How close is the "King of the Hill" Cartoon to Austin, TX? (Center: cinema, fence)

[equus007]

Never owned the hat. Do own the boots(and they're bad-ass too).

When I lived in Grapevine(DFW Airport) we would go down and watch the Asians getting off of international flights wearing stark white Stetsons and rare animal boots of some sort. A few even had spurs. In Madrid there is a place called the "Texas Bar". You walk inside and everything is covered in UT schwag. Some Spaniards would go dressed like "cowboys". They all looked like James Dean. This was before GWB ruined Texas' image for the world. Carpetbagger!

[ITChick]

Originally Posted by Texanwannabe

I disagree...Every time I visit Fort Worth...I feel like I stepped into a western movie scene. There are men wearing wranglers, boots and hats. There are many men riding their horses right down the main drag near the stockyards. It is a real cowboy town.

I guess I didn't travel too far into Ft. Worth then.

I do remember seeing several fields with cows, but that was it, as far as stockyards/countryside goes. Everywhere else I traveled looked like a big city to me.

[ITChick]

Originally Posted by atxcio

And the propane thing... dunno about you, but as I would drive from Dallas to Austin, along I35 just north as you enter Austin... there was a little office building with a sign like "Texas Propane Association" or something... it was on like a little hill on the west side of the highway... for some reason, I always noticed it. Maybe Mike Judge did too.

I have to visit that site when I'm in Austin and take a picture.

[kt2le]

Originally Posted by Texanwannabe

I disagree...Every time I visit Fort Worth...I feel like I stepped into a western movie scene. There are men wearing wranglers, boots and hats. There are many men riding their horses right down the main drag near the stockyards. It is a real cowboy town.

I don't mean to disillusion you but the stockyards is a tourist area and anybody riding a horse around there is paid to do it.

[jabbit]

wait till the make a cartoon based upon characters from deep south texas....from corpus to the valley

sporting that tex-mex, spanglish accent and lingo.

people not used to south texas will freak out about the culture down there. its a texas stereotype buster.

love it.

[love roses]

I agree. My moms family is from the Sinton/Corpus Christi area and even though they are white Germans, there is a slight spanish sound to their accent. They also do spanish things for the holidays, like tamales on Christmas day and New Years. My grandpa used to drive us into Mexico a lot when we were kids, too. Yep, a whole different flavor.

[b. frank]

[quote=ITChick;1253774]I know it takes place in the fictional town of "Arlen, TX", but since Mike Judge lives in Austin, I was wondering if any part of the show is comparable to life there.
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In one episode, Hank travels to Peggy's native Montana and meets Henry Winkler, who has bought a ranch near Peggy's homestead. When Winkler asks Hank where in Texas he's from, Hank replies, "Arlen."
Mishearing him, Winkler responds:"Oh, I LOVE Austin!" to which Hank responds with a nasty sneer.
KOTH is definitely set in anywhere-Texas (where good conservatives hate Austin), but certainly not in Austin.

[SDBreaux]

Umm, I think it's referring to Arlington, TX.

Yuuup.

Yup.

[GANKS]

I just saw KOTH tonight. It's Arlen and they took a trip Austin for Bill's birthday. And the former gov Richards drank beer with them in the alley. I never watch KOTH much but now I love it, it seems so much funnier when hyou are in Texas.

[TheHarvester]

Originally Posted by b. frank

...Winkler responds:"Oh, I LOVE Austin!" to which Hank responds with a nasty sneer.
KOTH is definitely set in anywhere-Texas (where good conservatives hate Austin), but certainly not in Austin.

Yup.
Yup.
Yup.
Dang-ol' yup.
*pop*---*fizzz*---*glug-glug-glug*

But it doesn't get any better than when Khan Suphanusaphon looks over the fence and sees Bobby "marrying" LuAnn and calls out to his wife to hurry and come see "hillbilly redneck marrying cousin!" I can just imagine the happiness he felt in that moment...