King Of The Hill's Reboot Can Properly Use Its Fake Sci-Fi Movie Story
King of the Hill can use the series’ fake sci-fi movie story from 2000 in the highly anticipated reboot. The realistic humor of King of the Hill made it a standout animated sitcom during its original 13-year run on Fox and it's the same element that still attracts new fans. However, the show's fictional sci-fi movie storyline has legs and will fit nicely into the revitalized series.
The sci-fi «movie» was actually a fake trailer, originally produced in partnership with the Will Rogers Institute to spur concession purchases of the Will Rogers Summer Combo Packs, with proceeds going towards pulmonary disease research and education. The fake movie trailer opens with Hank (voiced by co-creator Mike Judge) and his wife, Peggy (Kathy Najimy) presumably in Washington D.C., standing in front of a destructed White House with a spaceship lodged in the front of the building. Having “saved the world from aliens,” Hank and Peggy look on at their now 50-foot teenage son, Bobby (Pamela Adlon), and an invisible friend, King of the Hill fan-favorite character, Dale Gribble (Johnny Hardwick). Dale, of course, is Arlen, Texas’ resident conspiracy theorist and one of Hank’s best friends. Hank then asks a genie named Shabu to bring his world back to normal.
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King of the Hill has treated audiences to its realistic approach to comedy for decades, gaining a devout audience from its subsequent syndication. The dry yet subversive humor will no doubt appear in the series’ reboot. Original co-creators Judge and Greg Daniels are once again at the helm and much is expected from the show's second outing, including answers to King of the Hill key questions. Existing King of
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