The sad and probably true answer based on what we know about the characters: Bill probably moves them from his mailbox to Hank's in a vague hope he'll pay one or two.
Is the joke that it sounds like he’s getting a lot of bills when he’s actually saying Bill’s (mail), or is it that they’re actually all bills for Bill?
@@apretarded7248 me and my dad used to watch it together back when it was originally airing on fox so it'll always be one of my all time favorite shows ever.
I really wish you hadn't cut out where Hank says "Nudity!" after picking up the Troll doll. In my opinion, that one joke perfectly sums up Hank's dry, deadpan appeal.
I'm a Texan so I love me some king of the hill. I can totally relate to the show. Peggy reminds me of my ex- wife. Hank reminds me of my friends father. Boddy reminds me of a childhood friend.
I’m from a small town in Ontario Canada n king of the hill runs very true for here as well. It’s not uncommon to see a tractor in the drive threw around here. I’ve always wanted to move to Texas. Maybe KOTH is partly why lol
Mr. CU NT props to you if you can. But I’ve lived here my whole life and I’ve never met another Canadian because of the scorching sun. If you can put up with 85+ days from March to October, it’s a wonderful place to live.
For a sitcom, especially an animated one, the continuity is pretty tight. This is a word that was not even in the vocabulary of sitcom writers for the first 50-60 years of the medium.
@Shin Shaman well lets just say that (Example) on Leave it to Beaver Gilbert Bates Was once referred by Ward on the phone talking to Gilberts mom as Mrs Harrison , and in another episode they Called him Gilbert Gates, different writers got names wrong and no proof reading I guess. Continuity is a Pet peeve of mine, it comes from working in Television. I look for Breaks in Continuity, way more than I would like to. Sometimes ruins the whole episode for me
@Shin Shaman The Simpsons is not consistent at all. Every episode in the beginning had a completely different color palate for their world. It was not in their priorities
Literally the series finale is the culmination of one of the main arcs (Hank and Bobby finding something they can truly enjoy together) and even ties up a couple others (Kahn easing up on Connie, Nancy and Dale's marriage being normal again)
Ngl I've watched a lot of slice of life anime when I was younger but none of the non movie based ones imo can compete with GREATNESS that is KOTH. No overly clique tropes, no wacky anime moments that get dull quickly it's just about a hard working man who sells propane and propane accessories. There's nothing more human than that.
Haha same here I couldnt appreciate this show as a kid, as an adult I can relate so much and love it. There is a bit of a tenderness to it too and now its one of my favorite shows to binge watch to keep me from being homesick overseas. It relaxes me in a strange way.
I didn't start watching it until I was 9. Little me didn't appreciate it either. It's now my favorite adult cartoon. Either Koth or Beavis and Butthead.
When I was young I loved The Simpsons, but hated KOTH. I couldn't sleep one night and watched KOTH on Adult Swim and I liked it. The more I watched the more I loved it. Now I like it so much most nights I fall asleep to it in the background. I think I was expecting a Simpsons type show when I was young, and just didn't appreciate the humor.
omg i fall asleep to koth episodes too! i feel so comfy and warm. its hard to describe but I too didnt like the show when I wasa kid. i always thought it was a show about the kkk
I put it on every night to fall asleep...I didn't know other people did this at all. I assume you guys don't put it on every night lol but I do. Kts incredibly rare that I put something else on. Occasionally, old episodes of family guy, old episodes Simpsons,and old episodes law and order.
@@FelicityGemini I was right there with you... right up until that last sentence. Please, can you remember any specific commercial or review that may have inspired that assumption? No offense intended at all, I just found your comment really funny and now I’m curious. lol
@@c.d.ruppert9560 no worries. I don't mind answering questions that are asked. The first season I did not identify with. I am a person of color. Seeing hank, Bill, boomhoure and Dale struggle with khan's ethnicity and assuming they were Japanese ot Chinese thinking they eat dogs and assuming they ate ladybird a old ass dog? Shooting contests and cotton as a father bullying his son hank in flashbacks. They also spoke slower with less enthusiasm. A swore I saw a confederate flag in an episode or two. Either way by season two I was more into the show.
As someone that grew up in the deep south i can tell ya we love king of the hill. Hank isnt viewed as satire he is viewed as being an exaggeration of what we all feel and is extremely relatable and lovable. Cotton is by far the best damn character though
I actually really related to the show as a kid in the 90s. The trick or treat episode comes to mind. See if you liked Pokemon, Doom, or Harry Potter in the 90s; some folks thought it would make you satanic. King of the hill pointed out how ridiculous that was.
@@cangrejopendejo4909 No, it was actually pretty common. Satanic panic is very well documented. Every thing from the Columbine kids to Marilyn Manson was blamed on Satanic influences.
@@vcrbetamax Come on. I was a kid back then, I remember. There's some truth to what you're saying, but to say it was pretty common is just not true. I definitely don't remember anyone actually thinking Pokemon was Satanic, and I was really into Pokemon when it came out.. I remember all the drama over Marilyn Manson and Eminem over Columbine, and that was more about their violent lyrics than it was about Satanism. Bill O'Reilly (the original male Karen) interviewed Manson back then, and even he didn't fixate on the Satanic stuff.
