King of the Hill

King Of The Hill is, in my opinion, still as strong today as it was years ago! I am constantly in awe of newer episodes that are near flawless. dialogue, performances, plot, teh funny, etc. from beginning, middle, to end. do people forget about how good it is? is it taken for granted? should i just use the word "underrated" and be done with it. i'm guessing there is a mike judge thread somewhere where people talk about the show after 2002 on ILX.

"My name is Mr. Big..."

i just explained all the jokes you will ever see on king of the hill, there is no need to watch it now

And all that's between is Dale saying "Boy, this is a funny situation. Wonder how you're going to get out of it, Hank?" and Boomhauer talks really fast.

Search: The Propaniacs.

The start of that one episode where Bobby points to the sky at a barbecue and says, "Look, it's ashes!" when it turns out to be snow, and everyone wrecks their car pulling out of the parking lot... that was pretty close to the bone, I tells you.

Revival prompted in part by Wikiquote browsing and finding this exchange:

Dale: "So it turns out I'm not the actual Dale Gribble, but a clone of him. The original Dale Gribble is a super-warrior from the year 2087. The second me, i.e. I, was created to help the first me fight the invading Mongol armies."

Hank: "Dale, that's asinine, and here's four reasons why. First, you're not gonna clone a super-warrior out of a guy who can't even win a thumb-wrestling match. Two, you've spent your life swearing that the robots will eliminate the clones by the year 2010, so which is it, robots or clones? Three, you've already said you sympathize with the invading Mongolians of 2087, so you'd be the last one they'd send to fight them. And four, if you were from the future, you would have seen this coming." (Punches Dale in the arm)

Wow. I remember when it debuted when I was in college, and we'd all see who could run to the TV fast enough to turn it off after The Simpsons was over.

"I know what's wrong with it. It's a Ford. You know what they say Ford stands for don't ya? 'Fix it again, Tony'."

so of course he gets the best lines!

Shakey Mo ruins fucking for chicago kevin.

FWIW, the reason why the NYPL has their Lou Reed collection is that it was supposed to go to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, but Laurie Anderson was so infuriated by a newly-passed "gun rights" law that she decided not to move forward with the donation. A shame, but much to my benefit - even when the subway ride is long, I take consolation that it's cheaper/easier than a plane ride.

shit i wish i hadn't read the details about this above (from joss's husband on fb), the dog stuff especially. a content warning or hidden text would have been nice.

otm

our local pride center is hosting a vigil for him downtown on sunday evening

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKc-xAnxYP5/

thank u to m bison and map for the last four posts

lol Google AI

Laurie Anderson is a multi-talented American artist known for her work in music, performance, and visual arts. She is also known for her work with Lou Reed and her relationship with him. She is currently known as the Cline Visiting Professor at UT-Austin. Laurie Anderson is also a real estate agent in Texas, according to U.S. News Real Estate. Laurie Anderson is a Senior Minister at Midway Hills Christian Church in Dallas, Texas. Laurie Anderson is also a Vice President of International Programs with Alliance Abroad Group in Austin, Texas. Additionally, Laurie Anderson is a broker with Alliance Real Estate in Keller, TX.

(I had to Google the Reed archives thing, which I'd misremembered as being about Abortion rights)

Go Laurie go

I'm tempted to put up a fake blog with blatantly false information just to further distort Google AI's findings. Maybe a history on how she found god at a Dylan concert in 1979 and how she became Texas's biggest real estate mogul.

thread's gone a little off the rails

More details about Joss's relationship with his neighbors (including the guy who killed him):
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jonathan-joss-killing-police-records-neighbor-dispute-rcna210670

Worth noting that the police have found "no evidence" that it was a hate crime and were unable to determine the cause of the fire. Not to say we should implicitly believe the cops, but based on the other reporting here, it seems like the story was complicated.

I think when someone gets taunted with their dead pet and called a slur by the person who shot them, it’s not a stretch to call it a hate crime regardless of whatever previous conflict occurred

or in less polite terms stfu

You're right, sorry

Yeah I mean...among many other things right now I'd be thinking a civil suit against the police is on the table.

watching the new season and its actually pretty good? first episode was weird because it had to stuff so much into 30 minutes but after that it hits a good rhythm, it matches the tone and humor of the show while changing pretty much everything about it. they seem to have put a lot of thought into what these characters would actually be like after a long period of time, I love for instance with Joseph how you get to see the effect of being raised by a guy like Dale

on the negative side I don't like the way the new animation looks and some of the voices sound off, I love Pam Aldon but they probably should've gotten someone else to do adult Bobby. that said they replaced Khan's voice actor and he comes off like a new character entirely, so I dunno. maybe highlights how difficult it really is for a show like this to do a time skip, in fact this may be the only time I've seen that concept kinda work

I saw a couple of the new episodes, and they were OK, but I was really thrown off by the number of gags that made it seem like Hank had been in a coma for 20 years, or frozen in ice or something, and not in Saudi Arabia or, you know, any other place with technology. "Craft beer? The only crafts I know are made out of wood!" "300 channels of the TV? What happened to three channels, static and an American flag at the end of the night, that's TV to me." I just made those up, but lots of jokes like that.

They diminish after a few episodes. There are some allusions to the fact that Hank's media consumption has been cable news, and I thought they did a decent job of having him accept or even embrace some change by the time they get to the end of the season.

i heard the same thing, i.e. that there are a couple bumps when the new season starts out, along these lines, but that it clears up and gets better

still haven't been motivated to check this out but i assume i will at some point

Anyone know a good list of 'classic' episodes or would want to compile one now?

The episode with Hank's half-brother might be the largest evolution in Hank's character the series has

Bill is MVP of the series, followed closely by Joseph. Found Connie a bit wearing by the end.

yep the season gets better as it goes on, the last two episodes are as good as anything in the series I think. and they're implicitly about Andrew Tate and cryptocurrency

Joseph was definitely my favorite of the grown up kids, feel like they absolutely nailed what he was gonna turn out like