Peggy thinks that life is a book being written by her in real time and anyone who deviates from her expectations is off script. She doesn't generally boss Hank around, but any time his feelings are involved she becomes a shrew under the banner of meaning well.
Not just a shrew, but a stubborn, headstrong jackass that will forcefully fight for her opinion, regardless of whether she's wrong or right, of which she happens to end up on the side of wrong most of the time.
I always wondered if Peggy's characterization came before or after the "rework" of her mother being a complete hardass. I've actually known people with parents like that focus inwards and become self-centered because of lack of positivity anywhere else meant they only had themselves to hype them up.
This is actually true, and what a lot of a dudes do lol. When a woman is pregnant she is 6x more likely to be harmed by him because she has less time for him and that shoots up to 10x more likely when she's given birth. Because again, she has less time for him while tending to her newborn and healing. Even if he's never shown such behaviour before. And it's increasing every year, the biggest game over for pregnant women is their male partner. It's so bad that doctors check ups etc have posters warning women about it and offering support and resources.
One of my favorite revelations when I got older watching this show is that Buck Strickland and Cotton Hill have nearly all the same vices(afaik Buck is just a womanizer, not abusive), the core difference is that Buck does respect/care for Hank to the point Hank being ANGRY at him is used as a wake up call to reel in his behavior a number of times throughout the show. Exemplified in the car wash episode where he tells off Kahn for agitating Hank, calling Hank his "golden goose"
While the argument can be made that Buck does respect/care for Hank. He does spend allot of the time taking advantage of his loyalty and devotion. And not really paying or rewarding him for what he’s worth. Buck may not be as Verbally abusive as cotton. But he’s still a poor excuse for a father figure.
@kee1288 i always took it as Hank, who was raised by Cotton, sorta seeing the bad behavior as sorta less horrendous than it is? I don't want to say he sees it as normal, just not as big of a deal as others might. But Buck shows him some level of respect even if he is a mess, so in Hanks eyes he is practically a saint compared to Cotton
@@bluecanine3374 I think it is something of growing up abused by Cotton normalized those other behaviors. Like Hank *knows* they are bad behaviors but doesnt seem them as inherently harmful(after all, despite Buck's womanizing, all his partners seem to be consenting adults in their own right. and Hank drinks just not as much as Buck.)
Buck are the same through the "means to end protocol". Hank is the commodity with Buck, Cotton AND Peggy all using something covet Hank for what he gives them. Buck provided with all the comforts he has come to depend on he is no longer tgat Slinger and Blinger we have seen. Cotton with quiet admiration and adulation. One usually reserves for those to which they are unacquainted. Peggy more like his mother in the earlier episodes. I do not remember her name, she awarded proper emotional response or *groomed him. (*I did not use that wrong I looked to make sure)
Hank always has parent issues. His dad was way worse scaring him as a child while his mom basically left him to fend for himself especially as her swinger spy days occured and how she expects Hank to defend her when she never did for him. Lucky Peggy and Hank managed to raise bobby and Luanne much better
Bobby was raised more in the village that is Rainy Street/Arlen than Hank and Peggy were raised in insular households-- he has the benefit of more outside influences and cultures than his parents ever did. Luanne benefited from a healthy father figure and a headstrong mother figure, but both Hank and Peggy worked to undermine her when she didn't follow the path they deemed appropriate rather than talk to her about why it's not ideal.
Cotton did a lot of harm to Hank but his mother was always there to raise him except when she was blanking out from trauma. Swinger spy days?? I think you're confusing Tillie with Mona Simpson.
Yeah, farmers around my area still wear them pretty regularly as well. They do it because it helps them from getting poked by sharp straw when they're loading hay bales onto or off a truck. You wouldn't think that mere straw could poke through your shirt and scrape your chest, but without those overalls, it very much can.
Honestly, from what the episodes I've seen and from the ones Shady has reviewed, if it weren't for how Cotton genuinely treats his grandson much better than how he treated his own son, Hank should have and has every right to completely cut him out of his life. Honestly, what kind of psycho has another child years later and gives them the exact same as their first, just with "Good" in front of it? That's just twisting the bad parenting knife so much deeper than it already was.
@@danjoredd It's usually a combination of them not being the primary caregiver for those children (with some exceptions), they realized the folly of their ways in the past with their own child rearing, and they're just old and maybe have improved as people since that time. Sometimes they're just better with younger people than adults as well.
@@danjoredd It's easier to treat something well when you're not responsible for it and only rarely see it. And you're less likely to grow contempt for something you don't have to live with. Visiting a friend and saying their potted plant looks nice vs growing and caring for your own plant from a seed
I don't think his treatment of Bobby is enough redemption; if my dad were ANYTHING like Cotton (thank God he's not), I wouldn't speak to him for the rest of my life
Former habitat for humanity crew leader here. People actually have shown up to the site as a mandated community service and they can bring anyone with them. We are not allowed to ask why they are there, and personal history is irrelevant as the whole project aside from licensed work us done by volunteers and overseen by people like myself and a professional site supervisor. I've never heard of a waiting list either. there were days reserved by whole companies and walk on days for anyone. But if memory serves texas is one of the largest affiliates so maybe things are done differently
it's weird how that sounds both massively irresponsible and sensibly non-bureaucratic. If they took out the "not allowed to ask" part, I think it'd be fine.
@@KairuHakubi if your unaware Rogal Dorn is a character from Warhammer 40k who is known for architecture and building defences. So it's ironic a house builder goes by Rogal Dorn
for the nail gunning his bulletproof limo Bobby is seen stepping out of the vehicle just before Cotton leaves the house. that scene is always on my go to list when I need a laugh "they told me it was bulletproof...LET'S GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE!!!"
That would be a hard episode for him to cover, because he would constantly have to remind us that the way Peggy's mom is depicted in it is a complete retcon, because throughout the series up until that point her relationship with her mom was not that strained and full of drama, the writers essentially once again ignored continuity just so that they can make the plot of the episode make sense.