@@cangrejopendejo4909 Um... okay. Look man, I don't want to argue. I saw A LOT of it. I don't know where you lived but I remember reading an electronic gaming monthly where evangelicals burned a pikachu doll. I remember one of the girls in my class couldn't watch Harry Potter with the rest of us when the movie came out because it has witches. Maybe not "SATANIC" per say. But you damn well know what I'm talking about and yes it was pretty common.
I’ve lived in Texas my whole life. Around the time the show closed out I was probably 14-15. It was something cute and fun to watch but nothing exceptional. I just recently went through the whole show 10 years later. And there were so many moments that truly captured Southern mentality. Seriously so well written as a show. I’d love a sequel taking place in now times. Maybe following Bobby as the man of the house trying to raise GH.
King of the hill is one of those shows that you couldn’t get into as a child, but then growing up to love it with its grounded humour as an adult, Wish it came back but it probably ended on a good note
I might be a Californian born and raised (BWAAAAAH!) and we might be Oriental, but my family feels pretty American and I can relate to King of the Hill. I will admit that I was a little bit like Bobby when I was 8 until about 14. My dad was so much like Hank Hill that he even dressed like him and voted for Bush... Also, I grew up listening to Willie Nelson as my dad was a fan, following him from country, to country western to adult contemporary. I really do appreciate this show for all the reasons mentioned in this video but especially because it wasn't partisan.
If I'm not mistaken, the cinematography of King of the Hill requires the shot to be physically feasible with a hypothetical camera, except for dream and psychedelic sequences of course. The characters get into wild but never fantastical scenarios.
I am a conservative that grew up in a very Hill-like culture. I laughed at and with the Hill's. I appreciate the show and hope it showed people in other cultures that we all have a lot in common.
The brilliance of Mike Judge is the conservatives learning from the liberals and liberals learning from the conservatives. The liberals need to be heard because new ideas can be corrective when the old rules become oppressive to a changing society and the conservatives need to be heard because we need to remember the lessons learned often by blood and copper to not undergo the same suffering just to find what was already found.
My ex-boyfriend/closest friend died last year and the Buckley’s angel episode helped me while grieving. He was only 31 and it’s so lonely going through it because most young people can’t relate. Funny to relate to a cartoon- but it touched my heart. I cry nearly every time I hear “Life in a Northern Town” now. It’s a beautiful episode.
Honestly I was one of those kids that really liked king of the hill I always got excited to see it on tv and I would always try to the find the channel that would be airing on, idk why I just really liked it and I still do I love it in fact. I always rewatch it basically daily now ,King of the hill will be a big part of memories for a life time
Whenever Peggy says "I read somewhere", I can't help imagine some kind of combination of Reader's Digest and "Now!" magazine being hoarded in the basement for when Peggy needs a "fact".
21:20 That's also something live-action shows used to do back in the 80s and 90s. Usually after one of those insipid "Very Special" episodes, they'd bring out the cast to be like "We had some laughs tonight, but if you or someone you love is addicted to crack, call this number please." And then you'd call the number and it was just some stupid rehab shit instead of a guy who can score you more crack like you hoped. It was misleading.
As someone who grew up in a small town in the midwest, this show reminds me of so many people and situations I knew/know in real life. Probably one of the best and most accurate (and fair minded) portraits of middle america in pop culture. Hank may be a stick in the mud, but he's ultimately a good guy and often, in his own way, has a point,
You don't HAVE to have been from a rural, small town kinda place to appreciate King of the Hill, but I think it helps. Hank and the guys remind me of SO MANY middle-aged adults I knew when I was a kid in rural Michigan. No interests beyond their lawns and what route they take to work. Anything beyond the world of like 1972 just seems stupid and not worth learning to them. I made sushi to bring to Christmas once a couple years ago for appetizers, and half my uncles were like five-year-olds afraid to try it. Because it's like "This is a meat other than steak and vegetables other than potatoes! I'm not eating this!" It wasn't even raw sushi! It was just California rolls and some vegetarian rolls. To the credit of everyone else, it was a big hit overall, but it was still like "Come on, you're 60 years old and acting like a toddler!"
Yeah being from the UP, some of the jokes from Trailer Park Boys, Letterkenny and Koth don't land because they aren't even absurd enough to be funny, just business as usual. Like Ricky's car isn't even far off from some of the trucks around my house lmao
I'm from Michigan as well and grew up in the 90s. This show was a satire of my dad and all his friends to a T. I think it does speak a bit more to rural americans who know these characters in real life.
@@boppe2235 Oh, I love Letterkenny. It's so much like the little town I grew up in. We got little roadside produce stands like that everywhere, there's an Amish community nearby, their farm reminds me of my aunt and uncle's house and a few other friends. And now Shoresy is set in a city of about 100k, just like where I live NOW.
I was born and raised in Texas and we did this same thing at my high school, where the football players dressed as cheerleaders and vice versa. Good ol Texas.
_"I'm your worst nightmare!_ I have a 3-line phone and *NOTHING* to do with my time!" Has to be my favorite line out of the show! And the people applauding around him ships it, lmao
This show came out when I was a kid. I remember thinking the cigarettes episode was hilarious, but otherwise I couldn’t get into it. I think I was too young to appreciate it at the time. As an adult, I think it’s one of the most brilliant shows ever created.
