King of the Hill

[gemstone]

The Hank the Pimp episode was on the other day and it is sooooo my favorite. My favorite line is when the hooker tells Hank not to mess with Alabaster because "he's a little guy but he'll mess you." And Hank just calmly replies, "No offense, but he's from Oklahoma."

Sometimes I don't get how anyone not from Texas likes this show. I don't know how many of you know that we Texans don't think of ourselves as Southern--we're Texan, damn it. So while KoTH does a good job of showing the quirkyness of life in Anytown, USA it seems uniquely Texan to me.

[dragonfly80]

Everytime I make spaghetti and meatballs we have to call it "Spa-Peggy and Meatballs". My husband is also fond of saying "God Dangit" in Hank's voice.

[GirlyGhoul]

I love this show, though I haven't been able to watch it for several years (I no longer have regular access to TV). I don't know if they still do this, but I loved how for a while they would end each season with a cliff hanger. There was the murder mystery, the Mega-Mart explosion and Peggy falling out of the plane.

I loved how in the beginning EVERYBODY in town knew that John Redcorn was banging Nancy behind Dale's back (and sometimes right in front of his face)- but Dale who was paranoid and suspicious about EVERYTHING was clueless. Later, though, I started to feel sorry for Joseph and wondered about what would happen when he finally realized Dale was not his biological father (Erm... yeah, I worried about the psychological well being of a cartoon character :

I've actually been reduced to tears watching this show. It's so well put together. One of my favs was when Peggy was going through Physical Therapy and Cotton was going all Boot Camp on her to get her up and walking again. She kept telling him "You hateful Old Man. I am going to dance on your grave!" Well, in the meantime, he was trying to get a burial plot in the soldiers' cemetery, but there was some complications with his service record and they were denying him the plot he was so desperate to get. In the end, Peggy was able to fix the errors, or piece it together some how, so they granted him his burial plot. In the end, she was well enough to walk with him to see the plot and then the two of them literally danced on his grave!
ME: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!

Another time, Bobby and Luanne were influenced by this ultra-conservative neighbor who convinced them Halloween was the Devil's Holiday and had set up a Hell House (I thought this was something they made up for the show, but these things really exist) Hank was put off by this woman trying to ruin Halloween for the rest of them and was determined to get Bobby back into the spirit. He went to the Hell House dressed in an old Devil costume and the woman was dressed as an angel. Poor Bobby was torn between the two with the woman telling him "Stay with me, You'll get Saved!" and Hank telling him "Come with me, You'll get candy!"
Bobby finally said, "I don't care about candy!" And Hank was crest fallen, until Bobby said "I just want to go Trick Or Treating with you, Dad!"
ME (again): WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
(Of course, as they went off into the night, Bobby said "I lied back there, Dad. I DO care about candy. I care a lot!")

[lexylou]

I saw a guy who looked a lot like John Redcorn the other day--he was playing drums in a band and had a fan blowing his hair back. All I could think was "John Redcorn!"

[swanflake]

"Luanne Platter" actually comes from the restaurant Luby's Cafeteria, except that there it's spelled "LuAnn platter". On the show they go to a restaurant called "Luly's" which is, of course, based on Luby's.

I can't decide what my favorite Luanne quote it, but "It helps me to remember my name by thinking of a man named 'Lou' and a woman named 'Anne'." is right up there. As is "My hair is stuck in the car door!"

[dragonfly80]

lexylou said:

I saw a guy who looked a lot like John Redcorn the other day--he was playing drums in a band and had a fan blowing his hair back. All I could think was "John Redcorn!"

Random super embarrasing confession that makes me look like a TWOP level psycho:
I think animated John Redcorn is one of the hottest cartoon characters ever.

[GirlyGhoul]

I think animated John Redcorn is one of the hottest cartoon characters ever.

*small voice* (me too). Hey John Redcorn! I need some of your.... herbal remedies for my.... migranes....

[gemstone]

swanflake said:

"Luanne Platter" actually comes from the restaurant Luby's Cafeteria, except that there it's spelled "LuAnn platter". On the show they go to a restaurant called "Luly's" which is, of course, based on Luby's.

I love Luby's. When I lived alone I used to get a LuAnne Platter on my way home from work for dinner sometimes. In spite of that, it took me forever to figure out the significance of Luanne's name. I was realllly stoned one night, watching an episode of KoTH and Luanne said her name. For some reason it all fell into place and I freaked out and called my sister like, "Dude, dude...on KoTH--her name is Luanne PLATTER!" She laughed and asked how high I was.

Man, I miss weed sometimes.

In related KoTH goodness there's an episode when they all go to Luly's for dinner and Hank gets several kinds of meat for dinner. Peggy tells him to get a vegetable and Hank sort of sighs and says, "All right. Macaroni and cheese, please." I still refer to mac and cheese as a veggie.

[swanflake]

The LuAnn platter has gotten increasingly depressing at Luby's. Used to, you could get any entree on it that you wanted except for, like, steak. Then more and more entrees started getting exluded from the LuAnn platter, and now there's hardly anything on the menu that'll come with the LuAnn platter price, and it's all really disappointing. Be prepared to spend $8.99 at least if you want something good, and that's not counting any salad items, beverage, or dessert. But there's a big basket of free crackers you can always fill up on.

Topic? MAMA STABBED DADDY WITH A FORK AND THE TRAILER TIPPED OVER!!!

[dragonfly80]

Another great episode is where the tornado is coming to Arlen and Hank and Peggy have a huge fight. He winds up going to the trailer park to warn Peggy and LuAnn about the tornado and he gets stuck outside, hanging on a pole naked.

I think FX reruns King of the Hill each day, I'm going to have to start taping these.

Propane Peggy, Propane.