MTV were trying out their Liquid Television programming while Cartoon Network laid the foundation for what would later become Adult Swim. Meanwhile, network television was trying some impressive stuff out as well. It wasn't the 1980s golden age of kids cartoons, but it was certainly a time of high innovation and fun. With the return of 90s staple Beavis and Butthead, here are our picks for 1990s cartoons we want back on television.
- 1/5/2012
- UGO TV
If Alex Bulkley and his ShadowMachine co-founder Corey Campodonico have their way, they’ll be at the center of TV’s animation boom. The duo behind Robot Chicken is developing an animation showcase entitled TripTank at Comedy Central. The project is set to feature a collection of recurring animated shorts built into a half-hour block much like the 1990's hit Liquid Television. The plots, which will come from such names as Will Ferrell's partner Adam McKay, Tom Gammill (The Simpsons, Monk) and Jon Glaser (Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Human Giant), range from a magical alcoholic wheelchair helping sick children to a group of aliens studying the world’s most
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- 12/13/2011
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It may stand for "Music Television," but everyone knows MTV has had little to do with its musical roots over the years, and rather, has become a celebrity-making machine. And even though Snooki may be a household name these days, she's far from the biggest name to emerge from the network. Before Jersey Shore, there was Remote Control, Singled Out, Liquid Television and these 11 other MTV shows that created careers.
- 11/30/2011
- UGO TV
Here's a fun little short film that is part early Universal horror (or Rko -- in particular, the Val Lewton films) and part Tim Burton. It is about a minute and half of what looks like stop-motion and puppetry, but is likely actually CGI. Either way that's fine, as the short is a cute piece of graveyard fun. The Gawper is the sort of thing that might have appeared between other shorts on MTV's Liquid Television, or would have been right at home between installments of an October movie marathon on some dusty regional TV station decades back. Check it out below. The same company responsible for this short, the brilliantly-named A Large Evil Corporation [1], also did this cool little animation that acts as opening credits / an animated poster for a film that doesn't exist, Unforgettable Evil From Mars. And the desktop wrestling short Blu-Tac wrestlers feels unfinished, but still...
- 10/24/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
As you may know, on Oct. 27 “Beavis and Butthead” will return to the airwaves almost 15 years after it left. What you may not know is that MTV, which originally aired the show, is now looking for the next “Beavis and Butthead.” Mike Judge’s seminal show got its start on “Liquid Television,” a show that promoted boundary-pushing animation in the early 1990s. In addition to “Beavis,” “Liquid Television” was also home to shows such as “Aeon Flux” and “Cartoon Sushi.” MTV announced the return of “Liquid Television” on Thursday, only this...
- 10/15/2011
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
As you may know, on Oct. 27 “Beavis and Butthead” will return to the airwaves almost 15 years after it left. What you may not know is that MTV, which originally aired the show, is now looking for the next “Beavis and Butthead.” Mike Judge’s seminal show got its start on “Liquid Television,” a show that promoted boundary-pushing animation in the early 1990s. In addition to “Beavis,” “Liquid Television” was also home to shows such as “Aeon Flux” and “Cartoon Sushi.” MTV announced the return of “Liquid Television” on Thursday, only this...
- 10/14/2011
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
There are two kinds of people who complain that MTV is not as good as it used to be. On one hand, you have people who just feel left out because they’ve aged beyond the network’s target demographic. (Admittedly, the network’s target demographic has consistently gotten younger: It used to skew towards pretentious twentysomethings, then towards angry teenagers, and now appears to be aimed almost exclusively at 12-year-olds with massive feelings.) This argument has always seemed silly to me, not too different from complaining that kids these days are worse than ever, music was so much better...
- 10/11/2011
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Cast your mind back to summer, 1992. You've been grounded after making fun of your dad's little yuppie ponytail. With nothing else to do, you pull up your really baggy jeans, throw your British Knights up on the coffee table and decide to watch a little MTV. Instead of seeing Dan Cortese in some crap about sports, you watch Liquid Television, and your world is changed. Quick primer for those born after 1990: MTV used to have an amazing animation department. They produced hits like Beavis and Butthead, Celebrity Deathmatch and Daria, as well as many other more obscure series (Aeon Flux, The Head, The Maxx) — all of which can trace their origins back to Liquid Television. Well, they must have noticed you wearing all that flannel again, because the '90s are back on MTV — at least as far as their programming goes. In addition to the Beavis and [...]...