I love King Of The Hill! When I was growing up I never missed an episode, it was pure goodness in an ever growing evil world! It's coming back, it's official!
one thing about KOTH that I dont think is appreciated enough is how the design of the characters is made in a way that doesn't look cartoonish. It manages to be simplistic without being overly realistic that gives it a much more grounded feel.
I can say that I grew up watching this show as a kid. Loved it since I was 7 years old! Simpsons, King of the Hill and Futurama were my faves growing up!
On the setting, it's really strange how similar parts of the Midwest are to King of the Hill's depiction of Texas. I agree that picking Texas specifically was bold, but I think it's a lot more relatable to a large portion of the US than one would think.
bobby hill and the hank x bobby dynamic has aged so frickin well- with the extremes of the way boomers/gen x (parents) and millenials/gen z (kids) think only growing further apart over the last decade, the show is worth rewatching for that reason alone. But the jokes, continuity, warmth and nostalgia will keep it on in my home for years to come ❤️ Great video, man!
My favorite joke that I think is very underrated is when Dale throws a knife at his father, it sticks into the wall next to him, and Dale threatens him by saying "And next time I'll try and miss"
I didn't understand or like king of the hill when I was younger. It just seemed dry and awkward. Looking back now though I can see where its genius was.
As part of the Nascar audience they were trying to lure in I can say I loved it from day one. You get to laugh at the over-the-top progressives and ourselves in one show. Beautiful.
I’m so glad you ended this video on the episode where Bobby joins the meat-grading team. I know there were episodes that aired after it but to me that last scene with Hank & Bobby grilling together is the closest thing we’ll ever see to a long-running series “sticking the landing”.
@@billriddle9215 that episode was dark as night and a good one overall; but my god what a terrible “finale”. I choose to think this is one of those times Fox messed up the order of airing (ie what they did with Futurama S4) Idc. The canonical finale of the show is Hank & Bobby grilling steaks, I tell ya hwat 😂
@@brucemorris3830 Actually that's correct. Hank and Bobby grilling was the intended series finale and meant to be aired last, but Fox forgot to air about 4 episodes and just dumped them after "To Sirloin With Love," but for all intents and purposes, it's the *true* finale.
Was I one of the rare kids who loved king of the hill? I never knew young children did not watch it much like Simpsons and family guy Guess I never really asked around. This was one of my favorite shows growing up
KOTH used to be the show that made me change the channel on adult swim when i was young, i thought it was boring, but now being 24 and some how ending up on texas myself, KOTH is the funniest show ive ever seen
The King of the Hill writers are in Cartoon Wars pt 2 because they sent flowers to the South Park staff after the first episode of Cartoon Wars aired. They HATED having to share a programming bloc with Family Guy.
Honestly, when I was a kid, I never got into KotH like I have as of recently, but I always remember being mesmerized by it when it would come on TV at the community center I frequented. Something about it always captivated me.
I use to watch king of the hill from ages 13-22 and man I loved it! This is coming from Southern California (LA county) brown/white boy who use to understand the meaning behind every episode. God bless 🇺🇸 baby.
I've went through so many and so far this is the best analysis of king of the hill l've seen by a land slide. You are incredible at what you do. Keep up the good work.
I agree! I'm a huge KOTH fan, but most analysis of it is far too superficial, and on the surface. There's so much depth within KOTH that is more than just a funny animated series, and this video showed it!
it was aired in Philippines a decade ago. i think the network was JackTV. suffice to say our cable couldnt really get decent signal to watch on that channel smoothly so i missed out on watching it including South Park. i had to watch them online
What an interesting philosophical analysis. Though in my case I did enjoy this show as a kid. Can't really say why looking back on it, I guess I just thought it was funny despite the more adult oriented humor and nuance. Though obviously this is my particular case and clearly others had/have different opinions. Kinda wish I had something deeper to add to this but I guess all I can say right now is that I enjoyed this and it really looks like you put a lot of thought into it. Plus now I feel like reading The Death of Common Sense.
I love King of the Hill, especially the first six seasons. The storyline from the beginning of season two to the end of season three is so brilliant it’s insane. Some of the episodes, had they been live action it’s no doubt they’d have racked up the academy awards. They got a few but it’s a very underrated brilliantly written story.
if you ask me the ending left a lot to desired like bill finding love or dale finding out about the afair between Nancy and redcorn even though this last one won't happen but how about the reason cotton never loved Hank is because he's not his son and his dad was mr Anderson from beavis and butthead.
Man this hits me in the feels. I Iived with my grandparents most my life and they recently passed. But every weekday on the TheU at 4pm an hour of king of the hill. Then the Simpsons was on at 5pm. We ate dinner(we know grandmas make great fuckin food) at 5:30 with the news. Then my grandfather religiously watched Seinfeld at 6pm. It was great.
That sounds like a great time in childhood. I’m sure you’ll always carry them in with you in life and whenever you do something great or generous - your grandparents are right there living on through the values and love and care they invested in you... I’m also sure they were most proud of you growing up to be a decent person and your time growing up with them must have been what made their life worth living snd im sure your childhood gave them a purpose they would have not had otherwise at that age. God bless them and I’m sorry for your loss msn
This show is like 1000× funnier to me just cause hank and Peggy look and act like my grandparents. Almost to a tee.. suburban and such like them.. this show is a very accurate portrail and it's great
I don't feel they were racist at all when they first met Khan and his family. They were ignorant, but not racist. No one felt they were better then anyone,
my favorite joke in koth was
hank walking inside with mail, "Bills bills bills. Dang it why do we keep getting Bills mail?"
