King of the Hill

I fell off after watching most of the first two seasons but you are inspiring me to pick it back up.

agree with all that. when KotH came out I was barely a teenager, the show didn't make sense to me then but I really love it now. I can't think of an animated comedy series with more three-dimensional characters. I love that none of the main characters are caricatures, they all seem very real in a way you don't see often in a sitcom.

maybe this is just curmudgeonly grumbling of a 90's kid but growing up I remember every animated show having its own very distinct style; The Simpsons, KotH, Rugrats, Rocko, Home Movies, all the weird MTV shit...now everything looks like an ugly Family Guy crossover.

Yeah, kind of really hate that 'overly-slick digitally-animated replication of 2D hand-drawn animation, oh and P.S. every character must have Garfield-style eyes' shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JH4YIXfNeA

"Es esta Juan occupado?"

'Now, Luann is gonna look different. Maybe even hypnotically grotesque.'

I keep mistaking this show as low-key chuckleworthy but then there's at least one line per episode that nearly prompts an outright spittake.

“Buildings explode. It’s just what they do.”

The episode where it snowed has been on my mind as of late.

"Ashes!"

I think Monsignor Martinez is my favorite fictional show within a show in TV history.

#OneThread

The song was initially inspired by King of the Hill character Hank Hill and his passion for propane and propane accessories, as Todd is a huge fan of the series, with the song being originally titled "I love that propane". He later changed "propane" to "cocaine", after receiving a cease-and-desist from Fox, who owned the rights to the series. Todd subsequently re-wrote the lyrics to describe his time using the drug.

Imagine suing someone for enjoying your product and being inspired by it.

propane = fossil fuel

https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/34/346797/3042813-todd%20ianuzzi.jpg

Sound familiar?

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/06/europe/trout-drug-addiction-scli-intl-scn/index.html

watched all of S3 over the last few days. the scene where all four of them are trying to explain how the fire station burned down and in Boomhauer's flashback everyone *except* Boomhauer talks exactly like him = GOLD. second favorite bit, where Hank goes on the dolphin excursion and the dolphin gets frisky with him, after which Hank says "No one should have to go through what I did! Except for a female dolphin!".

guess I have a lot more to get through but this show might have more great episodes than even The Simpsons. I forgot how many great one-off characters this show had. Matthew McConaughey playing a sleazeball concert promoter named "Rad" = classic

also classic: Peggy Hill's Fat Albert impression every time she's trying to be personable

the scene where all four of them are trying to explain how the fire station burned down and in Boomhauer's flashback everyone *except* Boomhauer talks exactly like him = GOLD

I think about that scene so often!

Of the 90s/00s Fox animated stuff (Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy) I think King of the Hill's run has aged best and is the most consistent in terms of quality, laughs per episode, and character actions/motivations. Definitely appreciate it more as an adult - I was 13 when the show started and didn't see the appeal, but I guess I got to grow up with it, sort of, and eventually got into it in later seasons.

Thank y'all for keeping this thread afloat. I think I finally finished season 2 but I really need to get back into it.

I've seen that Boomhauer clip before, but thought it was some sort of gag reel sort of thing. The context of it makes it so much funnier.

Shoot, here's the clip right here, itellyouwhat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdyGfiIirD8

The day before Thanksgiving is, in my opinion, one of the busiest travel days of the year

iirc that's my favorite episode of the show

really need to get my rewatch going again

I am partial to the exchange with the Christian fundamentalist in the Halloween ep

"The complacency of fools will destroy them - Proverbs."

"Get the hell outta my house... Exodus."

Apparently King of the Hill is coming back, too.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/greg-daniels-mike-judge-animation-king-of-the-hill-revived-1235076296/

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.