Comedians (Beavis and Butt-head)

"Comedians"
Beavis and Butt-head episode
Episode no. Season 3
Episode 1
Directed by Mike Judge
Mike DeSeve
Written by Mike Judge
Original air date September 6, 1993

"Comedians" is the first episode of the third season of Beavis and Butt-head and the 28th episode of the series overall. This episode is blamed for the death of a 2-year-old girl when her 5-year-old brother ended up burning down their whole trailer.[1]

Plot

The two attempt stand-up comedy, but end up setting fire to the comedy club.

Fire incident

On October 6, 1993 (exactly one month after episode had aired), Austin Messner, a 5-year-old child in Moraine, Ohio,[2] was watching an episode of Beavis and Butt-head. That night, Messner sneaked out of bed and attempted to copy the scene when Beavis juggles the newspapers and lights the club on fire. As a result, Messner burned down his trailer, killing his 2-year-old sister.[3][4] One week after the incident, MTV decided to move the episodes to 10:30 PM instead of 7:00 PM and also decided to delete any fire references onto this show and all of the other shows on MTV. They had to heavily edit the episode and finally, they took it off the air.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Cartoon on MTV blamed for fire". New York Times. October 10, 1993.
  2. ↑ Garger, Kenneth (October 30, 2011). "As seen on TV". New York Post.
  3. ↑ Quindlen, Anna (October 28, 1993). "Public & Private; TV Guide". New York Times.
  4. ↑ Ho, Raymond K.K. (December 26, 1994). "How Many Children Must We Bury?". Chicago Tribune.
  5. ↑ "11. “Comedians” (Beavis and Butthead)". Complex. September 2009.

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