Nov 7, 2009 | Entertainment Magazine
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Director's Chair: Mike Judge - 'Extract'
It's hard to believe, but it's been 16 years since the multi-faceted Mike Judge first burst onto the scene with Beavis and Butt-Head , which debuted on MTV back in 1993.
As the creative force behind of the long-running "King of the Hill" and its precursor, the headbang-worthy "Beavis & Butt-Head" - " not to mention the modern film classic, "Office Space" - ".... As the creative force behind of the long-running "King of the Hill" and its precursor, the headbang-worthy "Beavis & Butt-Head" - " not to mention the ...
This is the end. The end of Fox' "King of the Hill," although you will still be able to watch reruns on Cartoon Network.
Roger Clyne remains 'King of the Hill'
Roger Clyne calls it "'Bonanza' on steroids," 30 seconds of frenetic guitar riffs and pounding drums.
Reel Time - Mike Judge stifles laughs with inhibited 'Extract'
'Extract,' the new comedy written and directed by Mike Judge, has plenty of good, hearty chuckles.
The title of the film Extract is appropriate on all levels. Written and directed by Mike Judge , he has extracted from this story virtually all morality, wisdom, spiritual values, character development and empathy.
Goodbye, Hank: 13 propane-filled reasons we'll miss 'King of the Hill'
By ROBERT PHILPOT After 13 seasons and more than 250 episodes, Mike Judge's Texas-centric cartoon King of the Hill will say, 'So long, y'all' this weekend, on Fox.
Extract Majestic 10, Williston
LABOR PAIN Bateman plays a business owner beleaguered by his dim-witted workforce in the latest from Mike Judge.
Mike Judge looks back over 13 years of 'King of the Hill'
Mike Judge's natural speaking voice is closest to Boomhauer, the rapid-fire mumblin' neighbor on the Fox network show he created 13 years ago, "King of the Hill." It's a startling revelation, because you don't quite know what to expect from a guy whose voice has permeated the American conscience for nearly two decades.
Easily the most disappointing movie of the summer, "Extract" is more significantly the biggest letdown of its esteemed creator's career.
Judge says hi to 'Extract,' bye to 'King of the Hill"?
Mike Judge's feature film "Extract," a companion piece to his 1999 "Office Space," hit theaters Friday.
Mike Judge Taps Factory Angst for Flavorful Laughs in Extract
Beavis and Butt-Head creator Mike Judge has built a successful film career on his uncanny ability to draw humor from the most mundane topics.
Common Touch: The natives are feckless in Mike Judge's new paen to regular folks.
Mike Judge is the chief magistrate of Flyover Land. Sure, other comedy filmmakers can claim to have their fingers on the pulse of Lower Middle America, a country the entertainment businesspeople fly over between L.A. and New York.
No butting heads with 'Beavis' boss
Animator and movie director Mike Judge was married for 20 years, majored in physics at the University of California at San Diego and has never hired a gigolo to seduce his significant other.
Writer-director Mike Judge has enjoyed his share of success with Beavis and Butt-Head and King of the Hill, but when he makes live-action for the big screen, he just seems born to lose.
Anatomy of a plot: Mike Judge has an overblown concern about his testicles, a fixation he traces to a science project back in Albuquerque, N.M. "For my high school science fair, I actually made an X-ray generator with an old TV tube and a Tesla coil," says the man behind Beavis and Butt-head, King of the Hill and the feature comedy Extract.
Thank you, Mike Judge. I really needed a pick-me-up after watching that depressing video of Soleil Moon Frye dressing up like Punky Brewster to celebrate 1,000,000 Twitter followers.
Mike Judge turns the tables with new workplace comedy 'Extract'
By DAVID MARTINDALE It took writer-director Mike Judge 10 years to get his new movie, Extract , into theaters.Blame it on the colossal failure - no, make that the phenomenal success - of Judge's Office Space.
Mike Judge could be the poet laureate of stupidity. He certainly has a genius for creating memorable morons, from middle school to middle management.
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