First Impressions Can Be Deceiving
Although Butthead initially appears to be smarter, repeated viewings confirm that Beavis is actually the more intelligent of the two. Discuss.
UPDATE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL: Sentiment seems to be running against me. But answer me this: who has the imagination to be Cornholio?

Beavis: heh heh m heh heh
Butthead: huh huh
Beavis is definitely the smart one.
Comment by caltechgirl — 8/30/2005 @ 5:09 pm
………….I have never actually watched an episode of Beavis and Butthead…………
Comment by Dwilkers — 8/30/2005 @ 6:14 pm
Tough call. They are both morons, but my money would still be on Butthead.
Great show. What a blast from the past
Comment by Recovering Democrat — 8/30/2005 @ 6:30 pm
Butthead was a tad smarter, but that isn’t saying much. That is still one of all time favorite shows and I was bummed that it went off the air. Thank god for MTV 2.
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Comment by Allan Bartlett — 8/30/2005 @ 6:51 pm
Well Howard is younger and hasn’t distroyed as many brain cells with alcohol, but Ted has senority. But it’s a tough call based on quotes by each.
Oh the other Beavis and Butthead! Never mind.
Comment by Lew Clark — 8/30/2005 @ 7:10 pm
I’ve got dibs on Buttheads IQ being at least 5 points higher. That means he’s somewhere in the 40’s.
Comment by Nick @ HBR — 8/30/2005 @ 7:50 pm
Aren’t the creators of B&B doing King of the Hill on FOX?
Comment by bureaucrat — 8/30/2005 @ 9:33 pm
I would have to say that Butt-head appears to be marginally smarter than Beavis most of the time. Not 100% of the time, but enough to give him the IQ crown between the two of them.
bureaucrat: Yes, Mike Judge, creator of B&B, is also one of the creators of King of the Hill, and voices the main character.
Comment by Joshua — 8/30/2005 @ 9:38 pm
It was a trick question. They are both geniuses.
Comment by Insider — 8/30/2005 @ 11:08 pm
Patterico, it was just a joke, a 1960s intelligence test: you’re not really supposed to smoke those banana peels!
Dafydd
Comment by Dafydd — 8/30/2005 @ 11:20 pm
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Trackback by Cafe Oregano — 8/31/2005 @ 3:06 am
ButtHead is smarter; albeit clueless.
Beavis is downright hopeless.
I thought everyone knew that??
/TJ
Comment by TJ — 9/1/2005 @ 3:32 am
PS - it isn’t imagination that make Beavis Cornholio, just caffeine. /TJ
Comment by TJ — 9/1/2005 @ 3:33 am
Sugar, I think — but there still has to be a basic intelligence under there to make Cornholio work right.
Comment by Patterico — 9/1/2005 @ 6:21 am
uhh what the hell is this. uhh wheres beavis? uh huh huh huh, he owes me 10 dollars zat dillwang.
Comment by uhhh Butthead — 12/22/2005 @ 7:36 pm
home equity loan…
good luck…
Trackback by home equity loan — 3/13/2007 @ 7:38 pm