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Fox Cancels Its Best Comedy!! KING OF THE HILL Dethroned!!
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Fox will not continue with “King of the Hill” beyond its current, 13th season.
The good news is creator Mike Judge has a new animated sitcom, ABC’s midseason entry “The Goode Family,” launching just as “King” finishes up.
In the meantime, Fox will be airing three animated sitcoms from Seth MacFarlane: “Family Guy,” “American Dad” (which just got a fifth-season pickup) and “The Cleveland Show.”
Find all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.
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Dude... I can't say that I watch this show with any great frequency, but this has been a mainstay of television for a long time. Good luck, Mike Judge.
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What a huge bummer. This is the best family comedy on network TV, animated or not. (I said Network, cause I geekspasm all over Venture Bros.).
It's sad we have to wade through yet another non sequitor Macfarlane fest - and I'm actually a big fan of Family Guy, but Cleveland - really? Decent supporting Character at best.
I pour my 40 of Alamo to the curb for the Hill gang. -
And it's going out on top. Unlike some shows that go on and on and on and on and on...
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ITS OBAMA TIME!
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...but it's about time. the past couple of seasons haven't been that strong. it's best days are behind it and i hope it will lead a long and healthy life in syndication...
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why exactly would one want a FULL-SCREEN DVD of "Thank You for Smoking"?
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Didn't they "fail to pick up" King of the Hill for like a year and a half or something before this current season? I'd take it over American Dad any day but it had a pretty good run. I'm still hoping for Bevis and Butthead to return though.
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Fox just has so many dynamite shows, there's just no place for a consistantly good show which has to be vastly cheaper than starting up new shows.Nope. They need room for the plethora of quickly cancelled shows and even quicker cancelled reality shows with ambitious/ horriffying goals. Remember Who's Your Daddy? or Married By America? Me neither. Remember when Dale did something stupid and Bobby just wasn't right? Fuck yeah.
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Great run, loved every moment of it RIP I tell you what. :(
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This show, in its 13 years has been CONSISTENTLY funny, and has never seem tired. I love this show to death, and it pains me that so many people so easily dismiss it. Second longest running cartoon is a prety respectable honour too. Does that mean that the show will not have a proper finale, or did they more or less assume this season would be it?
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seriously..... especially more so if you don't give it a proper series finale, since its the one primetime animated comedy with actual character and story developments. Of course, I'm guess that's probably why Fox and your 'joe sixpack' McFarland viewers short changed it.
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I always found King Of The Hill boring. I love Family Guy, but I dont even watch American Dad. And Cleveland is a weak character to begin with, so I cant see how a whole show of him is gonna be good.
And speaking of Beavis & Butthead, when are Judge and MTV gonna stop being bitches and release the remaining episodes on dvd??? -
....but none of us could decipher it.
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They are so well defined. This lsast season had Hank's father die, with him not even being able to give a proper goodbye. Simpsons in a million years would never do something like that.
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I absolutely LOVE King of the Hill, and I think if you average KOTH quality per episode over time and compare it even to an average Simpsons quality per episode over time, KOTH is the better show.
But this was really a long time coming, and I don't think Fox is really "cancelling" the show. This is the third year that was supposed to be the last season. Judge was planning to end it last year, but Fox convinced him to come back to the show one more year. It's long been in the plans for the show to end, and I didn't see it going another year anyway.
Personally, I've enjoyed it the entire time it's been on, and will continue to do so. But I don't think that there should be any resentment toward Fox for this. If anything, I think they kept the show around for two more years. -
Only caught it a handful of times. Watching it for me was like waiting for my car to get repaired. There are curiously interesting people there with me but after I leave I never remember any of them. Not a bad show but it never quite hooked me.
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I'll admit Family Guy was funny for about a year, but they run the same jokes today they ran back in 2002...American Dad is a complete piece of shit, without even an ounce of redemption possible for it. The fact that they gave this guy a HUGE contract to keep writing and producing horrible comedy makes me sick.
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which is a damn shame cuz i enjoy reruns on FX. Goes to show what kind of Marketing and support Fox gave it. I think there needs to be a new phrase(ala JUMP THE SHARK) for when a network doesn't support a show enough and then cancels it cuz no one is watching. and it needs to be an arrested development reference. Any ideas?
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Thirteen years is one hell of a ride. Many thanks for the laughter. I have enjoyed it.
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Dude, seriously.
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King of the Hill is absolutely terrible - everything about it is disappointing, from the "jokes" to the gentle "humor" to the shockingly bad characters to the shithouse setting. Everything about this show is a joke - a joke that just isn't funny.
The other thing that's really interesting about King of the Hill (or Smell My Finger as I call it) is that it doesn't travel well at all - trust me, you must have to be Texan or retarded Trig-level dumb to find anything about this rag-tag bunch of interconnect bollocks to be anything other than a desperate attempt by Fox to make a show that people with an IQ lower than their shoe size can relate to.
It's worse than According To Jim - a show that gave me stomach cancer just by seeing the previews. -
And don't spare the Slurm.
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Futurama must return!
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cuz you know american dad and whatever steaming pile of fecal matter that is Cleveland's show will be outlive that too.
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I readily admit that I did love the show when it started. All that redneck humor was a nice change of pace from what the Simpsons were or weren't offering at the time.