As a white guy who had to do community service (for doing a community service, long story) they didnt give me the option to do any strenuous labor, but they did let me volunteer at a local dog shelter. The girls there were frightened of me (probably because they assumed the worst) but the dogs were awesome. I met a nice pitbull named "Tooth" that i really wanted to take home with me but the family said i couldnt. Anyway, point is, i didnt work at habitat for humanity, but i did do work at a place where people would have loved to volunteer.
I can totally get how Hank feels when he had those moments during this episode, especially in the later one where he tells Cotton he hates him. When emotions are high and you're overwhelmed, sh*t tends to come out that you wish you could take back. For me, it was when I screamed at my entire family - which consisted of my parents, my uncle & aunt's family, my siblings and their kids and my cousins & others - to stfu because I had gotten overwhelmed by all of the noise and stress of the situation; it also didn't help that I had just walked out of the restroom after having a nasty time, so I was not alright or ready to be flooded by kin being in my face and for kids screaming loudly. After _that_ incident, I remember just taking off in my car and making a beeline back to my parents' home, and boy howdy did they lay into me for what I did. As of today, there's no bad blood between me and my family that I know of - however, I try to avoid family get-togethers around the holidays to make sure something like that never happens again. *Edit:* Fixed punctuation mistakes.
Dude, I'm not sure that avoiding family get-togethers is a good idea, especially around a time like Christmas; to your family, it might look to them like you don't like them anymore and you might come to regret not going. I'd say that the best thing to do in this instance is to try to avoid one thing or the other from happening; maybe trying to avoid bad experiences before family get-togethers or family get-togethers after bad experiences.
The issue of "having controversial emotions" is one I relate to SO. FRICKIN. HARD. Especially when you **know** that if you were actually honest with the people pushing you to speak, they'd just come at you like Peggy (or Susan in the F is for Family episode) and get mad that you didn't have the thoughts and feelings they _expected_ you to have. Like, yeah, I get that my feelings are "bad." That's precisely why I didn't want to talk about them! And it doesn't help that people seem completely blind to the idea that things can be more complicated than they first seem. As if it's physically impossible to feel A and B about a subject at the same time. Or to understand logically why you shouldn't feel this way about a certain topic, but still have and struggle with those irrational emotions. Most people are like Peggy where they just want some scenario they've made in their head to play out smoothly. With an easy solution or a visible "good guy/bad guy" so they can pat themselves on the back for being "supportive." But that's just not how these things work. Hank is completely justified to be upset with Cotton. Or to even hate him (especially as Cotton actively throws a temper tantrum and destroys the charity house.) It shouldn't be Hank's job to mend a relationship he didn't even tear apart. That was all on Cotton. And telling him "I love you" wouldn't have fixed anything.
I've been guilty of pressing someone to tell me why they're upset, only for me to get upset when I learn it's about me. I tried not to get upset, but the way it was said felt hurtful, and we both were miserable after.
@@AshleysBrother Sure. I would like to think could handle the criticisms, but the way my ex-girlfriend delivered it felt pointed. She followed it up with, "See? This is why I didn't want to tell you." Ultimately, we just weren't compatible with each other, and we hung on longer than we should have.
@@joriankell1983 Leagues better. I've moved somewhere else where the people are more open minded and more compatible with me. May be close to dating someone who's pretty darn awesome. =)
Anyone else notice how similar Cotton and Eustace from Courage the Cowardly Dog are? There both old grumpy men that are often seen being mean and selfish, but despie that they still got sympathic traits that are used to explore there character rather them redeem them.
Shows no one is born mean and selfish. They develop that way over time. Sometimes they have reasons, like Cotten and Eustace, sometimes it's just because they decided on their own velation because they enjoy feeling the "power"
Alright, Peggy attacking Ladybird like that is reprehensible. That relationship is special, dare I say sacred. For a lot of men, their dog is the only relationship they will have where someone is ALWAYS happy to see them and consistently expresses gratitude. Ladybirds a good dog...
9:42 not to mention it was a promotion he MORE than deserved...between him being the most Solid worker any boss could dream for,AND all the time hes bailed Strickland out in both his business AND personal screwups.....if i were hank i wouldnt even thank strickland ,id mutter "yeah its about danm time"
The relationship Hank has with his Dad, is sad. But the fact that Hank sees Strickland as a father figure, and his boss not only ignores it, but takes advantage of Hank’s loyalty and trust in him as a that, and a boss, is even more tragic.
This is why I really hate Peggy because she builds up these things in her head. When there not the epic beautiful things that she imagined she’s extremely disappointed. Another good example of this is when she’s disappointed that Hank is crying because his truck is dying and not other reasons.
Probably because it wasn't the emotion she wanted Hank to have. This entire episode is another example of Peggy being annoying and unlikeable, she just wants Hank and Cotton to get along just make herself feel good.
I thought it was because she knows he doesn’t really hate him. It’s why Peggy had put up with Cotton for many years. But she was trying to force something that Hank nor cotton were accustomed to. As smart as Peggy is, she believes she knows way more than most people. It’s why she’s so passion and involved in everyone’s life.
As someone who has done community service for a judge... We can tell you that, at least here in the pacific northwest, you choose what you're going to work it off in! We took care of our community service by staffing a convention! But we could have taken care of our community service by doing farmwork for a non-profit farm too.
4:20 as a homebuilder and electrician, no he could technically “do” the work but a licensed contractor has to approve certain stages of construction and an inspector has to approve after that. There’s a lot of paperwork involved 😂
Ah yes, The episode where Hank and his dad have their biggest falling out ever in the history of the show. And they had to get a former president involved to resolve it. In fact one of my favorite parts of this episode is the part where Cotton shoots Jimmy's limo with a nail gun and one of the windows break, It always makes me laugh. And it also makes me think that Hank was right when he said that Jimmy did give Carter his word about letting him shoot the limo and even though it's destruction of property, One must still be a man of his word.
