“The mother says he had never played with matches or lighters prior to witnessing ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ and laughing about fire being fun,” said the fire chief. “The mother told our investigator that Austin watched ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ all the time and became obsessed with playing with fire. We’re going to ask MTV to remove those segments—and if they won’t do it voluntarily, we’ll go through the powers that be and force pressure on them.” Politicians led the charge for cancelation. MTV refused to end the program but did delete certain antisocial segments and put the kibosh on lighters,
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