- 10/11/2011
- Nerve
First things first: Happy National Coming Out Day! How will you commemorate the day?
As was mentioned in today's TVoT, Lee Daniels is teaming with Temple Grandin writer W. Merritt Johnson to develop a drama series with a transgender lead about NYC ball culture. THis will be for Showtime. I used to know a few folks involved in the ball culture, but I still know very little about the scene. Will look forward to learning more via this series. This is a bold move for Showtime.
Bishop Eddie Long has notified the young men he reached settlements with concerning allegations of inappropriate behavior that he will attempt to recover the money he paid them because they violated the confidentiality agreement.
DC Comics is giving Wonder Woman a father, which is angering some fans. They didn't aim low though – she'll be calling Zeus daddy.
Scottish Archbishop Mario Conti says that allowing...
As was mentioned in today's TVoT, Lee Daniels is teaming with Temple Grandin writer W. Merritt Johnson to develop a drama series with a transgender lead about NYC ball culture. THis will be for Showtime. I used to know a few folks involved in the ball culture, but I still know very little about the scene. Will look forward to learning more via this series. This is a bold move for Showtime.
Bishop Eddie Long has notified the young men he reached settlements with concerning allegations of inappropriate behavior that he will attempt to recover the money he paid them because they violated the confidentiality agreement.
DC Comics is giving Wonder Woman a father, which is angering some fans. They didn't aim low though – she'll be calling Zeus daddy.
Scottish Archbishop Mario Conti says that allowing...
- 10/11/2011
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
I'm not sure how long this has been online, but judging by the reaction I see it getting on Twitter today, either it hasn't been long or no one realized what MTV had done. But for those who spent late nights with MTV in the early '90s, when the channel celebrated the unusual corners of pop culture as well as the fat, chewy center, this is going to be one hell of a trip. And for younger animation fans that haven't had a chance to experience some of these shorts, it's a goldmine. Liquid Television was a ground-breaking animation anthology that featured some very early computer animation and very strange and funny shorts by noted animators and designers such as Charles Burns, Richard Sala, David Daniels, and Bill Plympton. It ran from 1991 to 1994; some of the included shorts were new, and others, like Mike Judge's Frog Baseball (the...
- 10/10/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Once upon a time, like the best rock 'n roll, MTV was unafraid to experiment. Yes, before the days of Britney Spears and The Real World, there was still plenty of crap on the network, but there were also some crazy short films and series broadcast as part of its early '90s Liquid Television lineup. Paving the way for Adult Swim, MTV regularly ran stuff like Aeon Flux, Henry Selick's Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions, Richard Sala's Invisible Hands, and Stick Figure Theatre. This last series consisted of sixty-second bits of animation drawn on 3x5 index cards that recreated classic films, using their original audio. And it included a few choice horror selections. After the jump, check out...
- 9/7/2011
- FEARnet
Normal 0 false false false En-us X-none X-none We all love King of the Hill, Office Space, Idiocracy and even Extract, and we're sure the people who actually watched The Goode Family dug it, but for our money, Mike Judge's finest creation will always remain Beavis & Butthead.
Thankfully, at long last, our two favorite imbeciles are coming back to MTV with a new series debuting this year. We made sure we had bangarang seat for the Beavis & Butthead panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 so we could see footage from the show and hear Judge himself talk about his plans. Here's what we learned:
The panel was moderated by none other than Johnny Knoxville, who shared bottles of Miller Genuine Draft with Judge. Knoxville is an admittedly lousy moderator. Beavis & Butthead started as an animated short that Judge did while going to school to become a math teacher and working as a musician.