The sad and probably true answer based on what we know about the characters: Bill probably moves them from his mailbox to Hank's in a vague hope he'll pay one or two.
@@Coolpiss123 for bill it's probably more to have a visitor. If it was dale I would agree with you no questions asked.
Is the joke that it sounds like he’s getting a lot of bills when he’s actually saying Bill’s (mail), or is it that they’re actually all bills for Bill?
@@Coolpiss123 Or maybe he hopes that Hank will come over to bring his mail to him so he has an excuse to talk to someone.
@@ItsYurVatoAlex The first one
Coming back to KOTH at 25 is like night and day. The older I get the more I appreciate more subtle, and relatable humor. Bobs burgers is great too.
@L Lawliet when I was little my dad showed me koth and I thought it was the most boring thing ever
Now it’s my favourite show.
@@apretarded7248 me and my dad used to watch it together back when it was originally airing on fox so it'll always be one of my all time favorite shows ever.
I really wish you hadn't cut out where Hank says "Nudity!" after picking up the Troll doll. In my opinion, that one joke perfectly sums up Hank's dry, deadpan appeal.
He's hurngy for that TH-cam money. So he needs to be rated g.
@@ddsjgvk too bad he made this video as part of his JOB and not just to please you.
I'm a Texan so I love me some king of the hill. I can totally relate to the show. Peggy reminds me of my ex- wife. Hank reminds me of my friends father. Boddy reminds me of a childhood friend.
I’m from a small town in Ontario Canada n king of the hill runs very true for here as well. It’s not uncommon to see a tractor in the drive threw around here. I’ve always wanted to move to Texas. Maybe KOTH is partly why lol
Send me your exs feet pics
“Peggy remind me of my ex wife”
I am so sorry to hear that
Mr. CU NT props to you if you can. But I’ve lived here my whole life and I’ve never met another Canadian because of the scorching sun. If you can put up with 85+ days from March to October, it’s a wonderful place to live.
@@shanewilliams4818 try arziona ( someone whos spent months in canada and in az
it’s actually really cute how boomhauer remembered bobby’s title for his troll play
Trollio and Juliet 🤣
@@Maigeru talkin bout dang ol awful man
I never even noticed that
Haha, awww you're right. I like that
Right I always notice that 🥺
Love how Cotton identifies Khan correctly and right away
Yea the most racist one
@@Americanspy-hn2kw he's not racist, he just hates the Japanese due to the war and not because they're Japanese
@@Dr.ZoidbergPhD first of all khan Is from laos second of all cotton fought in the Korean War not ww2
@@Americanspy-hn2kw no dude, he fought in WW2, they reference it all the time
@@Americanspy-hn2kw thats why he doesn't hate Khan, because he's not Japanese
For a sitcom, especially an animated one, the continuity is pretty tight. This is a word that was not even in the vocabulary of sitcom writers for the first 50-60 years of the medium.
@Shaman X Animation ones dont. Simpsons, family guy for examples are over the place characters may die and just reappear next episode as an example
Except for peggys mom
@Shin Shaman well lets just say that (Example) on Leave it to Beaver Gilbert Bates Was once referred by Ward on the phone talking to Gilberts mom as Mrs Harrison , and in another episode they Called him Gilbert Gates, different writers got names wrong and no proof reading I guess. Continuity is a Pet peeve of mine, it comes from working in Television. I look for Breaks in Continuity, way more than I would like to. Sometimes ruins the whole episode for me
@@fightttttt people, even animators make mistakes.
@Shin Shaman The Simpsons is not consistent at all. Every episode in the beginning had a completely different color palate for their world. It was not in their priorities
As a Laotian Texan, I have always loved King of the Hill cause it’s too damn relatable
Are you Chinese or Japanese?
@@subeyguy66 My Lao fresh off the boat father does this same joke
@himura kenshin hahaha
So are ya cinese or japanes?
@@kingofrivia1248 Mouse
I love that so many of us have gone back to this show with adult eyes and finally enjoy what we didn't appreciate at first
KOTH actually does have character development and story arcs
Literally the series finale is the culmination of one of the main arcs (Hank and Bobby finding something they can truly enjoy together) and even ties up a couple others (Kahn easing up on Connie, Nancy and Dale's marriage being normal again)
The megalomart blowing up, Luanne losing her hair, Peggy falling from a plane, Bill getting over Lenore, just to name a few.
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you're reminding me of tf2 map files
@@disfuncionexe YES
@@yonka-cola8792 CTF_2fort
King of the Hill is a Slice of Life Anime.
A slice of Texan life.
Ngl I've watched a lot of slice of life anime when I was younger but none of the non movie based ones imo can compete with GREATNESS that is KOTH. No overly clique tropes, no wacky anime moments that get dull quickly it's just about a hard working man who sells propane and propane accessories. There's nothing more human than that.
Situational comedies and slice of lifes are the same thing tbh
It's not anime. Not even close. I think calling that show an anime is an insult.