I always saved my gift cards for years. Eventually I saved so many that by the time I went to college I could buy a tv for my room entirely with the gift cards I saved. I always considered gift cards to be a great gift when saved properly.
They are great gifts. But, as the gifter, I aways felt bad because of how impersonal and last-minute they feel. So I personally try to find a smaller gift to pair with the gift card to try and remove that "idk, whatever, just take some money" feel that gift cards have.
I love them I buy them for myself because there a grocery store that sells them and gives one points off gas. I would go to those places and spend money anyways might as well get something off for going there.
This episode was when it finally started to click for me that Cotton is actually a very unhappy person. He's not just being terrible because he likes it. He doesn't actually want to be the way he is. And that sucks.
My parents and grandparents were like that. I'm trying not to be, but it's often the *world* that gets me riled up. In Cotton's case some of it is he never learned to be any different than he was; Tilly was a pushover until she left him, and I imagine he didn't just fight in WWII underage because of patriotism, he probably had lousy parents too.
@@LeoMidori Yeah, the more I think about it, the more obvious it is that Cotton was dealing with his own serious issues, probably even before his time in the war.
@@LeoMidori It's one of the many reasons I stopped watching anything news-related and walk out when politics or religion comes up in conversations. I can't fully escape it since it's constantly in my face, but I've put some hard lines on "world news" because all it does it make me angry, sad or upset. If I'm going to have issues, then I don't want to hear about "doom, agony, despair, war/end is nigh, this or that is destroying our country" and all that jazz that apparently *I* have to care about and fix myself or I doom the world. Yeah, no thanks I've got my own personal "doom, agony, despair" in my own head and in my own life. Those at least I can do something about. Which is why even thought I can never like Cotton, can't support him, or associate anything positive with him...I can't exactly hate him either. It's a weird "not black & white" mentality I have towards him that, to me, the world at large doesn't want to accept is real.
I think the waiting list was a joke about Hank not understanding how Habitats for Humanity works so signed up for the waitinglist to GET a house not build one just assuming everyone wants to be on the building side so of course there'd be a wait..
Cotton's affection towards Hank can be inconsistent. There's this version, where he very reluctantly acknowledges that he perhaps does not hate Hank. I like this version. Then there's the other version where he is unapologetically abusive towards Hank and even cruel with no pay off. Maybe it was by design because the affection he shows Bobby never changes. You never doubt that Cotton adores his grandson. If it was purposely written this way because Cotton has regrets towards Hank, it's brilliant. If not, it's a bit irritating seeing as Cotton has very few redeeming qualities for an otherwise horrible personality. A hilarious one, yes. But horrible.
when i was younger, i got arrested and assigned community service. they made us split logs with this hydraulic splitter and clean up a nature trail. so it is possible to just give someone a job like that. also i remember there being an episode with a judge who liked to give people ironic punishments. i dont remember which season hes from tho, but making buck do manual labor def fits the bill. and its such a good subtle joke that hank would be on a waitlist for an activity most people consider a punishment. anyway, always enjoy your koth commentary!
As a kid without a debit card, gift cards were great for online stores (mainly steam) since obviously you couldn't use physical cash. Also idk if it depends on state, but every time I've bought a gift card, I paid exactly what it was worth. No taxes or anything.
Gonna be honest, I did not think about kids for whom gift cards would have a lot of benefits for. For the price of cards, it depends on which card you get. Some of them are at true value but others charge for the purchase.
@@ShadyDooragssteam gift cards are exact price as far as I can remember last time I bought one, but awhile back they started charging taxes when you buy from the steam store based on your location. Pretty sure that should still be accurate. So taking your money to buy one to turn it into online currency is a benefit.
@@ShadyDoorags you have been noticeably been breaking your rule a LOT lately. It all started with reviewing Jimmy during October, and now you've done at least two Christmas related episodes, including this one IN December. 😂 It's okay to break that rule, I actually l prefer watching holiday related content during the months or seasons they're relevant. It's just too bad you didn't do any Thanksgiving related content. A good episode of King of the Hill you could have reviewed for November would have been "Goodbye Normal Jeans", and that would be another Peggy Hill related episode.
1. Excellent video! 2. I forgot just how narsacistic Peggy is this ep. Instead of thinking "I screwed up big time", she thinks "I successfully saved Christmas." Seriously, what made her think that Hank would say "I love you, dad" while Cotton's damaging/destroying the house he helped build?!
He's unironically one of the top 10 most influential Americans in history. Just . . . not for the reasons he'd like. That history classes don't teach the ramifications of the grain embargo is insane.
always love KOTH vids and a Cotton christmas video, hell yeah! Also 3:15 unfortunatly free/ prisoner/ interned labor is much better than volunteers who'd need insurance, i believe...
As a side note, volunteering for nonprofits are a great place to get training in a field. You would most likely be getting mentored by someone if you had no previous experience. So it really would not matter if Buck had a background in construction or not. But to the episode itself, Cotton has had his good moments, but overall, I would put him in the villain category. Like you stated, Hank has every reason to hate the man.
I really enjoyed this one! I hope you have another boondocks episode coming soon! Out of all of the cartoon analysis channels on TH-cam you’re the only one I’ve seen touch it.
Well Shady, I must say, although I don't watch King of The Hill, I just appreciate hearing you talk about it. I really like the fact that you are willing to look at details and talk about things that many people ignore. Like the fact that anger management should not mean that anger itself is bad or unjustified, or the fact that many people keep on saying how important sharing your emotions is without seeming to care at all that maybe people have some very good reasons why they are reluctant to do so and they are not just stuborn as some people would claim. Thanks for your videos man.