Thankfully, at long last, our two favorite imbeciles are coming back to MTV with a new series debuting this year. We made sure we had bangarang seat for the Beavis & Butthead panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 so we could see footage from the show and hear Judge himself talk about his plans. Here's what we learned:
The panel was moderated by none other than Johnny Knoxville, who shared bottles of Miller Genuine Draft with Judge. Knoxville is an admittedly lousy moderator. Beavis & Butthead started as an animated short that Judge did while going to school to become a math teacher and working as a musician.
- 7/22/2011
- UGO TV
There are so many people who hate Family Guy for so many reasons. Animation purists have never forgiven the show for copying the DNA of The Simpsons (as if The Simpsons was the first show about a fat dumb dad and his wacky family). Artsy elitists argue that Family Guy is a shallow zingbot joke factory without any South Parkian depth. I know many jilted fans who prefer the original, pre-resurrection Family Guy; they are the same horrible people who bought all those Stewie Griffin T-shirts from Hot Topic back in summer 2002. There is something fundamentally poetic about hating Family Guy,...
- 5/26/2011
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
We got some news in this morning that animator Bill Plympton is scheduled to appear at Tromadance Film Fest.
From the Press Release:
March 1, 2011 (New York, NY)- Academy Award nominee, veteran animator, and director Bill Plympton (The Cow Who Wanted to Be A Hamburger,Your Face and the award winning feature film Idiots and Angels) has agreed to be a guest panelist at the 12th Annual Tromadance Film Festival (April 22-23, Asbury Park, New Jersey), it was announced today by Tromadance Founder Lloyd Kaufman. Mr. Plympton will be appearing Saturday, April 23 at the official Tromadance venue, the Showroom Theater (708 Cookman Ave, Asbury Park, NJ 07712).
Mr. Plympton has contributed cartoons to publications such as The Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. His animations and short films have appeared on MTV's Liquid Television and Cartoon Sushi. Mr. Plympton has also created ground breaking animated music videos for artistsKanye West,...
- 3/1/2011
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
MTV used its upfront presentation on Wednesday (Feb. 2) to confirm a rumor circulating since last summer: Beavis and Butt-head are returning to the small screen. When are Mike Judge's metal-loving miscreants returning and in what form? It's unclear. The network didn't go into that much detail, though it's expected the could be back this summer. "Beavis & Butt-head" began its life as part of MTV's "Liquid Television" block and then ran as a stand-alone series from 1993 until the fittingly (but apparently falsely) titled finale "Beavis and Butt-head Are Dead" in 1997. The characters were featured in a...
- 2/3/2011
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
A friend from Lionsgate sent this to me the other day and I had to share the Infinite Santa 8000 experience with y'all. This animated series reminds me of the old Liquid Television that aired on MTV back in the 90's, and has some hints of what you'd see late night on Cartoon Network or even the anime shows that Syfy had going for a while. I'm digging this series and be sure to check out the website because it has a lot going on over there! I'm loving this series! Plot:
"A thousand years ago the world completely collapsed. Everyone must kill to survive, even Santa."
Visit the official Infinite Santa 8000 website...
- 11/13/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
On Monday night (August 30), the new cast of "Dancing With the Stars" was revealed, and like previous seasons, it's an incredible cross-section of actors, musicians, athletes and whatever category Bristol Palin falls into. The headliners include two championship ring-owning athletes (Kurt Warner and Rick Fox), everyone's favorite television mom (Florence Henderson), a platinum R&B star (Brandy), an actress who once played a dancer (Jennifer Grey) and David Hasselhoff.
The lineup also includes a pair of MTV stars: "Jersey Shore" philosopher Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and "The Hills" vixen Audrina Patridge. If "Dancing With the Stars" really wanted to go all-in with the MTV crowd, they should have made the cast an all-mtv affair, featuring the following network all-stars.
(Click here for the MTV stars we'd like to see on "Dancing With the Stars"!)
Mike "The Miz" Mizanin
The veteran of "The Real World: Back to New York" and seemingly...
