I think the actual reason for bringing the show back is Mike Judge has been doing the Tom Anderson / Hank Hill voice for so long that he missed having a reason to do it when King of the Hill finally called it a day.
I freaking love Daria. I have all 5 seasons plus the movie on my computer (crappy tv rips since afaik no dvd of the show has ever been released). Most of the time when I bring up the show in casual conversation (not often), nobody knows who the hell she is. I tell them “it’s the smartest cartoon you’re not watching.” Daria is who I wished I could be in high school. Because I felt the way she feels about jocks and cheerleading and malls and crass overcommercialization, but always just played along at that age.
But anyway, I am hoping they’ll write Daria in as a side character.
I don’t know, I was a big B&B fan but I have my doubts about this. The characters were products of their time–Anderson the retired WWII vet, Buzzcut the Vietnam vet, van Dreesen the Aging Hippie. They won’t work if they haven’t aged. And as for B&B, who watches music videos today?
The biggest problem is that we have changed. Or at least me, I should probably only speak for myself. I liked the show a lot when it was on, but when I tried to watch it again recently it didn’t appeal to me even a little.
The reruns still appeal to me, but largely in a nostalgic way. That show totally nailed a certain kind of subculture in that time and place. For my friends and I, we were watching ourselves. Butt-head’s pothead, “huh huh huh” laugh was just perfect.
ETA I do agree that I have a hard time seeing it work anymore unless they really update it. Even if they keep B&B the same I age, I concur that letting them watch and comment on youtube videos (not just songs, but viral videos too) would have a much better chance of success.