So world's best hammer would be classified as "puffery" an exaggerated statement that cannot reasonably be considered objective. I mainly know this because papa John tried claiming this with "better ingredients better pizza"
I watched this episode of just the right time in my childhood for it to be imprinted hard into my brain. This may be my favorite King of the Hill episode just for nostalgia alone. I didn't even know who Jimmy Carter was back then lol
This is funny I literally got done watching one of your old videos or one of your guest stars pretty much said Oh I thought this was going to be a king of the hill video😂 next thing you know you put out another king of the Hill video I'm laughing my ass off right now on how accurate that joke was
Shady is reviewing a KotH Christmas Episode just in time for Christmas? Yes please!!! 😇😇😇 Thanks for the new video Shady and hug your furbabies all 💙🐱💙
Lmao and people dress their babies and toddlers in them, which is very cute but it's a pain in the ass for us childcare educators who have to change their diapers 3 or 4 times a day 😅
Awesome review as always and Shady thanks again for another year of amazing content, looking forward to more in 24! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and God bless you Shady
This is the episode that I always think about when I think of how stupid Cotton's final episode was. He mocks Hank for loving him when it's what he desperately wants to hear in this episode
Shady, you’ll be happy to know that you’ve been promoted from the “King of the Hill guy” to the “King of the Hill and Daria guy” In all seriousness, though, I just wanna say I love your videos, and I wholeheartedly hope making them makes you happy.
The first time I heard Hank mention habitat for humanity my mind was blown because I work in a habitat for humanity store. I even did a commercial there a couple years ago and I'm doing another commercial in my home. The commercial promotes the company that helped me get my job there.
1:30 im just reminded of that scene in justice league where diana chides bruce for trying to just give clark a gift card only for bruce to defend himself by admiting its just cash
I'll be honest, this is a frustrating episode because Cotton started destroying another family's house. And instead of that family doing the sane thing and calling the cops to arrest Cotton for trespassing and destruction of property....and Peggy too for the crime of being Peggy Hill, they just sat there and let Cotton destroy their house
"Cotton... is jealous? But... that's a HUMAN emotion!"
Okay, that got me.
I always liked that Peggy clearly ignores the domestic abuse happening. “It’s not just what I think; it’s what Cotton told me to think.”
Imagine how jealous Cotton would have been if Hank called Buck "Father"
Peggy thinks that life is a book being written by her in real time and anyone who deviates from her expectations is off script. She doesn't generally boss Hank around, but any time his feelings are involved she becomes a shrew under the banner of meaning well.
I really like that description of life being a book, that is spot on.
I believe they call it Main character syndrome
Just further establishing Peggy as a narcissist. 🤦🏻
Not just a shrew, but a stubborn, headstrong jackass that will forcefully fight for her opinion, regardless of whether she's wrong or right, of which she happens to end up on the side of wrong most of the time.
I always wondered if Peggy's characterization came before or after the "rework" of her mother being a complete hardass. I've actually known people with parents like that focus inwards and become self-centered because of lack of positivity anywhere else meant they only had themselves to hype them up.
This episode has one of my favorite lines from Cotton.
"Hate me, huh? After all the love i let your mother give you!"
😂😂😂
I personally loved "HATED A BABY!!!!!!!"
_HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK?_
Hank's family sure has a lot of history with former presidents
He found out Dubya has a limp handshake. He also locked his door when approaching Hot Springs ( birthplace of Bill Clinton)
Smile... then disappointment... smile... then disappointment...
He's deepstate. That's why.
Don't forget about when Cotton stopped by the wax museum to give the finger to FDR.
Well 2 of them at least.
“Hated a baby?!” That line is hilarious
I totally forgot that line existed and damn near spit out my coffee. Lol
This is actually true, and what a lot of a dudes do lol. When a woman is pregnant she is 6x more likely to be harmed by him because she has less time for him and that shoots up to 10x more likely when she's given birth. Because again, she has less time for him while tending to her newborn and healing. Even if he's never shown such behaviour before. And it's increasing every year, the biggest game over for pregnant women is their male partner. It's so bad that doctors check ups etc have posters warning women about it and offering support and resources.
One of my favorite revelations when I got older watching this show is that Buck Strickland and Cotton Hill have nearly all the same vices(afaik Buck is just a womanizer, not abusive), the core difference is that Buck does respect/care for Hank to the point Hank being ANGRY at him is used as a wake up call to reel in his behavior a number of times throughout the show. Exemplified in the car wash episode where he tells off Kahn for agitating Hank, calling Hank his "golden goose"
And he acknowledges the fact his branch wouldn't be where it is today without Hank
While the argument can be made that Buck does respect/care for Hank. He does spend allot of the time taking advantage of his loyalty and devotion. And not really paying or rewarding him for what he’s worth.
Buck may not be as Verbally abusive as cotton. But he’s still a poor excuse for a father figure.
@kee1288 i always took it as Hank, who was raised by Cotton, sorta seeing the bad behavior as sorta less horrendous than it is? I don't want to say he sees it as normal, just not as big of a deal as others might. But Buck shows him some level of respect even if he is a mess, so in Hanks eyes he is practically a saint compared to Cotton
@@bluecanine3374 I think it is something of growing up abused by Cotton normalized those other behaviors. Like Hank *knows* they are bad behaviors but doesnt seem them as inherently harmful(after all, despite Buck's womanizing, all his partners seem to be consenting adults in their own right. and Hank drinks just not as much as Buck.)
Buck are the same through the "means to end protocol".
Hank is the commodity with Buck, Cotton AND Peggy all using something covet Hank for what he gives them.
Buck provided with all the comforts he has come to depend on he is no longer tgat Slinger and Blinger we have seen.
Cotton with quiet admiration and adulation. One usually reserves for those to which they are unacquainted. Peggy more like his mother in the earlier episodes. I do not remember her name, she awarded proper emotional response or *groomed him. (*I did not use that wrong I looked to make sure)
Hank always has parent issues. His dad was way worse scaring him as a child while his mom basically left him to fend for himself especially as her swinger spy days occured and how she expects Hank to defend her when she never did for him.
