Huh, Huh, Huh… Loder. Heh, Heh, Heh. Ask Beavis if he has a wish bone.

There are two kinds of people in this world. The ones who celebrate Thanksgiving with Charlie Brown. And then the ones who interview people’s butts at Times Square-like Beavis and Butthead.

The answer is both. I am both people.

In 1997, ahead of their final episode after a massive pop-culture-changing five-year run, MTV ran a half-hour special with Beavis and Butthead along with Kurt Loder to celebrate the Turkey Holiday in Times Square. Where they talk about what they do on Thanksgiving, interview people’s butts, and unload their charm onto the conservative Kurt-complete with bumpers from creator Mike Judge and, of course, it wouldn’t be a true Beavis and Butthead episode without a couple of videos thrown in for good measure.

“Boy. CHER sure has gone downhill.”

But let’s face it, this was a pure celebration of the iconic 90s dumbass duo in all its glory with just some Thanksgiving trimmings before the pair’s 200th episode, “Beavis and Butthead are Dead”. However, the added joy of the Beavis and Butthead parade balloons along with some of their commentary about why “the city was giving homeless people a parade with balloons” cracks me the fuck up every time.

“Hey, we’re homeless, and we’re starving but, hey, there’s a Garfield balloon! Ahhhh…” At the time, that kind of social commentary went way over our heads and we just laughed our ever-loving asses off. It’s still funny now, but we also get what he was trying to say. And that’s the brilliance of Mike Judge, folks.

This was the last time Beavis and Butthead were on MTV with anything new for 14 years until a small revival back in 2011. An end of an era and a transition into a different period of time. When considering the 90s, it is difficult not to mention these two and their impact on an entire generation of angsty and rebellious adolescents that began during the height of the grunge music era. And while this special was supposed to be a sendoff celebration, it has stayed with me personally throughout the years as an annual November tradition.

It’s just not Thanksgiving until I hear Butthead explain the meaning of the holiday, “Well Loder, Thanksgiving is a very special day. The first thing we do is get up and watch TV. Now keep in mind, most television on Thanksgiving morning sucks. But do we get mad? No. We just keep changing channels until we find something cool.”

Buttheadisms, folks.

Shout out to wny_vad13 for uploading this special to YouTube in its entirety! Happy Thanksgiving buttmunches!