SKEEVIS AND BUTT-FACE

BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD MTV 1993-1997

WHEN THE BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD PHENOMENON SPREADS INTO POLITICS
MAD #325, February 1994
w: Desmond Devlin
a: Sam Viviano

I figured 25 years would be long enough that when public figures were mentioned, they'd be long gone by now. I didn't know he'd be the president.

(“Woodrow” or “Woody” was often what they called an erection on the show)

Who knew Clarence Thomas (the judge with the pubic hair on the Coke can) would still be a judge? (Mario Cuomo was Governor of New York).

These guys, at least, are obscure to most people under 40 now.

(Ross Perot was a businessman who ran for president as an independent, Jack Kemp was a member of congress. William Bennett was a conservative pundit. Bob Dole was a Senator who also ran for President).

Dan Rather and Connie Chung are still around, but mostly retired.

(The interviewee is Boris Yeltsin, then the premier of Russia. The tattoo reference is to Gorbachev, the previous premiere, who had a prominent birthmark).

WHEN BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD GROW OLD
MAD #335, June 1995
w: Desmond Devlin
a: Sam Viviano

This article's just as much about the culture of 1995 growing old as much as it's about Beavis and Butt-Head. Let's see how accurate they were.

They start of with one wrong prediction. That Michael Jackson would still be alive when this takes place.

Jim Carrey's still around, but they also wrongly predicted that Sonny Bono would still be alive.

They were half right that we'd realize naming sports teams after ethnic groups is wrong, but rather than argue about the proper names about what any of them should be called, it wasn't even considered at all.

Because of Snoop Dogg at least we now know this is supposed to take place in 2058.

Butt-Head is now kept alive with his head in a jar at this point. Who knows if that will be possible then?

Half the show was an MST3K-like roast of them in front of the TV watching videos and making comments, possibly to justify their presence on MTV.
With that in mind, that's how Cracked did their parody. It was also an opportunity to do several parodies in one article.

SKEEVIS AND BUTT-FACE
Cracked # 287, January 1994
w: Andrew Osborne
a: Walter Brogan

They're watching Frasier, then Beverly Hills 90210

They're making fun of Shannen Doherty's asymmetrical face. All our faces are asymmetric but her features are more obvious. Gabrielle Carteris was playing a high school student at 33, thus a middle-aged person in the crowd.

American Gladiators

In pro-basketball, Dennis Rodman was known for dressing in drag as a way of showboating.

After the commercial is Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Then Lois & Clark, Then Late Night with Conan O'Brien. I don't know if this is a name-change or just a misspelling.

After constant flipping through channels, they finally find something they like.