Lucky Peggy and Hank managed to raise bobby and Luanne much better
Even though Peggy isn’t exactly the best person herself.
Bobby was raised more in the village that is Rainy Street/Arlen than Hank and Peggy were raised in insular households-- he has the benefit of more outside influences and cultures than his parents ever did.
Luanne benefited from a healthy father figure and a headstrong mother figure, but both Hank and Peggy worked to undermine her when she didn't follow the path they deemed appropriate rather than talk to her about why it's not ideal.
yup.
Cotton did a lot of harm to Hank but his mother was always there to raise him except when she was blanking out from trauma. Swinger spy days?? I think you're confusing Tillie with Mona Simpson.
@@fuzzballzz36 nope. If you read between the lines and straight up the dialogue you'd know she cheats a lot.
Hank... the guy who turns even pimping into a charitable act.
Hank is a genuinely good person
"are overalls still a thing"
Yes! Their common work clothes for people like construction workers and we sell them at Academy where I work
Yeah, farmers around my area still wear them pretty regularly as well.
They do it because it helps them from getting poked by sharp straw when they're loading hay bales onto or off a truck.
You wouldn't think that mere straw could poke through your shirt and scrape your chest, but without those overalls, it very much can.
"Everyone Hated That Baby!" - Cotton Hill
"Hated a BABY?!" - Former President (who was nearly mauled to death by a rabbit) Jimmy Carter
@@brentacomooseIt was the Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Honestly, from what the episodes I've seen and from the ones Shady has reviewed, if it weren't for how Cotton genuinely treats his grandson much better than how he treated his own son, Hank should have and has every right to completely cut him out of his life. Honestly, what kind of psycho has another child years later and gives them the exact same as their first, just with "Good" in front of it? That's just twisting the bad parenting knife so much deeper than it already was.
@@danjoredd It's usually a combination of them not being the primary caregiver for those children (with some exceptions), they realized the folly of their ways in the past with their own child rearing, and they're just old and maybe have improved as people since that time. Sometimes they're just better with younger people than adults as well.
@@danjoredd It's easier to treat something well when you're not responsible for it and only rarely see it. And you're less likely to grow contempt for something you don't have to live with.
Visiting a friend and saying their potted plant looks nice vs growing and caring for your own plant from a seed
I don't think his treatment of Bobby is enough redemption; if my dad were ANYTHING like Cotton (thank God he's not), I wouldn't speak to him for the rest of my life
Former habitat for humanity crew leader here. People actually have shown up to the site as a mandated community service and they can bring anyone with them. We are not allowed to ask why they are there, and personal history is irrelevant as the whole project aside from licensed work us done by volunteers and overseen by people like myself and a professional site supervisor.
I've never heard of a waiting list either. there were days reserved by whole companies and walk on days for anyone. But if memory serves texas is one of the largest affiliates so maybe things are done differently
it's weird how that sounds both massively irresponsible and sensibly non-bureaucratic. If they took out the "not allowed to ask" part, I think it'd be fine.
Of course it's Rogal Dorn
@@azathoththe3rd which might be one of the most manly names in recent history
@@KairuHakubi if your unaware Rogal Dorn is a character from Warhammer 40k who is known for architecture and building defences. So it's ironic a house builder goes by Rogal Dorn
@@azathoththe3rd sounds appropriate haha, super nice.
GH during loud, elderly man screaming: I sleep
GH during mild toned mockery: *Real shit!*
for the nail gunning his bulletproof limo Bobby is seen stepping out of the vehicle just before Cotton leaves the house. that scene is always on my go to list when I need a laugh "they told me it was bulletproof...LET'S GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE!!!"
You cover Cotton a lot, but you should cover "A Rover Runs Through It" The one episode where we meet Peggy's crappy mom.
That would be a hard episode for him to cover, because he would constantly have to remind us that the way Peggy's mom is depicted in it is a complete retcon, because throughout the series up until that point her relationship with her mom was not that strained and full of drama, the writers essentially once again ignored continuity just so that they can make the plot of the episode make sense.
As a white guy who had to do community service (for doing a community service, long story) they didnt give me the option to do any strenuous labor, but they did let me volunteer at a local dog shelter. The girls there were frightened of me (probably because they assumed the worst) but the dogs were awesome. I met a nice pitbull named "Tooth" that i really wanted to take home with me but the family said i couldnt.
Anyway, point is, i didnt work at habitat for humanity, but i did do work at a place where people would have loved to volunteer.
I got community service once and they made me do it at a old folks home I was already volunteering at anyways.
@@VidelxSpopovich isn't it funny how that works?
"For doing a community service" 😅
I have to know the story
@@johnindigo5477 for now, I can't incriminate myself any further lol
Cringe
I can totally get how Hank feels when he had those moments during this episode, especially in the later one where he tells Cotton he hates him. When emotions are high and you're overwhelmed, sh*t tends to come out that you wish you could take back.
For me, it was when I screamed at my entire family - which consisted of my parents, my uncle & aunt's family, my siblings and their kids and my cousins & others - to stfu because I had gotten overwhelmed by all of the noise and stress of the situation; it also didn't help that I had just walked out of the restroom after having a nasty time, so I was not alright or ready to be flooded by kin being in my face and for kids screaming loudly. After _that_ incident, I remember just taking off in my car and making a beeline back to my parents' home, and boy howdy did they lay into me for what I did.
As of today, there's no bad blood between me and my family that I know of - however, I try to avoid family get-togethers around the holidays to make sure something like that never happens again.
*Edit:* Fixed punctuation mistakes.
Dude, I'm not sure that avoiding family get-togethers is a good idea, especially around a time like Christmas; to your family, it might look to them like you don't like them anymore and you might come to regret not going. I'd say that the best thing to do in this instance is to try to avoid one thing or the other from happening; maybe trying to avoid bad experiences before family get-togethers or family get-togethers after bad experiences.
Truth be told, I kinda wanted to see the Secret Service take on Cotton.
