Capacity crowd turns out for nothing

'Beavis' creator was supposed to show up. He didn't. Over 200 students crowded into Stiteler Hall last night to hear Mike Judge, the creator and voice behind the MTV cartoon Beavis and Butthead, speak and to view unshown clips from the cartoon. "I'm there dude," was the common mantra exhorted by the Beavis and Butthead fans who saw flyers posted across campus announcing Judge's presentation. Unfortunately for them, Mike Judge was not. According to the flyers, signed by the fictional Penn Media Society, Judge was supposed to have spoken about T.V. censorship at 8 p.m. in Stiteler B-21. On the door of the auditorium was a note signed by this Penn Media Society that stated, "Mr. Judge's flight was cancelled today so he caught a late flight. He will be arriving in Philadelphia at 7:30 so he might be a little late. Please be patient." While waiting for Judge, someone in the audience yelled Beavis' common refrain "Fire, Fire" which caused much laughter in the auditorium which was filled beyond capacity. Last month, an episode entitled "Pyromania" was pulled and the show moved to a later time period because an Ohio mother claimed the show led her five-year-old son to start a fire which burned their home down and killed his sister who was trapped inside. The show became the center of a free speech debate across the country. By 8:45 p.m. the crowd had thinned to the diehard and the devoted who could not accept that they had fallen for a prank. "Uh?Does this mean that Butthead dude's not coming?" College freshman Ben Rubin said. The students reactions ranged from amusement to anger. "The Chevy Chase Show was funnier," said Wharton freshman Jeff Sherry. Some did express a reserved admiration for the pranksters though. "I'm impressed, but they should have done more – they just went halfway then stopped," College freshman Alyson Tesler said. Others, like College sophomore Lisa Yellin, used the occasion to vent anger at the University for not yet wiring her High Rise South apartment for cable so she could watch Beavis and Butthead more often. The campus is filled with a loyal cult following of Judge's cartoon, in which the characters' commentary on music videos is interjected with clips of their daily routine. "I saw the first episode over spring break last year and have watched them ever since. Beavis and Butthead are badass," College sophomore Lana Barkawi said.