King of the hill appreciation thread - Yup.

[Strange Wilderness]

One of my favorite jokes is that Cotton instantly figures out that Khan is Laotian and is the only one who knows that Laos is.

Well he had to know which Asians were his allies and which ones were the Tojos who took his shins.

Agreed for the most part, although I think the peak is Season 6.

It bottoms out around Season 9 or 10 and even though the decline was very noticeable, even the weakest seasons of King of the Hill are way better than Zombie Simpsons or post-2005 Family Guy.

You gotta wonder why King of the Hills "Zombie" years were still tolerable compared to the other two shows. Part of me thinks its because the show was meant to be a realistic slice-of life show so they couldn't go too wacky and over the top like Simpsons or Family Guy. While Family Guy and The Simpsons became increasingly over the top and unbelievable and reliant on shock humor, King of the Hill still had to make it plots believable. In the previous two shows you would have stuff happen like the characters becoming major Internet celebs and shamelessly recreating popular YouTube videos from a year-ago while King of the Hill had Boomers trying to understand social media and Hank angrily yelling "Do I look like I know what a JPEG is?". King of the Hill made you hold your face in cringe because you knew someone like that in real life while The Simpsons and Family Guy made you throw your hands up in the air at what you were watching.

 

[Gordon Cole]

 

[Creep3r]

I honestly even find the weaker episodes from KOTH's "zombie" era far more enjoyable than anything its other zombie counterparts have made. In fact I can only think about 10 KOTH episodes that I didn't like and only 3 episodes I actually hated, mostly the one episode where the show seemingly celebrates Bill's over-dependence on Hank as a good thing (I honestly can't remember any of them by name). I only consider that many of the episodes I've seen to probably be the only ones almost on par with the other animated zombie liches like The Simpsons.

KOTH also has the benefit of having an actual and satisfying ending with a good sense of closure (even if the episode revolves around the repetitive "Hank finding Bobby's first manly talent" despite Hank already learning that Bobby was skilled with a rifle before).

 

[The Last Stand]

Somebody explain that line, car enthusiastics.

 

[Syaoran Li]

I honestly even find the weaker episodes from KOTH's "zombie" era far more enjoyable than anything its other zombie counterparts have made. In fact I can only think about 10 KOTH episodes that I didn't like and only 3 episodes I actually hated, mostly the one episode where the show seemingly celebrates Bill's over-dependence on Hank as a good thing (I honestly can't remember any of them by name). I only consider that many of the episodes I've seen to probably be the only ones almost on par with the other animated zombie liches like The Simpsons.

KOTH also has the benefit of having an actual and satisfying ending with a good sense of closure (even if the episode revolves around the repetitive "Hank finding Bobby's first manly talent" despite Hank already learning that Bobby was skilled with a rifle before).

Amen to that, and even though the finale was based on a somewhat overused plot hook, I can still accept it since it was one that hadn't been visited in a while and was more of a thing in the earlier seasons, so it made sense for the finale to go back to basics. Also, Bobby was great with a rifle but Hank was a terrible shot while grilling was something both were great at.

Oddly enough, they even would occasionally reference Hank being a terrible shot later on in the series. In the episode "Yankee Hankie" where Hank finds out he was born in New York, there's a scene where he goes shooting with Cotton and the other WWII vets at a range and every shot misses the actual target. I rewatched that episode recently, and I just caught that gag. They often had subtle gags and callbacks to older episodes like how Peggy still had the "Peggy's Sugarfoot's" neon sign in her little computer office in later episodes.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Somebody explain that line, car enthusiastics.

Hank was sad to see his old pick-up truck dying and it once saved his wedding.

 

[Tour of Italy]

The episodes this pulls clips from are honestly great.

There’s not a single soul in Hollywood right now that understands the working class well enough to make anything like KotH today.

 

[Dark Emporer Dood]

Somebody explain that line, car enthusiastics.

Its just condensation that builds up sometimes, its perfectly normal.

 

[XtrmGamr719]

The episodes this pulls clips from are honestly great.

There’s not a single soul in Hollywood right now that understands the working class well enough to make anything like KotH today.

That scene shows us just why he had gotten the nickname "The Bill-dozer" and how much of a struggle his life after high school was but uses the same strength to wake up the next day.

 

[Tour of Italy]

That scene shows us just why he had gotten the nickname "The Bill-dozer" and how much of a struggle his life after high school was but uses the same strength to wake up the next day.

I probably use that line with my family members about once a week.

“I’m fat, and I’m old, and every day I’m just gonna wake up fatter and older.”

 

[A Grey Cat]

For just a short while Bobby was a bigger Chad at age 12 than most of us are at 25

 

[The Last Stand]

That one episode where a family moves in the neighborhood and their kid just disrespects Hank gets to me.