Sadly, as time dragged on so did the premise. Dale's amusing paranoia got boring. Hank's propane devotion turned into a fetish. Bobby went from fat little obnoxious shit to fat obnoxious little shit. Well, at least that stayed the same.
There's only so many times you can play the same jokes before they get retarded. Kinda like those "Damn you, Michael Bay!!!" or "George Lucas raped my childhood." chants here on AICN. Funny as hell at first, but like sex with an Amish prostitute after a while.
Plus, with the show being constantly preempted or shuffled in and out of the "time slot of death" I long ceased to care.
IMO, the only things funny things ever created by judge were Office Space & Beavis & Butthead. Everything else, including the mildly entertaining Idiocracy, is a blip. -
One of my favorite shows for a long time but, honestly, the last few seasons were weak as they started abandoning continuity and rehashing the same stale old plots. Better to cancel it now rather than let it befall the same sad fate as the Simpsons. RIP, KotH!
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Considering the show can't be cheap to produce, and considering how Fox has thrown NO money into advertising the show in the last six or seven years, it's unusual that they've kept it around for so long. I mean, I can understand something like Married: With Children running nine seasons, because that was a cheap-ass show, but KOTH? Anyways, it was a good show (never really was a dedicated watcher, but it's one of those perfect shows to catch piecemeal in syndication), and better this running 13 seasons than fucking Family Guy (the idea of THREE Seth McFarlane shows on the air simultaneously makes my blood run cold). And yes, Luanne was SMOKING hot with that pervesely sexy Brittany Murphy voice.
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Since the demise of Arrested Development, isn't that very faint praise? You mean it is funnier than Til Death? You know what? So is a root canal.
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Butthead.... ehhh can do without.
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I thought MWC ran for 11 seasons?
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I thought it was supposed to be this fall. Is it pushed to spring, or worse next fall? I doubt it will be as good as King. I'll really miss KOTH but I guess I should be happy it lasted as long as it did.
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Oct 30, 2008 10:12:18 PM CDT
Maybe this means they'll probably put the other seasons on DVD.
by bungion boy
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The animation style and hillbilly twang of the lead character made me quickly switch while channel surfing.
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I agree that it stayed beyond its welcome, especially this season, but in its prime, it was damn entertaining.
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Seriously, 3 MacFarlane shows is waaaay too much. King of the Hill deserves more respect than that. At least replace the show with new episodes of Futurama.
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...oh wait, it was never funny.
On the other hand, MacFarlane's material is weaker on both shows now that he has two of them, and when he has three it's going to be worse. Put him back to one show, and get some new talent. -
Judge had originally been told the 11th season would be the last but then Fox renewed it at the last minute. Since then he's been coasting a bit.
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A quality workhorse that didn't get nearly enough of the props the other animated comedies got.
On another note, I'll be joining a couple million of my fellow Philadelphians for the biggest block party this town's had in 25 years. A victory parade for the Phillies. It will be one hell of a ride. :) -
...Hank must be happy.
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It's much more consistent, and often funnier, than the Simpsons and Family Guy. They rely on smart writing instead of stunts or shock.
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When are they just gonna give fucking Carrot Top a 100 million dollar deal and sink like the rotten fucking turd that they are? They've only respected one show over the last twenty years, two if you count X-Files. I can't think of another network with more 1 season or less shows greenlit.
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Because of my work schedule, I don't watch nearly as much Sunday night tv as I used to. But back in college, I remember loving "King of the Hill". Of all the Fox Sunday night stuff, it was always the show I least looked forward to, but then found most enjoyable. Godspeed, Hank Hill.
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you just saw that it took place in Texas and wrote it off. At least I hope that's the case because if it isn't then I think the show was too nuanced for you.
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Wut da hell der man, Ah srh fhp der nr kr, done gone canceled yer show der, man.
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for all you, non-KotH fans....or everyone, because Boomhauer doesn't translate to writing very well.
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Thank fuckin fuck.
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I actually didn't know this show was still on the air. I never liked watching it, I always resented the fact that it lasted longer on FOX than the much better Futurama, and I think Mike Judge's work piqued with Office Space and Beavis and Butthead Do America. But I know this sucks for King of the Hill fans, so both of you have my condolences on this.
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I was thinking something along the lines of "Fox sunk the Yacht" or "Fox downgraded to pool membership" but that's all I got.
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Do you have to have an IQ lower than 80 to enjoy it? Yes, there are moments of funny potty humor. But it really destroyed satire!
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There is no God
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Family Guy's entertaining when Stewie or Brian's on the screen, the rest is a waste. And American Dad is just Family Guy with no interesting and/or funny characters. I can't imagine Cleveland's going to fare any better.
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Oct 31, 2008 12:14:12 AM CDT
I am a competent salesman of propane and propane accessories.
by kurutteru yatsu
I catch it in the afternoons on FX but never remember to watch the new ones. Always a reliable show, sad to see it go.
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Seth McFarlane should not be the future of comedy, yet somehow that is what he is becoming.
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RIP King of the Hill. One of the all time best shows.
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No matter how stupid the viewing public is, they can't possibly tolerate THREE goddamn McFarlane shows, can they? Plus he has a FOURTH show on the internet.
