Office Space and Idiocracy are two of my favorite comedies. Both movies, apart from being hilarious, also age amazingly, especially the latter movie.
Oh come on I liked The Goode Family. That said, I can see why people don't like it.
King of the hill appreciation thread - Yup.
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I was recently rewatching the episode Church Hopping and I thought the part where Hank hangs out with Lucky to understand his concept of worshiping was kind of interesting. Lucky doesn't go to church because he sort of believes that God is with him in everything that he does. That's not really something that would be viewed as correct in a traditional Christian sense, but the general concept of observing God everywhere in a spiritual sense might be view as legitimate in some other religious doctrines or philosophies.
There's a certain irony that Lucky has manged to attain a higher level of spiritual enlightenment than Khan. This is because Lucky really does embody the concept of owning possessions, but not letting them own you. He doesn't seem to be fixated on conventional material possessions and the ones he does own like his truck he seems to have an appreciation for rather than as a point of boasting. Lucky has his own type of redneck philosophy that helps him be at peace with the world. He follows a code of honor that he sets for himself to never steal (slip on pee-pee money is just compensation) and to always return things that you borrow. It's very simple, but it helps him to live life with a certain zen.
In general I think Lucky is an interesting character because his way of thinking reminds me of a musician that isn't formally trained. He has general concepts of certain thoughts and ideas that are legitimately recognized, but he doesn't have the proper terms to define them. In his pure essence Lucky is playing life by ear. He really is a working form of "school of hard knocks" kind of guys who value knowledge, but in a more practical sense. He learns from the universe as it teaches him.
"Most of life's questions can be answered by another question. What would a monkey do?"
There's a certain irony that Lucky has manged to attain a higher level of spiritual enlightenment than Khan. This is because Lucky really does embody the concept of owning possessions, but not letting them own you. He doesn't seem to be fixated on conventional material possessions and the ones he does own like his truck he seems to have an appreciation for rather than as a point of boasting. Lucky has his own type of redneck philosophy that helps him be at peace with the world. He follows a code of honor that he sets for himself to never steal (slip on pee-pee money is just compensation) and to always return things that you borrow. It's very simple, but it helps him to live life with a certain zen.
In general I think Lucky is an interesting character because his way of thinking reminds me of a musician that isn't formally trained. He has general concepts of certain thoughts and ideas that are legitimately recognized, but he doesn't have the proper terms to define them. In his pure essence Lucky is playing life by ear. He really is a working form of "school of hard knocks" kind of guys who value knowledge, but in a more practical sense. He learns from the universe as it teaches him.
"Most of life's questions can be answered by another question. What would a monkey do?"
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That episode has one of my favourite jokes when Hank goes to a Catholic mass and tries to follow the lead of an old lady in front of him, something I did as a child. Going to a few different religious masses and liturgies (Anglican Evangelical, Eastern Orthodox) I took it for granted that they would follow a similar formula from the one I was raised in. How foolish. Words and books can only prepare and more often delude when facing experience. There is a quote about writing about prayer being like throwing rocks from the top of a tower. Similar premise. Why so much writing on eastern religion (Alan Watts, though I still like in ways) has been so half-baked and disingenuous.
And your point about Lucky is like a musician is pretty spot on. Wordsworth would also see God in everything. I don't see why anyone wouldn't. "The world is charged with grandeur of God," to quote Hopkins.
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It unsurprises me that the jounro didn't even watch the show or even do research. Even an idiot knows that the show first aired in 1997 and Hank's job occupation has always been a sales manager selling propane and propane accessories at Strickland Propane® "Taste the meat, not the heat."
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Khan being insanely materialistic is pretty much his character.
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The show does a good inversion of the usual spiritual foreigners tropes. Like John Redcorn being an ungrateful asshole that fucks the wife of someone who is entirely trusting of him.
And Dale didn't know until later on about his wife Nancy pretending that she had migraines. Plus, Redcorn gets way too emotional about his native ancestors and his dream of being a rockstar (although for the latter, he did achieve his goal by being a kids entertainer).
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He reminds me of a looser Hank. He certainly has principles, but doesn't judge anybody for their way of life. You can question how he lives, but you cannot question his reasoning. He went through getting a GED and getting a shotgun wedding to properly marry Luanne after getting her pregnant. You don't need religion to find/gain enlightenment in the world. He's certainly one of the most honest characters in the series, arguably more than Hank. He lives his own way, quite well, all things considered. He just needed a bit of guidance.
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I hated the way Hank treated Bobby during that episode.
I've had some mixed feelings about the Altschuler/Krinsky-era episodes and how these new showrunners had used these characters, and this is also apparent in that episode where Hank got jealous at Bobby only because he picked a job cleaning poop instead of working with his dad for Strickland Propane is intended
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The tone of that episode was weird for this show. A show that shines a respectful light on working class families, and even extended a kind hand to prostitutes and drag queens, but a guy picking up poop was too far?
It’s like they forgot for a second that snobbery like Ted Wa-I’mnotlookinghisnameuptospellit and (sometimes) Khan’s was to be mocked.
It’s like they forgot for a second that snobbery like Ted Wa-I’mnotlookinghisnameuptospellit and (sometimes) Khan’s was to be mocked.
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The show never mocked the mentor that Bobby was looking up to - if anything it was over positive showing him as pretty wealthy and with a mighty fine wife to boot. He undergoes no change or anything in the episode and ends pretty much where he began.
What wasn't delivered well in the episode is that Hank didn't think it would work for Bobby. Whether because he wasn't as tall and good-looking as the business owner so it would be another challenge to his life, or because Hank knew Bobby wouldn't be happy doing it.
And Hank may even have been wrong. (Like the episode where he lost his truck and had a realization that Bobby loved it too.) But it really has a lot in common with the episode where Bobby models.
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I dunno about him but the robot devil sure is an asshole.
Yea, but the Robot Devil did give Fry's hands to be a legendary holophoner player/artist
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