News New episodes of King of the Hill coming to hulu.

[Jayson1]

Their is some logical reasons to think Buck would be dead but I just think their is more fun in showing him just being really old and still alive but also as being as willful as ever. Now I do think it would be to much of a stretch to think Cotton would still be alive.

Let's not forget though the show ended in 2010. We might think of it as a 90's show but that was when the show had it's final season. So all we have to do is figure out if these character have enough life in them to last 13 more years on earth.

 

[the G-man]

Now I do think it would be to much of a stretch to think Cotton would still be alive.

Especially given he died in the twelfth season

 

[Jayson1]

Especially given he died in the twelfth season

I did not know that. I missed out on some of the final seasons.

 

[the G-man]

I did not know that. I missed out on some of the final seasons.

I think a lot of people did, given how shabbily Fox treated it (bumping it for football, etc.).

It was a good episode IIRC and very true to the relationships between Cotton,Hank and Hank's wife. At the time I also appreciated it because the writers seemed to recognize, unlike a lot of shows (looking directly at you, Simpsons) that someone who supposedly fought in WWII was, even in 2007, extremely old and that members of that generation were dying off at a rapid rate.

 

[J.T.B.]

I think a lot of people did, given how shabbily Fox treated it (bumping it for football, etc.).

It was a good episode IIRC and very true to the relationships between Cotton,Hank and Hank's wife. At the time I also appreciated it because the writers seemed to recognize, unlike a lot of shows (looking directly at you, Simpsons) that someone who supposedly fought in WWII was, even in 2007, extremely old and that members of that generation were dying off at a rapid rate.

"Death Picks Cotton" was a great episode, and for all its serious outcome it has some hilarious bits that I still remember. There was also the follow-up episode with Cotton's remains that had some nice notes of respect for his generation. And also hilarious.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Death by Benihana for Cotton was an interesting death…
ETA: Watching the two-parter where Debbie dies. Honestly, the way she offed herself was pretty funny.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Johnny Hardwick, the voice of Dale Gribble, has passed away at 64.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tm...l-dale-johnny-hardwick-voice-actor-dead-dies/

 

[Timby]

Johnny Hardwick, the voice of Dale Gribble, has passed away at 64.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tm...l-dale-johnny-hardwick-voice-actor-dead-dies/

No Dale, no Luanne, no Lucky, Cotton is already canonically dead. Kahn would almost certainly need to be recast.

They should just kill the Hulu revival in the crib at this point.

 

[the G-man]

No Dale, no Luanne, no Lucky, Cotton is already canonically dead. Kahn would almost certainly need to be recast. They should just kill the Hulu revival in the crib at this point.

While certainly (as shown by Cleveland on Family Guy) it's possible to find a talented soundalike, at this point, you've now lost the beloved voices of three of the best supporting characters on the show. There's also the fact that, unless he had some seriously stunted growth issues, Bobby is almost certainly no longer voiced by Pamela Aldon. I think we're past the point where this is going to be the KotH we know and love.

 

[Jayson1]

I think the point is to show it isn't the same show by seeing them older but at the same time still has the same spirit of the show. I have trust as long as Mike Judge is involved it will be good.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Bumpity bump!

Apparently, they're already working on the second season.

Bobby will be a 21-year-old chef at a fusion restaurant in Dallas.

Johnny Hardwick recorded four episodes before his passing.

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[JirinPanthosa]

I'm still wondering if they're going to ignore Trumpism or address it. There's just such a big difference between how staunch conservatives came off in the 90s and now, could much more plausibly not make them bigots.

Now Dale would be trying to get Enrique deported.

Story wise I'm wondering how they'll handle Joseph, if he's 21. No way at that age he hasn't figured it out, and how that impacts his relationship to his parents and John Redcorn. Not to mention Bill sinking even deeper into depression.

 

[Jayson1]

Dale would not be a Trump supporter. Interesting enough I think the 4 big Trump supporters would be Mr Strickland, Kahn and Minh and Bill would be one but who is kind of ashamed of it and doesn't want people to know. Dale doesn't even vote. He is to afraid of the government being able to track him.

 

[the G-man]

Dale would not be a Trump supporter.

But Rusty Shackleford would be.

 

[Jayson1]

I don't know. Dale is not really bigoted. I recall when he helped John Redcorn sue the government. His conspiracy theories are almost always government based and not race based.

 

[Turtletrekker]

The more I think about the fact that Johnny Hardwick recorded four episodes before his passing, the more I come to the inevitable conclusion that Dale has to be recast rather than written out.

In a live action show, you can do some hasty rewrites to accommodate a sudden real world tragedy. However, in animation, one doesn't have that kind of luxury. By the time they get the actors in studio to record their lines, the whole season has already been written and laid out and most likely partially or near completely animated. The only way they can salvage all of that work that has already been done would be to recast the character.

 

[Turtletrekker]

First character design reveal and first two episode titles-- "Return of the King", and "The Beer Story".

And it would seem that there is conflict on the horizon. It would seem the style of grilling that Bobby has chosen is one that uses... charcoal!

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[the G-man]

The only way they can salvage all of that work that has already been done would be to recast the character.

Or a hella lot of audio splicing.

 

[the G-man]

There's just such a big difference between how staunch conservatives came off in the 90s and now, could much more plausibly not make them bigots.

KotH ran from 1997 to 2009 without making conservatives as a group out to be evil. Democrats have compared every Republican nominee to fascists and/or Hitler since Thomas Dewey, including moderates John McCain and and Mitt Romney (accused of wanting to put black people back in chains). This latest entry in the "republicans are worse than ever" argument really needs no addressing in a cartoon except to validate the beliefs of some members of the left.

 

[BillJ]

KotH ran from 1997 to 2009 without making conservatives as a group out to be evil.

Conservatives weren't quite on the rampage about transgender folks, immigrants and restricting women's rights, that they are now. It is hard to gussy up current actions of Conservatives into something remotely respectable or funny.