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My favorite South Park episode is where they took something that happened in the news and did a "satire" of it. Or the one where they did a film parody. No, that's not lazy writing at all. Nothing's better than an episode that's dated a month later.
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http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995017.html
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If you are going to give shit to the conventions of FG/AD/CS writing. You must also give shit to a team of writers that crank out only 10 episodes a year, and many of them carry more HOMAGES then anything else. Fuck you. If you miss this point.
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McFarlane is a hack. How in holy hell did he get where he is?! He should sign over each and every one of his checks to Groening since Family Guy would never had existed if The Simpsons didn't come out first. If Family Guy or American Dad last as long as Simpsons, I'm going to shoot myself.
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and the johnny depp one too
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Oh, I watched it alright.
Maybe it's not my kind of show - my favourite comedy shows tend to be Spaced, Black Books, good Simpsons, The Office (UK version), Extras, etc. For some reason, King Of The Hill felt incredibly underfed somehow. Maybe you gotta be from the States to "get it".
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Not funny and zero creativity. He's the Ratner/McG of TV animation and I hope FOX gets buried for giving that kid so much money. He doesn't have the stones to make fun of Obama, so where will he get material once W. is out of office? What a shallow hack.
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It was the one where Bobby, Joseph, and Connie all suddenly had to deal with the fact that they were now teenagers. The episode managed to cram in a crap load of emotional moments that perfectly captured the confusion and awkwardness of being thrown into adolescent, mixed in with genuine character moments and growth, while still being characteristically ridiculous.
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I cannot be confused for a Beavis and Butthead fan under any circumstance. When this show first came out I avoided it like the plague. Texan/Redneck Humor I thought... but when you actually give this show a chance (especially season 3) its one of the most consistently funny shows on tv. Admittedly the last few seasons have sort of fallen off but even saying that we're talking about falling only slightly. You don't have to believe in what they do to enjoy it... in fact the show is extraordinarily funny when you realize how horrible the characters are at parenting, acclimating to change, and understanding the way the world really works. They've had major stars as cameos which they don't even advertise... like Johnny Depp as the world's most annoying yoga instructor and Tom Petty joined the cast after putting in a simple cameo. I'm not sad to see it go because I'd hate for it to continue with without Judge involved, I just hope that they give it a proper series finale. Seriously though check it out in syndication or on FX and take it from the untrustworthy protagonist view and you may find that you will enjoy it.
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When I was living in the UK for the last few years I bought the first 4 seasons of King of the Hill for nostalgia sake.
I screened a couple episodes for my English friends and they didn't get any of it- which makes sense cause the best things in the show are all the exaggerated character traits and social oddities that exist in America.
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I'm not AS sad to see it go because I'd hate....
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King of the Britons!
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Oct 31, 2008 1:12:57 AM CDT
Well, they only showed the first two seasons in Germany.
by derlanghaarige
So boo-hoo that you got 13 seasons of that brillant show!
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And annoyingly sleazy hit pieces against anyone who disagrees with them. Yep, they're pretty much all about wasting people's time.
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Inept, filthy, stupid, racist. I can't believe people getting into this British drivel to make them feel smarter and sassier than anybody fucking else. Dumbasses. Watch ' Happy Gilmore ' instead.
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And his relationship with Peggy pretty much refelctive of what the McCain/ Palin campaign is going through right now...
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Oct 31, 2008 1:39:52 AM CDT
After Beavis and Butt-head, this was one of the biggest disppoin
by tallboy66
Ever. In my life. Was watching this show after hearing it was from the guy who made Beavis and Butt-head. No thank you. Thanks for pissing me off for 10 years, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
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King of the Hill had a really great run. Thank you for 13 hilarious seasons. I have to admit, the episodes where they go to Japan are my all time favorites. I sincerely hope your new animated show will last longer than Clerks did...
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I could lays sit back and relax with some King of the Hill Re-runs. It was just a very enjoyable show to watch and it played off of its characters very well. I think people that didn't like probably enjoy goofier and more fast paced humor. No reason to trash it if you didn't like it, we're not in elementary school here, after all.
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This show is begging to be translated into a non-animated format. It really didn't need to be animated to begin with, (other than for longevity sake because if it's animated Bobby never really gets older). I think if FOX were smart they would realize that and take this great property and simply transition it to the real world. And not in some stupid movie format either, keep it on the small screen, just non-animated. They'd get a lot of milage out of the uniqueness, hype, and curiosity factor, and that way they could keep it going for awhile longer. It always seemed to me like it was a bit similar to Malcolm in the Middle anyway. And it's not unusual to have cast members of television shows recast anyway, remember Bewitched, except this time they could just recast the whole cast. And non-animated television shows have found their way into becoming animated for years, remember The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, or The Little Rascals. Fox just needs to do a reversal of that. It's just a thought. But I'd personally like to see it. I could be off in my own little world here, but at least it's an idea of a way to breathe new life into a dying/dead but great property.
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I was never a huge fan of the show, but I've always had a high level of respect for it. From what has leaked about "The Cleveland Show", I see another Fox flop coming on. Then again, the first 2-3 episodes of "American Dad" sucked ass. Then suddenly, it was awesome. So I guess you never know.
