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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