King of the Hill

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.

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.

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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

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