@@CoasterMan13Official you sound like a koth character now
Haha same here I couldnt appreciate this show as a kid, as an adult I can relate so much and love it. There is a bit of a tenderness to it too and now its one of my favorite shows to binge watch to keep me from being homesick overseas. It relaxes me in a strange way.
AZULAPRO it does the same to me and when I want to laugh I watch season 1, I love king of the hill
I didn't start watching it until I was 9. Little me didn't appreciate it either. It's now my favorite adult cartoon. Either Koth or Beavis and Butthead.
I remember when I was like 7, my mom watched this. I’m 20 now n damn I miss this show
Military overseas? Semper Fi USMC here and I understand. Simpson's watcher as a kid, now I appreciate KOTH as an adult with conservative views.
I'm playing Fallout New Vegas as I hear the old western music in the background from it coming from the TV and my phone 💀
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Jericho Gunsolus huh
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Hank Williams
Austin M oh right
I just started Dead Money tonight
"fort worth"
-shows a picture of the alamo
Seriously. Any REAL Texas, such as myself from DFW, knows that the Alamo is in San Angelo!
...you’re saying that there’s a wrong time to show a picture of the Alamo.
@@gxtmfa that's true. I'll always remember the alamo.
@@younglink309 the beer?
Uncultured swine
When I was young I loved The Simpsons, but hated KOTH. I couldn't sleep one night and watched KOTH on Adult Swim and I liked it. The more I watched the more I loved it. Now I like it so much most nights I fall asleep to it in the background. I think I was expecting a Simpsons type show when I was young, and just didn't appreciate the humor.
omg i fall asleep to koth episodes too! i feel so comfy and warm. its hard to describe but I too didnt like the show when I wasa kid. i always thought it was a show about the kkk
I put it on every night to fall asleep...I didn't know other people did this at all. I assume you guys don't put it on every night lol but I do. Kts incredibly rare that I put something else on. Occasionally, old episodes of family guy, old episodes Simpsons,and old episodes law and order.
@@nicelydone4846 the old episodes are so much better. Slower paced. And rooted in reality.
@@FelicityGemini I was right there with you... right up until that last sentence. Please, can you remember any specific commercial or review that may have inspired that assumption? No offense intended at all, I just found your comment really funny and now I’m curious. lol
@@c.d.ruppert9560 no worries. I don't mind answering questions that are asked. The first season I did not identify with. I am a person of color. Seeing hank, Bill, boomhoure and Dale struggle with khan's ethnicity and assuming they were Japanese ot Chinese thinking they eat dogs and assuming they ate ladybird a old ass dog? Shooting contests and cotton as a father bullying his son hank in flashbacks. They also spoke slower with less enthusiasm. A swore I saw a confederate flag in an episode or two. Either way by season two I was more into the show.
King of the hill is our generations Andy Griffith show.
Damn. That's deep.
He's not wrong
damn man, youre right.
Wow, I mean...
You that diamond masterpiece.
As someone that grew up in the deep south i can tell ya we love king of the hill. Hank isnt viewed as satire he is viewed as being an exaggeration of what we all feel and is extremely relatable and lovable. Cotton is by far the best damn character though
I actually really related to the show as a kid in the 90s. The trick or treat episode comes to mind. See if you liked Pokemon, Doom, or Harry Potter in the 90s; some folks thought it would make you satanic. King of the hill pointed out how ridiculous that was.
When religion knew kids were not going to give a shit about their stories when you can have lots of fun with better stuff.
Maybe 3 or 4 of the most religious people you could find actually thought those things were Satanic.
@@cangrejopendejo4909 No, it was actually pretty common. Satanic panic is very well documented. Every thing from the Columbine kids to Marilyn Manson was blamed on Satanic influences.
@@vcrbetamax Come on. I was a kid back then, I remember. There's some truth to what you're saying, but to say it was pretty common is just not true. I definitely don't remember anyone actually thinking Pokemon was Satanic, and I was really into Pokemon when it came out.. I remember all the drama over Marilyn Manson and Eminem over Columbine, and that was more about their violent lyrics than it was about Satanism. Bill O'Reilly (the original male Karen) interviewed Manson back then, and even he didn't fixate on the Satanic stuff.
@@cangrejopendejo4909 Um... okay. Look man, I don't want to argue. I saw A LOT of it. I don't know where you lived but I remember reading an electronic gaming monthly where evangelicals burned a pikachu doll. I remember one of the girls in my class couldn't watch Harry Potter with the rest of us when the movie came out because it has witches. Maybe not "SATANIC" per say. But you damn well know what I'm talking about and yes it was pretty common.
I’ve lived in Texas my whole life. Around the time the show closed out I was probably 14-15. It was something cute and fun to watch but nothing exceptional. I just recently went through the whole show 10 years later. And there were so many moments that truly captured Southern mentality. Seriously so well written as a show. I’d love a sequel taking place in now times. Maybe following Bobby as the man of the house trying to raise GH.
I like that idea a lot!
