Taking Sides: Beavis and Butthead vs Daria

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for the record, i say daria.

THANKYOU RICKY T!!

I say both shows are funny in different ways.

Daria should listen to more Carter.

(except nabisco and some other people)

My favorite mock critical phrase is "minimalist yet expansive"

By miles and miles, one of the funniest ever moments on TV was when they were going on the military camp trip and one of them asks the psycho bulging eye teacher "will we have a buddy system", and he goes "I had a buddy ONCE, then I got home and he'd MARRIED MY MOTHER!!!!!!" totally fucking freaking. It was classic.

daria wins by a mile. grateful dead fans are always right!

Also I think everyone who's harping on Daria's being humorless has not watched enough of the show: the whole premise was that Daria wandered around observing the hilarious antics of everyone else and dropping in a bon mot every sixth minute or so. In the end it was quite possibly more about Quinn than Daria.

(and I'm glad you've liked my posts, Ned)

I suspect a real world Claire Defoe, if only to evade the child-molesting charges... unless I'm sent back in time or something...

Actually, there IS a real-world Clair. She's married to a friend of mine, sadly (and typically) ...

Discuss.

i love both but my old roomamte had a song featured on daria so if forced to choose i'd give her her the edge.

more seriously (or as serious as you can be with B&B) one is a sketch show and one is a sitcom - can you compare 'em?

because it's not.

-- Sansai (dfasfds...), September 23rd, 2004.

OTM.

i don't think any show has nailed down the wasteland that is suburban america better than 'beavis and butthead'.

You looked it up? You have a stronger stomach and more courage than I ever will.

"What impasse?" Jane said. She felt lightheaded. No doubt it was due to the blood loss. Jane's legs felt drenched in it. SHe was trying to keep her anger up so that she didn't have to think about it and possibly throw up.

I hate it when my legs are drenched in blood loss.

It’s a strong likelihood the show’s pop soundtrack won’t make it to the DVDs – the very few releases so far have either replaced it with generic background music or nothing at all. It probably won’t matter to most, but I watched the series a lot on original broadcast and will always associate certain scenes with the music – Monaco’s “What Do You Want from Me” playing when Daria dressed up as Quinn, for example.

This really ruined the 21 Jump Street dvd, Johnny Depp or no.

so:

- State on DVD this month
- Dario on DVD next year
- "MTV2 Legit" = one hour a week of Beavis & Butthead, the Max, Aeon Flux, the State, and old MTV bumpers

all I need to do is take a vow of celibacy and start a band, and I can officially regress to exactly what I did with my spare time in high school

haha "dario"

I even tivo'ed mtv2 legit, I feel so pathetic.

I did too, but it's sort of unsatisfying -- it's mostly Beavis & Butthead w/o the videos, which isn't that good; the Max and Aeon Flux stuff is cut up into tiny out-of-context bits that are just like general reminders of what they were like; and my enjoyment of 90s MTV programming does not extend to needing to have Coolio videos on my DVR

they need to bring back Oddville

it's mostly Beavis & Butthead w/o the videos, which isn't that good; the Max and Aeon Flux stuff is cut up into tiny out-of-context bits that are just like general reminders of what they were like; and my enjoyment of 90s MTV programming does not extend to needing to have Coolio videos on my DVR

Yes, it was pretty disappointing -- it would be better if they expanded it, and included full episodes of B&B and Liquid Television. It's not like there's a lot of people flocking to MTV2 on Friday nights.

So has anybody else got the Daria DVD set? The whole music issue hasn't turned out so bad - the replacement soundtrack captures the feel of the original, though in a couple of cases it jars (like in the "Everybody Hurts" video reference).

The extras are fun, but a bit scanty; there's barely anything to the cast interviews.

But it's great to have the entire series on top-quality DVD.