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* Beavis and ?? ?? ' r ' ? ^\ /"^ i ? f ? ^ I By SUSAN GOODWIN Staff Writer Ijpci^in^ui "iU1 VU1 lUHiaiU o $3.95. Or, savor one of our 19 other delic Italian 'I5i( Spaghetti Warehouse DE3I^EI]^^^^^^EJEHEI 1310 Gadsden S I 1 ? USC ? They're crude. They're obnoxious. And they laugh every time a reference is made to reproductive anatomy. While adequately describing the guys who used to sit in the back of study hall, these words also sum up two of the most popular additions to American pop culture. Beavis and Butt-head. As the top-rated show on MTV, the popularity of "Beavis and Butt-head" is obvious. The f reasons behind it, however, vary. According to history senior Rob Jorgensen, the freedom the duo has is appealing. "You can see these guys do things that you could never get away with," he said. For sociology sophomore Paul Cantrell, the sarcasm makes the show worth seeing. "They make fun of everything," he said. "They make fun of ourselves kinda like 'The Simpsons.'" * But the true appeal of "Beavis and Butt-head" can be put more succinctly than that. "They're so stupid, they're funny," said Krystel McCray, an advertising sophomore. Of course, there are those who only agree with the first part of that statement. "They're mindless nincompoops," biology sophomore Tamara Reuter said. "I can't give you a rational reason. It just irritates the hell out of me." ^ Others such as Mike McLellan, a news/editorial sophomore, see the show's negative value in the fact that it is reminiscent of earlier experiences. "It reminds me of all the people I hated in high school and their cheap, bathroom humor," i Complete A Course This Weel For Just s; r t Make a mental break for some comfort foo i ^1 or^v/ofli A\r\r\or \\/i th Cai Butt-head: Mi I ? U u I t? ? ? 4 * > * . " ? ? ? ? V * V / ? ? ? HEH-HEH Tme qamecoc ^^ HUM - HuH HuH-HuH Mou SAIP 'C II ' ?*4* ? - ? y?7 ?"'!&V?, V \^ / ' 4 4 ? ? ' * -*.k??44 < V ) ' y' * ? ? ? ft ? ? * 4 4 ? O 4 A ? t**Z V ' ? "ft*****" ? ????"* * 4 . .%;* ??/: :;v: ;:? he said. But another larger-looming debate besides that of the show's merits is one about the influence the two Bart Simnson-like underachieves have on their viewers. According to clinical psychologist deRosset Myers, TV shows in general have an effect on their audience. "People often use characters on TV shows as To role models to the extent that they identify with dren the role model," Myers said. "They're likely to head' feel that it's OK to imitate the behavior the role "T models use." "Kids Advertising sophomore McCray can identify credit with this theory due to an encounter with 15 and Thi 16-year-olds. the si "I was a counselor at a camp this summer, head.' and the kids were 'Beavis and Butt-head' of th( freaks," she said. "They went around buying bino lighters and setting things on fire." senio Not everyone sees the show's ramifications as direct being particularly destructive. probli "It's like anything else," sociology sophomore Cantrell said. "We imitate it. We sit around and pCOpi, watch MTV all day like they do. But we don't "Violi go around smashing cars like they do." For clinical psychologist Lois Wandersman, it's not the high school and college viewers that jndepi are at risk. ?jt> "I'm less concerned with teen-agers and col- somel lege students as I am younger kids watching it," vouLk she said. "Younger kids don't understand satire. ^ ^ They don't see it as satire. They see it as real." Wandersman also notes that "Beavis and eaN Butt-head" are nothing new to television. ^as?I "There have always been some dorks on TV," she said. "But you have to be old enough to tw0 S1 understand that these, are dorks " stayin Uhhhh, By WENDY HUDSON Staff Writer USC ? 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