King of the hill is one of those shows that you couldn’t get into as a child, but then growing up to love it with its grounded humour as an adult,
Wish it came back but it probably ended on a good note
I might be a Californian born and raised (BWAAAAAH!) and we might be Oriental, but my family feels pretty American and I can relate to King of the Hill. I will admit that I was a little bit like Bobby when I was 8 until about 14. My dad was so much like Hank Hill that he even dressed like him and voted for Bush... Also, I grew up listening to Willie Nelson as my dad was a fan, following him from country, to country western to adult contemporary. I really do appreciate this show for all the reasons mentioned in this video but especially because it wasn't partisan.
So are you Chinese or Japanese?
If I'm not mistaken, the cinematography of King of the Hill requires the shot to be physically feasible with a hypothetical camera, except for dream and psychedelic sequences of course. The characters get into wild but never fantastical scenarios.
I am a conservative that grew up in a very Hill-like culture. I laughed at and with the Hill's. I appreciate the show and hope it showed people in other cultures that we all have a lot in common.
king of the hill was ahead of its time
The brilliance of Mike Judge is the conservatives learning from the liberals and liberals learning from the conservatives. The liberals need to be heard because new ideas can be corrective when the old rules become oppressive to a changing society and the conservatives need to be heard because we need to remember the lessons learned often by blood and copper to not undergo the same suffering just to find what was already found.
Monarchy gang rise up
THANK YOU
Exactly! Thank you for sharing such a mature & wise statement. I'm surprised it isn't more obvious with it being so logical & straightforward.
im a leftist but this comment is so sweet and heartworming
"the old rules become oppressive to a changing society"
Oppressive? Pussy.
The episodes with Buckley's death damn near had me in tears.
My ex-boyfriend/closest friend died last year and the Buckley’s angel episode helped me while grieving. He was only 31 and it’s so lonely going through it because most young people can’t relate. Funny to relate to a cartoon- but it touched my heart. I cry nearly every time I hear “Life in a Northern Town” now. It’s a beautiful episode.
Honestly I was one of those kids that really liked king of the hill I always got excited to see it on tv and I would always try to the find the channel that would be airing on, idk why I just really liked it and I still do I love it in fact. I always rewatch it basically daily now ,King of the hill will be a big part of memories for a life time
Same, it was favorite on adult swim
I could relate to both Bobby and Hank.
I liked it when i was a kid, now i absolutly love it though might be my favorite show of all time at this point.
Whenever Peggy says "I read somewhere", I can't help imagine some kind of combination of Reader's Digest and "Now!" magazine being hoarded in the basement for when Peggy needs a "fact".
The amount of good country music in the background really made this video way more enjoyable than it should be enjoyed
Seriously! Hank, Patsy Cline, all amazing choices
@@Unfamiliar_Fruit Don't forget about Merle Haggard
I was convinced it was the New Vegas soundtrack in the first half
It’s not county, but they also had SRV tunes on the show as well which I really loved. That’s REAL Texas Rock Blues for ya!!
It was like having K Rose on in the background! 🌹
21:20 That's also something live-action shows used to do back in the 80s and 90s.
Usually after one of those insipid "Very Special" episodes, they'd bring out the cast to be like "We had some laughs tonight, but if you or someone you love is addicted to crack, call this number please."
And then you'd call the number and it was just some stupid rehab shit instead of a guy who can score you more crack like you hoped. It was misleading.
nrrork 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brilliant.
Had us in the first half not gonna lie
You got any “bait” Jack?
As someone who grew up in a small town in the midwest, this show reminds me of so many people and situations I knew/know in real life. Probably one of the best and most accurate (and fair minded) portraits of middle america in pop culture. Hank may be a stick in the mud, but he's ultimately a good guy and often, in his own way, has a point,
Thank you for Bing'ing your searches. It really got an hugely out of proportion laugh from me.
You don't HAVE to have been from a rural, small town kinda place to appreciate King of the Hill, but I think it helps. Hank and the guys remind me of SO MANY middle-aged adults I knew when I was a kid in rural Michigan.
No interests beyond their lawns and what route they take to work. Anything beyond the world of like 1972 just seems stupid and not worth learning to them. I made sushi to bring to Christmas once a couple years ago for appetizers, and half my uncles were like five-year-olds afraid to try it. Because it's like "This is a meat other than steak and vegetables other than potatoes! I'm not eating this!"
It wasn't even raw sushi! It was just California rolls and some vegetarian rolls.
To the credit of everyone else, it was a big hit overall, but it was still like "Come on, you're 60 years old and acting like a toddler!"
Small town Texas is all I’ve ever known- they really did it justice.
Yeah being from the UP, some of the jokes from Trailer Park Boys, Letterkenny and Koth don't land because they aren't even absurd enough to be funny, just business as usual. Like Ricky's car isn't even far off from some of the trucks around my house lmao
@@boppe2235 That is the funny part to me. Reality is hilarious. You don't need to have a extended 20 minute fight with a giant chicken to be humorous.
I'm from Michigan as well and grew up in the 90s. This show was a satire of my dad and all his friends to a T. I think it does speak a bit more to rural americans who know these characters in real life.
@@boppe2235 Oh, I love Letterkenny.
It's so much like the little town I grew up in. We got little roadside produce stands like that everywhere, there's an Amish community nearby, their farm reminds me of my aunt and uncle's house and a few other friends.
And now Shoresy is set in a city of about 100k, just like where I live NOW.
I was born and raised in Texas and we did this same thing at my high school, where the football players dressed as cheerleaders and vice versa. Good ol Texas.