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Absolutely NOTHING funnier....than self-absorbed "COOL" posters who dismiss already established great shows. Hey, here's a clue. Just because you post on AICN doesn't mean you are really "C". Your opinions are welcome, for sure. But, please take a step back and know that you'll never know how foolish you are online and, probably, in real life. Sorry for generalizing. But, the anonymous nature of the internet truly brings out the dregs of our society. Even if it's only words about something insignificant as a cartoon. Cripes! Anyway, sorry to see KOTH go. Well written show. Too bad nobody was able to be stripped away from those wonderful "reality shows" to notice.
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This show was shit from episode one. It's about time. Terrible animation, a lead character you wouldn't piss on if he was on fire on the side of the street, stupid supporting characters and boring stories. This fucking show was dead on arrival. I'm sure Judge made millions from it, which just demonstrates that people will watch anything. Ooo! A cartoon! Lookie! But really now, a Texas family with a repressed, racist, homophobic retarded patriarch as the lead character? Don't we get enough of this in real life? Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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I think American Dad is 10 times funnier than Family Guy. no annoying flashbacks every 3 minutes,and at least there is a story/plot to it. that said, KOTH was a good show,but 13 seasons was pushing the limit. I like Mike Judge and wish him well. I'll have to check out the Goode Family.
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...is still on air? Christ, there's no justice in the world.
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"Not dance with a dog?"
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Beavis and Butthead is garbage, KOTH meanwhile was an awesome show. Consistantly funny for far longer than The Simpsons managed, all the while grounded in reality without the need for stupid stunt shows and self-parody.
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Yeah, i think so.
Because, as a Canadian living in Britain, I also never managed to get the appeal of this show's sense of humour. And I say that as someone who loved Judge's other stuff, e.g. Beavis & Butthead. Still, it lasted 13 seasons and those who liked it seem to have *really* liked it, so ... kudos. -
Oct 31, 2008 4:42:48 AM CDT
Stopped watching this sometime after Bush was elected...
by burnhollywood
A simple-minded Texan conservative in over his head didn't seem that funny anymore.
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they have to do at least one episode of hank talking about the current oil and energy crisis and how the U.S. needs to turn to alternative energy sources like propane to become energy independent. Also Texas leads the nation in windmill energy. I'm sure Judge can find a way to make it funny like say a guest appearance from T. Bone Pickens.
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r.i.p. topsy, john redcorn, the Souphanousinphone's, boomhauer, spanish speaking Peggy Hill and the rest.
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OK...they are (once again) canning the best animated show and ramping up production on another Seth show? No offense...but one of those is plenty (what the fuck is up with all the oversized chins? And why does every show have to have the same voice cast...if not the same characters slightly disguised?) I reckon that's why I don't run Hollywood. KotH rules, and I will be sad to see it go. But anything with Mike Judge is comedy gold and I look forward to his new effort. DANG IT, BOBBY!
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Family Guy, South Park and American Dad are better in their worst episodes than this bore fest in its best moments. Hell... The Simpsons will be funnier in their 40th season.
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should pick this up.
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Oct 31, 2008 6:14:08 AM CDT
That's right, make room for more vomit from Seth MacFarlane!
by jackpumpkinhead
The world does not have enough imbeciles yet, so more need to be raised on his "humor". Go, MacFarlane!
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One merely needs a brain - not stored in a jar - to enjoy it. This, by the way, was why the English disliked it (as if that needed to be explained).
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Oh, wait you don't have shows you just sit around and shit on other people's shows. King of the Hill was ok but can't beat Beavis and Butt-head. And Family Guy kicks ass with it parodies of 80's shit and Stewie is a great character. And American Dad has great characters, Stan and Roger, a bi, alcoholic alien ain't interesting?....lol. Seth has talent and it must suck to have to piss on everything to seem cool...sometimes people on here are waayyy to hateful.
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I'm enjoying this HBO show...really funny at times...animation sucks but is LOL funny
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... hilarious, popular comedy show like "King of the Hill", yet continue to buy more of "American Dad", the most singularly unfunny, dull, pointless, contrived piece of worthess crap to ever air on FOX ... and THAT'S saying A LOT.
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Oct 31, 2008 6:37:41 AM CDT
Cancel the hick show and replace it with a cartoon about a black
by indyabbey jones
sounds exactly like what will be happening in the white house come januraryfox knows what they are doing
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I thought the first episode was hysterical. I was so disappointed when the show went downhill from there and never improved. I stopped watching at the start of the second season.
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..."Mumble mmmbl goldang Fox mfffmb buncha dfgrffl asswipes!
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To quote Mr. Cartman. "I am nothing like Family Guy! When I make jokes they are inherent to a story! Deep situational and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a point, not just one random interchangeable joke after another!" I thought it was a great compliment in 'cartoon wars' when the slapfight led into the KOTH offices, and they showed guys WRITING! KOTH is not everyone's cup of tea, but the humor and jokes organically flow from the true nature of the characters. Occasionally it's bizarre, but brilliantly. Buckley's trampoline, anyone?
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I tried to watch this show for the 1st coupla seasons, but I lost interest soon after. I thought it had been canceled years ago! With the possible exception of Office Space, Judge hasn't really done well with anything since Beavis and Butthead. He should quit while he's behind.
