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Summary: King of the Hill - Fine Treatment on DVD
Review: The first season of KING OF THE HILL introduced us to an endearing Texas family helmed by the always well-meaning if narrow Hank Hill. He's a good ole boy who wishes the world would stop to smell the propane every now and then. Too bad he's constantly undermined by his sassy big-footed Spanish-mangling wife, shinless and cranky veteran father, his wig head kissing son, and LuAnne who has come to live with the brood from a broken home until she gets her beauty license or finds a decent boyfriend. Living in Texas I felt like I knew these people as neighbors. The ingenuity of this series stems from being an animated reality show where nothing happens too fast. THE SIMPSONS may be yellow satirists living in fast-moving fictional Springfield (what STATE?), but here are their flesh-colored ironic slow-paced counterparts who seem to be living in the all too real Arlen...TEXAS! Comparing the two seems unfair. Apart from the obvious animation and on FOX there is not much the two have in common. The tones are completely different. And despite tackling sex education, child abuse, adultery, and many other touchy subjects ... everything is handled in a very family friendly way. The characters are so pure-hearted and always mean well! The DVD set is a 3 disc affair with great presentation and extras. You get a half hour documentary on the origins (which shows each voice cast member much to your surprise!). Then there are commentaries with creators, producers, and SURPRISE - the characters themselves. You couldn't ask for a slicker package! This is one to own. Yep .... yep ..... yep .... (yep)!
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Summary: I don't get it
Review: The King of the Hill series aired and flopped in Australia and now can only be viewed on Pay TV on the Fox 8 channel. I tried to watch a few of these episodes since I enjoyed B&B and the movie Office Space also created by Mike Judge. Probably the reason it flopped is because the humour would relate more to Americans. I also found characters like Peggy Hill, Bobby Hill, and Bill the army barber very annoying and irritating. Peggy Hill is so stuck up and opinionated and Bobby says and does the stupidest things. It's no wonder Hank gets so frustrated all the time. I did like Hanks father and how he irriates Peggy, and the one liners he comes out with for example: Peggy: "You gave my son a loaded shotgun!"
Hanks Father: "Well.. you don't give a kid a toy without batteries" I also find the look of the animation to be a bit dark and disturbing at times. I guess what intrigues me to watch this show is to watch Hank frustrate and annoy Peggy because I hate her character. Hank makes statements to Peggy like:
"I'm not saying you're not good at what you do.... I'm just saying i'm better" which make me laugh. All in all it's not a bad show, I just don't relate to all the humour.
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Summary: A Great Start To a Great Series
Review: The phrase you most often hear in connection with KING OF THE HILL is "It grows on you." When it first appeared, a lot of people (including me) were surprised that it wasn't as outrageous as co-creator Mike Judge's "Beavis and Butthead" or as fast-paced as "The Simpsons" (which co-creator Greg Daniels used to work for). But once you get used to the characters and get to know their quirks, it becomes clear that KotH is one of the best sitcoms on TV: funny, surprisingly touching, and with a great cast of characters. The first season of 13 episodes is a great introduction to the show. The character designs and voices aren't quite as polished as they would become, but the actual animation is probably the most visually imaginative in the show's run, and in terms of storytelling and characterization the show hit its stride right away. Some of the best episodes are "Plastic White Female," still one of the best episodes about Hank Hill (Mike Judge) and his son Bobby (Pamela Segall); "Shins of the Father," which demonstrates the strength of character of Peggy (Kathy Najimy); and "Luanne's Saga," about Hank's relationship with his niece Luanne Platter (the show lost a lot in season six when Luanne started to be absent from most episodes). And the first season offered some of the show's most memorable comedy moments, like the botched threatening phone call from neighbor Dale Gribble (Johnny Hardwick), the first entrance of Dale's "son" Joseph (Brittany Murphy) and Hank's first meeting with obnoxious neighbor Kahn (Toby Huss). The 3 disc set will include a ton of extras. There are audio commentaries on eight episodes: Two by co-creator Greg Daniels, two by director Klay Hall, and four in-character commentaries by some of the voice actors. There's a new half-hour "making-of" documentary. There are examples of early design sketches and basic animation poses for the main characters. And best of all, there are deleted scenes from all the episodes (including the alternate ending to "The Company Man"). And who can resist the chance to hear Peggy dubbed in fluent Spanish? Buy with confidence, and hope that Fox releases the rest of this excellent series.