A kid acts up to an adult, the adult takes matters into their own hands, then the parents call the police on the adult. They let the kid get away with outright mischief.

"[Hank] can't hit the boy. His parents would have [him] arrested, and they'd have a point."

A kid messes with you and as an adult, you can't do anything.

 

[Travoltron]

That one episode where a family moves in the neighborhood and their kid just disrespects Hank gets to me.

A kid acts up to an adult, the adult takes matters into their own hands, then the parents call the police on the adult. They let the kid get away with outright mischief.

"[Hank] can't hit the boy. His parents would have [him] arrested, and they'd have a point."

A kid messes with you and as an adult, you can't do anything.

That episode bothers me too.
It reminds me a lot of this kid that would disrespect my dad. My dad was the landlord and this was the tenant's kid. He was a total trailer trash piece of shit. My dad just ignored the kid and the little shit's mom just let him run his mouth and didn't silence him. I kept telling my dad to evict them, but he wouldn't.

 

[The Last Stand]

That episode bothers me too.
It reminds me a lot of this kid that would disrespect my dad. My dad was the landlord and this was the tenant's kid. He was a total trailer trash piece of shit. My dad just ignored the kid and the little shit's mom just let him run his mouth and didn't silence him. I kept telling my dad to evict them, but he wouldn't.

I think that show was a lesson of how irresponsible some parents are with children. And how some children take advantage of that.

One of my favorite episodes of KotH is that firefighter episode from Season 3. Bill enlists Hank, Boomhauer and Dale to be volunteer firefighters. Problem is that they keep screwing up.

I never laughed so hard at a cartoon in my life. One point they all recall their events of how their fire station burned down. Some truth in them, but their usual line of exaggeration and shenanigans muddy the whole story.

 

[Exceptionally Exceptional]

I think that show was a lesson of how irresponsible some parents are with children. And how some children take advantage of that.

One of my favorite episodes of KotH is that firefighter episode from Season 3. Bill enlists Hank, Boomhauer and Dale to be volunteer firefighters. Problem is that they keep screwing up.

I never laughed so hard at a cartoon in my life. One point they all recall their events of how their fire station burned down. Some truth in them, but their usual line of exaggeration and shenanigans muddy the whole story.

I fucking loved that episode. My favorite part was Boomhauer recollecting his version of events and in it he speaks completely normal while everyone else is speaking like him. Fucking fantastic joke.

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

That one episode where a family moves in the neighborhood and their kid just disrespects Hank gets to me.

A kid acts up to an adult, the adult takes matters into their own hands, then the parents call the police on the adult. They let the kid get away with outright mischief.

"[Hank] can't hit the boy. His parents would have [him] arrested, and they'd have a point."

A kid messes with you and as an adult, you can't do anything.

There's a similar episode like that from the same era, only with a crazy old lady who keeps trying to get into the Hill's house. This episode fucking grinds my gears:

Like, the old lady tries to force herself into their home so she can die, and every time Hank tries to remove her everyone gets mad at him...including his neighbors and John Fucking Redcorn. She even breaks into their home, and when Hank calls the cops they paint him like being a monster!

 

[The Last Stand]

There's a similar episode like that from the same era, only with a crazy old lady who keeps trying to get into the Hill's house. This episode fucking grinds my gears:

Like, the old lady tries to force herself into their home so she can die, and every time Hank tries to remove her everyone gets mad at him...including his neighbors and John Fucking Redcorn. She even breaks into their home, and when Hank calls the cops they paint him like being a monster!

Hank puts up with a lot. Even when he's in the right. No wonder Hank has little patience for people. That episode with Hank being in anger management makes sense the older you get.

"I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem."

Doubly so with that episode where Hank goes to renew his license only to have the DMV accidentally change his sex to Female.

He has to go through all this hassle to get it changed, while all the DMV had to do was change a letter. You basically have to FORCE people to fix a mistake or get the process running. Do you know how tedious that is?

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

He has to go through all this hassle to get it changed, while all the DMV had to do was change a letter. You basically have to FORCE people to fix a mistake or get the process running. Do you know how tedious that is?

Yep, I dealt with the same situation in my last apartment. I had leaky pipes, and the shitty Arab superintendent never answered my calls or came to do anything about it. Eventually I filed a formal complaint with the city and it scared the shit out of the building management office when the police contacted them over the complaints, so they took care of it ASAP.

 

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

I fucking loved that episode. My favorite part was Boomhauer recollecting his version of events and in it he speaks completely normal while everyone else is speaking like him. Fucking fantastic joke.

 

[Exceptionally Exceptional]

It makes me wonder if Boomhaur doesn't legitimately have some sort of minor aphasia.