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[SolVanderlyn]

Michael Craig "Mike" Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, musician, and cartoonist. He created and starred in the animated television series Beavis and Butt-head (1993–2011) and King of the Hill (1997–2010).

He wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996), Office Space (1999), Idiocracy (2006) and Extract (2009). With the exception of Office Space, he was also producer. Judge is also known for his role as Donnagon Giggles in the Spy Kids movie franchise.

This genius of a man brought us:

Beavis and Butthead:

King of the Hill:

Office Space:

Idiocracy (not as good as Office Space, IMO):

Beavis and Butthead might be as immature as humor gets, but it's still comedic genius. The tech support episode remains one of my favorites.

King of the Hill is the more grounded, subdued alternative to The Simpsons. The subtle use of humor is great. Dale may be one of the best characters to come out of animated comedy.

Office Space remains one of my favorite movies and also happens to function as an effective social commentary on the soulless life of American cubicle workers. I probably watch it at least once a year.

 

[Apath]

Silicon Valley is also pretty great.

 

[NIGHT-]

Bobby hill is the all time greatest cartoon character

 

[udiie]

see now here's a thread.

 

[Sheroking]

Bobby hill is the all time greatest cartoon character

Not even the greatest animated character by Mike Judge.

Spoiler

Beavis all the way

 

[CountAntonius]

Loved Beavis and Butthead growing up. As I got older i liked King of the Hill but didn't start appreciating how damn good it was till my 30's. Both brilliant shows.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

 

[ElTopo]

I dislike everything he's done except for Beavis and Butthead and Office Space. Never got the appeal of his other shows/movies.

I really wanted to like Idiocracy but I just didn't think it was funny enough, works as social commentary though.

 

[Coffee Dog]

I was legit surprised that the Beavis and Butthead revival was pretty good.

 

[Princess Viola]

i really miss koth

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

I am still heart broken that KotH was removed from Netflix. It was all I watched for several months lol

 

[Piston Hyundai]

That last season of Beavis and Butthead was the best TV he's ever done.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

King of the Hill and Silicon Valley are my favorites. Beavis and Butthead frightened me when I was young.

 

[ElTopo]

I was legit surprised that the Beavis and Butthead revival was pretty good.

That last season of Beavis and Butthead was the best TV he's ever done.

Agreed. I actually thought the riffing on MTV reality shows were better than the music video riffing.

(Watches Teen Mom)

Butthead: "... That guy is stupider than us!"

 

[theapg]

Office Space- the best adult comedy of the 90s.

 

[Conor_Fool]

Office Space is easily in my top 3 comedies of all time and King of the Hill's first few seasons are fucking hysterical. I support this thread

 

[Messofanego]

When is the new season of Silicon Valley starting? Really like that show. And everything else Mike has done, even Extract.

 

[HUELEN10]

The thread and the OP is good and all, but I still have one question:

Are ya Chinese or Japanese?

 

[Odrion]

I'm really sick of hearing people compare everything to idiocracy.

 

[superpickleman]

Big fan of his work. I'll watch anything he makes with complete confidence that I'll enjoy it.

 

[Jezbollah]

I like most of his stuff - But Office Space is just so amazing.

 

[daviyoung]

Probably modern America's greatest satirist

 

[Member876]

Can't even count how many times I have watched King of the Hill. I also really liked the new season of Beavis and Butt-Head. But for me his best work is King of the Hill, such amazing show with some of the best characters ever created.

 

[Acerac]

Everything he makes is golden. I've seen his work get blank stares, and that makes it that much funnier to me.

 

[Sanjuro]

There still needs to be a new season of Beavis and Butt-head. They have always aged like fine wine, and the last season was downright brilliant.

"do not copy my butt"

 

[120v]

Extract was also pretty great... i thought it'd be a cult hit on DVD

Silicon Valley is aight. i give him credit for going out of his comfort zone (lampooning the middle class, the "everyman") but i expected it to be a lot better

i'd like to see more KotH in some fashion... i feel like it never got a proper sendoff. but maybe it was time to retire the show, i dunno

There still needs to be a new season of Beavis and Butt-head. They have always aged like fine wine, and the last season was downright brilliant.

yeah too bad it had to be on MTV instead of Adult Swim or Netflix or something. it was pretty much sent to die

 

[Frankenstrat]

King of the Hill has my favorite television characters of all time. I agree about Dale being one of the greatest; though to be honest if I could count multiple characters into one the main group deserves the top spot. The interactions between the four are some of my favorite moments in TV.

