The 'Christmas Carol' take-off is a popular seasonal device of the American animated series. The longer a series runs, the closer they approach a situation where a major character adopts miserly tendencies and achieves redemption within a strict twenty five minute running time. In fact, the longest running animation of them all, The Simpsons, went a step further by parodying a parody - more on that later.At the height of their popularity, MTV's Beavis and Butthead starred in a 1995 Christmas special. It was split into two parts (a superior parody of 'It's a Wonderful Life' starred Butthead in the second part) and the first of these saw Beavis jump into the role of Scrooge.
Having managed to achieve promotion to Assistant Manager of Burger World, Beavis leaves for the night to 'spank his monkey' to a video called, oh yes, 'Ebeneezer Screw', leaving his replacement as burger-jockey, the now former Principal McVicker, square in the put-upon Bob Cratchit role. However, his enjoyment is continually ruined by a series of ghosts: his 'former partner' Butthead; Mr Anderson as the Ghost of Christmas Past who shows him that he has spent each Christmas doing nothing but sitting on the sofa watching TV; Mr Van Driessen as the Ghost of Christmas Present who shows him that McVicker has to sneak stolen happy meals to his grotesque family to keep them alive and Mr Buzzcut who, well you get the point. Unfortunately Beavis doesn't. See for yourself with the links to the full episode below...Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6URV5pxGHw
Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ALOkrIIEbQ
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