`BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD' CREATOR WANTS CRACK AT MACY'S PARADE.Byline: New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. Look out Katie Couric Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC's Today. In 2006, she made a highly publicized move from NBC to CBS, and on September 5, 2006 she became the first woman to solo-anchor of the weekday , Al Roker and Willard Scott - Beavis and Butt-head may be moving in on your turf. That's right. While NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. airs its official coverage of the 71st Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. is considering its own coverage, hosted by MTV newsman Kurt Loder and the moronic mo·ron n. 1. A stupid person; a dolt. 2. Psychology A person of mild mental retardation having a mental age of from 7 to 12 years and generally having communication and social skills enabling some degree of academic or animated duo. ``It's going to be them talking, and Kurt throwing back to them,'' ``Beavis and Butt-head'' creator Mike Judge said. MTV hasn't given the concept final approval, although Judge and company have been toiling on the show for some time. To accomplish the look, the animation will incorporate blue-screen technology similar to that used by TV weather forecasters, allowing MTV to slip in live images of the parade. The parade, of course, features enormous balloons of cartoon characters. While there won't be a ``Beavis and Butt-head'' balloon in the official parade, Judge said there is a plan to have a balloon hanging around MTV's offices at 1515 Broadway. The parade special will air the day before MTV offers the last original episode of ``Beavis and Butt-head,'' scheduled for Nov. 28 at 10 p.m. |
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