The lineup also includes a pair of MTV stars: "Jersey Shore" philosopher Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and "The Hills" vixen Audrina Patridge. If "Dancing With the Stars" really wanted to go all-in with the MTV crowd, they should have made the cast an all-mtv affair, featuring the following network all-stars.
(Click here for the MTV stars we'd like to see on "Dancing With the Stars"!)
Mike "The Miz" Mizanin
The veteran of "The Real World: Back to New York" and seemingly...
- 8/31/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
I remember the first time I saw Mike Judge's Frog Baseball sometime back in the 90s. The idea of two stoner/metalheads laughing about playing baseball with frogs as the ball might seem a bit tame in today's extreme-animation world, but sandwiched between all the Liquid Television fluff, it stood out as completely amazing and memorable. A few years later after Beavis and Butt-head had already run its course, some guy on my soccer team was telling me about a movie he'd seen in the theatre that week called Office Space. I remember it so clearly because of his reserved-yet-gushing assessment that he may have (surprisingly) just seen one of the greatest movies of all time, and I like to think time proved him right. In my opinion there is no denying that Mike Judge is a man of vision. Which...
- 1/6/2010
- by Steven Nereo
- Huffington Post
At the age of 26, graphic novelist Dash Shaw has already delivered a genuine masterpiece. And not just any masterpiece: Bottomless Belly Button (EW's #5 book of 2008) is the kind of delicately observed, funny-sad multi-generational family saga that you expect from a maestro in the full flowering of their late-life artistic powers. Ingmar Bergman's Fanny & Alexander, say, or Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Shaw's nimble skill for storytelling and characterization is more than matched by his eclectic drawing style, which is simultaneously cartoonish, realistic, and impressionistic. Every page, every panel of his work combines the composed photographic detail of an...
- 12/24/2009
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
For those of you who watched MTV consistently during the 90’s, you may fondly remember writer/director/animator extraordinaire Bill Plympton’s bizarre cartoons, especially if you tuned into “Liquid Television” on a regular basis. The man’s work is surreal, haunting, and, sometimes, abnormally beautiful, though his technique may not be to everyone’s taste. His latest creation, the admittedly strange 2008 feature “Idiots and Angels,” promises to be his more focused endeavor thus far. Judging from the trailer embedded below, Plympton’s penchant for explicit sex and graphic violence appears to somewhat restrained. That being said, this is just a two-minute trailer, and as far as I know, the movie could be balls-out insane. As soon as I’ve seen it for myself, I’ll let you know. Here’s what it’s all about: Angel is a selfish, abusive, morally bankrupt man who hangs out as his local bar,...
- 12/17/2009
- by Todd
- Beyond Hollywood
Ken Ober, the humorous and abrasive host of the MTV game show “Remote Control,” has passed on. He was 52.
Airing at the apex of the MTV Network’s history, 1987 through 1990, Remote Control pitted three teenage or young adult contestants in a trivia competition, answering questions about music, television, and pop culture. The show also featured skits and character sketches from new improv comedians, helping launch the careers of Colin Quinn, Denis Leary and Adam Sandler. Several episodes are available online.
Remote Control, aside from being thoroughly enjoyable even two decades later, was notable for being one of MTV’s first forays into non-music video programming. The game show paved a path for all the subversively weird programming MTV would soon become famous for: Liquid Television, Beavis and Butt-Head, The State, Jackass, and Wonder Showzen all owe a debt of gratitude to Ken Ober and his comedic dissidence.
Sadly, following Remote Control’s cancellation,...
Airing at the apex of the MTV Network’s history, 1987 through 1990, Remote Control pitted three teenage or young adult contestants in a trivia competition, answering questions about music, television, and pop culture. The show also featured skits and character sketches from new improv comedians, helping launch the careers of Colin Quinn, Denis Leary and Adam Sandler. Several episodes are available online.
Remote Control, aside from being thoroughly enjoyable even two decades later, was notable for being one of MTV’s first forays into non-music video programming. The game show paved a path for all the subversively weird programming MTV would soon become famous for: Liquid Television, Beavis and Butt-Head, The State, Jackass, and Wonder Showzen all owe a debt of gratitude to Ken Ober and his comedic dissidence.
