Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection

Beavis and Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection is a series of three-disc DVD sets from MTV and Paramount Home Entertainment, each containing 40 Beavis and Butt-head episodes handpicked by series creator Mike Judge plus supplements. The first entry in the series was released on November 8, 2005, while the final two volumes were released in 2006. In 2007, the complete box set was released, which includes the content from all three volumes as well as the film, Beavis and Butt-head Do America: the blurb on the back jokingly says that "if you're the kind of dedicated, determined Beavis and Butt-head fan who eagerly bought Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of The Mike Judge Collection, well, uh... you just got screwed." In 2012 the three volumes were reissued in a single DVD case format, as opposed to the earlier issues which included three DVD cases in a box.

The Mike Judge Collection was also released in three volumes in UMD format on the PlayStation Portable. Due to the limited space available on UMDs, the interviews, music videos, and other content was removed and the number of episodes on each collection was reduced.

Precursors

The first Beavis and Butt-head release on DVD was entitled Beavis and Butt-head: The Final Judgement. It was released in the USA on July 2, 1997. The running time was 43 minutes, and the program included:

  1. Program Start
  2. "No Laughing"
  3. "Scared Straight"
  4. "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Huh-Huh"
  5. "Manners Suck"
  6. "Liar! Liar!"
  7. "The Great Cornholio"
  8. "The Final Judgement"

A second DVD release was attempted in September 2002. Paramount announced the release of a two-disc DVD release set titled The History of Beavis and Butt-head, but the set was canceled shortly prior to release. Some copies of the set were mistakenly put on store shelves, only to be immediately recalled. The set promptly became a highly prized item on eBay, selling there for prices up to US$300. The reason for the recall of the set was not immediately known, but it was later revealed that Mike Judge (who holds approval rights for video releases of Beavis and Butt-head) had the set recalled at his demand. Judge stated that the History set contained episodes he had previously rejected for home video release, and was prepared without his consent of knowledge, leading to the recall. In all, half of the 32 episodes on The History of Beavis and Butt-head weren't included on The Mike Judge Collections, including all but two episodes on the first disc.

The third DVD release of Beavis and Butt-head was two series of three-disc sets released by Time-Life in December 2002. The first set in the series contained the same program content of six of the Beavis and Butt-head VHS compilations previously released by Sony Music Video from 1994 to 1999: Butt-O-Ween, Beavis and Butt-head Do Christmas, Innocence Lost, Chicks 'n' Stuff, Feel Our Pain, and Troubled Youth, with two VHS compilations combined into a single disc. The set was advertised considerably on networks such as Comedy Central and on the Time-Life website.

Sometime after the first release, a second set of Time-Life Beavis and Butt-head DVDs was released. This set contained the programs of the remaining SMV VHS compilations: Work Sucks, There Goes the Neighborhood, The Final Judgement, Law-Abiding Citizens, and Hard Cash. Two of the discs in the set once again contained the program content of two of the VHS tapes, while the last disc (Hard Cash) contained only the content of the final VHS program, but did additionally include 4 of the music video segments from the original broadcasts with Beavis and Butt-head commentating. The second Time-Life set was not advertised, and subsequently became rarer.

Beavis and Butt-Head's return to DVD

After the Time-Life sets, all DVD release plans for Beavis and Butt-head were put on hiatus, until 2005. In July 2005, reports began circulating around various web sites that a banner found at that year's Comic-Con proclaimed that a new Beavis and Butt-head DVD was coming. The news was promptly divulged by TVShowsOnDVD.com; a new Beavis and Butt-head DVD would be released on November 8, 2005. The set was revealed to contain 40 episodes including director's cuts of certain episodes, as well as some of the music video segments. Subsequent new reports revealed that 23 of the episodes would be director's cuts, 11 music videos would be on the set, and that the set would contain promos, interviews, and the first part of a new interview entitled "Taint of Greatness: The Journey of Beavis and Butt-head".

Music videos

Beavis and Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection is notable in that it is one of the few times that a home video release of the show has retained music video segments. All prior VHS and DVD releases have lacked these segments except for the VHS releases of Beavis and Butt-head Do Christmas, Hard Cash and Too Dumb for T.V., and the last disc of the second and last Time-Life set, presumably due to the difficulty involved in acquiring music rights for the videos. This last disc, entitled Hard Cash, appeared to have made room for four music videos since it contained half the episodes (one VHS worth) of most of the other volumes (typically the combination of content formerly occupying two VHS tapes).

