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Watch: Beavis and Butthead Interview Snooki on Jimmy Kimmel

Becky Kirsch — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:47:32 PDT

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live this week to talk about the most recent season of Jersey Shore, and other important matters like what her favorite TV shows are. Apparently, there were a couple of viewers who didn't find the interview all that fascinating, and Jimmy gave them a chance to take over. Oh, and did I mention that those viewers are none other than Beavis and Butthead? Watch as Butthead sits in Jimmy's seat to ask Snooki about the smush room and whether or not she's DTF.

Beavis and Butthead Coming Back: Awesome or Unnecessary?

BuzzSugar — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:00:00 PDT

Dust off your old AC/DC t-shirt: classic '90s animated series Beavis and Butthead is coming back to TV, with creator Mike Judge writing brand-new episodes for the twosome. Word is that when we catch up with B and B, they'll still be in high school, but they'll be goofing on current pop culture.

I have one reaction to this news: huh huh huh. Seriously, as a kid who had to resort to subterfuge to watch episodes of the lowbrow but hilarious show, I have so much nostalgia for the metal-loving miscreants (like this and this). However, I know that not everyone was a fan of the MTV cartoon (including my parents). What do you think about this news?

Buzz In: What Shows Were You Not Allowed to Watch as a Kid?

BuzzSugar — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:30:13 PDT

As Mike Judge's latest feat, Extract, hits theaters this weekend, I'm reminded of one of Judge's old projects from way back in the '90s: Beavis and Butthead. The animated TV show featuring two lazy teenage boys didn't sit so well with my mom, and I was told not to watch it. For a time, the original Beverly Hills, 90210 also made the list of programs I was discouraged from viewing. They never had a big problem with The Simpsons, but several of my friends couldn't watch that one growing up.

I understand the reasoning now, though it made me mad when I was younger. Also, having something be forbidden only made me want to see it more. Of course, compared to what the whippersnappers are watching nowadays, these shows seem tame, almost sweet. What shows were you told not to watch as a kid?

Link Time! 5/15

BuzzSugar — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:33:58 PDT

OMG, Cinematical has video of a real-life Wall-E, spotted in L.A.! It may just be the cutest thing you've ever seen.
The L.A. Times' Show Tracker blog warns us that this season's Lost finale looks like a major tearjerker.
Pop Candy points us to an early review of M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming movie The Happening which explains that the movie is terrifying. . .ly awful.
TV Squad has news from the TNT and TBS upfronts, and it looks like a lot more original content.
MTV Movies Blog has exclusive information on the possibility of a live-action Beavis and Butt-head movie and wonders: who should be cast as the Beav and the Butt?
Many thanks to Stereogum for turning us onto the super catchy new Wolf Parade release, "Language City."
Give Me My Remote has hilarious video of Dwight Schrute officially accepting John McCain's vice presidential nomination, through his spokesperson, Rainn Wilson.
Popwatch hobnobbed with the beautiful TV stars attending the EW's upfronts party, including Heroes' Zachary Quinto who said (as a joke?!) that the Star Trek movie in which he plays Spock will "probably skip a theatrical release and 'go straight to DVD.'" Yikes.

Hysteria Director Tanya Wexler Talks Vibrators, Faking It, and Duck Sex

Tara Block — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:15 PDT

Don't be shy . . . It's time to talk sex toys! And Hysteria director Tanya Wexler is writing us a prescription for pleasure. Tanya's film - what she calls "the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to" - is in limited release and stars Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Rupert Everett. When working on a romantic comedy that centers around the invention of the vibrator, you end up with some entertaining and embarrassing situations along the way, and lucky for us, Tanya spilled all the hilariously dirty details. From teaming up with the film's partner Jimmyjane for a drive-by vibrator drop-off to a certain female Oscar-winner to trying unsuccessfully to get ducks to shag on command, Tanya was bursting with great stories from working on this very unconventional film. And while Tanya isn't ashamed to discuss the sexy subject matter of her latest film with us, the mother of four and her partner of 21 years did have a tricky challenge telling her preteen kids what her movie was about. (She eventually gave them the script and let them figure it out themselves!) Check out our interview with the fun-loving director now, and we dare you not to have a girl crush on her by the end!

TrèsSugar: What were some of the challenges to getting a movie made about vibrators?
Tanya Wexler: Getting the script right was tricky because if you just make a movie about the invention of the vibrator, it's actually a really short movie: you go "bzz" and it's done. And we had a kind of light romantic comedy. I say I made the vibrator movie you can bring your mom to. But some people wanted it to be raunchy or some people wanted it to be more serious and about feminism. People project a lot onto this movie of what they want, because there isn't a lot out there about vibrators and women's pleasure, and we still don't really deal with that topic very well, or we're overly antsy around it. And as a result, people have a lot of ideas of what the movie could and should be, and you can't please everyone. [laughs]

TS: Ha, good one.
TW: It's nonstop!

TS: Do you find sex toys inherently funny or something to be seriously celebrated?
TW: Yes!

TS: Both?
TW: Yes! Yes. I think they make me laugh, and I think that the inner kind of Beavis and Butt-head in all of us goes "[laugh]." You know, that inner 13-year-old, like, "Hahaha vibrator . . . " and yet they're awesome and fun.

TS: What shocked you the most when researching the movie?
TW: That ducks are the rapists of the bird world, and you'll see when you see the movie, because there's a little bit of questionable duck behavior - or awesome duck behavior - in the movie. It's totally a sidebar, but you cannot make ducks shag on command. I'm just saying.

