King of the Hill

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Anyone else like this?

Sort of accidentally stumbled upon it late on Monday nights. Very enjoyable.

Love the paranoid exterminator guy with the sunnies.
 

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Great show.

When it first aired back in the late 90s I watched a bit but didn't really get into it, but since it's returned to late monday nights, I've been hooked - just really well structured episodes (something I've really missed from The Simpsons), some are totally silly fun (like last nights one with Dale believing he's a native American) and others are a great little snap shot of what life is probably like in a town like that.

I think the show was always going to fail in Australia though, it doesn't have the mass appeal of The Simpsons and isn't as "naughty" as South Park, which was very popular at the time. It's less "wise-cracking" than both shows too, more subtle humour rather than laugh grabbing catch phrases and slapstick humour.

Also, it's always great to see Americans laughing at themselves (well sort of, I know some people in the Southern states of America consider the show "hick bashing"). Generally though, you get the feeling that there could well be a family and people like that in a small Texan town in the states (well, within range, not dead-on or as over the top).
 
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My all-time favourite show.

Got the first two seasons on DVD from the States. Both have commentaries from the cast, and the first series has an excellent doco on how the show comes together, from the table read, to the drawing of characters.

Well worth owning.

Bill Dotrive would have to be my favourite character, just ahead of Kahn, whose cries of 'stupid redneck' are always enjoyable.
 
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Re: Re: King of the Hill

Originally posted by JUBJUB
That's Dale Gribble.I love the way he's so thick that he's never realised that Joseph,his son,is not really his son.

It's a very funny show.
The episode devoted to the issue of his son, and who the father is, is a ripper.

Not sure if it's been shown here, but it's worth seeing.
 
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Some of my favourite quotes:

Hank Hill: Bobby, if you weren't my son, I'd hug you.

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Boomhauer: Yeah man, I tell ya what, man. That dang ol' Internet, man. You just go on there and point and click. Talk about W-W-dot-W-com. An' lotsa nekkid chicks on there, man. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. It's real easy, man.

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[Working on Hank's pickup truck]
Dale: You know what the problem is? It's a Ford. You know what Ford stands for? Fix It Again Tony.
Hank Hill: Dale, that's a Fiat.

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Bobby Hill: Ooh, laundry. Hot off the dryer.
[Bobby rubs a fresh pair of briefs on his face, pulls them on, takes off his nightshirt and runs out of the room]
Hank Hill: 6 AM and already the boy ain't right.

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Dale: [to Bill] Ignoranus. It means stupid, you moron.

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Hank Hill: Bobby, promise me you won't do drugs. Promise me.
Bobby Hill: I promise.
Hank Hill: Promises mean nothing.
Bobby Hill: Look, dad, I'm not gonna do drugs. I want to be the first chubby comedian to live past 35.

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Hank Hill: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?
Kahn: I lived in Arizona for the past 20 years. I'm originally from Laos.
[pause]
Hank Hill: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?

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[Bobby saw Luanne naked]
Joseph Gribble: Does she have big boobs?
Bobby Hill: Yeah. This can't be happening. She's my cousin. I have to get that image out of my head.
Joseph Gribble: Put it into my head.

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[Dale is protecting his mower]
Dale Gribble: YOU. Quit screwing around with my mower.
John Redcorn: Oh, you've got to be kidding me.
Dale Gribble: Oh, it's just you, John Redcorn. Now get in there and heal my wife.
John Redcorn: He's taking all the fun out of this...

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Hank: Dallas? I don't want you goin' to Dallas at all. That place is crawlin' with crack-heads and debutantes, and half of 'em play for the Cowboys.

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Cotton Hill: Hey missy! Git me sum samiches!
 

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Originally posted by phatandphreaky

Bill Dotrive would have to be my favourite character, just ahead of Kahn, whose cries of 'stupid redneck' are always enjoyable.
Bill Dauterive is a classic.Everytime I see Stephen Root [he does Bill's voice] on a show,I always think of Bill and start laughing.

Bobby Hill would be my favourite character.
 

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Re: Re: Re: King of the Hill

Originally posted by phatandphreaky
The episode devoted to the issue of his son, and who the father is, is a ripper.

Not sure if it's been shown here, but it's worth seeing.
Ch7 are up to the 7th season [episode 138].They're only 30 odd episodes behind the US,which isn't bad considering we use to be about 4 years behind.
 