Differences

Some of the episodes on The Mike Judge Collection were changed and edited from the original. Those changes include:

Volume 1

Volume 3

DVDs

Volume 1

Volume 1 of Beavis and Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection was released on November 8, 2005, and contains the following 40 episodes (Director's Cuts are noted with an "*" asterisk):

Volume 1, Disc 1

  1. "No Laughing" *
  2. "Home Improvement" *
  3. "Lawn and Garden" *
  4. "Washing the Dog"
  5. "The Crush" *
  6. "Plate Frisbee" *
  7. "Most Wanted"
  8. "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Huh Huh"
  9. "Patients Patients" *
  10. "Blackout!" *
  11. "Rabies Scare" *
  12. "1-900-BEAVIS" *
  13. "Madame Blavatsky" *
  14. "Late Night with Butt-head" *
  15. "Pool Toys" *
  16. "The Final Judgment of Beavis"
  17. "Right On" *
  18. "Date Bait" *
  19. "Butt Is It Art?" *
  20. "Figure Drawing" *

Volume 1, Disc 2

  1. "Mr. Anderson's Balls" *
  2. "Teen Talk" *
  3. "Manners Suck" *
  4. "The Pipe of Doom" *
  5. "Safe Driving"
  6. "Liar! Liar!"
  7. "Generation in Crisis"
  8. "Beavis and Butt-Head vs. the Vending Machine" *
  9. "Radio Sweethearts"
  10. "The Great Cornholio"
  11. "Held Back" *
  12. "Choke" *
  13. "Killing Time"
  14. "Safe House" *
  15. "Dude, a Reward"
  16. "Walkathon"
  17. "Temporary Insanity"
  18. "Tainted Meat" *
  19. "Dream On" *
  20. "Beaverly Buttbillies" *

Volume 1, Disc 3

  1. Music videos:
    1. Matthew Sweet: "Super Deformed"
    2. Pantera: "This Love"
    3. Moist: "Push"
    4. Deus: "Suds & Soda"
    5. Grim Reaper: "Fear No Evil"
    6. Monster Magnet: "Negasonic Teenage Warhead"
    7. Korn: "Blind"
    8. Catherine Wheel: "Way Down"
    9. Beastie Boys: "Pass the Mic"
    10. Wilco: "Box Full of Letters"
    11. Hum: "Stars"
  2. Taint of Greatness: The Journey of Beavis and Butt-Head Part 1
  3. Special appearances:
    1. 1994 Video Music Awards
    2. 1994 Video Music Awards with David Letterman
    3. 1996 Video Music Awards
    4. Beavis and Butt-Head Thanksgiving Special with Kurt Loder
  4. Promos
    1. Clinton Promo
    2. Waco Promo
    3. Dumb Fun in the Sun Promo
  5. Montages
    1. Greatest Hits
    2. Terms of Endearment

Volume 2

Volume 2 of Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection was released on June 13, 2006 (moved up from the original June 6, 2006 date). The set contains 40 episodes (including 17 that are new-to-DVD), 13 music videos, Part II of "Taint of Greatness: The Journey of Beavis and Butt-Head", previously unaired segments, and other features.

Volume 2, Disc 1

  1. "Plastic Surgin'"
  2. "Stewart Moves Away"
  3. "Top o' the Mountain"
  4. "Bad Dog"
  5. "Lightning Strikes"
  6. "Party"
  7. "What's the Deal?"
  8. "Wet Behind the Rears"
  9. "Animation Sucks"
  10. "Candy Sale"
  11. "Here Comes the Bride's Butt"
  12. "Pregnant Pause"
  13. "Oil Change"
  14. "The History of Women"
  15. "Beavis, Can You Spare a Dime?"
  16. "Premature Evacuation"
  17. "Bang the Drum Slowly Dumbass"
  18. "Close Encounters"
  19. "Vidiots"
  20. "Tired"

Volume 2, Disc 2

  1. "Whiplash"
  2. "Spare Me"
  3. "Womyn"
  4. "Murder Site"
  5. "Another Friday Night"
  6. "Patsies"
  7. "Spanish Fly"
  8. "Sexual Harassment"
  9. "Green Thumbs"
  10. "Bus Trip"
  11. "Blood Pressure"
  12. "Feel a Cop"
  13. "U.S. History"
  14. "Date Watchers"
  15. "Gang of Two"
  16. "Stewart Is Missing"
  17. "Prank Call"
  18. "Babysitting"
  19. "Buttniks"
  20. "Bungholio: Lord of the Harvest"

Volume 2, Disc 3

  1. Music videos:
    1. Beastie Boys: "Sabotage"
    2. Seaweed: "Kid Candy"
    3. Pantera: "I'm Broken"
    4. Mercyful Fate: "The Bellwitch"
    5. Compulsion: "Delivery"
    6. Madonna: "Secret"
    7. Six Finger Satellite: "Parlor Games"
    8. Pizzicato 5: "Twiggy, Twiggy"
    9. Rush: "Stick It Out"
    10. Radiohead: "Fake Plastic Trees"
    11. Extreme: "Hole Hearted"
    12. Helium: "Pat's Trick"
    13. MC 900 Ft. Jesus: "If I Only Had a Brain"
  2. Taint of Greatness: The Journey of Beavis and Butt-Head Part 2
  3. Special appearances:
    1. Butt-Bowl '94
    2. Butt-Bowl '95
    3. Butt-Bowl '96
    4. MTV's 20th Anniversary Special
    5. Calvin Klein Ad Parodies
    6. Moron-a-Thon Clips featuring Snoop Dogg
    7. Unaired I Love the '90s Segment
  4. Promos:
    1. Premiere Promo
    2. Moron-a-Thon Promo
    3. New Episodes Promo
  5. Montages
    1. Memories of Love
    2. Friends and Neighbors

Volume 3

Volume 3 of Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection was released on August 1, 2006. This collection includes 42 episodes, the uncut "Frog Baseball" Beavis and Butt-Head short, 15 music videos (including Soundgarden, Alice Cooper, and Sonic Youth), rare special appearances and promos, and Part III of "Taint of Greatness: The Journey of Beavis and Butt-Head".

