Ohh my bad, I assumed he was Republican since he was from Texas and the show is based on conservative Texans. Thanks for clearing that up!
Ohh okay, guess it was just a rumor then...but you gotta admit the Arlen Community College looks a lot like San Jac North (older building). Now that I think about it, I do remember seeing neighborhoods with alley ways in the Garland area.
no worries. i need to find the link that tried to place arlen in texas. the best guess was either around the temple/belton area or just nw of waco close to the brazos.
The main man Cotton Hill is from Houston. He goes to strip clubs in Houston all the time. Here are some cool facts I found about the show: The voice of Boomhauer is based on a message left on Mike Judge's telephone answering machine by an irate viewer of "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993). The character of Hank Hill is based on a character in Mike Judge's "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993) by the name of Tom Anderson who acted and talked exactly like Hank. Also Hank's catchphrase of "That boy ain't right" was from an episode of "Beavis..." when they're at Burger World and Tom Anderson comments on Beavis by saying "That boy ain't right in the head." The character of Stuart Dooley is based on Butt-head from "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993), Mike Judge's other show. Hank's full name is Henry Rutherford Hill. Bill's full name, with military rank, is Sgt. Barber William Fontaine Delateur Dauterive. He stands 5' 8-3/4" and was born in Louisiana, or "Loser-ana" as Dale described it. The school which Bobby Hill attends, Tom Landry Middle School (named after the Dallas Cowboys football coach), really does exist. It is located in Irving, Texas in the sub-division of Valley Ranch, just a few blocks down MacArthur Blvd. from the Dallas Cowboys' Office and Training Facility (most of the streets in the neighborhood are also named after Dallas Cowboy greats). The license plate on Hank Hill's pickup truck is JD3-170. Kahn's license plate reads "KINGKAHN". Stephen Root was uncredited during the first few seasons. This was because he was also on "NewsRadio" (1995) and his contract prevented him from being credited on another network's show. After the show was cancelled in 1999, he was able to be credited for "King of the Hill". The Hills' dog is named Lady Bird after Lady Bird Johnson. Hank, Bobby, Peggy and Luanne were animated into an episode of "The Simpsons" (1989). At one point, Homer makes a reference to the Springfield football team playing the Arlen football team, then, the shot goes to the Hill family, where Hank says "We came two thousand miles for this?" The rest of the characters do not speak. In an episode of King of the Hill, Bobby also has a Bart Simpson doll on his bookshelf. A 1999 episode "Death and Taxes" has a death row inmate named "Wesley Martin Archer." Bobby comments that it's a good name for a killer. This episode is directed by Wesley Archer. The Luann Platter is a type of combination plate available at Luby's Cafeteria, a popular restaurant in Texas (In the show, it's referred to as "Luly's"). It has a meat, a roll, and a side for a low price. Dale Gribble's last name is a tribute to Mike, who died of cancer in 1994. Gribble, along with Spike, founded the "Spike and Mike" Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation in San Diego. The Festival is considered the birthplace of "Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993), since Spike and Mike produced Mike Judge's first two Beavis and Butt-head shorts. The town of Arlen is in Heimlich County, Texas. Both are fictional. According to the Season 1 DVD commentary, Bobby Hill's full name is Robert Jeffrey Hill. In the episode "Death and Taxes", on the list of prison guards is the name Alex de Large - the central character in A Clockwork Orange (1971) Stephen Root, who voices Bill, originally auditioned for the part of Dale. In the episode where Bobby is afflicted with gout, he eats at a deli that has portraits of famous comedians on the wall. One portrait is Johnny Hardwick, the voice of Dale. This show features the last television appearance of John Ritter, who reprised his role as Eugene Grandy (supplying the voice), the junior high school teacher during season 8. The episode was "Stressed for Success" which was broadcast on May 2, 2004. Dale's middle name is Alvin. Joseph Gribble is the name of a character in the Marx Brothers movie Room Service (1938). Dale Gribble's looks are based on actor Robert Patrick. The last name of the character Bill Dauterive is an homage to the series writer Jim Dauterive. Peggy's favorite song is Gloria Estefan's, "Can't Stay Away From You". Mike Judge came up with the idea for this show in 1995. Mike Judge and Greg Daniels pitched the show to Fox network executives, as an animated pencil sketch, featuring all the main characters with Hank doing the pitch. In the episode about voting for the presidential candidate, Dale suggested to Hank that he was born in Ecuador; in real life, co-creator Mike Judge (voice of Hank Hill) was born in Ecuador. There is no beer based on King of the Hill's "Alamo Beer". The Real Ale beer is actually called "Remember Alamo Golden Ale" but only in San Antonio, everywhere else it is called "Real Ale Firemans #4". From the second season on, each episode ends with a line of dialogue from that episode being repeated. Bass Pro Shops, the company that appears on Hank's fishing hat, is an actual chain of stores. King of the Hill was passed over for renewal in September 2005, which would have made season ten its final season. The order for new episodes