I'd guess he's killed at least fiddy more men than the average secret service agent.
I'm not saying that cotton couldn't, but, Weaponless, if he had his shins, he could probably do a lot better.
The issue of "having controversial emotions" is one I relate to SO. FRICKIN. HARD. Especially when you **know** that if you were actually honest with the people pushing you to speak, they'd just come at you like Peggy (or Susan in the F is for Family episode) and get mad that you didn't have the thoughts and feelings they _expected_ you to have. Like, yeah, I get that my feelings are "bad." That's precisely why I didn't want to talk about them!
And it doesn't help that people seem completely blind to the idea that things can be more complicated than they first seem. As if it's physically impossible to feel A and B about a subject at the same time. Or to understand logically why you shouldn't feel this way about a certain topic, but still have and struggle with those irrational emotions.
Most people are like Peggy where they just want some scenario they've made in their head to play out smoothly. With an easy solution or a visible "good guy/bad guy" so they can pat themselves on the back for being "supportive." But that's just not how these things work. Hank is completely justified to be upset with Cotton. Or to even hate him (especially as Cotton actively throws a temper tantrum and destroys the charity house.) It shouldn't be Hank's job to mend a relationship he didn't even tear apart. That was all on Cotton. And telling him "I love you" wouldn't have fixed anything.
I've been guilty of pressing someone to tell me why they're upset, only for me to get upset when I learn it's about me. I tried not to get upset, but the way it was said felt hurtful, and we both were miserable after.
can you share it with me? at least give some vague details, im being curious@@PelemusMcSoy
@@AshleysBrother Sure. I would like to think could handle the criticisms, but the way my ex-girlfriend delivered it felt pointed. She followed it up with, "See? This is why I didn't want to tell you." Ultimately, we just weren't compatible with each other, and we hung on longer than we should have.
@@PelemusMcSoyI hope you're doing better, bro.
@@joriankell1983 Leagues better. I've moved somewhere else where the people are more open minded and more compatible with me. May be close to dating someone who's pretty darn awesome. =)
Anyone else notice how similar Cotton and Eustace from Courage the Cowardly Dog are?
There both old grumpy men that are often seen being mean and selfish, but despie that they still got sympathic traits that are used to explore there character rather them redeem them.
Stupid Hank’s Wife you’re making me look bad Booga Booga Booga 😂
Eustace was emotionally abused by his mother and his older brother
@@claymathewselevator8121 I would have wrote 'your making look worse'
Shows no one is born mean and selfish. They develop that way over time. Sometimes they have reasons, like Cotten and Eustace, sometimes it's just because they decided on their own velation because they enjoy feeling the "power"
Alright, Peggy attacking Ladybird like that is reprehensible. That relationship is special, dare I say sacred. For a lot of men, their dog is the only relationship they will have where someone is ALWAYS happy to see them and consistently expresses gratitude.
Ladybirds a good dog...
mmmm
9:42 not to mention it was a promotion he MORE than deserved...between him being the most Solid worker any boss could dream for,AND all the time hes bailed Strickland out in both his business AND personal screwups.....if i were hank i wouldnt even thank strickland ,id mutter "yeah its about danm time"
This episode had one of my favorite KOTH quotes ever......"HATED a BABY!!??!??!?" lol
The relationship Hank has with his Dad, is sad. But the fact that Hank sees Strickland as a father figure, and his boss not only ignores it, but takes advantage of Hank’s loyalty and trust in him as a that, and a boss, is even more tragic.
Yep I really felt bad for hank his boss is truly a user
I can't stand Buck.
This is why I really hate Peggy because she builds up these things in her head. When there not the epic beautiful things that she imagined she’s extremely disappointed. Another good example of this is when she’s disappointed that Hank is crying because his truck is dying and not other reasons.
Right?
Hey I was crying because I had to get ride of my first car. 2001 Honda accord. Got it in 2016 lasted until 2023.
mhmm admittedly that was a great reveal though
I'm surprised Hank just let it go when Peggy called Ladybird stupid
I took it as "I'm *not* dealing with your BS anymore right now." If he's not going to get a fair argument, then he doesn't have to talk to "the wall"
Honestly I never understood why peggy was shocked that Hank hate cotton
Probably because it wasn't the emotion she wanted Hank to have. This entire episode is another example of Peggy being annoying and unlikeable, she just wants Hank and Cotton to get along just make herself feel good.
I thought it was because she knows he doesn’t really hate him. It’s why Peggy had put up with Cotton for many years. But she was trying to force something that Hank nor cotton were accustomed to. As smart as Peggy is, she believes she knows way more than most people. It’s why she’s so passion and involved in everyone’s life.
As someone who has done community service for a judge...
We can tell you that, at least here in the pacific northwest, you choose what you're going to work it off in!
We took care of our community service by staffing a convention!
But we could have taken care of our community service by doing farmwork for a non-profit farm too.
4:20 as a homebuilder and electrician, no he could technically “do” the work but a licensed contractor has to approve certain stages of construction and an inspector has to approve after that. There’s a lot of paperwork involved 😂
Ah yes, The episode where Hank and his dad have their biggest falling out ever in the history of the show. And they had to get a former president involved to resolve it.
In fact one of my favorite parts of this episode is the part where Cotton shoots Jimmy's limo with a nail gun and one of the windows break, It always makes me laugh. And it also makes me think that Hank was right when he said that Jimmy did give Carter his word about letting him shoot the limo and even though it's destruction of property, One must still be a man of his word.
RIP Jimmy Carter (1924 - 2024)
Meh, better that he's gone.
I always saved my gift cards for years. Eventually I saved so many that by the time I went to college I could buy a tv for my room entirely with the gift cards I saved. I always considered gift cards to be a great gift when saved properly.
They are great gifts. But, as the gifter, I aways felt bad because of how impersonal and last-minute they feel. So I personally try to find a smaller gift to pair with the gift card to try and remove that "idk, whatever, just take some money" feel that gift cards have.
