The BEST episodes written by Mike Judge
#1 - Johnny Paycheck
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus - Season 1 - Episode 1
In addition to selling 40 million records and producing chart-topping hits like “She’s All I Got” and “Take This Job and Shove It,” country music outlaw Johnny Paycheck became notorious for living the part. He was known for his music, grand theft auto, drug binges and stints in jail. At the height of Paycheck’s fame, he shot a man over a turtle soup recipe, which led to a high-profile trial, a prison sentence and one of his greatest hits, “Old Violin.”
#2 - George Jones and Tammy Wynette Pt 2
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus - Season 1 - Episode 4
Collaborating on 33 hit songs and nine studio albums, George Jones and Tammy Wynette projected an image of marital bliss. Backstage, real life was more of a mess, highlighted by actual gunplay, an accusation of poisoning and ingenious disappearing acts in the name of alcohol. The marriage was ultimately sacrificed, but the music survived. Despite George’s split personalities and Tammy’s endless string of men, the two maintained an artistic partnership that stood the test of time and gave them one of their greatest hits, “Golden Rings,” about love and marriage.
#3 - George Jones and Tammy Wynette Pt 1
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus - Season 1 - Episode 3
He was a poor boy from a bootleggers’ town in the Texas backwoods. She was a cotton-picking Mississippi girl dreaming of stardom in Nashville. Together, George Jones and Tammy Wynette became the first power couple in country music. They were perfect in the public eye, but their tumultuous relationship was punctuated by George’s alcohol-fueled escapades and his paranoia over Tammy’s romantic past. She tried to keep the marriage from turning toxic, singing “Stand By Your Man,” her greatest hit, onstage with her husband every night.
#4 - No Laughing
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 2 - Episode 12
Fed up with Beavis and Butt-head's laughter at every word that even sounds dirty, Principal McVicker threatens them with expulsion and transferrence to a dangerous alternative school if they're caught laughing. This proves to be risky for them during Buzzcut's sex education class. videos: Ween - "Push Th' Little Daisies" Carmen Electra - "Everybody Get On Up" Butthole Surfers- "Who Was In My Room Last Night?" Beastie Boys - "So, What'cha Want" Amy Grant - "Baby, Baby" Toni Basil - "Mickey" The Scorpions - "Rock You Like A Hurricane" Reba McEntire - "Take It Back" Duran Duran - "Come Undone" Corrosion Of Conformity - "Dance Of The Dead"
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#5 - Jerry Lee Lewis
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus - Season 1 - Episode 2
One of the pioneers of rock’n’roll, Jerry Lee Lewis also happened to be a country music singer who liked to call himself “The Killer.” He made a name for himself not just as a magnetic piano-playing singer, but also as an impulsive, gun-wielding wild man, who stoked epic rivalries with the likes of Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. The Killer also notoriously married his 13-year-old second cousin, setting off an epic worldwide scandal.
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#6 - Bungholio: Lord of the Harvest
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 6 - Episode 1
Special Halloween Night double episode: Beavis + Halloween candy = Cornholio, and his quest for more candy and -- of course -- T.P. for his bunghole. videos: Alice Cooper - "Teenage Frankenstein" Paul Broucek - "Hollywood Halloween" King Diamond - "The Family Ghost"
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#7 - Minimum Viable Product
Silicon Valley - Season 1 - Episode 1
Attending an elaborate launch party, Richard and his computer programmer friends - Big Head, Dinesh and Gilfoyle - dream of making it big. Instead, they're living in the communal Hacker Hostel owned by former programmer Erlich, who gets to claim ten percent of anything they invent there. When it becomes clear that Richard has developed a powerful compression algorithm for his website, Pied Piper, he finds himself courted by Gavin Belson, his egomaniacal corporate boss, who offers a $10 million buyout by his firm, Hooli. But Richard holds back when well-known investor Peter Gregory makes a counteroffer.
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#8 - Blaze Foley
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus - Season 1 - Episode 8
A legend in country music circles, and a complete unknown to most fans, Blaze Foley burned bright on the Austin, Texas music scene before being silenced well before his time. He was an intimidating physical presence with a wry sense of humor and the voice of an angel who battled his demons by writing songs about them. Blaze hated hypocrisy as much as he loved booze and duct tape. He became best friends and brothers in self-destruction with another singer/songwriter, Townes Van Zandt. And he died tragically while trying to defend a friend from harm, but not before writing his greatest song, “If I Could Only Fly.”
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#9 - Billy Joe Shaver
Mike Judge Presents: Tales From the Tour Bus - Season 1 - Episode 5
By all accounts, Billy Joe Shaver should never have made it in country music. A poor Texas kid from a broken family, he lost three fingers in a sawmill accident before ever writing a song. Despite his physical challenge, Shaver landed in Nashville as a singer/songwriter with hard luck songs about real life. A chance meeting with Waylon Jennings in the back of a peanut trailer led to the breakthrough 'Outlaw' album Honky Tonk Heroes, featuring Waylon singing songs written by Billy Joe. A decade later, Shaver made a name for himself after shooting a man at a roadside tavern for allegedly talking to his soon-to-be ex-wife. The gun play led to a celebrity trial and a shocking verdict. And, of course, Billy Joe wrote a song about it.
