After 15 years of waiting, it is time to wipe off your favorite beer from barrel and to break out the grill, which was followed up with propanum and propane list, because King of the Hill Is back.
The Emmy Prize winner series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels caught up in a few years after the last Hill family, seen. Hank (judge) and Peggy Hill (Kathy Najimy) are now retired and return to a more modern Arlen, Texas, after years of work in Saudi Arabia. Her son Bobby (Pamela Adlon) is 21 years old and lives his best life and navigates and navigates adulthood as a Japanese-German fusion cook in Dallas. The friends of the Hills conspiracy theorists Dale (Johnny Hardwick/Toby Huss), strolling hairdresser Bill (Stephen Root), rapidly speaking Boomhauer, new neighbor Brian Robertson (Keith David), Perfectionist Minh (Lauren Tom), News Anchor Nancy (Ashley Gardner) and Bobby's Friend (Tom) (Tom).
Here Deadline talks to the judge and voice actors Tom and Huss about bringing the legendary Texans into modernity.
Term: Talk about that King of the Hill in modern culture. It was fun to see how episodes were tackled in the Incel culture and sexless toilets. They also aged the characters.
Mike Richter: Because our show is less surreal than other animated shows, as said Say, The SimpsonsIt only seemed that even during the original run of the show, especially with Bobby, how long can we get it to keep it [a young kid and teenager]? For us it just seemed to do the right thing. We all read a reunification table in the San Francisco Sketchfest in 2017, and then we talked about the idea of doing the show again. As soon as we have carried many ideas around, we came across this idea of Hank and Peggy, who had gone out of the country in Saudi Arabia, and then come back and come back and back [things evolved from there]. It seemed only a good way to be. Even if I would look on Twitter, I would see people who said that Bobby and Connie should now be adults. So it only seemed as if the universe told us.
During the original run of the show, Greg [Daniels] And I talked about it in the author's room. We had this concept from Andy Griffith back and he is angry because we grew up The Andy Griffith Show, And we wanted to bring this kind of old school into the world. Now we look back as Hank Hill and he is angry. It's funny because the Aramco base [petroleum company] Has this idyllic, perfect American city for Americans over there. So it seemed great for Hank. He is in this idyllic world and then comes back to America. And now he says: “What the hell?”
Toby Huss: Right. He was almost capitulated there. He got used to the fact that women were covered up and modest [laughs].
Term: This made me think about this male empowerment scheme in Episode 9. Hank quickly realizes that these men are trying to incorrectly attract women's attention. Hank appears to tell them that women deserve to be treated with respect.
Huss: Hank always had the flowers to accept bobby as he is.
JUDGE: And they watch how Hank grows through the series and realize that he should not make this change to hug his son like this, but then he did it.
Lauren Tom: Good for him!
JUDGE: You see that Hank has all these good instincts there.
Term: It's been a while since I saw the original run of the series, but I have the feeling that Dale is more paranoid this time this time.
Huss: I would now rather call him a centerist [laughs]. He is now more a centrical center one than ever, just because all of his paranoid views are now real topics in many television programs and throughout the Internet. It must be a disturbing feeling for Dale, who was once the insider and now everything develops around him.
JUDGE: There are now more flat experts than then when we started the show.
Term: Connie and Minh I always have an interesting relationship in the series. But in season 14 it seems that Minh learns from Connie this time. Talk more about this dynamic in the new episodes.
Tom: I think her roles have turned around in a way because Minh always controlled a kind of her daughter. And then Connie is now trying to be more adult and tries to persuade her mother to do something crazy. And I just think that Connie has now got more. So their dynamics have changed, but in a healthy way.
Term: How was it back into these roles after all this time?
Tom: It was more than anything else about joy. It was able to see all of our friends with whom we grew up. Like a family game.
JUDGE: Read this first table has really fun.
Term: Toby, they had to take over as a Dale for Johnny Hardwick after having died in the air before this season. Talk about it a little about it.
Huss: It was something I have never done and took on the role of someone. Dale was a role from Johnny Hardwick's wonderful brain. Hopefully I can go on and not add so much [of myself] But just keep going what he went and water thought for him.
Term: What do you hope that the fans come out of this version of the TV series, now that it is back and is more modern than ever?
Tom: I like a saying that is: “If you want to make yourself happy, lose something and then want to find it again.” This is what I hope that people will discover again.
JUDGE: For me, I have received a lot of people over the years who said: “I have a look at King of the Hill Before I go to sleep. “And I agree. [whatever topic] Makes you angry or brings you up. But then you go into the real world and all of that [noise] Is just Twitter or a platform – they go into the real world and people are a little more beautiful, normal. And I think we see this show just out there in the real world.
King of the Hill The 14th season is now available to completely stream Hulu.
[This interview has been edited for length and clarity]