Sadly, following Remote Control’s cancellation,...
- 11/17/2009
- by Jaspers
- Atomic Popcorn
Year: 2009
Directors: Tarik Saleh
Writers: Tarik Saleh & Fredrik Edin & Martin Hultman & Stig Larsson
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: rochefort
Rating: 7 out of 10
"Metropia", Tarik Saleh's dystopian sci-fi animated feature about mind control and corporate espionage, features the voices of Vincent Gallo, Stellan Skarsgard, Alexander Skarsgard (Stellan's son), and Juliette Lewis, and integrates familiar elements of Orwellian sci-fi into an experience that is compelling thanks to a wholly distinctive look. Deliberate and dreamlike, it's the kind of film experience that will almost certainly diminish with repeat viewings, and is further proof that the best way to secure a place in the gestalt is to tell the most engaging story possible. On that front, "Metropia" is a disappointment, but don't let that stop you from seeing it. For the moment, its style is a unique one.
In the near future, economic and environmental collapse has led to the creation of...
Directors: Tarik Saleh
Writers: Tarik Saleh & Fredrik Edin & Martin Hultman & Stig Larsson
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: rochefort
Rating: 7 out of 10
"Metropia", Tarik Saleh's dystopian sci-fi animated feature about mind control and corporate espionage, features the voices of Vincent Gallo, Stellan Skarsgard, Alexander Skarsgard (Stellan's son), and Juliette Lewis, and integrates familiar elements of Orwellian sci-fi into an experience that is compelling thanks to a wholly distinctive look. Deliberate and dreamlike, it's the kind of film experience that will almost certainly diminish with repeat viewings, and is further proof that the best way to secure a place in the gestalt is to tell the most engaging story possible. On that front, "Metropia" is a disappointment, but don't let that stop you from seeing it. For the moment, its style is a unique one.
In the near future, economic and environmental collapse has led to the creation of...
- 10/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
A tweetup is a meeting amongst people who met or generally converse on Twitter. Miramax Films is working on perfecting the art of the tweetup. They held their first one in March to promote Adventureland, which is still one of my favorite films of the year. I wrote a recap of it a day later that you can read Here. On Thursday, Miramax held their second tweetup. They sent me an invite (through Twitter) and I, of course, said yes. I loved explaining to my boss why I needed to switch my hours.
Me – “Miramax invited me to a party to promote Mike Judge’s new film ‘Extract’. They are showing the film and then afterwards there’s a reception where we can get a drink and actually get to talk with Mike Judge. It’s an awesome opportunity.”
My Boss- “Who is Mike Judge?”
My boss doesn’t exactly...
Me – “Miramax invited me to a party to promote Mike Judge’s new film ‘Extract’. They are showing the film and then afterwards there’s a reception where we can get a drink and actually get to talk with Mike Judge. It’s an awesome opportunity.”
My Boss- “Who is Mike Judge?”
My boss doesn’t exactly...
- 9/5/2009
- by Jerry
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When Beavis and Butthead debuted on MTV’s Liquid Television in the very early 90s, it was not at all conceivable that its creator, animator and primary voice actor Mike Judge would, over the course of two decades, build a career that eventually conformed to the key points on the Troubled Maverick Timeline. First with those double entendre-happy half-brains to his long-running King of the Hill, Judge has done more to legitimize animation as a commercially viable vehicle for sly social critique than anyone in the post-Simpsons era save Matt Stone and Trey Parker. With Office Space, he cast Jennifer Aniston, then the biggest star on TV, in a sharp satire about 20 something stagnation far aw ...
- 9/3/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
MTV is bringing back a lot of stuff from the 90's-- The State, Denis Leary commercials, Aeon Flux and other Liquid Television spots, and the like on MTV2 Legit, a new series on MTV2. One of the recent additions to their web site is Sam Kieth's The Maxx, from MTV Oddities-- and the serie, from the co-creator of Sandman, is even weirder than I remembered. Take a look:
The Maxx...
The Maxx...
- 6/15/2009
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
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