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[Bobby saw Luanne naked]
Joseph Gribble: Does she have big boobs?
Bobby Hill: Yeah. This can't be happening. She's my cousin. I have to get that image out of my head.
Joseph Gribble: Put it into my head.
:p :p

I remember that episode.That is one of the funniest scenes in the series.
 
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Originally posted by JUBJUB
Bill Dauterive is a classic.Everytime I see Stephen Root [he does Bill's voice] on a show,I always think of Bill and start laughing.
Stephen Root is excellent in Mike Judge's first film, Office Space. Worth seeing.
 

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Originally posted by JUBJUB
Ch7 are up to the 7th season [episode 138].They're only 30 odd episodes behind the US,which isn't bad considering we use to be about 4 years behind.
Agree. Pity can't say the same thing about futurama, where we channel 7 haven't even showed the whole 2001 season yet.
 

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Originally posted by phatandphreaky
Some of my favourite quotes:

Hank Hill: Bobby, if you weren't my son, I'd hug you.

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Boomhauer: Yeah man, I tell ya what, man. That dang ol' Internet, man. You just go on there and point and click. Talk about W-W-dot-W-com. An' lotsa nekkid chicks on there, man. Click. Click. Click. Click. Click. It's real easy, man.

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[Working on Hank's pickup truck]
Dale: You know what the problem is? It's a Ford. You know what Ford stands for? Fix It Again Tony.
Hank Hill: Dale, that's a Fiat.

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Bobby Hill: Ooh, laundry. Hot off the dryer.
[Bobby rubs a fresh pair of briefs on his face, pulls them on, takes off his nightshirt and runs out of the room]
Hank Hill: 6 AM and already the boy ain't right.

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Dale: [to Bill] Ignoranus. It means stupid, you moron.

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Hank Hill: Bobby, promise me you won't do drugs. Promise me.
Bobby Hill: I promise.
Hank Hill: Promises mean nothing.
Bobby Hill: Look, dad, I'm not gonna do drugs. I want to be the first chubby comedian to live past 35.

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Hank Hill: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?
Kahn: I lived in Arizona for the past 20 years. I'm originally from Laos.
[pause]
Hank Hill: So, are you Chinese or Japanese?

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[Bobby saw Luanne naked]
Joseph Gribble: Does she have big boobs?
Bobby Hill: Yeah. This can't be happening. She's my cousin. I have to get that image out of my head.
Joseph Gribble: Put it into my head.

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[Dale is protecting his mower]
Dale Gribble: YOU. Quit screwing around with my mower.
John Redcorn: Oh, you've got to be kidding me.
Dale Gribble: Oh, it's just you, John Redcorn. Now get in there and heal my wife.
John Redcorn: He's taking all the fun out of this...

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Hank: Dallas? I don't want you goin' to Dallas at all. That place is crawlin' with crack-heads and debutantes, and half of 'em play for the Cowboys.

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Cotton Hill: Hey missy! Git me sum samiches!

Classics :D :D

gotta love KoTH
 

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Originally posted by phatandphreaky
Some of my favourite quotes:
Thanks for those - you made the show come alive in my head.

Didn't know it had been around so long.

Never seen a dud.

I'm very impressed that you could quote Boomhauer - I saw one episode when you met his mother, who talks just like him.

And you could just see Dale doing an Oaklahoma bombing....

Says something about Channel 7 tyhat a show of such quality has had no profile or publicity and in a dud timeslot.

Still, 24 then repeats of Wildside then KoTH could be a worse night of TV.
 

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Originally posted by Black JuJu
Great show.

When it first aired back in the late 90s I watched a bit but didn't really get into it, but since it's returned to late monday nights, I've been hooked
Same for me. I didnt find it funny at all when it first came out. When it first came out i was probably 16-18 and after watching loads of SImpsons and South Park didnt really appreciate the humour of King of the Hill....you can add Futurama in there too as i didnt like that much when i first starting watching that.

But now 22, grown older ive really began to appreciate Futurama and King of the Hill and rate Futurama much higher than the Simpsons and King of the Hill on a par.
 

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Originally posted by Black JuJu
Great show.

When it first aired back in the late 90s I watched a bit but didn't really get into it
I didn't really get into when ch7 first started showing it years ago.It was only when I got Foxtel that I started getting into it.


I wish Fox 8 would have a KOTH marathon on a long weekend.
 
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