Beavis and Butt-Head
Substitute
TV Flash files “Substitute” as hour 156 of 210 in the TV Flash guide — Beavis and Butt-Head (1993–1997) on MTV, season 6, episode 18, aired 1996-03-05, 15 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E18: listed hour 156 of 210 in the Beavis and Butt-Head guide, hour 18 of 20 in season 6. It aired 1996-03-05 (15 min). The listed hour before it is “P.T.A.” (S06E17). Next is “Shopping List” (S06E19).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Substitute sit in the Beavis and Butt-Head guide?
S06E18 is listed hour 156 of 210 — hour 18 of 20 in season 6, season 6 episode 18.
When did Beavis and Butt-Head S06E18 air?
Substitute aired 1996-03-05 and is listed at 15 minutes.
Why was it controversial?
National arguments over youth influence and copycat fears — fire controversies, teacher bans, and a network that had built the audience it was roasting.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Two couch gremlins heckling music videos until America filed a complaint. Mike Judge’s id as cultural criticism disguised as huh-huh stupidity — the riffs on hair-metal, suburban boredom, and adult panic still land. MTV’s meanest joke about its own audience, and the starter kit for everything Judge later did with more plot and the same dead eyes.
The first useful thing *Beavis and Butt-Head* does is treat stupidity as a critical instrument. Two metalhead couch gremlins watch videos, fail at life, and comment on everything with devastating density — huh-huh as cultural criticism. Mike Judge's MTV series (original run primarily 1993–1997) turned music-video heckling into a generation's couch soundtrack and a moral-panic headline. Judge voiced Beavis, Butt-Head, Mr. Van Driessen, and Principal McVicker. The riffs on hair-metal, suburban boredom, and adult…
Filed against
- Mike Judge as Beavis / Butt-Head / David Van Driessen / Principal McVicker
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