_"I'm your worst nightmare!_ I have a 3-line phone and *NOTHING* to do with my time!"
Has to be my favorite line out of the show!
And the people applauding around him ships it, lmao
3:20 You left out when Hank says, "Nudity!" And throws the troll into a box. It's maybe the funniest moment in the series.
I love King of the Hill more than any other “adult” shows. Including The Simpsons.
I used to watch this late at night with my dad. Great inter-generational show.
This show came out when I was a kid. I remember thinking the cigarettes episode was hilarious, but otherwise I couldn’t get into it. I think I was too young to appreciate it at the time. As an adult, I think it’s one of the most brilliant shows ever created.
I’m a Simple country boy I hear Hank Williams and see koth and I subscribe
The soundtrack to this was perfect, well done.
I love King Of The Hill! When I was growing up I never missed an episode, it was pure goodness in an ever growing evil world! It's coming back, it's official!
I don’t know what’s worse I know every song he played, or I actively listen to all of them 😂
I love this show so much, nothing compares. Just something about it that makes it such a feel good show.
one thing about KOTH that I dont think is appreciated enough is how the design of the characters is made in a way that doesn't look cartoonish. It manages to be simplistic without being overly realistic that gives it a much more grounded feel.
I can say that I grew up watching this show as a kid. Loved it since I was 7 years old! Simpsons, King of the Hill and Futurama were my faves growing up!
I remember every single night at 9:00 King of the Hill would come on, have some good memories watching it on Adult Swim
lol I was lucky enough to enjoy this show when I was kid, but now being 25 and actually understanding all the jokes now. This show is gold!
I can forgive hank for the doggy confusion. I'd be thrown off in that situation.
On the setting, it's really strange how similar parts of the Midwest are to King of the Hill's depiction of Texas. I agree that picking Texas specifically was bold, but I think it's a lot more relatable to a large portion of the US than one would think.
bobby hill and the hank x bobby dynamic has aged so frickin well- with the extremes of the way boomers/gen x (parents) and millenials/gen z (kids) think only growing further apart over the last decade, the show is worth rewatching for that reason alone. But the jokes, continuity, warmth and nostalgia will keep it on in my home for years to come ❤️ Great video, man!
Bill... "The Ocean? WhAT OcEaN? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅🤣😅🤣🤣🤣 Gah damn ...
Roseanne came back to huge rating. I believe the same would happen with KOTH.
Edward Durden me too man me too I'm sixteen i was raised on koth
For sure
Man!! I would love it!
Not really I miss it tho
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My favorite joke that I think is very underrated is when Dale throws a knife at his father, it sticks into the wall next to him, and Dale threatens him by saying "And next time I'll try and miss"
I didn't understand or like king of the hill when I was younger. It just seemed dry and awkward. Looking back now though I can see where its genius was.
LOVE the music, Hank Sr never (in my mind) disappoints!!!
Lived in texas my whole life, loved this show
As part of the Nascar audience they were trying to lure in I can say I loved it from day one.
You get to laugh at the over-the-top progressives and ourselves in one show.
Beautiful.
There's something funny about *Royal Crown* soda advertising their _American_ taste
Huh. I always wondered what RC stood for. Still a good soda though.
@@cameronvadnais4388 RC tastes like dollar store cola.
I loved this show as a kid n I’d watch it with my parents over mash any day back then just because it was a cartoon
I’m so glad you ended this video on the episode where Bobby joins the meat-grading team. I know there were episodes that aired after it but to me that last scene with Hank & Bobby grilling together is the closest thing we’ll ever see to a long-running series “sticking the landing”.
I felt the same way,the episode with Kahn on anti pills was the last.
@@billriddle9215 that episode was dark as night and a good one overall; but my god what a terrible “finale”. I choose to think this is one of those times Fox messed up the order of airing (ie what they did with Futurama S4)
Idc. The canonical finale of the show is Hank & Bobby grilling steaks, I tell ya hwat 😂
@@brucemorris3830 Actually that's correct. Hank and Bobby grilling was the intended series finale and meant to be aired last, but Fox forgot to air about 4 episodes and just dumped them after "To Sirloin With Love," but for all intents and purposes, it's the *true* finale.
Love that you're using Hank Williams songs. His version of "I'm so lonesome I could cry" is my favorite!
Was I one of the rare kids who loved king of the hill? I never knew young children did not watch it much like Simpsons and family guy
Guess I never really asked around. This was one of my favorite shows growing up
KOTH used to be the show that made me change the channel on adult swim when i was young, i thought it was boring, but now being 24 and some how ending up on texas myself, KOTH is the funniest show ive ever seen
The King of the Hill writers are in Cartoon Wars pt 2 because they sent flowers to the South Park staff after the first episode of Cartoon Wars aired. They HATED having to share a programming bloc with Family Guy.
As a child i loved king of the hill as i grew up it got even better. Hank was a hard working man and what i see as a real american.
I was in 2nd grade when it debuted and I liked it a lot even if a lot went over my head.
We all need a Hank Hill in our lives.
A great descriptor of my favorite show, nice job!
And hey, digging the OLD SCHOOL country in the background!
All I can say is I really appreciate the usage of Hank Williams music and other great real country songs.
