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Beavis and Butt-Head: Butt Is It Art?
Beavis and Butt-head go on a field trip to an art museum in Mr. Van Driessen's class. They manage to misinterpret and destroy a few valuable pieces of art while they are there.
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Main Cast
 Mike Judgevoiced Beavis, Butt-head, Principal McVicker, Tom Anderson, David Van Driessen, Bradley Buzzcut, Various |
Recap
The school bus pulls away, and Mr. Van Driessen is standing outside the art museum with his class. As he's lecturing them on appropriate museum behavior, Beavis and Butt-head wander over to an abstract sculpture and climb up onto it, causing it to collapse. Van Driessen doesn't notice, and praises the sculpture's deep meaning...Read the full recap
Music
| Artist | Song Title | Played When |
| Candyland | "Bitter Moon" | |
| Matthew Sweet | "Superdeformed" | |
| Nirvana | "Heart Shaped Box" |
Episode Quotes
Mr. Van Driessen: Now this is exactly what I'm talking about, people. This sculpture couldn't depict the agonizing horror of modern society so perfectly, if every little thing wasn't just so.
Butt-head: He said, 'little thing.'
Butt-head: He said, 'little thing.'
Mr. Van Driessen: Now... works by the master painters of the centuries.
(the boys laugh)
Daria: He said master PAINTERS.
Butt-head: Oh.
Beavis: Yeah. Master painting is cool.
(the boys laugh)
Daria: He said master PAINTERS.
Butt-head: Oh.
Beavis: Yeah. Master painting is cool.
(The boys are cutting up a painting)
Butt-head: Art is cool.
Beavis: Yeah. Yeah. Boobs are cool, too.
Butt-head: Art is cool.
Beavis: Yeah. Yeah. Boobs are cool, too.
Cultural References
Visual: Michelangelo's David
The first sculpture the class looks at when they walk inside, is a white marble male nude that resembles Michelangelo's David. David is a masterpiece completed in 1504, and can be seen in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence. The sculpture portrays the Biblical King David, right before he fought the giant, Goliath.
The first sculpture the class looks at when they walk inside, is a white marble male nude that resembles Michelangelo's David. David is a masterpiece completed in 1504, and can be seen in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence. The sculpture portrays the Biblical King David, right before he fought the giant, Goliath.
Mr. Van Driessen: Just think about it people: right now we're surrounded by a Monet, a Renoir, and a Picasso.
Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir were both French Impressionist painters during the late 19th century. Pablo Picasso was a pioneer in the modern art movement, helping create and develop the cubist painting and sculpture styles in the early 20th century.
Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir were both French Impressionist painters during the late 19th century. Pablo Picasso was a pioneer in the modern art movement, helping create and develop the cubist painting and sculpture styles in the early 20th century.
Visual: Beavis stares at a face in a Picasso painting. The view shifts from Beavis, to the face, back to Beavis, and back to the face.
This resembles a scene in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), when Cameron stares at a little girl in Georges Seurat's pointillist painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Cameron stares at the figure closer and closer until he sees only the dots, and the camera shifts between Cameron and the little girl.
This resembles a scene in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), when Cameron stares at a little girl in Georges Seurat's pointillist painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Cameron stares at the figure closer and closer until he sees only the dots, and the camera shifts between Cameron and the little girl.
Mr. Van Driessen: Yes, even a Dali!
Butt-head: That's not that Dolly chick.
Beavis: Yeah, she doesn't look like that. She's got really big thingees.
Mr. Van Driessen is referring to the 20th century Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali, who painted images based on memories, dreams, and fantasy. He is most famous for his painting, The Persistence of Memory, which contains images of ants and melting clocks.
Beavis and Butt-head thought he meant Dolly Parton, a country and western singer/songwriter known for songs such as "Jolene," and for her very large breasts.
Butt-head: That's not that Dolly chick.
Beavis: Yeah, she doesn't look like that. She's got really big thingees.
Mr. Van Driessen is referring to the 20th century Surrealist painter, Salvador Dali, who painted images based on memories, dreams, and fantasy. He is most famous for his painting, The Persistence of Memory, which contains images of ants and melting clocks.
Beavis and Butt-head thought he meant Dolly Parton, a country and western singer/songwriter known for songs such as "Jolene," and for her very large breasts.
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