King of the Hill/The Hank's Giving Episode

The Hank's Giving Episode
Season 4, Episode 7
Airdate	November 21, 1999
Production Number	4ABE08
Written by	Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland
Directed by	Martin Archer
← 4x06 A Beer Can Named Desire	4x08 → Not in My Back-Hoe
King of the Hill — Season Four

The Hank's Giving Episode is the seventh episode of the fourth season of King of the Hill, and the sixty-seventh episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall Adlon (Bobby Hill, Receptionist), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter, Joseph Gribble), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, TSA Agent, Father)

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone)

Also Starring: Eloy Casados (Man in airport), Ashley Gardner (Nancy Gribble, Stewardess), Jonathan Joss (John Redcorn), David Herman (Skycap, Male Gate Agent), Lauren Tom (Connie Souphanousinphone)

Special Guest Voice: Joanna Gleason (Maddy Platter, Female Gate Agent)

Plot Overview

The Hills try to get to Montana for Thanksgiving, but get stuck in the airport.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Bill: I hate Thanksgiving!

Seen, But Not Heard

• Minh Souphanousinphone

Music

• Bing Crosby - "Let It Snow"

Arc Advancement

Characters

• It's established that Peggy and her mother don't get along well.

Trivia

The Show

• It's revealed Hank's middle name is Rutherford.

Memorable Moments

• Hank is forced to watch his turkey get blown up by the bomb squad.

Quotes

• Bill: What a coincidence, Hank. I have to go to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport to pick up my... uncle who's coming in for Thanksgiving.

Hank: What time's his flight?

Bill: What time's your flight?

Hank: 4:00.

Bill: 4:00. Mm-hmm. I can drive you to the airport.

Hank: Okay. I guess that'll save me some time. Which uncle is it?

Bill: Bill.

Hank: Huh. So you're named after him?

Bill: I said Stan.

• Peggy: Luanne does not have a ticket. You were supposed to buy tickets for the family.

Hank: That's right. I bought tickets for all three members of the Hill family: Hank Hill, Peggy Hill, and Bobby Hill. The Hills.

Peggy: What is the matter with you? As far as Luanne knows, you love her and you consider her a part of this family. Do not let her know that you neglected to buy her a ticket.

Hank: Well, I think she's gonna find out when we leave her here.

Peggy: No, sir. You will buy Luanne a ticket at the airport. And it is not gonna be easy because the day before Thanksgiving is, in my opinion, one of the busiest travel days of the year.

• Hank: Okay, Bill, that zone's for loading and unloading only. We can take it from here.

Bill: Well, then, it's off to Uncle Stu.

Hank: You said Stan.

Bill: (scoffs) Okay, Hank, you win. Stan it is.

• Skycap: Did you pack your own bags and have they been in your sight at all times?

Hank: Well, I had to set them on the curb when I unloaded them from the trunk.

Skycap: But they were in your sight?

Hank: No, I had my back turned.

Skycap: But just for a moment?

Hank: Well, I'd say it was more like a minute than a moment.

Peggy: Oh, for God's sake. Just say they were in your sight, Hank.

Hank: Peggy, the man is an official of the United States Airlines. I'd be committing perjury.

• Hank: Any seats left to Billings?

Female Gate Agent: Yes, sir. That'll be $719.

Hank: What!? I paid $250 for my ticket. That's the price I want.

Female Gate Agent: Sir, you bought your ticket six months ago. You are buying Miss Platter's ticket on the day of travel.

Hank: All right, listen: Miss Platter is travelling to Montana to see her father for Thanksgiving. She hasn't seen him in years. Doesn't that mean anything to your airline?

(the gate agent says nothing)

Hank: I'm gonna write a personal cheque and in the memo line I am writing "Unfair."

• Dale: Hey, do your people even celebrate Thanksgiving?

John Redcorn: We did. Once.

• Luanne: Uncle Hank, a man just asked me if I wanted to join the Mile High Club. Could you get me an application?

Hank: Well, I would think they would have them on the plane, Luanne.

• Luanne: Oh, Uncle Hank, they can't delay Thanksgiving, can they?

Hank: They just did.

• Bobby: Dad, I know you said to try, but I can't eat this. It's salad.

Peggy: Hank, the boy needs protein or he'll pass out. Now, break open that box. Thanksgiving will go on with a one-legged turkey.

Hank: "One-legged turkey"? I'm not even going to dignify that with a response other than "shame on you."

• Hank: We're not animals. We'll wait in line like everybody else.

Peggy: Hank, the ability to cut ahead in line is what separates us from the animals.

• Peggy: Come on, Hank. You heard the man. We have to go to gate cincuenta y ocho. Andele.

Hank: That was nothing but third-hand gossip. You're acting like you're drunk.

• Receptionist: I'm sorry, Admiral, there's no smoking in the terminal building.

Dale: You're not sorry and I'm not an Admiral.

• Hank: Alright, Peggy, you lied to me about the announcement. That's strike one.

Peggy: What? Oh, don't start with that baseball --

Hank: That's two.

Bobby: What happens when he gets to three?

Peggy: He doesn't know.

• Peggy: Hank Rutherford Hill, is "naive" your middle name?

• Bobby: Mister Dauterive, did your uncle's flight get in okay?

Bill: Oh, yeah, sure.

Peggy: So, can we meet him?

Bill: No, he's back in Arlen.

Hank: Then why are you here?

Bill: We had a fight. He bit me.

• Male Gate Agent: I'm sorry, sir, you're going to have to check that.

Hank: This isn't fair. It meets the cubic feet requirement. It's just oddly shaped.

• Luanne: Um, that curtain over there - what's it for?

Stewardess: It separates first class from coach.

Luanne: I'd like that closed.

• Bobby: When I gave up my place on that bus, I assumed the food court would be open.

• Kahn: Four hours stuck on the tarmac. I look out window, what do I see? A frozen Gribble.

Dale: The only thing that kept me going was my will to smoke again. And the ashtrays from an Alitalia flight.

• Bill: Well, I got some turkey and all the trimmings. Actually, I don't have anything. I don't even have an Uncle Stan. I made him up.

Hank: Yeah.

Peggy: Mmm-hmm.

Hank: Yeah, kind of figured that.

Dale: Very sad.