'Beavis and Butt-head' return to MTV

Everyone’s favorite giggling, dim-witted boys are back in town, complete with the AC/DC and Metallica T-shirts they left with in the ’90s.

Beavis and Butt-head, the iconic animated characters from the mind of Mike Judge, have returned to the MTV airwaves just as immature as they ever were.

It’s been almost 15 years since the troublemakers last graced our television screens — with the original bout of shows airing from 1993-1997 — and from their antics two spin-offs emerged, “Daria” and “King of the Hill,” along with a feature-length film, “Beavis and Butt-head Do America,” thrown in there as well.

While originally the duo spent their time mocking music videos in a time when MTV actually played music videos, these days Beavis and Butt-head must find their amusement elsewhere with reality TV. The two take their usual seat on the sofa to mock such shows as MTV’s own “The Jersey Shore,” and “16 and Pregnant,” along with YouTube clips and UFC fights.

For their return, Judge has kept Beavis and Butt-head just as we left them: The somewhat-lovable man-childs are still the same age and at the same high school they attended those many years ago.

In turn, aside from the couch-laden snickering, Beavis and Butt-head will continue skipping school for their usual adventures as well. In this week’s return, the two find out that girls their age are all obsessed with the movie “Twilight” and they decide to try and become vampires and werewolves so that they can go out with said girls. In turn, they allow a homeless guy with hepatitis to bite them, mistaking him for an actual werewolf. You can only imagine what follows.

Judge has also managed to keep Beavis and Butt-head in the dark about the technology of the 21st century — the two are clueless as to what Twitter is and they are baffled by the notion that music videos can now be viewed on computers.

And that’s where the foreshadowing comes in. Are Beavis and Butt-head still relevant? In a day and age when anyone can voice their opinion on viral videos and dumb reality shows in an instance on Facebook and Twitter, and where shows such as “Talk Soup” and “Tosh.O” have emerged as clear front-runners on pop-culture commentary, will Beavis and Butt-head be able to survive among it all?

I think so. Beavis and Butt-head were the originators of the mock-commentary, and aside from their style being somewhat stale, I think it’s the characters that deserve the attention. And whether it be newbie teens getting their first dose of The Great Cornholio and “Hey Baby” pick-up lines or adults looking for a bit of nostalgia in their lives, I think Beavis and Butt-head will do America just as well as they used to.