BOC: Simpsons reference (was: Re: BOC: "No-Zilla")

[Paul Mather]

On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Ted Jackson jr. 6L6 wrote:

> > From:          Paul Mather <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU>

Actually, it was Andy Gilham that wrote the bit you quoted.

> > > _King of the Hill_ is worse, though. :)  I couldn't believe the one about
> > > Hank and Bobby entering the father and son shooting contest!
> >
> Yeah, but KotH is a total satire.  Whenever Hank rants about family
> values or propriety, he's ridiculed.  The fact that everything he
> says is stolen off a bumper sticker, his dull discourse and thick,
> slow-witted appearance all ridicule the kind of lifestyle he
> defends...
>
> But--like Archie Bunker, you still like him, and unlike AB, Hank is
> basically a decent guy and not mean-spirited.  That blank look belies
> his confusion over a world that's changing and leaving him behind,
> when he thought he was doing the right thing...

I like _King of the Hill_.  How about that paper-tiger character, Dale,
who is supposedly so in-tune with what is really going on (re:
government conspiracies et al), yet can't see the affair his wife is
carrying on with John Redcorn, under his very nose.  That, and the fact
that despite his bluster, he's the first to run screaming at the first
sign of trouble. :-)

Or how about Hank's obnoxious father, who lost his shins in the war? ;-)

Cheers,

Paul.

obCD: King Crimson, _The Night Watch_

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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