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It used to be the Simpsons before they started phoning it in something like 10 years ago.
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Search your funny bones, you know it to be true.
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It was just two idiots making poop and dick jokes for half an hour.
There is NO WAY that ages well. When's the last time you watched B&B? When you were 13, ahhh.. see that's the reason it was funny. You were fucking 13. -
Yeah, sure, Seth McFarlane having three shows is ridiculous. But "King of the Hill" was almost painfull to watch. The characters were so dislikable and awkward, it always makes me cringe to see stupid midwest conservatives...
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As much as I like Beavis and Butthead and Office Space, Judge's King of the Hill was a boring show. I hope his new show will be good. I think he should do another Office Space!
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...is King of the Hill canceled and a piece of shit like American Dad left on the air? I can almost understand leaving Family Guy alone, Blue Harvest was gold and even made me check out the show again (for all of an episode). The most worthwhile thing Seth McFarlane has ever been a part of was Hellboy 2.
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The last time I watched Beavis and Butthead was a couple months ago when I picked up the DVDs on the cheap at WalMart. Still funnier than anything Seth McFarlene has and could ever dream of putting out.
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At least, that was how I always felt about it. But even then, I disagree with the protests statement that you HAD to "be from there" to get it. Knowledge of those regions just gave the show a lagniappe.
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how can so many honestly wonder why KOTH is gone while Seth's shows are staying? there's this thing called ratings you see, and if a tv series brings enough in, they keep it around. doesnt matter what you or anyone thinks of the shows, if they bring the ratings they get to stay. KOTH hasnt brought them, whether thats because it sucks or keeps being shuffled and pre-empted who knows but its all down to numbers.
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I'm surprised it lasted this long. That South Park episode had King of the Hill pegged when they put the fight through the writer's room and everyone looked bored out of their minds.
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...5 minutes of any episode of "King Of The Hill" is better than all of "Family Guy" and especially "American Dad". 13 Seasons is not enough.
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I've never really cared for this show. I've seen a few episodes here and there. It's okay, but not my cup of tea. The first season I tried to get myself to like it, but couldn't. I did enjoy one scene with Boomhauer and Bob Dylan holding a conversation and understanding each other.
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i'm gonna miss this gol-danged show. it was brilliant. and the people who are saying it was far, far better than american dad and family guy are absolutely correct. it's the only animated show that came close to touching the simpsons as far as balancing comedy and characters who had a surprising way of affecting you emotionally. they had depth while still being able to be cartoons -- no easy trick.
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That said, I find the Paul Lynde schtick from American Dad funny for some reason - if only it was in a different show.
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... that I can't believe American Dad got renewed. Drivel.
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But, did every episode start to feel the same? Somebody finds out about some current social or economical trend that is essentially a sham, and tries to exploit it, while Hank always does the right thing in the end.
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I could never get into King of the Hill. Tried many times. I love Mike Judge's other stuff, but never got KOTH.
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to the chorus of viewers NOT clamoring for a third MacFarlane abortion.
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As a Texan here in Austin I can't help but feel sad about this wonderful show disappearing. This show, more often than not, felt like going home every time I watched it.
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Oct 31, 2008 9:50:24 AM CDT
King of The Hill is/was great. Its not really a comedy though
by lovecraftfan
Its more lika a drama thats animated with some funny lines. Of course the only show that features real characters with stories that flow organically gets cancelled. Beaviss and Butthead was sophmoric but King of The Hill was smart and quite well written.
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I was never a big fan of KOTH but for the people defending American Dad... Really? That show sucks. Truth be told I think it's really hard for anyone to strike gold with one of their creations twice. Just because it's on the air doesn't mean it's good. I"ll admit that McFarland struck gold with Family Guy and it is half way decent, and now he's using that success to launch more shows that are... Inferior. I'm not judging him for cashing in, hell I'd do the same thing, but to actually think that American Dad is a funny and interesting show? I'm sorry I just don't get it. But I'm sure some rage filled McFarland fanboy will enlighten me on how American Dad has changed the animation landscape on network television.
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Only 13 years. Maybe this is a sign that they'll eventually get around to canceling the Simpsons (and 24) one of these days.
On average though, KOTH was Fox's best animated sitcom. A lot of people here are posting about how stupid they thought the was show was, but the writing was far more intelligent than the Simpsons or Family Guy. And it was consistently good, which is an amazing feat when you consider how long the show has been on. The only people who didn't like this are NY and LA elitists who can't put aside their hatred of middle America long enough to appreciate the clever jokes. And it's not that I don't hate some of the characters. Peggy is one of the most vile characters on TV, but Hank was certainly respectable, even if you disagreed with his beliefs and lifestyle.
