King of the Hill/Hank's Cowboy Movie

Hank's Cowboy Movie
Season 3, Episode 19
Airdate	April 6, 1999
Production Number	3ABE18
Written by	Jim Dauterive
Directed by	Shaun Cashman
← 3x18 Love Hurts... and So Does Art	3x20 → Dog Dale Afternoon
King of the Hill — Season Three

Hank's Cowboy Movie is the nineteenth episode of the third season of King of the Hill, and the fifty-fourth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall Adlon (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (credit only), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble)

and Toby Huss (Tourist, Security Guard, Jeff Jr, Jeff Sr)

Also Starring: Earl Bullock (Dave), Ashley Gardner (Nancy Gribble), Jonathan Joss (John Redcorn)

Uncredited: Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive)

Plot Overview

After taking him to Wichita Falls, training ground of the Dallas Cowboys, Hank finds Bobby looking down on Arlen. To change this, Hank hopes to make a video to lure the Cowboys to Arlen.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Hank: Sweet Jethro Pugh.

Seen, But Not Heard

• Luanne Platter

• Joseph Gribble

• Cotton Hill

• Tillie Hill

Music

• Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Gimme Three Steps"

Arc Advancement

Referbacks

• The last shot in the movie is of the guys on the supped up couch from "And They Call It Bobby Love".

Trivia

Allusions and References

• When Bobby is on the vibrating bed, he sings part of the Spice Girls song "Wannabe".

Quotes

• Bobby: We're going to see the training camp of the Dallas Cowboys. They used to be in Austin till, well, you know. But like my dad says, "Cowboys will be Cowboys."

Hank: I say that in private, son.

• Bobby: Ervine's looking good this year, huh, dad?

Hank: Yep. I'm giving him a A-minus.

Bobby: I'm giving him a B-plus. That gives him some room to improve.

Hank: Good idea, son.

Bobby: And I'm giving Troy Aikman a B-plus too.

Hank: That's not funny, Bobby.

• Hank: All his dreams from now on are gonna be about leaving. And then some high school guidance counsellor is gonna tell him to follow his dreams. Then how will he end up? A fruit pie salesman with a whoopie cushion living in Wichita Falls.

• Dale: Hank is right. If all the children leave Arlen, there will be no young to take care of our old. Our old will feed off our very old. Our very old who are not eaten will wish they had been... eaten.

• Hank: We used to make movies all the time. Remember, Dale? You practically slept with that little camcorder.

Dale: "Practically?" I was going to be the next Zapruder. Except nobody shot a president after that. Nobody who knew what he was doing.

• Boomhauer: Tell you what, man, all you need gettin' one of them dang ol' narrators, man, you know, just like the movie trailer guy, man, ol' "In a world where love is against the law..." You know, somethin' like that.

Hank: Yeah or, uh, we could put you in an armadillo suit.

• Hank: Okay, that was written okay and acted pretty good, but it needs, uh, it needs... Hmm. Let me think about this. Uh... huh. All right, let's do it again, maybe a little better this time.

• Bobby: Do you really think the Cowboys would move to Arlen?

Hank: I sure do, son. Imagine what it'll be like. We'll go get autographs and Troy Aikman will toss the ball around with you. I wish I had Dandy Don Meredith or Roger Staubach throwing me passes when I was your age. Even Craig Morton would have been okay. I love you, Bobby.

Bobby: What?!

Hank: Uh... nothing. Hey, look at bird!

• Hank: Dale, stop putting your bug truck in the background of all the shots. What kind of message are we sending? Arlen is full of bugs?

Dale: You think that's all I do? I killed eight gophers last year and a purebred Tennessee walking horse that was looking at me funny.

• Dale: Hank, you have bullyragged this production and stifled my creativity from day one. It is now day two. I quit.

• Bobby: Dad's talking to the Tom Landry plate again.

• Bobby: Look how smooth my bottom was.

Hank: Bobby!