was only made after production had ended on the show. The renewal for the eleventh season was due to the high ratings of season ten. Stephen Root (voice of Bill) also worked with Mike Judge in Office Space (1999), playing the character Milton. In the episode with the diving pig at the fair, the pig's most difficult dive is called the "Johnny Cash", and it must dive through a flaming ring. This is a direct reference to Johnny's song “Ring Of Fire”. When Cotton flees to Las Vegas, all of the hotel/casino names are fictional, but are parodies or real ones. For instance, the Golddust is a parody of an actual hotel/casino called the Stardust. Dale wears a hat with Mack (Truck Company) on it. Dale's birthday is July 12. In addition to providing the voice of Luann, Brittany Murphy voiced the young Joseph Gribble. When Joseph hit puberty, Breckin Meyer took over the role. "That's Amore", the upscale Italian restaurant seen in the series, takes its name from a Dean Martin song. A live-action Msgr. Martinez pilot was filmed, but never aired. Hank is 6' 2" and weighs 220 pounds. Before Cotton Hill's shins were blown off, he stood 6' 4". He is now 5' even. Joseph's middle name is John, in honor of his biological father John Redcorn. The license plate on Dale's truck is LXD-352. Cotton's middle name is Lyndal. Hank's mother Tillie has the middle name Mae. The Hills' zip code is 78104. The code is real and is located in the town Beeville, Texas. The melody played by Mr. Strickland's car horn is "Yellow Rose of Texas". Luanne's middle name is Leeanne. In addition to providing the voice of Luann, Brittany Murphy voiced the young Joseph Gribble. When Joseph hit puberty, Breckin Meyer took over the role. The two were each other's love interests in the movie Clueless (1995). How and when the show's last episodes would air became a point of uncertainty after Fox officially canceled it early in 2009. The network originally planned to show unaired Season 13 episodes at some point in the early 2009-10 season. It was later speculated that ABC would pick up the show for a 14th season but the idea was shot down by ABC's president. Fox later said it would not air any of the S13 episodes and fans believed they would premiere on either the cable Cartoon Network or a season DVD. In the end, two new episodes comprising a series finale will air on Fox on September 13, 2009.
finally watched this last night and i thought the finale was very touching which surprised me. boomhauer being a texas ranger was awesome!
Loved the show. I thought it ended well. Hank and Bobby finally finding something in common was definitely touching. A few years back, a friend of mine told me that the series was going to end with Dale finding out Joseph wasn't his son. Blew my mind... until he revealed that he was full of ****. That, would have been a heart breaking, yet awesome ending!
I've read a few story's on how ABC might pick up the series, I really hope they do. When the show first aired Judge said the inspiration for Arlen, TX was Humble, but that was before Humble blew up, later he'd say that the inspiration was Garland, TX just outside of Dallas, just a side note.
No, they already decided against it. However Judge's show "The Goode Family" which was cancelled by ABC is finding another network.
I never did until about 5 years ago, either. You need to get the characters. This wasn't your typical cartoon. But it was great. I can still watch just about every episode.
It's (I hate to phrase it like this because its being overused with the latest non-laugh track sitcoms) an intelligent show. All the characters were so unique and so cleverly written for. I didnt think it was all that great until I started paying attention to what Peggy would say. The same kind of small jokes that go unnoticed in dialogue that you would see in early Office episodes. I think if you start liking one character, then either you give in to the others or they grow on you, but you end up finding the humor in their behavior and speech. For me it was the episode with the Flyin Hawaiian, and Peggy was complaining that he was a bad student. Something like "He was just sitting there, doing nothing. It was pure chaos!" I didnt bust a gut but I started to really watch the show after chuckling at that.
Word. My favorite episode is when Kahn and his family move next door. Hank: "So are you Chinese or Japanese?" Kahn: "I'm Laotian." Bill: "The ocean? Which ocean?" Kahn: "Laos, stupid. Small country between Thailand and Vietnam." Hank: "sooo... are ya Chinese or Japanese?"
King of the Hill is just a great show.. One of my favorites of All time. I just love the heck out of Dale. The Falcon, the Mountain Dew stash, the mounkey style karate, just everything.
these are always funny, there are tons of em on youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/17rhino17#play/all/favorites-all/1/8liXh3B2PQY
I agree not your typical cartoon at all, always felt much more like a live action show that just happened to be animated. The wife didn't care for it much when we got together but now after watching the reruns on Adult Swim, she's really gotten into it.
Just saw a commercial for a never before seen lost episode. Maybe they meant to say its never been rerun... either way, its on tomorrow at 11:30 or something on Fox.
I read online that there are 4 unaired episodes that were cut by fox during its last season. This is good news if true.
They showed some clips, one clip looked like an old episode though, the one where 3 girls make Bobby their project and he thinks he has 3 girlfriends. The other was a wedding for Hank's mom and that Jewish guy. That one I don't remember ever seeing.