I was once a NY liberal myself and now that I live in Colorado and still visit NY from time to time, I appalled by how much hatred NYers have for people who are different. When I grew up in NY, I use to think on some level, that we were somehow more enlightened than the narrow minded hillby bumblefucks out there, but after spending more time with redneck types, I realize that NY is much more close-minded and backwards. For instance, it's easy to find people of any political persuasion in Colorado and they're all use to having friends on the other side so they're more open to a fair debate. In NY, they are almost all, with very few exceptions, devout liberals who can't stop yapping about how much they hate Sarah Palin or whatever. Not that I'm a fan of hers either, but it's like they have no sense of perspective and it'll be someone else, once she's gone. So many of their friends reinforce their beliefs to the point where anyone who thinks otherwise is considered plain stupid. Even liberals out here find NYers insufferably arrogant. Ironically, this is why lightweights like Palin manage to do well in the red states, people think that if the NY and LA types hate her so much, that she must be good. I've never seen that much conservative hatred for Obama (some, but not nearly as intense). Anyway, KOTH is a great show that open-minded people tend to appreciate, was my point. -
King of the Hill was never meant to be a jaw-aching comedy. It was just a silly character piece that hoped to entertain you. It was the "Friends" of animated television, and one of the last to actually attempt to follow some sort of storyline. McFarlane's stuff seems to be funny only in that 'what the hell was THAT random thing?' kind of way. Its a mashup of disconnected set pieces whose comedy relies on the fact that you find jarring right turns in the story to be funny.
This cancellation reminds me of that time I was an astronaut, in which nothing having anything to do with cancellations of any kind or in any possible way, took place.
See, thats really funny right there what I did. oh yeah, its funny enough to support THREE television shows.
*KOOLAIDMANCRASH*
OHHH YEAAAAAAHHHHH! -
is that so many people ("you need to be from the South to get it, who wants to watch a show about a dumb conservative?", etc...) missed the central theme of KOTH, namely that people are pretty much the same all over and are always more than stereotypes would have us believe.
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"The characters were so dislikable and awkward, it always makes me cringe to see stupid midwest conservatives..."Yes, because Texas is in the midwest... Stupid is as stupid does I suppose...
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Believe it.
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They didn't have any money left over. Granted you find a wide assortment of Stewie and Peter Griffin merchandise at your local Spencers, King Of The Hill, was the only animated series with genuine heart and love for its characters, Simpsons notwithstanding.
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I LIKE IT. whenever a show is doomed because of complete lack of network support, from hence forth it will be known has "downgraded to pool membership"
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I can't sit through a whole episode. A few decent characters but overall this show has and always has been an underwhelming bore of a show.
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already?
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A lot of animated series feature big names as guest stars, but Brad Pitt was one of the best "stunt casting" for a series.
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tho Albert Brooks as Al Scorpio is tough to beat.
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"I've never seen that much conservative hatred for Obama (some, but not nearly as intense)."
Confirmation bias. -
...just an observation. I know many people on both sides and I don't personally have a preference for Obama or McCain. They are both equally vile to me.
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Oh, wait, do you remember that time I watched Family Guy--and it was just retarded? Hya-hyun!
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Anyone who dismisses it as "redneck humor" hasn't really watched it or just doesn't get it. If you really watched it, you'd notice that many episodes have Hank, despite being so "traditional" about everything, coming to accept or at the very least tolerate something he hadn't before. It made fun of the usual Texas redneck stereotypes, but also kind of showed that they really just are stereotypes, and that Hank is a good guy, even if he's a little old fashioned. Plus, Dale Gribble is one of the best television characters around. But much of the humor is subtle and not just random slapstick with barely any continuity or faithfulness to characters, like the McFarlane shows. Oh, and I liked Family Guy, but since it's resurrection it's gone downhill thanks to making the entire show about the "offensive" and "outrageous" humor that was once only a part of it. American Dad, while not great, is sometimes better than much of the new Family Guy.I for one am amazed King of the Hill stayed on this long, considering how little Fox promoted it these last few years. Great show, and destined to be one of the most underrated shows on TV, ever.
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A TV channel for the thinking humans. Yes, for 5% of mankind. A niche TV for the minority. Good documentaries. Futurama. King of the Hill. New shows made specifically for this network - by Scott Adams, James Randi, Michio Kaku... No mention of reality TV, TV games & competitions, Family Guy, MTV... Essentially, an antithesis of TV.
Just imagine... -
It has character and plot-based humor and much fewer nonsequitors.
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That was some of the funniest shit ever!! One wonders why they never brought it back to TV.
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I don't know how you can HATE it. I mean, dislike it, sure. Not a big fan or don't wanna watch the show. But it's nothing to get all hatey about...
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I tell you what, I think American Dad blew passed Family Guy in its second season, but since then I think Family Guy has taken back the lead and is even making me laugh again. Plus does anyone think that Hank's laugh is a bit light Doc Hibbert's on Simpsons?
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Was the episode where Hank Hill gets a pass to swim with a dolphin at a water park and gets raped by the dolphin. Jesus, that was a fuckin' funny episode.
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...was when Dale became convinced he had rabies, goes feral, and begins eating (magic) mushrooms in the woods for sustenance....
"My rabies has taken a turn for the worse. I am starting to hallucinate. When I close my eyes I can see strange characters running around chasing colorful geometric shapes in a dark and infinite limbo." -Dale's recorded survival diary update.
Classic.
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Family Guy is to funny as being raped with a diamond encrusted dildo is to relaxing.
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"King of the Hill" has had a great and long run, especially when you consider that crap(Family Guy,'til death,American Dad,etc.) that it airs with on FOX and the same network's past history of cancelling shows far too early (Arrested Development, Firefly, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Undeclared, Keen Eddie, etc..) but it's a good time for Mike Judge to move on. Hopefully "The Goode Family" will and his next live action film -"Extract" - will live up to expectations.
