King of the Hill/Peggy's Turtle Song

Peggy's Turtle Song
Season 2, Episode 22
Airdate	May 10, 1998
Production Number	5E22
Written by	Brent Forrester
Directed by	Jeff Myers
← 2x21 Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga	2x23 → Propane Boom (1)
King of the Hill — Season Two

Peggy's Turtle Song is the twenty-second episode of the second season of King of the Hill, and the thirty-fourth episode overall.

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

and Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble)

Also Starring: Ashley Gardner (Teacher, Mother), Beth Grant (Nurse), Maurice LaMarche (Garry Kasner)

Special Guest Voice: Ani DiFranco (Emily)

Special Guest Voice: Tammy Wynette (Tillie Hill)

Uncredited: Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Earl)

Plot Overview

After Bobby is diagnosed with ADD, Peggy decides to quit as a substitute teacher to focus on being a stay-at-home mother. However, the extra time gives her nothing to do until she takes guitar lessons by a teacher who encourages her to write a song.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Bobby: (sniffs) And there it goes.

Seen, But Not Heard

• Connie Souphanousinphone

• Clark Peters

Arc Advancement

Characters

• After Peggy stops her substitute teaching job, she has a dream about having 20 children. Hank later realises that needs to be teaching to keep her edge as a mother.

• Hank lets Peggy play his guitar Betsy.

• We see Boomhauer's mother, the first of many in his family seen to share his speech pattern.

Trivia

Behind the Scenes

• Last episode with Tammy Wynette as Tillie Hill. The role will be picked up next season by Beth Grant who, incidentally, makes her first guest appearance in this same episode.

Memorable Moments

• Under the influence of ADD medication for the first time, Bobby's attention is focused on a fly as he can hear it rub its legs in detail.

Goofs

• When Hank looks at the calendar, Mother's Day isn't on the second Sunday, as it's celebrated in the United States.

Quotes

• Nurse: Mister Hill, I've diagnosed your son with Attention Deficit Disorder. He's probably had it for years.

Hank: What? Well, how come nobody ever noticed this before?

Nurse: Very few people have access to the pamphlets I do.

• Hank: You know, I have noticed the boy's mind wanders sometimes when I'm lecturing him. A mental disorder would explain that.

• Hank: I don't like the idea of putting my boy on drugs. Isn't there some kind of operation?

Nurse: Your only other option is to send him to the special school across town. He'll have to wear a uniform. Can he button his own shirt?

Hank: You bastards.

• Hank: Ritalin, cylert, tofranil, desipramine. All sounds like goofathol to me.

• Hank: Well, it is called Attention Deficit Disorder. Maybe the boy's not getting enough attention.

• Peggy: But, you know, what am I saying? Quit my job? That's crazy talk.

Hank: Now, wait a minute, Peggy. "Crazy" is a very strong word. You're just thinking out loud. Bobby's crazy.

• Hank: Now, I know we've talked a lot about how you should never do drugs, but from now on you'll be taking medication after every meal.

Bobby: So, do I smoke it or snort it or what?

Hank: It's a pill, Bobby.

Bobby: So, I guess I'll just pop it then.

Hank: You will not "pop it." You will place it in your mouth.

• Luanne: Bobby, do you know who I am? I'm Lu-anne. Remember?

Hank: He has A.D.D., Luanne. He didn't get hit in the head with a coconut.

• Bobby: There are 96 ridges on every checker except this one.

• Bobby: There's some milk in the fridge that's about to go bad. (sniffs) And there it goes.

• Bill: Yeah, you're a lucky man, Hank. You know, my ex-wife, she was a careerist, you know. And one day I had to say to her, "Honey, make a choice. It's either me or the motivational poster industry." Boy, I wish I hadn't said that.

• Dale: You know what the root of the problem is, don't you? Feminism. Gloria Steinbrenner, that's what started it. Gerald Ford should've killed her when he had the chance.

• Dale: I thought you said family values were in at your house.

Bill: Yeah, Hank. That gal there, she's dressed kinda pro-choice.

• Emily: You said you wanted stuff with strong lyrics?

Peggy: That's right. But no cursing and no cop killing. I'm sorry, but that is just how I was raised.

• Hank: So, your guitar teacher looks pretty interesting. And by "interesting," I mean "weird."

Peggy: Well, she is weird. And by "weird," I mean "interesting."

• Hank: Why would anyone wanna take a potshot at Mother's Day?

Emily: Well, it's kind of bizarre, don't you think? The greeting card companies invented this holiday in 1914 and now the whole country celebrates another stereotype of what women are supposed to be.

Hank: You're not married, are you, Emily?

• Hank: I think I know something about music, having listened to it a lot.

• Peggy: (referring to Mother's Day) Well, it is my day. I should be able to do whatever I want!

Hank: Not whatever you want. You can't kill a man. Then you'd end up in prison. And with that attitude they'd put you in the hole!

• Luanne: I tried to study for my beauty exam, but I couldn't concentrate. And then I tried to figure out why and - and I got bored.

Bobby: You must have caught my ADD. And I know when, too. It was the time that I sneezed in your face.

Luanne: Oh, I don't remember that.

Bobby: Well, you were asleep.

• Emily: Peggy's here to sing a song about how a woman feels when the world tells her who she has to be.

Peggy: Huh? Oh, no. Actually, I'm singing the one about the turtle that's stuck in her shell.