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Reach back

The year was 1993. President Clinton was new to the office, Janet Jackson was the biggest female pop star and “The X-Files” premiered. The Branch Davidian siege began and ended, the Israeli-Palestinian accord was reached and the World Trade Center garage was bombed by a group of half-wit terrorists with a rental van.

If, however, you were a fan of two lunkhead high-school slackers with hugely irritating cackles, then the biggest news of the year was the premiere of “Beavis and Butt-Head.”

Seriously, what was more important — the Middle East peace accord or listening to the boys argue about whether or not Ozzy Osbourne was an old fart?

If you picked Ozzy’s fartdom, then right about now, you are probably in a group of the happiest, oldest high schoolers on Earth, because tomorrow night, the boys return to MTV.

On the return, the boys give a slight concession to the modern age by trying to become werewolves and watching clips of contemporary TV shows.

But, like the old days, they’re still making fun of MTV.

This time, it’s “Jersey Shore” and Snooki (“I’m a whore, welcome to Costco!”) and “16 And Pregnant” (“Everybody’s mouth is always open”).

They also take on an animated version of ABC’s “The Bachelor.”

Of course, nothing Beavis and Butt-Head can ever say will be as funny as the actual rose ceremony.

That said, the big problem with bringing “B&B” back is a that there’s already an idiot surplus on TV.

Back in 1993, stupid, snarky comments about pop culture were cutting edge. Now, every moron with a cell phone is tweeting and Facebooking every second of the day and night.

The difference is that “Beavis and Butt-Head” creator Mike Judge is no idiot — he created characters who were.

Now, we’re a worldwide culture of what I call Twitterits — people who can’t stop polluting cyberspace with their “thoughts.”

So, yes, the boys have lots of competition now — but they’re too stupid to know it and, instead of obsessing over their cell phones and iPads, they are still on the couch watching TV.

Tomorrow night, they get off the couch long enough to try to become werewolves — by having a hairy, crazy, homeless guy bite them.

They then mistake the boils and fevers they develop from contracting Hepatitis A, B, C, gonor-rhea and gangrene as proof that they are becoming werewolves.

Beavis and Butt-Head’s snarky remarks are still so stupid — even in a world crowded with them — that they’re funny.

If you were a fan back then, you might even stop tweeting long enough to turn the TV back on.