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Subject: Beavis and Butthead
Category: Arts and Entertainment
Asked by: hobbes-ga
List Price: $15.00
Posted: 22 Jan 2003 20:11 PST
Expires: 21 Feb 2003 20:11 PST
Question ID: 147310
I need media responce to the early 90's popularity of MTV's Beavis and
Butthead. I'm looking, in particular, for reviews from influential
media. I need at least 3 articles from trade magazines (Broadcasting,
Television Age, Variety, Television Quarterly, Sponsor, Advertising
Age, Adweek, American Cinematographer, Film and Video, or Electronic
Media) and 3 additional sources from popular magazines (TV Guide, NY
Times, Time, etc.) The name of the magazine, date, and title of
article are nescessary.
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Subject: Re: Beavis and Butthead
Answered By: aceresearcher-ga on 23 Jan 2003 00:52 PST
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Greetings, hobbes!

Who would have thought that such an unlikely duo could engender such
serious philosophical discussion?


From Museum TV's Archives article on "Beavis and Butthead":
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FURTHER READING 

Barrett, Wayne M. "Beavis and Butt-Head: Social Critics or the End of
Civilization as We Know It?" USA Today Magazine (New York), September
1994.

Gardner, James. "Beavis and Butt-head." National Review (New York), 2
May 1994.

Hudis, Mark. "Heh-Heh. Heh-Heh. That's Cool. So You Thought Ren &
Stimpy was Tasteless. MTV's Beavis and Butt-head Go Beyond Tasteless
and Crude." MediaWeek (Brewster, New York), 2 August 1993.

Hulktrans, Andrew. "MTV Rules (For a Bunch of Wussies)." Artforum (New
York), February 1994.

Katz, Jon. "Animated Arguments: Why the Show's Critics Just Don't Get
It." Rolling Stone (New York), 24 March 1994.

Leland, John. "Battle For Your Brain." Newsweek (New York) 11 October
1993.

Mandese, Joe. "Job is All Fun and Games for MTV New Media Exec: Del
Sesto Interacts with Beavis and Butt-head." Advertising Age (New
York), 7 February 1994.

Young, Charles M. "Meet the Beavis! The Last Word From America's
Phenomenal Pop Combo." Rolling Stone (New York), 24 March 1994.

Zagano, Phyllis. "Beavis and Butt-head, Free Your Minds!" America (New
York), 5 March 1994.
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http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/beavisandbu/beavisandbu.htm


"We Can Sit Here Bemoaning Beavis and Butt-Head Or We Can Learn From
Their Appeal" by Margot Hornblower, Time Magazine (June 09, 1997)
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/from_search/0,10987,1101970609-137812,00.html

"Spectator: Are Beavis and Butt-head Arty? Today everyone from
Shandling to Schwarzenegger is a postmodernist" by Kurt Andersen, Time
Magazine (June 21, 1993)
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/from_search/0,10987,1101930621-161935,00.html

"Beavis and Butt-head: Cool? Or Yet Another Blow to Civilization?" by
Howard Rosenberg, The Los Angeles Times (July 9, 1993)
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/abstract/60336679.html?did=60336679&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&PMID=33796&desc=Beavis+and+Butt-head:+Cool%3f+Or+Yet+Another+Blow+to+Civilization%3f

Playboy Magazine "20 Questions: Mike Judge" January 1997
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~ewillson/playboyinterview.html

Thursday, February 25, 1999 "Beavis and Butthead Charm the
Intelligentsia" By Andrei Zolotov Jr., Staff Writer, The Moscow Times
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:4QKCwXfq3GUC:unix.cc.wmich.edu/~butterfi/344/articles/mt.beavis.butthead.html+%22Beavis+and+Butthead%22+magazine&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Last Lecture by Daniel P. Murphy Hanover College Department of History
(September 14-16, 1993)
http://history.hanover.edu/texts/beavis.html


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Before Rating my Answer, if you have any questions about this
information, please post a Request for Clarification, and I will be
glad to see what I can do for you.

I hope that this Answer provides you with exactly the information that
you needed!

Regards,

aceresearcher

Request for Answer Clarification by hobbes-ga on 27 Jan 2003 22:59 PST
Ace-
Lots of good sources, but only one from the trade mags I listed (The
article from Advertising Age.) I need two more for my
research--anything you can find?