Volume 3, Disc 1

  1. "No Service"
  2. "Sprout"
  3. "Yard Sale"
  4. "P.T.A."
  5. "Substitute"
  6. "Shopping List"
  7. "Buy Beer"
  8. "A Very Special Episode"
  9. "Just for Girls"
  10. "Head Lice" *
  11. "Vaya Con Cornholio"
  12. "Nose Bleed"
  13. "Underwear"
  14. "Follow Me"
  15. "On Strike"
  16. "Take a Lap"
  17. "Pierced"
  18. "Ding-Dong-Ditch" *
  19. "Huh-Huh-Humbug" *
  20. "It's a Miserable Life"

Volume 3, Disc 2

  1. "Citizens' Arrest"
  2. "A Great Day"
  3. "Dumbasses Anonymous"
  4. "Wood Shop" *
  5. "Shopping Cart"
  6. "Bride of Butt-Head"
  7. "Special Delivery"
  8. "T.V. Violence"
  9. "The Miracle That is Beavis"
  10. "Impotence" *
  11. "Inventors"
  12. "Canned"
  13. "Drinking Butt-ies"
  14. "Garage Band"
  15. "Die Fly, Die!"
  16. "Breakdown"
  17. "Speech Therapy"
  18. "Work Is Death"
  19. "Graduation Day"
  20. "Butt Flambé"
  21. "Leave it to Beavis"
  22. "Beavis and Butt-Head Are Dead"

Volume 3, Disc 3

  1. Music videos:
    1. Stakka Bo: "Here We Go"
    2. Crowbar: "Existence is Punishment"
    3. Salt-N-Pepa (featuring En Vogue): "Whatta Man"
    4. Poison: "I Want Action"
    5. 2 Unlimited: "Get Ready for This"
    6. Tripping Daisy: "I Got a Girl"
    7. The Jesus Lizard: "Glamorous"
    8. Sonic Youth: "Dirty Boots"
    9. Soundgarden: "Spoonman"
    10. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: "Dang"
    11. PJ Harvey: "Down By the Water"
    12. Alice Cooper: "Teenage Frankenstein"
    13. Toadies: "Possum Kingdom"
    14. Rollins Band: "Liar"
    15. Paul Broucek: "Hollywood Halloween"
  2. The uncut pilot episode, "Frog Baseball"
  3. Taint of Greatness: The Journey of Beavis and Butt-Head, Part 3
  4. Special appearances:
    1. Beavis and Butt-Head Yule Log Clips
    2. Letters to Santa Butt-Head
    3. '97 Press Conference Shorts
    4. Interview with Chris Connelly
    5. 2005 VMAs
  5. Promos:
    1. Beavis and Butt-Head Movie Shorts and Promos
    2. Sunday Stew Promos
    3. Holiday Gifts Promo

Volume 4

Although not labeled as a Mike Judge Collection, Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-head Volume 4 was released on February 14, 2012 containing all 12 episodes from the show's 8th season completely uncut with all music videos and reality show clips left intact, the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con Panel with Mike Judge and Johnny Knoxville, Beavis & Butt-head Interruptions, and more. Released as a 2-disc DVD and a single disc Blu-ray.

DVD, Disc 1

  1. "Werewolves of Highland" / "Crying"
  2. "Daughter's Hand" / "Tech Support"
  3. "Holy Cornholio"
  4. "Drones"
  5. "Supersize Me" / "Bathroom Break"
  6. "The Rat" / "Spill"

DVD, Disc 2

  1. "Doomsday" / "Dumb Design"
  2. "Copy Machine" / "Holding"
  3. "Used Car" / "Bounty Hunters"
  4. "Time Machine" / "Massage"
  5. "School Test" / "Snitchers"
  6. "Whorehouse" / "Going Down"
  7. Special Features:
    1. 2011 San Diego Comic-Con Panel
    2. Beavis & Butt-head Interruptions
    3. Silence Your Cell Phone

BluRay

  1. "Werewolves of Highland" / "Crying"
  2. "Daughter's Hand" / "Tech Support"
  3. "Holy Cornholio"
  4. "Drones"
  5. "Supersize Me" / "Bathroom Break"
  6. "The Rat" / "Spill"
  7. "Doomsday" / "Dumb Design"
  8. "Copy Machine" / "Holding"
  9. "Used Car" / "Bounty Hunters"
  10. "Time Machine" / "Massage"
  11. "School Test" / "Snitchers"
  12. "Whorehouse" / "Going Down"
  13. Special Features:
    1. 2011 San Diego Comic-Con Panel
    2. Beavis & Butt-head Interruptions
    3. Silence Your Cell Phone

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