 

[Sanjuro]

I thought the KOTH sendoff was perfect.

Extract is okay. There are just too many Jason Bateman films of that nature. I would say it's one of his better, and had a great supporting cast.

 

[webkatt]

That boy ain't right...

 

[matt360]

Great thread! Any chance of KotH coming back to Netflix?

 

[Nokterian]

Office Space- the best adult comedy of the 90s.

Ah, ah, I almost forgot... I'm also going to need you to go ahead and come in on Sunday, too. We, uhhh, lost some people this week and we sorta need to play catch-up. Mmmmmkay? Thaaaaaanks.

Fucking love this movie!

Also Beavis & Butt head when i grew when MTV was good i didn't watch the latest one but i hear it is very good! King of the Hill also awesome.

 

[sprsk]

I do a pretty good Hank Hill\Mr. Anderson

 

[TxdoHawk]

Idiocracy is a better movie than Office Space, by a wide margin.

Popular culture hasn't been as kind to Idiocracy, because of morons that insist on trying to turn what is merely satire into some kind of supposed comment piece on where modern society is actually headed. But purely on "what is the funnier movie", it's Idiocracy, no contest whatsoever. Watch both of them back-to-back if you don't believe me.

 

[CastleRybread]

It sucks we haven't gotten more Beavis and Butthead because it doesn't fit with MTV's demo even though it was their second most popular show.

 

[elrechazado]

Idiocracy is a better movie than Office Space, by a wide margin.

Popular culture hasn't been as kind to Idiocracy, because of morons that insist on trying to turn what is merely satire into some kind of supposed comment piece on where modern society is actually headed. But purely on "what is the funnier movie", it's Idiocracy, no contest whatsoever. Watch both of them back-to-back if you don't believe me.

I don't believe you and know that you are wrong.

Mmmmkay?

 

[TheSinkingKnight]

Wish King of the Hill would be resurrected.

 

[RP912]

Office Space= Story of my life.

Movie was so on point when it comes down to a IT job.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Mike Judge also collaborated with Don Hertzfeldt to bring animation shows back to cinemas with 'The Animation Show.' It didn't last long but major props to him for supporting independent animators and getting their work out in front of audiences. Mike Judge remembers his roots well.

 

[blame space]

i think extract is underrated.

 

[RP912]

It sucks we haven't gotten more Beavis and Butthead because it doesn't fit with MTV's demo even though it was their second most popular show.

That's the thing that blows my mind. Beavis and Butthead did well with the new season, yet they didn't want to add more seasons which don't make no fucking sense.

The only thing that bothered me about the new season was Beavis voice which eventually ended up being tolerable as epsiodes progress.

 

[cajunator]

Beavis as butthead was a bit too stupid for my liking but koth is alright. Mostly I just completely love Office Space. At work we reference it all the time. Nothing better than watching it while actually being at the office.

 

[Snowdrift]

Silicon Valley's dick jerk algorithm was probably the highlight of the series for me. (Link NSFW)

 

[RP912]

I was never really a koth fan. It just didn't click with me, yet I tend to watch it sometimes. My wife loves the show, but hates BnB which I enjoy.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Why not give B&B to Adult Swim?

As for KOTH, beginning and mid-season were great. The last few seasons, although still good, not as good as the earlier season.

I just didn't like the progression of the characters. Dale was always smiling in the later seasons. That's not Dale. Dale was the paranoid, serious mannered idiot. Bobby lost his stupidity in the later seasons, too. Just his overall behavior changed.

 

[Jarrod38]

Computers don't make errors. What they do, they do on purpose. By now your name and particulars have been fed into every laptop, desktop, mainframe and supermarket scanner that collectively make up the global information conspiracy, otherwise known as The Beast.

 

[potam]

 

[Messofanego]

lol

 

[Watevaman]

Enjoyed everything I've seen from him. Used to watch KotH repeats after school every day to the point that I think I saw every damn episode. I need to watch Extract, though. I think I saw it on Netflix not too long ago so I'll give it a shot if it's still up.

 

[Sanjuro]

Why not give B&B to Adult Swim?

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Why not give B&B to Adult Swim?

As for KOTH, beginning and mid-season were great. The last few seasons, although still good, not as good as the earlier season.

I just didn't like the progression of the characters. Dale was always smiling in the later seasons. That's not Dale. Dale was the paranoid, serious mannered idiot. Bobby lost his stupidity in the later seasons, too. Just his overall behavior changed.

What season did dale and his wife reconcile? I think that was the peak of Dale's character.