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In the end, instead of being a key plot point that could have changed the series for the better, it was nothing more than a throwaway gag that landed with a thud in the closing moments of King of the Hill. More importantly, Ian is also a wrestling fan, comic book reader, video game player, and photographer. He loves to write and writes about what he loves. Ian's also an unrepentant, unapologetic Cougar Town fan, a show he will defend until the day he dies. Follow him on Twitter at ThePrairieGeek.

By Ian Goodwillie Published Nov 25, Boomhauer is a friend of the Hill family and hangs out in the alley drinking beer with Dale, Bill, and Hank. He is famous for his rapid pattern of muddled, nearly-incomprehensible speech. It appears to be genetic, as his grandmother, brother, and other Boomhauer family members speak the same way.

He also peppers his speech with lots of "dang ol's" and "dadgums," often punctuating clauses with "man. Boomhauer is a Texas Ranger and a confirmed bachelor with a taste for fast cars, women, and tiger-print bikini underwear.

He drives a Dodge Coronet. In high school he had an infamous mids Mustang named "Ms. Sally" but had to get a new car after Hank, Bill, and Dale accidentally drove it into a quarry while playing a prank on him.

While attending high school with the three others, he played on the football team as the starting quarterback. His idol is Wilt Chamberlain probably for both his athletic prowess and for his famous luck with women , and he is allergic to macadamia nuts. Lacrosse is a Native American game, another homage to his biological father John Redcorn.

For the first eleven months of this show's run, Mike Judge's original show, Beavis and Butt-Head , was still on the air. In March of , a Beavis and Butt-Head spin-off titled Daria also premiered, lasting up until the early s. In season one, Bobby Hill was eleven years old, and thus born in In later seasons, he was said to be thirteen years old. Due to this show's floating timeline, this means Bobby could have been born in by the time the last episode aired in In season two, episode sixteen, "Traffic Jam", Hank described seeing a film in his last Driver's Ed class which was similar to what Beavis and Butt-Head saw in Beavis and Butt-Head season four, episode twenty-three, "Safe Driving".

Throughout this show, Bobby had only one girlfriend for the first five seasons, Connie. He also dated an older girl for one episode voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar. Peggy's signature dish she cooked on holidays or special occasions was Apple Brown Betty.

In the episode with the diving pig at the fair, the pig's most difficult dive is called the "Johnny Cash", and it must dive through a flaming ring. This is a direct reference to Johnny Cash's song "Ring of Fire". Bass Pro Shops, the company that appeared on Hank's fishing hat, is an actual chain of stores.

Dale wore a hat with Mack the big truck company on it. Bob's Burgers , an animated sitcom that was also on the FOX network, featured a variety of people that were also involved with this show: regular voice actress Pamela Adlon credited as Pamela Segall and Pamela Segall Adlon at times and regular voice actor David Herman; guest voice actors Gary Cole, Paul F. In the pilot episode, Seinfeld was mentioned.

The gang makes comments with Boomhauer saying " just show about nothing". Seinfeld's pitch for their pilot show within the show. Then the gang stands and does nothing The license plate on Dale's truck was LXD Peggy's maiden name was Platter. There have been many songs that have played over the course of the series.

Mickey 3. Hello Walls 4. Genie in a Bottle 5. Blue Moon of Kentucky 6. Kids of America 7. Insane in the Brain 8.

Free Fallin' 9. I Will Survive Dragula Cherry Pie. The license plate on Hank's pickup truck was JD Ron Wasserman , writer of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme song, submitted acoustic guitar music for the show during the early stages of production, and almost got hired to be the composer. Is this interesting? Spoilers The trivia item below may give away important plot points. Boomhauer's job was not revealed until near the end of the final episode.

Lauren Tom, who was the voice of Amy on Futurama and played Julie on Friends , even managed to switch back and forth between her two characters when necessary, which was a talent she shares with Judge the voice of Hank and Boomhauer among others. In , Fox ordered a spinoff about the main character of the Mexican soap opera within the King of the Hill universe.

Once John Altschuler wrote Lucky and described him in that kind-of-flattering way, the producers decided that they had to at least try and get Petty to audition. Fortunately for them, King of the Hill was one of the musician's favorite shows. A man upset about Beavis and Butt-Head left Judge a voice message that he had to replay multiple times in order to understand what was being said.