It's also a great way to shop online without a credit card.
I've saved up gift cards for years at a time that allowed me to purchase a 2DS and Switch. Worth it!
I love them I buy them for myself because there a grocery store that sells them and gives one points off gas. I would go to those places and spend money anyways might as well get something off for going there.
“HATED A BABY?!” Is still one of my favorite koth lines
This episode was when it finally started to click for me that Cotton is actually a very unhappy person. He's not just being terrible because he likes it. He doesn't actually want to be the way he is. And that sucks.
My parents and grandparents were like that. I'm trying not to be, but it's often the *world* that gets me riled up. In Cotton's case some of it is he never learned to be any different than he was; Tilly was a pushover until she left him, and I imagine he didn't just fight in WWII underage because of patriotism, he probably had lousy parents too.
@@LeoMidori Yeah, the more I think about it, the more obvious it is that Cotton was dealing with his own serious issues, probably even before his time in the war.
@@LeoMidori It's one of the many reasons I stopped watching anything news-related and walk out when politics or religion comes up in conversations. I can't fully escape it since it's constantly in my face, but I've put some hard lines on "world news" because all it does it make me angry, sad or upset.
If I'm going to have issues, then I don't want to hear about "doom, agony, despair, war/end is nigh, this or that is destroying our country" and all that jazz that apparently *I* have to care about and fix myself or I doom the world.
Yeah, no thanks I've got my own personal "doom, agony, despair" in my own head and in my own life. Those at least I can do something about.
Which is why even thought I can never like Cotton, can't support him, or associate anything positive with him...I can't exactly hate him either. It's a weird "not black & white" mentality I have towards him that, to me, the world at large doesn't want to accept is real.
Damn... So THAT'S why I find him so relatable...
"Everyone hated that baby" 😂
When the world needed it most, Shady blessed us with another KotH review! ❤
I like just how Hank invites himself over to Niefko's house. Like, you cant just invite yourself.
I think the waiting list was a joke about Hank not understanding how Habitats for Humanity works so signed up for the waitinglist to GET a house not build one just assuming everyone wants to be on the building side so of course there'd be a wait..
I could see that. Hank isn't always the smartest person.
@@nubreed13 He's a literal minded thinker.
Cotton's affection towards Hank can be inconsistent. There's this version, where he very reluctantly acknowledges that he perhaps does not hate Hank. I like this version. Then there's the other version where he is unapologetically abusive towards Hank and even cruel with no pay off. Maybe it was by design because the affection he shows Bobby never changes. You never doubt that Cotton adores his grandson.
If it was purposely written this way because Cotton has regrets towards Hank, it's brilliant. If not, it's a bit irritating seeing as Cotton has very few redeeming qualities for an otherwise horrible personality. A hilarious one, yes. But horrible.
I’m sorry Shady I was 30 seconds late. I promise I will be better next time
Unforgiveable. Release the hounds.
Be nice rags
Me who sweating profusely because I was a month late
I heard Hank say ‘I love you’ and I immediate had to exit the video out of pure horror. Now Im working my way back
Ah, coming back here after Jimmy Carter passed kinda hurts.
when i was younger, i got arrested and assigned community service. they made us split logs with this hydraulic splitter and clean up a nature trail. so it is possible to just give someone a job like that. also i remember there being an episode with a judge who liked to give people ironic punishments. i dont remember which season hes from tho, but making buck do manual labor def fits the bill. and its such a good subtle joke that hank would be on a waitlist for an activity most people consider a punishment. anyway, always enjoy your koth commentary!
As a kid without a debit card, gift cards were great for online stores (mainly steam) since obviously you couldn't use physical cash.
Also idk if it depends on state, but every time I've bought a gift card, I paid exactly what it was worth. No taxes or anything.
Gonna be honest, I did not think about kids for whom gift cards would have a lot of benefits for. For the price of cards, it depends on which card you get. Some of them are at true value but others charge for the purchase.
Sometimes they do reloadable cars and give an initial fee for the card itself
Lol I used to do that when I first started working but didn't have a bank account yet.
@@ShadyDooragssteam gift cards are exact price as far as I can remember last time I bought one, but awhile back they started charging taxes when you buy from the steam store based on your location. Pretty sure that should still be accurate.
So taking your money to buy one to turn it into online currency is a benefit.
@@damackabet.4611 in Iowa until they made online purchases for steam taxable $20 steam cards went farther than a credit card usually
Shady broke his rule intentionally
When everyone expects you to do the unexpected, do what's expected!
@@ShadyDoorags you have been noticeably been breaking your rule a LOT lately. It all started with reviewing Jimmy during October, and now you've done at least two Christmas related episodes, including this one IN December. 😂 It's okay to break that rule, I actually l prefer watching holiday related content during the months or seasons they're relevant. It's just too bad you didn't do any Thanksgiving related content. A good episode of King of the Hill you could have reviewed for November would have been "Goodbye Normal Jeans", and that would be another Peggy Hill related episode.
“HATED A BABY?!” One of my fave one liners lol 😂 Another fantastic KOTH video! Please make more!
R.I.P. Jimmy Carter
1. Excellent video!
2. I forgot just how narsacistic Peggy is this ep. Instead of thinking "I screwed up big time", she thinks "I successfully saved Christmas." Seriously, what made her think that Hank would say "I love you, dad" while Cotton's damaging/destroying the house he helped build?!
So fitting to have the jimmy carter video this time it feels like. Enjoyable look back on a well known holiday episode
He's unironically one of the top 10 most influential Americans in history.
Just . . . not for the reasons he'd like.
That history classes don't teach the ramifications of the grain embargo is insane.
Wow, I just finished watching all the other King of the Hill videos! Perfect timing actually
This is such an amazing episode. Thanks for covering this Shady. Have a great rest of your weekend and take care!
always love KOTH vids and a Cotton christmas video, hell yeah! Also 3:15 unfortunatly free/ prisoner/ interned labor is much better than volunteers who'd need insurance, i believe...