Honestly, when I was a kid, I never got into KotH like I have as of recently, but I always remember being mesmerized by it when it would come on TV at the community center I frequented. Something about it always captivated me.
As a Texan I kinda regret not appreciating this show more in my youth.
see when my mother was pregnant with me, they watched a shit ton of king in the hill. im predisposed to like the show
I use to watch king of the hill from ages 13-22 and man I loved it! This is coming from Southern California (LA county) brown/white boy who use to understand the meaning behind every episode. God bless 🇺🇸 baby.
I've went through so many and so far this is the best analysis of king of the hill l've seen by a land slide. You are incredible at what you do.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
@@talkinbout8159 welcome
I agree! I'm a huge KOTH fan, but most analysis of it is far too superficial, and on the surface. There's so much depth within KOTH that is more than just a funny animated series, and this video showed it!
Still one of the best random videos I’ve come across on TH-cam
I'm from Malaysia and they didn't think of airing the show here. They did air Simpsons and Family Guy. I enjoyed this animation
it was aired in Philippines a decade ago. i think the network was JackTV. suffice to say our cable couldnt really get decent signal to watch on that channel smoothly so i missed out on watching it including South Park. i had to watch them online
Yay. a 30 minute lecture on king of the hill that kicks off with a segment discussing the Hill's and gender norms. Fun. Oh so much fun.
What an interesting philosophical analysis.
Though in my case I did enjoy this show as a kid. Can't really say why looking back on it, I guess I just thought it was funny despite the more adult oriented humor and nuance. Though obviously this is my particular case and clearly others had/have different opinions.
Kinda wish I had something deeper to add to this but I guess all I can say right now is that I enjoyed this and it really looks like you put a lot of thought into it. Plus now I feel like reading The Death of Common Sense.
I love King of the Hill, especially the first six seasons. The storyline from the beginning of season two to the end of season three is so brilliant it’s insane. Some of the episodes, had they been live action it’s no doubt they’d have racked up the academy awards. They got a few but it’s a very underrated brilliantly written story.
Love the hank Williams in the background
Thank you for this well thought out video. It’s nice to see other people who love this show just as much as my family and I.
if you ask me the ending left a lot to desired like bill finding love
or dale finding out about the afair between Nancy and redcorn even though this last one won't happen but how about the reason cotton never loved Hank is because he's not his son and his dad was mr Anderson from beavis and butthead.
Bill did find love with Kahns mom tho
But Bobby looks like cotton though?
If Cotton didn't love Hank why was he so butt hurt in the habitat for humanity episode?
By the age of 12, I was enamoured with King Of The Hill. And I am a woman from Russia.
This is so well put together and researched! I really wish you had more videos. Subbed.
Thanks, that's always the best motivation. Putting together some more now.
🎵Iiiiiiiii'll fly away,
Oh, gloo-ooooory,
Iiiiiiiii'll fly away,
*In the mornin-*
DANGIT, gonna have that song stuck in my head all day, now!
22:45
Watching TV in the US sounds like hell when it comes to ads. We still only get one commercial break for a 22-minute show in the UK.
I didn't know this and now I'm depressed.
the soundtrack for this essay is proper good
Man this hits me in the feels. I Iived with my grandparents most my life and they recently passed. But every weekday on the TheU at 4pm an hour of king of the hill. Then the Simpsons was on at 5pm. We ate dinner(we know grandmas make great fuckin food) at 5:30 with the news. Then my grandfather religiously watched Seinfeld at 6pm. It was great.
That sounds like a great time in childhood. I’m sure you’ll always carry them in with you in life and whenever you do something great or generous - your grandparents are right there living on through the values and love and care they invested in you...
I’m also sure they were most proud of you growing up to be a decent person and your time growing up with them must have been what made their life worth living snd im sure your childhood gave them a purpose they would have not had otherwise at that age.
God bless them and I’m sorry for your loss msn
You won me over in seconds with hank williams. Subscribed.
i love KOTH, makes me feel like im watching a "coenn bros cartoon"
As a southern Kentuckian I always loved this show as a kid because hank reminded me of my dad
I’m a northern Kentuckian and I can relate. Lol my dad loved this show too.
Very well put together review. You deserve more subscribers man. You're good at this.
King of the Hill was very very clever...
If everyone in the world was like Hank Hill the world would be a better place....
I dont think so
Someone likes fallout new Vegas
So do I. Honestly one of my favorite games of all time
Son Gohan This might sound blasphemous, but I prefer the clunkiness of NV over Fo4
I've been playing it since the 2nd grade
What does that have to do with the video ? Just asking
@@cutterholt3987 their was a song alot a people really enjoyed that they learnt from a game called fallout new Vegas.
This show is like 1000× funnier to me just cause hank and Peggy look and act like my grandparents. Almost to a tee.. suburban and such like them.. this show is a very accurate portrail and it's great
I don't feel they were racist at all when they first met Khan and his family. They were ignorant, but not racist. No one felt they were better then anyone,
cool that you used patsy cline for this video
Damn, the Fallout New Vegas radio songs and King of the Hill content is smacking me in the face with nostalgia. Gotta say, I love it.
Nothing puts a big dumb smile on my face like "IM GOIIIIING UNDEERR"
I really have to compliment your choice of music my dude. Best use of Hank Williams Sr of all time.