#10 - The Butt-head Experience
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 2 - Episode 13
During a shift at Burger World, Butt-head goes to sleep (standing up), and dreams that he and Beavis are rock stars. videos: Winger - "Seventeen" Nudeswirl - "F-Sharp" KISS - "I Love It Loud" Eddie Murphy - "Put Your Mouth On Me" A-Ha - "Take On Me" Big Country - "In A Big Country"
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#11 - The Great Cornholio
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 4 - Episode 31
Stewart has diarrhea; too much sugar turns Beavis into "The Great Cornholio." videos: Sausage - "Riddles Are Abound Tonight" Danger Danger - "Naughty, Naughty" Devo - "Whip It"
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#12 - Pilot
King of the Hill - Season 1 - Episode 1
The pilot of King of the Hill introduces us to the town of Arlen, Texas, and the life of propane salesman Hank Hill. Hank spends much of his time standing in the alley outside his house, drinking beer with his three old friends: Dale Gribble, a conspiracy theorist who never notices that his wife Nancy is having an affair with her "healer" John Redcorn (or that his son Joseph looks a lot like Redcorn); Bill Dauterive, a divorced army barber; and Boomhauer, a ladies' man of indeterminate employment and even more indeterminate speech. Hank lives with his wife Peggy, a substitute Spanish teacher at Tom Landry Middle School; his son Bobby, who seems to like comedy records better than sports; Peggy's niece Luanne, an aspiring beautician; and his dog Ladybird, a bloodhound whose mother tracked down James Earl Ray.
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#13 - Good Credit
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 2 - Episode 2
The boys have Mr. Anderson's credit card, and buy $6,275 worth of animals at the pet store...which puts a damper on Anderson's Odd Fellows convention. videos: Loverboy - "Working For The Weekend" The Bangles - "Manic Monday" The Ramones - "Pet Semetary" John Cougar Mellencamp - "Pop Singer" Soundgarden - "Rusty Cage"
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#14 - Hank's Unmentionable Problem
King of the Hill - Season 1 - Episode 6
Hank is constipated, and everyone wants to offer an opinion on how to cure it. After a humiliating visit to a proctologist, he is told that unless his condition improves, his colon will have to be surgically removed. Peggy makes Hank change his diet and his living habits in an attempt to become regular again, but Hank decides he'd rather die with a burger in his colon than live and eat faux-food.
#15 - Home Improvement
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 2 - Episode 9
"Butthole and Joe" paint Mr. Anderson`s house. Bored with that, they sniff paint thinner, destroy quite a few things, paint his cat's butt, and decide to go for a nice ride on his lawnmower. (After several complaints,the scenes of the boys getting high off the paint thinner and painting the cats butt were later removed.) Videos: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes Biz Markie - Just A Friend White Zombie - Black Sunshine Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - What I Am
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#16 - Customers Suck
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 2 - Episode 7
Beavis and Butt-head deal with annoying customers (and deep fry stuff) during a shift at Burger World. Videos: Public Image Limited - Rise Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go The Pursuit Of Happiness - Cigarette Dangles Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
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#17 - The Pipe of Doom
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 4 - Episode 22
Beavis and Butt-head visit a construction site; Butt-head gets stuck in a pipe and his rescue becomes a media event. Then, of course, Beavis gets stuck in it. videos: Salt 'N Pepa featuring En Vogue - "What A Man" Mark O'Connor - "The Devil Comes Back To Georgia" Pantera - "I'm Broken"
#18 - Patients Patients
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 4 - Episode 25
Beavis & Butt-head go to the Medical Center. Butt-head gets nitrous at the dentist, Beavis gets an eye exam and a sucker. videos: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - "I Wanna Rock" Kate Bush - "Love & Anger"
#19 - Lawn & Garden
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 2 - Episode 14
The boys prune Mr. Anderson's trees...and destroy his house. Dr. & The Medics - "Spirit In The Sky" David Lee Roth - "Just Like Paradise" Kris Kross - "Warm It Up" Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance"
#20 - Canoe
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 3 - Episode 23
The school psychiatrist requires Beavis, Butt-head and Stewart to go on a canoe trip, led by Mr. Van Driessen. Butt-head tells Beavis that this is Mr. Van Driessen's attempt at making "his move" on Beavis. A fight ensues, and the boys' canoe capsizes. While relieving themselves in the woods (wearing only underwear), they get poison ivy. Mr Van Driessen gets mauled by a bear. videos: Frank Zappa - "You Are What You Is" The Europeans - "We Are Animals" Motorhead - "No Voices In The Sky" The Replacements - "Bastards Of Young"
#21 - Comedians
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 3 - Episode 1
Beavis and Butt-head decide to become stand-up comedians, perform at a comedy club, get booed and burn the place down.¹ videos: Primus - "My Name is Mud" Tiffany - "I Think We're Alone Now" Vince Neil - "Sister of Pain" Belly - "Feed The Tree" ¹This episode was last shown edited as follows: The scene where Butt-head gets the idea to become a comedian, Beavis says: "Let's go over to Stewart's house and burn something." The edited version has Butt-head interrupting Beavis after "house." The scene where Beavis is juggling flaming newspapers (which burns down the Laff Hole) is removed. The fire references have been removed from the Vince Neil video. The Belly video was added to fill the time from the edited scenes. This is the original airing of this episode..
#22 - Nothing Happening
Beavis and Butt-Head - Season 7 - Episode 17
After the TV goes out, the boys sleep through four disasters that ravage their town. videos: Tom Jones - "If I Only Knew"