RIP to the man who questioned human hatred for babies
“Uh, I meant manager of building the house”
That would’ve been better.
2:20 That’s not even a word and I agree with you.
That a nasty patty from SpongeBob reference or the idea a coincidence?
@@morganrussman it’s a SpongeBob reference.
@chrishinton9209 That is what I thought.
As a side note, volunteering for nonprofits are a great place to get training in a field. You would most likely be getting mentored by someone if you had no previous experience. So it really would not matter if Buck had a background in construction or not.
But to the episode itself, Cotton has had his good moments, but overall, I would put him in the villain category. Like you stated, Hank has every reason to hate the man.
Shady doing a king of the hill vid. All is well in the universe
I really enjoyed this one! I hope you have another boondocks episode coming soon! Out of all of the cartoon analysis channels on TH-cam you’re the only one I’ve seen touch it.
Well Shady, I must say, although I don't watch King of The Hill, I just appreciate hearing you talk about it.
I really like the fact that you are willing to look at details and talk about things that many people ignore.
Like the fact that anger management should not mean that anger itself is bad or unjustified, or the fact that many people keep on saying how important sharing your emotions is without seeming to care at all that maybe people have some very good reasons why they are reluctant to do so and they are not just stuborn as some people would claim.
Thanks for your videos man.
As usual, great video. You always produce the best analyses of everything you do.
Really hoping that you do "Leanne's Saga" and "Pretty Pretty Dresses" next!!!
Was not only watching this episode tonight, but was also thinking of you my guy! So excited for this
“He was a baby once.”
“Everyone hated that baby!!”
“You hated a BABY?”
OMG Shady doing a holiday episode around a holiday
Buck is as we say rich. The system is how you say corrupt
So world's best hammer would be classified as "puffery" an exaggerated statement that cannot reasonably be considered objective. I mainly know this because papa John tried claiming this with "better ingredients better pizza"
Wow 20 years in the Army and you can retire. 20 years with Strickland and u might make manager... oh he got demoted.
Always felt like this was one of the most overlooked episodes.
"I was told I could shoot me a bulletproof motorcade" 😹
With my nail gun 😂
Banana oil, overalls are absolutely still a thing. I saw a really cute Barista at a coffee shop in Fremont wearing a set of them today
Hank is attached to Ladybird so much because he thinks Ladybird was the miracle that made him make Bobby
apparently the actual JC died today so good a time as any to rewatch this review
Hank couldn't run his own business but Peggy could. If Peggy ran Strickland's and Hank was assistant manager, it'd be ten times more successful.
Let's ggggggggoooooooo another cotton hill episode! (more about Christmas but cotton is a fun character)
I just found this guy at random, love his videos already!
Love Hank,Dale, Bill and Boomhauer in winter clothes
Thanks for the Christmas themed one my dude 😊
RIP Jimmy Carter
Damn, you left out the "bulletproof" joke. That was my favorite joke of the episode!
Thank you for including the “hated a baby” clip. I was certainly one of the people who wanted to see it
Yet another great video. Thank you for the excellent content and have a Merry Christmas!
It’s ok to say you hate someone if that person has given you fair reason to
I watched this episode of just the right time in my childhood for it to be imprinted hard into my brain. This may be my favorite King of the Hill episode just for nostalgia alone. I didn't even know who Jimmy Carter was back then lol
This is funny I literally got done watching one of your old videos or one of your guest stars pretty much said Oh I thought this was going to be a king of the hill video😂 next thing you know you put out another king of the Hill video I'm laughing my ass off right now on how accurate that joke was
Yay! More King of the Hill videos!
Shady is reviewing a KotH Christmas Episode just in time for Christmas? Yes please!!! 😇😇😇
Thanks for the new video Shady and hug your furbabies all 💙🐱💙
RIP Rosalyn Carter
Indeed hitting it spot on.
Being open emotionally is possibly exposing yourself to attack.
Nah overalls are still and thing I use them while I work at a welding job, they are so comfortable when snowing out
Lmao and people dress their babies and toddlers in them, which is very cute but it's a pain in the ass for us childcare educators who have to change their diapers 3 or 4 times a day 😅
Awesome review as always and Shady thanks again for another year of amazing content, looking forward to more in 24! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and God bless you Shady
I honestly want to see the episode of where cotton and khan are both at bobby's birthday.
When I watched this episode and heard peggy say "That's how I saved Christmas" I yelled at my tv SHUT YOUR ASS UP PEGGY
Bobby thinking Jimmy Carter was Jesus because his initials are "JC" never stops being funny to me.
This is the episode that I always think about when I think of how stupid Cotton's final episode was. He mocks Hank for loving him when it's what he desperately wants to hear in this episode
It's deffo when the writing for the series was starting to get really shaky.
Shady, you’ll be happy to know that you’ve been promoted from the “King of the Hill guy” to the “King of the Hill and Daria guy”
In all seriousness, though, I just wanna say I love your videos, and I wholeheartedly hope making them makes you happy.
The first time I heard Hank mention habitat for humanity my mind was blown because I work in a habitat for humanity store. I even did a commercial there a couple years ago and I'm doing another commercial in my home. The commercial promotes the company that helped me get my job there.
1:30 im just reminded of that scene in justice league where diana chides bruce for trying to just give clark a gift card only for bruce to defend himself by admiting its just cash
13:16 - 13:24 is pure gold of advice, sir!
I'll be honest, this is a frustrating episode because Cotton started destroying another family's house. And instead of that family doing the sane thing and calling the cops to arrest Cotton for trespassing and destruction of property....and Peggy too for the crime of being Peggy Hill, they just sat there and let Cotton destroy their house
This isn't real life lol
I miss these thank you Shady
gift cards, the gift that says I don't know you well enough to get you a real gift, but well enough to know I can't trust you with cash