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Summary: A Great Start To a Great Series
Review: The phrase you most often hear in connection with KING OF THE HILL is "It grows on you." When it first appeared, a lot of people (including me) were surprised that it wasn't as outrageous as co-creator Mike Judge's "Beavis and Butthead" or as fast-paced as "The Simpsons" (which co-creator Greg Daniels used to work for). But once you get used to the characters and get to know their quirks, it becomes clear that KotH is one of the best sitcoms on TV: funny, surprisingly touching, and with a great cast of characters. The first season of 13 episodes is a great introduction to the show. The character designs and voices aren't quite as polished as they would become, but the actual animation is probably the most visually imaginative in the show's run, and in terms of storytelling and characterization the show hit its stride right away. Some of the best episodes are "Plastic White Female," still one of the best episodes about Hank Hill (Mike Judge) and his son Bobby (Pamela Segall); "Shins of the Father," which demonstrates the strength of character of Peggy (Kathy Najimy); and "Luanne's Saga," about Hank's relationship with his niece Luanne Platter (the show lost a lot in season six when Luanne started to be absent from most episodes). And the first season offered some of the show's most memorable comedy moments, like the botched threatening phone call from neighbor Dale Gribble (Johnny Hardwick), the first entrance of Dale's "son" Joseph (Brittany Murphy) and Hank's first meeting with obnoxious neighbor Kahn (Toby Huss). The 3 disc set will include a ton of extras. There are audio commentaries on eight episodes: Two by co-creator Greg Daniels, two by director Klay Hall, and four in-character commentaries by some of the voice actors. There's a new half-hour "making-of" documentary. There are examples of early design sketches and basic animation poses for the main characters. And best of all, there are deleted scenes from all the episodes (including the alternate ending to "The Company Man"). And who can resist the chance to hear Peggy dubbed in fluent Spanish? Buy with confidence, and hope that Fox releases the rest of this excellent series.
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Summary: An Excellent Collection of K.o.t.H. and K.o.t.H. Accessories
Review: This DVD set is the first I have ever purchased and I was pleasantly surprised at all the extra goodies that come with the very humorous and well done 13 episodes of the first season. Judging from other reviews I've read, I probably will not find as many extras on other DVD sets. Each disc is extremely easy to navigate, which is a big benefit to me because I had never operated a DVD player before. The extras include promos, deleted and extended scenes (some with just sketches and audio), the Making of King of the Hill with the creators, voices, and animators, a Barenaked Ladies music video starring Dale Gribble, and commentaries on selected episodes by co-creator Greg Daniels, director Klay Hall, and some of the characters. The commentaries I found to be a little boring and not well rehearsed. The best commentary was of the episode "Shins of the Father" by Peggy and Bobby Hill. The voice of Peggy does an excellent job bringing her character's personality into the commentary with very funny results. The commentary of "Westie Side Story" by Dale and Bill is also very good. The characters seem all too real. Another interesting extra is the "Do's and Don't's" list used by the animators for drawing the characters correctly. Every detail is scrutinized including the eye movements, finger placement, the proper color to use when liquid spills on clothing, what should be seen through windows, Dale's cigarette positioning, etc. Much time and care is taken into this program to make it as realistic as possible, and it definitely shows in this DVD set. And, of course, the episodes are great including my favorite "Hank's Unmentionable Problem." This series had it right from the beginning. Hank, himself, would be proud of this set, "I tell you what."
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Summary: Dumb show
Review: This has to be one of the dumbest shows ever it is all hoosiers and they are terrible they all suck even thought it is all animated I would not wish this on my worst enemy
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Summary: this shows funny
Review: this is a hilarious show.when this show first came out i just liked it because it looked like the simpsons. i didnt really understand the jokes, but now that there on dvd and i understand them i cant stop laughing. this shows hilarious also cause its the creator of beavis and butthead. beavis and butthead is hilarious and so is king of the hill. this dvd has great special features to. it has 50 deleted scenes behind the scenes like interviews with the stars. theses episodes are hilarious too. usually the first season isnt that great but this shows first season is so freakin hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!get this dvd!!!!!!!
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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS
Review: This is one of my favortie shows that are on TV today. It is hilarious watching every episode. This is probably one of the best shows ever. EPISODES IN SEASON 1: Pilot-10/10
Square Peg-10/10
The Order Of The Straight Arrow-10/10
Luanne's Saga-8/10
Hank's Got The Willies-9/10
Westie Side Story-8/10
Hank's Unmentionable Problem-10/10
Shins Of The Father-10/10
Peggy The Boggle Champ-9/10
Keeping Up With Our Joneses-10/10
Plastic White Female-9/10
The Company Man-8/10
King Of The Ant Hill-10/10 SPECIAL FEATURES:
-Over 50 deleted scenes
-Selected episode commentaries
-Barenaked Ladies Music Video
-Animatics,alternate,endings, and promo spots
-Behind the Scenes Featurette
-"Meet the Hills" gallery
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Summary: A complete waste of Time and Money
Review: This is one of the worste telivision shows on TV. The animation is Horible. It isn't even Funny! If you are considering buying this DONT. Save your money. I would Highly Reccomend These other great animated comedies on DVD:
-The Simpsons
-Family Guy*
-South Park
-Futurama
*Family Guy is my all time Favorite animated comedy I highly Recomend Volume 1 or 2 DVD!
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Summary: Only in the Republic of the Lone Star
Review: This program is hytsterical. Unfortunately, non-Texans may not even get half the jokes, such as the name "LuAnn Platter" which is a take-off on a plate lunch special from Texas chain "Luby's Cafeteria." Look, learn, love. I'm stuck living in New England, and this keeps me in touch with my home.
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