"King of the Hill" (1997) TV series 1997-????

Creators:

Greg Daniels
Mike Judge

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | unknown

Release Date:

12 January 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Show about a rigid redneckish propane salesman with a good heart and wacky friends and family.

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Propane | Beer | War Veteran | Cult Favorite

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 7 wins & 40 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 1	10:00 PM	TOON	The Year of Washing Dangerously	#10.9
Tue. Dec. 1	10:30 PM	TOON	Hank Fixes Everything	#10.10

Cast

Mike Judge	...	Hank Hill / ... (254 episodes, 1997-2009)
Kathy Najimy	...	Peggy Hill / ... (254 episodes, 1997-2009)
Pamela Adlon	...	Bobby Hill / ... (254 episodes, 1997-2009)
Johnny Hardwick	...	Dale Gribble / ... (253 episodes, 1997-2009)
Stephen Root	...	Bill Dauterive / ... (253 episodes, 1997-2009)
Brittany Murphy	...	Luanne Platter / ... (231 episodes, 1997-2009)
Toby Huss	...	Kahn Souphanousinphone, Sr. / ... (144 episodes, 1997-2009)
David Herman	...	Buckley / ... (143 episodes, 1997-2009)
Ashley Gardner	...	Nancy Hicks Gribble / ... (121 episodes, 1997-2009)

Also Known As:

El rey de la colina (Spain) [es]
Hemma hos hill (Sweden) [sv]
Henri pis sa gang (Canada: French title) (dubbed version) [fr]
King of the Hill (Germany) [de]
King of the Hill (France) [fr]
Kukkulan kuningas (Finland) [fi]
Les rois du Texas (France) (new title) [fr]
Los reyes de la colina (Argentina) [es]
Texas királyai (Hungary) [hu]

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:12 (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:TV-14 | Australia:M (some episodes) | Denmark:15 | Australia:G (some episodes) | UK:PG (some episodes) | UK:U (some episodes) | USA:TV-PG (some episodes) | Argentina:16 | Singapore:Unrated (with warning)

Company:

Deedle-Dee Productions

Trivia:

Stephen Root (voice of Bill) also worked with Mike Judge in Office Space (1999), playing the character Milton.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the episode "Love Hurts...And So Does Art", Hank is stuck refilling the ice cube trays for the freezer. But in "Hank and the Great Glass Elevator", the freezer has an automatic ice dispenser.

Quotes:

Hank: The only place you can find a Main Street these days is in Disneyland. And just try to buy a gun there.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: Cartoon Wars: Part 2 (#10.4)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Yahoos and Triangles

Getting Life Lessons Across Via the Animated Route.

Very excellent prime-time animated series from the highly creative and brilliant mind of Mike Judge ("Beavis and Butt-Head" fame). "King of the Hill" deals with a small town Texas family and their wild misadventures. Shades of "The Flintstones" and "The Simpsons" here as the show has vivid characters galore. Propane salesman Hank Hill and substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy rear awkward adolescent son Bobby in the fictional town of Arlen. Hank has a wild World War II hero for a dad (Cotton), a niece who lives with him and his family (Luanne), a far from perfect boss (Buck Strickland), a slew of childhood friends (conspiracy theorist/bug exterminator Dale, lonely divorcée/Army barber Bill and often verbally incoherent swinging bachelor Boomhauer) and even Laotian neighbors. These vivid characters create a wholesome landscape of small-town Texas community life that accurately shows how lives intertwine and interweave. The situations in the series are hilarious and yet many times life-affirming as the show's brain trust do their best to have messages that center around family, friends and personal sacrifice. The running gags (Dale's wife having a torrid affair with a Native American new age healer who actually conceived her only son while her husband has no earthly clue) and the constant humanity and vulnerability of the featured characters make "King of the Hill" a real sight to behold. The art and science of television production combine to make a truly outstanding and intelligent sitcom for most all age groups. 5 stars out of 5.