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9 unusual facts about King of the Hill


Alkek Library

These holdings include The Witliff Collection housed on the Library's seventh floor, the King of the Hill archives, major work of significant writers such as Cormac McCarthy and Sam Shepard, and the Lonesome Dove collection.

Deedle-Dee Productions

It is known for producing the long-running series King of the Hill, The Office and their newest series, Parks and Recreation.

Eddie Feigner

The team was satirized on a 2006 episode of the Fox sitcom King of the Hill entitled "You Gotta Believe (In Moderation)" by a team called The Ace of Diamonds and His Jewels.

Fear of bats

Hank Hill from King of the Hill has chiroptophobia because according to Hank, bats freak him out.

John Force

Force had a cameo in a 2004 episode of King of the Hill ("Dale Be Not Proud"), in which Dale Gribble donates a kidney to Force, after which it appears he does not need it.

Norwood Cheek

He has appeared in a variety of commercials and films as an actor and did several voices for the animated show King of the Hill.

Pink Squirrel

In King of the Hill, season 8 episode 11, Bill Dauterive is pretending to be a gay hair stylist and orders a Pink Squirrel when out at a night club.

They Only Kill Their Masters

They Only Kill Their Masters was referenced in the King of the Hill episode "Bill's House".

Wabi-sabi

The King of the Hill episode "The Son Also Roses" references Wabi-sabi.


Art Edwards

He was co-founder, co-songwriter and bass player with The Refreshments, a band that sold over 400,000 units worldwide, had a hit single "Banditos", and wrote and recorded the theme song for the Fox television series King of the Hill.

David Zuckerman

Zuckerman first wrote for the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and then went on to write and produce episodes for the Fox animated series King of the Hill.

Dusty Hill

Dusty Hill's on-screen appearances include Back to the Future Part III, Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme, WWE Raw and Deadwood, and as himself in the 11th season episode of King of the Hill, "Hank Gets Dusted", in which Hank Hill is said to be Dusty's cousin.

Greg Daniels

Out of the six TV series that Daniels has worked on, four of them--Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, King of the Hill and The Office--were named among Time reviewer James Poniewozik's All Time 100 TV Shows.

Greg Edmonson

He is also the composer for the successful Uncharted PS3 game series and for a number of episodes of the animated sitcom King of the Hill.

Into Thin Air

When making the related episode "King of the Hill" of The Simpsons, the show's producers called the movie producers about finding actors fluent in Nepalese.

Joe Stillman

Before becoming a screenwriter he worked for several TV shows like Beavis and Butt-Head, King of the Hill, Doug and The Adventures of Pete & Pete.

Lisa Edelstein

She has lent her voice to several animated programs including King of the Hill, American Dad!, Superman: The Animated Series (as Mercy Graves, Lex Luthor's bodyguard, a role she later reprised in several episodes of Justice League), Legend of Korra (as Kya, Tenzin's sister) and the video game adaptation of Blade Runner (1997).

Mikey Kelley

Mikey Kelley has lent his voice to several animated projects including TMNT, The Super Hero Squad Show, King of the Hill, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Phineas and Ferb, Ben 10, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, All Grown Up, Gravity Falls, Rocket Power, The Land Before Time, among others.

My Own Private Rodeo

Hank, Bill, and Boomhauer decide to go track Bug down in order to make amends with his son.

Paul Teutul, Sr.

He has been featured in the music video for Nickelback's "Rockstar", and also in the television programs Long Way Round starring Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman and on King of The Hill in Season 10, Episode 10 titled Hank Fixes Everything.

Plus One Animation

Their biggest contribution is for the Mike Judge series King of the Hill, with upwards of 80+ episodes animated, but they also animated the newer episodes of Doug and some episodes of Recess.

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers

After a lineup shift of The Refreshments, a rock band of the 1990s known for their top radio hit "Banditos," and also for the theme song to the long-running animated series King of the Hill, frontman, rhythm guitarist and songwriter Roger Clyne and drummer Paul "P.H."

The Father, the Son, and J.C.

Bobby sets out walking, trying to gather his thoughts after his grandfather and father just had a heated argument, and crosses paths with former president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, a frequent Habitat for Humanity volunteer.

The Magic Pan

In the King of the Hill, episode titled "Hanky Panky" (Season 4, episode 13), Miz Liz invites Hank to lunch at a Magic Pan restaurant.

The Twisted World of Marge Simpson

It was the fifth highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, following The X-files, King of the Hill, Melrose Place and Beverly Hills, 90210.

Travis Powers

‘’’Travis Powers’’’ is a Sound Designer/Supervising sound effects editor and Composer who has worked on several animated television series, including The Simpsons, Futurama, Dilbert, The PJs, The Critic, The Tracey Ullman Show, Mission Hill and King of the Hill.

Victor Aaron

He was the original voice of John Redcorn on King of the Hill, which was taken over by Jonathan Joss in the show's second season following Aaron's death.

Wes Archer

He was one of the original three animators (along with David Silverman and Bill Kopp) on The Simpsons', Tracey Ullman shorts, and subsequently directed a number of The Simpsons episodes (many of which had John Swartzwelder as an episode writer) before becoming supervising director at King of the Hill.


see also

Carlos Reyes

Cotton Hill, a character from the King of the Hill animated series, translated as "Carlos Reyes" for Hispanic America

Johnny Hardwick

After the show, he was approached by television writer and producer Greg Daniels who was helping to put together King of the Hill at the time.