TS: What about the whole history of hysteria being a medical condition?
TW: When I first heard the idea, I was like, "What do you mean it was invented in Victorian times?" I knew about hysteria, but the idea that the treatment was manual [British accent] massage deparaxism - which is what they called it - and, of course, the denial. The most shocking thing is the denial, that they didn't think it was sexual.

TS: Do you think they were really in denial?
TW: No, I don't think that some people were. My college roommate was with her high school boyfriend for two years and she had never had an orgasm. I think there's all kinds of denial, especially with women's sexuality. So the fact that there are young women today who haven't had an orgasm, whether self-induced - which is insane - or with a partner, then why wouldn't we think back then that women wouldn't know what orgasms were?

They would get a massage, and the doctor's saying, "Without a penis, this isn't sex, because sex is about procreation," so what is this? The best physical therapy you've ever had. So once you don't think of it as something other than what the doctor's supposed to do to cure your uncontrollable crying or uncontrollable laughter or whatever, then it's just an awesome muscle spasm. If you don't think women have their own inherent sexuality, then you're not thinking about it like that.

Keep reading for Tanya's thoughts on Fifty Shades and more!

What to TiVo: Thursday

BuzzSugar — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:59:00 PST

8:00 Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
9:00 Grey's Anatomy (repeat)
10:00 Grey's Anatomy (repeat)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (repeat)

8:00 The Big Bang Theory (repeat)
8:30 Rules of Engagement (repeat)
9:00 Person of Interest (repeat)
10:00 The Mentalist (repeat)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (repeat)
12:37 Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (repeat)

8:00 Bones (repeat)
9:00 Bones (repeat)

8:00 Community (repeat)
8:30 Parks and Recreation (repeat)
9:00 The Office (repeat)
9:30 Whitney (repeat)
10:00 The Office (repeat)
10:30 Up All Night (repeat)
11:35 Tonight Show With Jay Leno (repeat)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (repeat)

8:00 The Vampire Diaries (repeat)
9:00 The Secret Circle (repeat)

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What to TiVo: Thursday

BuzzSugar — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:59:00 PST

8:00 Disney Prep & Landing
8:30 Prep & Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice
9:00 I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown
10:00 The Mentalist (repeat)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (repeat)

8:00 The Big Bang Theory (repeat)
8:30 Rules of Engagement (repeat)
9:00 Person of Interest (repeat)
10:00 The Mentalist (repeat)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guests Anderson Cooper and Lindsey Vonn)
12:37 Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guest Kyra Sedgwick)

8:00 The X Factor (new, season finale)

8:00 Who's Still Standing? (new)
9:00 The Office (repeat)
9:30 Whitney (repeat)
10:00 Prime Suspect (new)
11:35 Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guest Jonah Hill)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guests Jerry O'Connell and Simon Pegg)

8:00 The Vampire Diaries (repeat)
9:00 The Secret Circle (repeat)

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What to TiVo: Thursday

BuzzSugar — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:59:00 PST

8:00 Charlie Brown Christmas
9:00 The Year With Katie Couric (new)
10:00 The Great Big American Auction (new)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guest Robert Downey Jr.)

8:00 The Big Bang Theory (repeat)
8:30 Rules of Engagement (new)
9:00 Person of Interest (new)
10:00 The Mentalist (new)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guest Tom Hanks)
12:37 Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guest Sean Hayes)

8:00 The X Factor (new)
9:00 Bones (repeat)

8:00 Community (repeat)
8:30 Parks and Recreation (repeat)
9:00 The Office (repeat)
9:30 Whitney (repeat)
10:00 Prime Suspect (new)
11:35 Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guests Elle Fanning, Chris Collinsworth, and Al Michaels)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (repeat)

8:00 The Vampire Diaries (repeat)
9:00 The Secret Circle (repeat)

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What to TiVo: Thursday

BuzzSugar — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:59:00 PST

8:00 Wipeout (new)
9:00 America's Funniest Home Videos Christmas Spectacular (new)
10:00 The Great Big American Auction (new)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guests Jeremy Renner and Judy Greer)

8:00 The Big Bang Theory (new)
8:30 Rules of Engagement (new)
9:00 Person of Interest (new)
10:00 The Mentalist (repeat)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (new, with guests Charlize Theron and Kevin Nealon)
12:37 Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guest Kristin Chenoweth)

8:00 The X Factor (new)
9:00 Bones (new)

8:00 Community (new)
8:30 Parks and Recreation (new)
9:00 The Office (new)
9:30 Whitney (new)
10:00 Grimm (new)
11:35 Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guests Katie Couric and Chris D'Elia)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guest Ralph Fiennes and Shailene Woodley)

8:00 Vampire Diaries (repeat)
9:00 The Secret Circle (repeat)

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What to TiVo: Thursday

BuzzSugar — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:59:00 PST

8:00 Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (repeat)
9:00 CMA Country Christmas (new)
12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (new, with guest Maggie Q)

8:00 The Big Bang Theory (repeat)
8:30 Rules of Engagement (repeat)
9:00 Person of Interest (repeat)
10:00 The Mentalist (repeat)
11:35 Late Show With David Letterman (repeat)
12:37 Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, with guest Kristin Chenoweth)

8:00 The X Factor (new)
9:00 Bones (new)

8:00 Community (new)
8:30 Parks and Recreation (new)
9:00 The Office (new)
9:30 Whitney (new)
10:00 Prime Suspect (new)
11:35 Tonight Show With Jay Leno (new, with guests Melissa McCarthy and Rick Perry)
12:35 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (new, with guest Darrell Hammond)

8:00 Vampire Diaries (repeat)
9:00 The Secret Circle (repeat)

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