6/2/2023 0 Comments Beavis and butthead laughing![]() No Laughing is hysterical, but it's also a pretty sly send-up of sex education in the US, a conversation that was very much going on in the news at the time. Not to mention that even if you just watch it and take it at surface level it's just hilarious. This was 4-5 years after The Simpsons premiered and was absolutely the trailblazer of the adult-oriented animation 'craze.' It was five+ years before South Park and Family Guy. The show is a lot smarter than people realize, especially within context. ![]() And that started early on, probably earlier than "No Laughing." That's what really ended up making the show work. ![]() The other big difference: it's like he was trying to make what he thought these guys would want to watch rather than turning it around making the show more of a satire about them. They took a lot of the malice out I think that's the biggest difference.
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