Most adult cartoons on TV these days are crude, offensive and repetitive (coughFamilyGuycough). Lately the two most popular cartoons for adults on TV are South Park and Family Guy. Since I'm a climate change heretic I found a few scenes in South Park to be funny as it makes fun of environmental extremism, but for the most part South Park is just rude, badly animated and probably upsetting to a lot of people. As for Family Guy, it's funny to the "lowest common denominator", the morons of the world who find child molestation, racism, incest and mentally disabled people to be funny. That's why I cancelled my satellite TV service. Reality shows, tasteless animated programming, and just plain stupid sitcoms have filled nearly every space of television and is making today's generation (which believe it or not I'm a part of), into idiots.King of the Hill was one of the few animated shows out there that was funny without going too far. It had some occasional crude humor but more often than not its humor was based on the scenarios of the show's situations, the facial reactions of the characters and the main characters' personalities. King of the Hill never really makes fun of any race, sexual orientation or disability, and on the brief occasion that a character does this, it is stated aloud that to make fun of these things is wrong.The characters aren't the generic obese, idiotic couch potatoes with three kids the way most characters in cartoons today are. Instead, the main characters are Hank (a prudish, old-fashioned rednecky propane salesman trying to deal with the changes brought about in the 21st century), Peggy Hill (Hank's annoying, nerdy and narcissistic wife) and Hank's son, Bobby (unlike Hank, who is into sports, country music and his considered manly activities, Bobby is overweight, still sleeps with stuffed animals, dresses up in women's clothing to practice comedy routines and is often very lazy). The secondary characters include Dale (a basement-dwelling exterminator who buys into conspiracy theories), Bill (an obese army barber who is often depressed and lonely), Boomhauer (an eligible bachelor and in the last season implied to be a Texas Ranger), Kahn (a usually crabby guy but can often be nice depending on the episode), Luanne (Hank and Peggy's niece who often falls for controlling or perverted men and came from a trailer trash neighborhood), Mihn (Kahn's wife), Cotton (Hank's loud-mouthed, war-obsessed father), Nancy (Dale's wife and a weathergirl for the town news station), Joseph (Bobby's pervy best friend), John Redcorn (Nancy's secret affair and Joseph's real father)... okay, I could go on and on, but the point is, there is a really crazy cast of characters on this show, all likable in their own way.KOTH points out all the problems of the "modern world", a few examples being violence among teens, computers always being upgraded, unhelpful doctors and psychiatrists, chain stores (Megalo-Mart is a parody of Wal-Mart), forced environmentalism, cellular phones and childhood obesity, among many others. The show points these things out in a comical way, without upsetting anyone or using crude humor or offensive slurs. As the show progresses, Hank has moments where he learns to find the good in all people and where he is shown to be a pretty nice guy overall (for example he saves a former prostitute from being taken back to the streets by her Willy Wonka-like pimp). Hank also works at a propane dealership with a number of hilarious characters.The soundtrack was rednecky but catchy all the same and the voice acting was amazing. Hank's catchphrase is screaming "BWAHHHH!!!" whenever he gets mad, but it isn't in every episode, and it's a little different each time. He often makes various funny facial expressions when he does this.I don't mean to sound like I'm ranting, but this show was excellent! Sadly it was cancelled and pathetic shows like Family Guy, American Dad and Bob's Burgers quickly filled its space. It's really unfortunate, because KOTH was hilarious but still had good values for the most part. Maybe someday when people aren't so easily amused by sex jokes, racial slurs and fart noises every five seconds, they'll come to their senses and make shows more similar to this one. Reruns of KOTH are apparently frequent on television still, so if you haven't seen it, be sure to check which channels the reruns are on.

This show was great! The characters were well developed and the story lines usually were funny and witty. Some episodes I found a bit ridiculous, but overall it was an amazing show. Bobby was probably my favorite character. They ended this show and now we have crap like the Cleveland show. But King of the hill will remain a favorite of mine, and all the better that It's now on Netflix. If you haven't sen it, give it a go. It's fun and family friendly, unlike some cartoon shows like South park and Family guy (Don't get me wrong, I love South park and family guy, though I wouldn't call them family friendly shows) RIP King of the hill.

I never really could get into this show as for the most part I found it very unfunny. I only watch it now occasionally because it comes on adult swim and my girlfriend and I usually watch it on that channel when there is absolutely nothing else on television. Why if I do not care for the show you ask? Well there is the once in a while chuckle to be had from the show so it is not all bad. However, for the most part I find it rather boring and the jokes just sputter and die. I would say I am glad the show finally got taken off the air, but I do not really have that view of it as plenty of shows I enjoy are long gone now so I actually hate to see this one go as it is one more non reality television show that is off the air leaving more space for another trash show about swapping children, singing badly or whatever else comes on a show these days. The basic premise of the show revolves around a father just like in other animated television shows from "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons" to the later hits "Family Guy" and "The Simpsons" (granted the Simpsons really started out being more focused on son Bart). The dad works at a propane company and the fact that he works at this propane company and really enjoys his job and propane is a source of jokes for the entire run of the series. After awhile you think they could just dispense with jokes about his boring job. His wife is a substitute teacher and their son is not really everything his father would hope he is. From time to time you would think this show was taking place in the 1950's as wife Peggy looks like that is where she got that hairstyle. However, it has to be taking place in the present as they have many shows based on current trends in technology and stuff. They have a niece who lives with them and causes them much grief and Hank (the father) has a strange assortment of friends. One of which has another one of those gags that keep on going to long as a husband has a cheating wife and he is obviously raising the other man's son as his own. Just not a show I really care for, I did like Beavis and Butthead, but that is because their show was less structured and random than King of the Hill is. At times you could say that it might as well not be animated.

I've been watching King of the Hill for years, along with The Simpsons, and I loved it even before I understood it. But watching past episodes on DVD and reruns, along with watching the new seasons, I've come to appreciate this show for what it is. It probably has the most subtle humor of all the prime time cartoon shows, but it really is just as funny. It also has a unique charm that makes it very different from The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy. My favorite show will always be The Simpsons, but King of the Hill is probably right behind it. The characters are all great, Hank, Peggy, Bobby, Dale, Bill, Boomhauer, and Luann alone are fantastic, but there are several other regular characters that move the story along. The Simpsons, South Park, American Dad, and especially Family Guy have all had weak season, but King of the Hill, despite a few bad episodes, is the only prime time cartoon that I feel has consistently maintained quality throughout its existence. It makes me very sad that this show will be canceled soon, but I highly recommend this show to anyone.