― David Raposa, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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.
― the pinefox, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― DavidM, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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.
― Josh, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
i agree with pinefox yet again
― the boy ain't right, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Maria, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Norman Phay, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Geordie Racer, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
(not in ten thousand years-ah)
― amused prestwich readah, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Josh, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― mark s, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― N., Monday, 14 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― DG, Tuesday, 15 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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.
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 23 April 2005 22:23 (eighteen years ago) link
"My name is Mr. Big..."
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Saturday, 23 April 2005 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Miss Misery (thatgirl), Sunday, 24 April 2005 04:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lethal Dizzle (djdee2005), Sunday, 24 April 2005 07:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 24 April 2005 08:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Sunday, 24 April 2005 08:51 (eighteen years ago) link
i just explained all the jokes you will ever see on king of the hill, there is no need to watch it now
― webber (webber), Sunday, 24 April 2005 10:21 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 24 April 2005 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Sunday, 24 April 2005 14:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 24 April 2005 14:54 (eighteen years ago) link
Search: The Propaniacs.
― Ken L (Ken L), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link
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.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 24 April 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Sunday, 24 April 2005 20:16 (eighteen years ago) link
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)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 16:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― A B C (sparklecock), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 17:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link
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.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― acid waffle house (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 January 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link
I assume rights, right? Oh, wait, it's on Hulu, same dif.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 February 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
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!
― Ste, Friday, 4 February 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
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?
― frogbs, Monday, 7 March 2022 22:39 (two years ago) link
i want to unread what i just read
― class project pat (m bison), Monday, 7 March 2022 23:27 (two years ago) link
It's gonna get to the point where we can't have realistically flawed characters anymore...
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 00:03 (two years ago) link
was this written by Peggy Hill
― made entirely of styrofoam (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 03:16 (two years ago) link
lmao
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 03:35 (two years ago) link
@ 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?
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 14:28 (two years ago) link
Good question.
― Mardi Gras Mambo Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 14:51 (two years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 14:54 (two years ago) link
QANON DALE (and/or PEGGY)
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 15:41 (two years ago) link
peggy would be a resistance twitter lib imo
― class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 16:12 (two years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
most of these ppl wd be poisonbrained by RW media tho
― class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 16:49 (two years ago) link
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, 8 March 2022 16:51 (two years ago) link
bobby escapes to the city and has pronouns now, sorry
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:09 (two years ago) link
Come on Peggy is absolutely a Hillary voter
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:20 (two years ago) link
i’ve got an aunt Peggy or two and idk…
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:23 (two years ago) link
oh yeah if Bobby moves to (and stays in) a major city that definitely changes things
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:24 (two years ago) link
Peggy is 100% with her
Bill is probably a MSNBC addict liberal now. Like posters on the wall of Maddow, his secret shame.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:27 (two years ago) link
Bill’s antifa adventures could be a series-long c-plot gag.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 17:29 (two years ago) link
― 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
― class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 18:07 (two years ago) link
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Tuesday, March 8, 2022 10:51 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is correct
― class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 18:09 (two years ago) link
sure but it's tricky to treat sitcom characters this way
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
no it isnt, its fake and we can literaly make shit up
― class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 18:59 (two years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 21:25 (two years ago) link
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.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 23:50 (two years ago) link
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"
― class project pat (m bison), Tuesday, 8 March 2022 23:55 (two years ago) link
Is Anyone Watching The Goode Family? The New Mike Judge Show
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 00:58 (two years ago) link
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.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 01:16 (two years ago) link
He would’ve voted for Romney on the basis of hair alone
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 01:58 (two years ago) link
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
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 02:13 (two years ago) link
Trump is too showbiz and New York for Hank, I think.
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 02:19 (two years ago) link
He sure as hell wouldn't have voted for Hilary though, I imagine
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 02:20 (two years ago) link
He's retired, taking his time, grilling with charcoal. Maybe not voting.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 02:47 (two years ago) link
grilling with charcoal
bwaaaaa
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Wednesday, 9 March 2022 02:49 (two years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 02:58 (two years ago) link
Wasn’t there a bit where she was a Spanish teacher (substitute?) who couldn’t speak soSpanish?
I regularly refer to spaghetti as spapeggy.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 03:47 (two years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 March 2022 04:58 (two years ago) link
This would, on the face of it, be a dealbreaker for millions of people who ended up voting for him.
― circa1916, Thursday, 10 March 2022 12:42 (two years ago) link
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
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 March 2022 14:41 (two years ago) link
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982) pic.twitter.com/BCo3BSmLWL— kim possible facts (@HaitianDvorce) March 29, 2022
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
pretty sure rusty shackleford plays bass on that one
― budo jeru, Thursday, 31 March 2022 01:31 (one year ago) link
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.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 16:12 (one year ago) link
:(
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.
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 August 2023 18:22 (seven months ago) link