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"... if you weren't my son, I'd hug you."
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King of the Hill has had a great run. Perhaps it's good that it's gonna end now before it becomes stale and worthless. Though will it get a fitting ending? Maybe they could do a special mini-movie to end the show?
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He deserves it for his devotion to propane and propane accessories. Of course, Hank would have to find out about it after Strickland dies in one of the final episodes.
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Oct 31, 2008 4:31:04 PM CDT
I LOVE older episodes of KotH...
by helpful electronic lab partner robot
But this show hasn't been consistently funny in at least 5 years. Some of the older episodes... among the funniest TV moments I've ever seen, but again, this one needed to be canceled so I'm honestly glad to hear this news.
Now, how about some Simpsons, American Dad, and Family Guy cancellations? Time for some new animation crews, Fox. -
[kicks Hanks in the balls]
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Oct 31, 2008 5:08:11 PM CDT
Best King of the Hill is Hank as an unknowing pimp
by the winged doucheman
Alabaster!
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Mike Judge Cancelled and Seth Mcfarlain gets another show! Idiocracy was onto something.
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King of the Hill was an intelligent comedy. McFarlane's shows are lowbrow "Ow! My Balls!" level shit. Way to cater to the dumbest people in your audience, Fox!
I guess they want programming that appeals to the same people who watch FOX News.
I'll gladly tune in to ABC to watch Mike Judge show Seth McFarlane how animation is supposed to be done. If there's any luck, his new show will run opposite "Family Guy" and wipe the floor with it.
So Sunday has officially become the Seth McFarlane Crapstravaganza. I bet they're doing this because it's cheaper to feed manatees than it is to pay real writers. -
To cry over its cancellation would be like crying over the death of a 103-year old man.
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to make its characters as likable as Judge does. Watch season one of Family Guy and then watch the new episode on Sunday. It's almost painful to see how much Macfarlane missed the mark in terms of fitting even the most basic cliches and going just a little further to create likable characters that keep your audience attached. So he resorts to the manatee jokes. I really find them funny. I don't watch Family Guy expecting a plot (ranging from decent to great) like I do with KotH or The Simpsons. It's just hit or miss bullshit like Robot Chicken now. That said, it's fine that KotH is being canceled as long as Judge is still working. Its had a good run. I'm surprised he stayed at Fox so long anyway after the Idiocracy debacle. As for Beavis and Butthead being all poop jokes as someone said...there's actually some much more subtle humor in there if you go back and watch. The joke isn't always in how they're spreading genital warts with a spatula, or their immature remarks. They're constantly victimized, ridiculed themselves, and most of the time they're taken advantage of to a ridiculous degree and the situational irony is pretty hilarious even though it's not explicit. I'm not saying there's a deep social commentary to the show, but Judge's more subtle sense of humor is there in between the crass humor that's attracted the most attention.
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Anyone into Star Wars check out my fire sale on ebay-getting rid of everything to try and pay the bills-bargain basement pricing but every penny counts in these dark times...
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FOX always shoots themselves in the foot. I think they may have lost a toe this time. They cancel this but leave Fringe in their lineup!?! That show blows. Second, why are they giving Cleveland his own show? He is one of the worst characters and unfunny.
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KOTH had a GREAT run. 13 fucking seasons! That's a hell of a lot, and as was said before Judge wanted to end it earlier but was persuaded to come back. This seems like less of a cancellation to me and more of a finale.
Oh, and my favorite episode has to be when Hank meets his long lost half brother in Japan. Good stuff. -
But as some others have noted, it seems like the show has been coasting the past few seasons. Personally Lucky really kind of made me sour on the show (and I like Tom Petty); just really didn't like the character at all.
Then again, I didn't like Didi Hill from the early seasons either, but the show usually made up for it in other ways. This feels like its probably time for the show to wrap up.
Also, whatever happened to Connie? Was she written out? Last episode I watched (from this season, the one with the McMansion), Kahn Souphanousinphone was there, but don't think Minh or Connie were. -
Family Guy is a funny show, so is South Park, so is King of the Hill. There is no rule mandating that if you like one you got to hate the others. I'm bummed out that KOTH is dead, being born and raised rural Texan: I love that show. Also, I disagree with Seth's politics and, more importantly, wasn't born in 70's, but I still find Family Guy hilarious. And South Park. American Dad and the Lisa-wallowing Simpsons... a different story.
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I gotta disagree with you about Lucky. I actually know guys like Lucky and Mud Dobber, and I can't get enough speeches about the most prized of the "trophy woods," aka marled walnut (truck stops always have white trash eye candy made out of that stuff). I just wish they had made Octavio a regular.
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Hank becomes manager of Strickland Propane?
Luanne gives birth?
Lady Bird dies and they get a new puppy?
Peggy finally gets pregnant like she wanted?
There are all kinds of things they could do.
But apparently (I hear) its actually going to end with Hank flushing Cotton down the
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NO promotions at all- except for "after an all new King of the Hill" between long expositions about Family Guy and the Simpsons. That said, it seems as though Mike Judge was closing up shop on King of the Hill anyway.
