Introduced me to the fearful concept of Rodeo Clowns...

I think it's a magnificent programme - probably a tad better than The Simpsons, but with the caveat that The S is is more long-running and has stood test of time / continual success etc better than almost anything (?).

Episodes of KOTH stay hilarious on repeated viewings. Only other 90s prog to do this so well = Match of the Day?

Much more to be said.

Pinefox, I am well aware that this is not new. But I am back in a house with a television, and reruns of this program are now conveniently right after the Simpsons and before Seinfeld = I watch a lot of KOTH, catching up on years of being too busy to catch it at normal times.

i agree with pinefox yet again

PrOgOpO7yp$3

(not in ten thousand years-ah)

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.

that article is not encouraging; way too much at once

They asked me if I wanted to substitute for a German class, and I said “nein”, which I thought meant yes. But it turns out it means “no”, so I blew a big opportunity

Well speaking of Hell, if I wasn't so in control of my emotions, I might be inclined to say that's the sort of place you might wanna consider making a uh....visit towards

why isn't this on Disney+ ffs

I assume rights, right? Oh, wait, it's on Hulu, same dif.

I bought the first 3 series on disk some time back, I think I may as well eventually buy the rest physically too. specially as seems the whole digital world is destined for the dumps but i'll be safe in me bunker with me KotH set and tins of beans!

https://screenrant.com/king-hill-show-revival-peggy-bad-mom-problem-fix/

what the hell is this take?? why would you want to fix what made her one of the funniest sitcom moms ever? am I wrong to think there's actually something progressive about making her the inept/overconfident one?

i want to unread what i just read

It's gonna get to the point where we can't have realistically flawed characters anymore...

was this written by Peggy Hill

lmao

@ was this written by Peggy Hill

Yeah this is a dumb take. Some of my fav moments on this show are the understated ones (like I can't actually think of examples but they come up every few episodes) where Peggy enthusiastically enables or supports some of Bobby's weirder and nerdier behaviours/interests. Usually the interests that befuddle (or concern) Hank but are completely innocuous.

I don't think I've ever wanted a reboot to happen less than for this show. Who is even asking for this?

Good question.

so are all the characters going to be 20 years older or are they gonna retcon the timeline like every other animated show? the former doesn't seem too interesting and the latter would be just strange, since Hank is a type of conservative that doesn't really exist anymore

QANON DALE (and/or PEGGY)

peggy would be a resistance twitter lib imo

back when we were doing the "which fictional characters would vote for Trump" thing KOTH came up and honestly idk if any of these characters would - Hank wouldn't vote for a New York reality show host, Bill would find him too mean, Peggy would never vote for someone who degraded women so much, Dale probably doesn't vote at all, Khan would find him too stupid, Cotton wouldn't support a draft dodger (but might vote for him just so a woman doesn't take office), who knows about Boomhauer

which kinda confirms to me that this show wouldn't really work in modern times. as funny as Mike Judge is his social/political commentary is often not great. but hey I'll watch it anyway

most of these ppl wd be poisonbrained by RW media tho

KoTH characters ca 1999 definitely not. But by 2020 i’d wager literally everyone in the main and supporting cast—except Bobby (maybe!), Connie, and John Redcorn—would be Trump voters with varying degrees of enthusiasm. even Khan.

bobby escapes to the city and has pronouns now, sorry

Come on Peggy is absolutely a Hillary voter

i’ve got an aunt Peggy or two and idk…

oh yeah if Bobby moves to (and stays in) a major city that definitely changes things

Peggy is 100% with her

Bill is probably a MSNBC addict liberal now. Like posters on the wall of Maddow, his secret shame.

Bill’s antifa adventures could be a series-long c-plot gag.

bobby escapes to the city and has pronouns now, sorry

― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, March 8, 2022 11:09 AM (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

bobby def went to UTA and is he/they AT MINIMUM

KoTH characters ca 1999 definitely not. But by 2020 i’d wager literally everyone in the main and supporting cast—except Bobby (maybe!), Connie, and John Redcorn—would be Trump voters with varying degrees of enthusiasm. even Khan.

― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Tuesday, March 8, 2022 10:51 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is correct

sure but it's tricky to treat sitcom characters this way

no it isnt, its fake and we can literaly make shit up

well that's the internal logic of animated shows, they can reference what year it is and talk about various current events, but the characters themselves don't get any older, so each season kind of retcons the whole timeline. if it's supposed to be 2022 but they're all the same age, then we're supposed to assume they're basically the same characters, right? idk just mentally preparing myself for Hank to say "Lets Go Brandon" in the first episode

I'd be more curious to see them age the characters 20 years myself. I would think at that point the show would center more on Bobby and perhaps make the show as he becomes a dad himself. I would not have him married to Connie though.

I'd have it that Luanne got rich and somewhat successful (except with men as sadly Lucky died like Buckley before him) and make Peggy jealous. Have her in a big Texas-sized McMansion etc.

in 20 years bobby starts going by bob and moves to the northeast to start a burger restaurant u could call it "king of the burgers"

Is Anyone Watching The Goode Family? The New Mike Judge Show

tbh I don't think they'd all go MAGA - my dad didn't sell propane but his suburban white Texan guy friends moved slightly left as often as they moved hard right. Texas liberaltarians who still like guns are definitely a type.

Hank may have been the storied McCain-Obama-Trump-Biden voter.

He would’ve voted for Romney on the basis of hair alone

he wasn’t willing to vote for George W Bush after one bad handshake, I’m sure he’d have found a reason not to vote for Trump

Trump is too showbiz and New York for Hank, I think.

He sure as hell wouldn't have voted for Hilary though, I imagine

He's retired, taking his time, grilling with charcoal. Maybe not voting.

grilling with charcoal

bwaaaaa

something that was just pointed out to me is that whenever Peggy insists something is a fact it is actually her opinion and when she claims something's her opinion it's actually a fact

Wasn’t there a bit where she was a Spanish teacher (substitute?) who couldn’t speak so
Spanish?

I regularly refer to spaghetti as spapeggy.

something I really appreciate about this show is how unique both the writing and the art style are. like it's brilliant in some ways and extremely clunky in others but they're different ways than any other animated show

Trump is too showbiz and New York for Hank, I think.

This would, on the face of it, be a dealbreaker for millions of people who ended up voting for him.

there is one scene from this show that will always make me laugh uncontrollably and it's the "oh yeah" soundbite here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-VZGqrnXmQ

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982) pic.twitter.com/BCo3BSmLWL

— kim possible facts (@HaitianDvorce) March 29, 2022

pretty sure rusty shackleford plays bass on that one

Bobby, the only pizza you're gonna be eating tonight is chicken and broccoli pizza. Only without the crust and without the tomato sauce. But it will have cheese, because that's the way your mother makes it.

:(

https://www.tmz.com/2023/08/10/king-of-the-hill-dale-johnny-hardwick-voice-actor-dead-dies/

wonder if they'll even go on with the reboot now? Brittany Murphy's gone, Tom Petty's gone, now one of your show's most recognizable voices. and they already said they weren't gonna have Khan in it.