Clarification of Answer by aceresearcher-ga on 28 Jan 2003 04:43 PST
Hi, hobbes!

I'm sorry, I did not understand that the trade magazine references had
to be from ONLY those you listed -- I thought you were giving examples
of trade magazines. Media Week and ArtForum are trade magazines, so I
thought that those would fulfill your requirements.

I will look farther to see if I can find something for those specific
magazines. In the meantime, would you be able to check whether the
Media Week and ArtForum references would be considered acceptable
references for trade magazines?

Thanks,

aceresearcher

Clarification of Answer by aceresearcher-ga on 31 Jan 2003 22:27 PST
Hi, hobbes!

Since I have not yet heard from you as to whether the citations from
Media Week and ArtForum are acceptable references from trade
magazines, I wanted to let you know that I will be out of town for a
few days. However, I will try to check this question periodically
during that time, as well as to look for references from the trade
magazines that you listed (Broadcasting,
Television Age, Variety, Television Quarterly, Sponsor, Advertising 
Age, Adweek, American Cinematographer, Film and Video, or Electronic 
Media). If the Media Week and ArtForum references are not acceptable,
please be patient with me, and we should have you taken care of within
a week.

Thanks,

aceresearcher

Request for Answer Clarification by hobbes-ga on 01 Feb 2003 00:26 PST
Sorry my response took so long, but no, Media Week and Artforum aren't
applicable trade magazines for my research--the magazines I listed are
what I'm limited to. Let me know if you can find anything from these
sources

Clarification of Answer by aceresearcher-ga on 01 Feb 2003 05:48 PST
Okay, I'll keep looking. Do you have a specific deadline date when you
need to have the 2 additional citations?

aceresearcher

Request for Answer Clarification by hobbes-ga on 01 Feb 2003 11:09 PST
If at all possible, by this wednesday or thursday (the 4th or 5th).

Clarification of Answer by aceresearcher-ga on 07 Feb 2003 15:07 PST
Hi, hobbes!

My apologies for the delay. I am travelling out-of-state this week,
and was not able to get access to the Internet until today.

I have searched over 1,500 article summaries on Lexis-Nexis (
http://www.lexis-nexis.com ). While it appears that most of these only
reference "Beavis and Butt-Head" in passing, I believe that I have
found several articles from the Industry magazines which will meet
your needs.


Electronic Media,  May 04, 1998,  News; Pg. 1,  1605 words, "Surf and
Groove: Study Snaps Shot of MTV Viewers", by Diane Mermigas, Financial
Editor

Electronic Media,  May 08, 1995,  Special Report; Pg. 38,  2217 words,
"NCTA Surfer; Beavus and Butt-Head Still Rule at Viacom", by Wayne
Walley

Electronic Media,  July 18, 1994,  Pg. 24,  931 words, "Animation
Blooms In New Era of Kids TV", by Thomas Tyrer

Electronic Media,  October 18, 1993, "The Second Front" Pg. 24,  201
words, "Drawing fire; Incidents spur changes at 'Beavis & Butt-head'",
by Jon Lafayette, Staff reporter


Advertising Age,  November 30, 1998, "Special Report" Pg. S18,  2369
words, "At Family Hour, Edgy Content A Daily Battle: Both Cable and
Broadcast Grapple With Sex, Language, Violence", by Ed Martin

Advertising Age,  July 04, 1994,  Pg. S6,  387 words, "Van Toffler,
Beavis & Butt-Head", by Joe Mandese

Advertising Age,  February 21, 1994,  NEWS; Pg. 3,  888 words, "If it
entertains, Viacom's $ 26B giant will offer it", by Joe Mandese,
Contributing: Gary Levin, Scott Donaton and Jeffery D. Zabar.

Advertising Age,  February 14, 1994, "Special Report: Marketing To
Kids" Pg. S-6,  969 words, "Violence still an issue in kids TV; Recent
announcements answer some questions but raise others", by Jeff Jensen


Adweek, November l, 1993, p. 16, "Sex and Violence Roundly Abhorred",
by Kellie Krumplitsch and Alison Brower


Again, before Rating my Answer, if you have any questions about this
information, please post a Request for Clarification, and I will be
glad to see what I can do for you.
 
I hope that this Clarification has provided you with the additional
information that you needed!
 
Regards, 
 
aceresearcher
hobbes-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars
Despite some complications, hey, works for me.

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