Cartoonist Mike Judge had never seen Wayne and Garth when he created Beavis and Butt-Head in 1991 B&B ''are younger and stupider,'' says Judge, 30 but MTV's characters promise to become as excellently known as their fellow dumb headbangers. Blond Beavis (usually in the Metallica shirt) and brunet Butt- Head (in the AC/DC shirt) have graduated from MTV's Liquid Television to a half-hour spin-off, The Beavis and Butt-Head Show (Mon.-Thurs., 7 p.m.). Already, B&B have fetched seven prospective movie offers plus a potential record deal.
In each episode, the pair has two cartoon adventures (a fave activity: playing baseball using frogs), then do voice-overs, Mystery Science Theater-style, as they channel-surf among MTV's 15,000 old videos. Sir Mix-A-Lot's ''Baby Got Back'' elicits this from Butt-Head: ''I'm gettin' a stiffie!'' Wayne's comparable quip, ''Schwing!'' suddenly seems decorous.
The May 17 premiere (the original March start was aborted due to production delays) features B&B's worst nightmare: a chick with a brain, who is forced to be their science-class partner. Good luck, girl! Beavis and Butt-Head make Bart look like a valedictorian.


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