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Oct 31, 2008 9:28:16 PM CDT
King of the Hill is a sitcom. Well its more than that..
by cotton mcknight
but the point is, it's not fair to call it a cartoon. It's really the only animated series I have ever seen that has created a completely realistic and logical universe for itself. In other words, these are normal families that have somewhat normal lives. Contrast that with the Simpsons, which sees Springfield suddenly have weird geological features that never existed before.
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I kind of hated that show But American Dad Sucks and the Clevland show look like crap. Animation Sunday needs to end.
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I hate Simpsons
I hate Family Guy
I hate King of the Hill
I hate South Park
I hate Adult Swim
I hate Mike Bay
I hate Star Wars
I hate Star Trek
I hate Lost
I hate Heroes
I hate Remakes
I hate Sequels
I hate TV
I hate the Net
I hate Music
I hate Food
I hate Cats
I hate Dogs
I hate Comic Books
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The "Surfin' Bird" episode re-enacted one of the funniest Judge moments ever, the "Fax Machine Beatdown" from OFFICE SPACE, substituting the loathsome 45 for the hated office equipment.
KOTH had a good run of it, what the hell. -
Its good to call quits to a show before it really starts to stink. Like the Simpsons, which should have been put to bed about 8 years ago.
For everything, there is a season. -
...is because with KOTH gone, now the only cartoon shows on Fox will be the LUDICROUSLY past-it's-prime Simpsons and THREE Seth McFarlane shows.
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...but can't stand The Family Guy. I've tried to watch, repeatedly, but just can't stomach it. It might get a smirk from me, but that's it. I don't understand the love for Bevis and Butthead I'm seeing here, either. Loved me some King of the Hill, though. It had a good run, but will still be missed by many.
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Man, if they kill off LadyBird I will be in tears! Shi-Shi-Sha!!!
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KOTH was not a cuddly little version of Mayberry. Lots of character growth. People that think it's the same thing over and over again haven't watched it.
Remember when Dale found out his dad was gay? And that he had been working with a traveling gay rodeo as a clown that would catch a goat and put panties on it?
Remember when Hank accidently caught his Mom screwing her boyfriend on the kitchen table? Hank promptly went blind.
When Hank's weird friend Bill had a breakdown and started wearing his long gone ex-wife's dresses and hats?
And their kid's truly bizarre obsession with being a prop comic?
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This show ran out of life years ago, then it just got into silly patterns and increasingly over-the-top situations. Hank Hill continuously became more and more 1-dimensional a character, more of a cliche, which held back Bobby and Dale and Bill. Peg and Luanne pretty much mired on their own, but Dale and Bill were tied neatly to Hank's growth and lack thereof, it's like after about 4 years the show just emptied the idea well and went on autopilot. Bobby has kind of grown as a character, but they never do much of anything, and ultimately he falls back to being the foil to his semi-intolerant dad. Then once in a while they'll whip out the middle-America "common sense" harping on urbanites, bureaucracy, any cliche where "good local folk" are superior to everybody else - there's nothing learned, nothing funny, it's just spouting like every other show that takes itself more seriously than it deserves (though I will grant Judge the conceit that he represents the other side of that coin from most TV). Ultimately, KOTH stopped being funny and stopped saying anything, leaving us with endlessly lazy situations and character writing, and it's long past time for it to ride into the sunset. The Simpsons has a slanted view on the world, it's a silly, sardonic parody so it gets away with staying around despite losing more and more of itself every new episode, but KOTH doesn't deliver laughs and doesn't grow itself. Where are these characters going if they're not going to mine the comedy in the situations? Nobody writing KOTH seems to care, they just come up with a new gag situation that's outlandish, then use pseudo-folksy reactions to fill 22 minutes. YES! I have made a snarky, nasty, yet somehow insightful talkback on AICN, I am now a fully-fledged cliche!
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...or work outside the US: you are wrong.
I'm English and love the show, and the only time I've been to Texas was when I passed through it on a Greyhound coach. Still, it's easy to get a feel for the demographic the show portrays (with a nice mixture of affection and satirical deconstruction), and it's easy for comedy fans to appreciate the wry, often warm character-based writing (and lack of any reliance on surrealism. It may not have been consistently excellent throughout its entire run, but it's given my friend (a comedy writer) and me many hours of hilarity and enjoyment. Sad to see it go, though I suppose it was time. -
Why do we need three versions of Family Guy. One is good enough. American Dad is just Family Guy with different names.
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Nov 02, 2008 7:36:42 PM CST
Fox's King of the Hill does an episode about Fox's MySpace?
by jccalhoun
wow, this is pretty lame. I guess it won't be the end of the world if King of the Hill is canceled if all of the episodes are going to be promoting other Fox owned properties...
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I hated this show from day 1, and I was over joyed to know it will finally be over, waaay long over due. I could never say enough bad things about this show, and I hope fox doesn't throw it into the daily rerun timeslot. I just wish they would burn all of the tapes, so I never have to see glimpse of this terrible, terrible, just not funny show.
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It may be hit and miss but Family Guy is almost always a miss. And how did American Dad last this long? That show seems pretty terrible.
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Now do us a favor and put the Simpsons out of it's misery. geesh
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King of the Hill SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!! It was never funny and the characters were totally annoying (and this is coming from a person who lived in both Dallas and Austin for a while). It will not be missed.
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