King of the Hill/Talking Shop

Talking Shop
Season 8, Episode 22
Airdate	May 23, 2004
Production Number	8ABE20
Written by	Garland Testa
Directed by	Anthony Lioi
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King of the Hill — Season Eight

Talking Shop is the twenty-second episode of the eighth season of King of the Hill, and the one hundred seventy-first episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer, Dooley), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela S. Adlon (Bobby Hill, Alejandro, Old Woman), Brittany Murphy (credit only), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive)

Special Guest Voice: Alyson Hannigan (Stacey Gibson)

Special Guest Voice: Lindsay Lohan (Jenny Medina)

Special Guest Voice: Laura Prepon (April)

Also Starring: Amy Adams (), Stephanie Darby (), David Herman (Randy Miller, Teacher), Ashley Johnson (Emily), Breckin Meyer (Joseph Gribble, Boy), Lauren Tom (Connie Souphanousinphone)

Plot Overview

Hoping to meet new girls, Bobby ignores Hank's wishes of taking auto shop and instead takes peer counselling.

Notes

Stinger Quote

• Boy: ...and that is why I like air.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Stacey sings her own version of Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle".

• Hank says he put the ant on Dale's van when "the little guy from the Fantasy Island died," referring to Hervé Villechaize who played the character of Tattoo in the series.

Quotes

• Bobby: Why do guys like us keep striking out with the ladies?

Joseph: Because I'm weird and you're chubby and kind of dumb?

Bobby: Don't be ridiculous. It's because we've had the same girls in the same classes since the first grade. Every girl here has heard all my jokes and remembers you pooting during the racial tolerance assembly. What we need to do is find a class with a lot of girls. Girls that don't know us very well.

Joseph: Yeah. We could pretend we're from the future. And we need to experiment on them! Wait, this is why girls don't like me, right?

• Bobby: Hey, dad, what elective should I take, Peer Counseling or Hawaiian dance? Oh, who am I kidding? (begins dancing) I humbly offer taro to your village.

Hank: Peggy, the boy.

Peggy: Bobby, honey, not now!

• Hank: Bobby, no good ever came from kids talking to other kids about their problems.

• Bobby: But I want to meet girls. I don't think there are girls in auto shop.

Hank: You've got to think long term, Bobby. Auto shop is where boys become the men that girls will want when they become women. It worked for me.

Peggy: The proof is in the pudding and I am that pudding.

• Hank: Yep, I'll buy him an old junker car, then we can restore it together. We'll stay up late fixing her up, just me and my boy. Then one day when we're all finished, Bobby'll get in that car and he'll drive away, and then I can die a happy man. Yep.

Bill: Mm, yep.

Boomhauer: Mm-hmm.

Dale: That's actually kind of sad, Hank.

• Joseph: Are you sure this is a good idea?

Bobby: No, but my dad says it's one of those things that'll make sense later. I'm getting tired of those things.

• Bobby: My dad might be wrong on this one.

Joseph: Isn't your dad gonna be mad?

Bobby: Oh, it's football season. I'm way off his radar.

• April: It's going to be great to have some boys on staff. In case any guys ever decide to admit they have feelings.

Joseph: I'm having all kinds of feelings right now.

April: Leave. Now.

• Hank: It's false advertising. This car was supposed to be a junker, but it's in moderate to good condition.

Dale: The problem is all our used cars now decorate Hard Rock Cafes.

Old Woman: Oh, you boys must be here about my car.

Hank: Oh, uh, I'm looking for something that needs a little more work. Sorry to, uh, make you... stand. Oh, God, she's still coming at us.

Dale: Run!

• Jenny Medina: Aren't you supposed to say something or something?

Bobby: I think you're supposed to say something or something.

• Bobby: I can't tell you what to do. Only you can tell you what to do.

Stacey Gibson: If I knew what to do, I wouldn't be here. Now, tell me what to do!

• Bobby: Look, I took this off. Was it supposed to come off?

Hank: No, son.

Bobby: But no girls have to know that, right?

Hank: It'll stay in the garage.