King of the Hill/Hank's Got the Willies

Hank's Got the Willies
Season 1, Episode 4
Airdate	February 9, 1997
Production Number	4E05
Written by	Johnny Hardwick
Directed by	Monte Young
← 1x03 The Order of the Straight Arrow	1x05 → Luanne's Saga
King of the Hill — Season One

Hank's Got the Willies is the fourth episode of the first season of King of the Hill.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter)

and Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble)

Also Starring: David Herman (Les)

Special Guest Voice: Willie Nelson (Himself)

Special Guest Voice: Dennis Hopper (Himself)

Uncredited: Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Earl)

Plot Overview

Hank worries about Bobby when he finds him damaging his things and wants him to have a role model like he has with Willie Nelson. Meanwhile, Peggy gets jealous of Hank's guitar Betsy.

Arc Advancement

Characters

• It's shown that Peggy knows Spanish.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• The prop comedian Bobby references, Celery Head, is an obvious pastiche of Carrot Top.

• The man Hank pushes aside as he refers to him as "rooster boy" is Lyle Lovett.

• The man Boomhauer converses with is Bob Dylan.

• Willie Nelson claims Ann Richards is playing tether ball with one of his roadies, which we see at during the closing credits. While we only see her in this episode, she would return later in the series to be voiced by the real Ann Richards.

Quotes

• Hank: Bobby, you need to be lectured all afternoon.

• Bobby: I like Willie Nelson. He's got long hair. He's Alternative.

Hank: Now, you take that back. I followed that man from Country Western to Country to Adult Contemporary and that's as far as I'm going.

• Willie Nelson: Hey, I know you. You're the kid that rakes my lawn.

Bobby: No, I'm the kid who hit you in the head.

Willie Nelson: With a rake?

Bobby: No, with a golf club.

Willie Nelson: You been rakin' my yard with a golf club? I want my quarter back.