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They're a tiny school in a small town in Texas. What we see of it is they're playing an archaic style of football (hence going to state once), best described as the old adage, "three yards and a cloud of dust." Hank was just the biggest fish in a tiny, tiny pond and would've stood no chance playing college ball. But it's rural Texas, so ball is life and you get the reverence Al Bundy wishes he got.
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namlosh posted:I think it was a writers mistake. I played a lot of football at a small high school in Ohio and I ran a 5.7 40 and I was a lineman. Fast times were in the low-mid 4’s and this was in the 90’s. We made it to state semi-finals one year before getting our asses handed to us. We were also in the smallest division. Yeah their approach to Hank's high school football career doesn't make sense and is just whatever it needs to be to fit the story. I guess they were a rush only offense for Hank to have an untouchable yardage record and Bill to also have a TD record. Maybe Hank was constantly getting tackled at the one yard line? Milo and POTUS posted:Arlen's a p big town I think so I assume it's in one of the higher divisions. Yeah, whatever the level is with the size of Texas and the intensity of their football programs making it to state at any level would be huge.
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Aug 8, 2022 17:28
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The present football stuff has always been inconsistent just because it’s 2 in universe years over 10+ seasons. Sometimes they have a team that has a high chance of making it to state, other times they get their butts kicked by McMaynerberry
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Aug 8, 2022 17:33
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That's just fandom baby. Every year you're going to the playoffs until the season starts and you find out you're the Lions.
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Aug 8, 2022 17:37
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Arlen is apparently 1400 to 140000 people lmao. In show too
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Aug 8, 2022 17:44
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Milo and POTUS posted:Arlen is apparently 1400 to 140000 people lmao. In show too Yeah, how small and how rural it is varies wildly over the course of the show. I don't think they ever varied on Hank making it to state but losing, though. That's a core bit of his backstory.
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Aug 8, 2022 17:48
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Milo and POTUS posted:Arlen is apparently 1400 to 140000 people lmao. In show too Lol I didn't know that. They'd need to have multiple high schools with that many people but not sure if Hank's school ever plays an in-town rival. I mean I know it's TV and they have whatever the plot needs, same with how Springfield has army, navy, and air force bases but the military isn't a core part of their economy.
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it's also simultaneously a feasible drive to to Dallas to buy crack and a feasible drive to Mexico
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Aug 8, 2022 17:55
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funniest part about the football flashbacks to me is Boomhower calling audibles. You'd expect the entire team to just totally run off in random directions and poo poo.
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hawowanlawow posted:it's also simultaneously a feasible drive to to Dallas to buy crack and a feasible drive to Mexico I thought he bought the crack in arlen
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Traxis posted:Hank ran the 40 in 5.9 seconds which is very slow Extremely slow if you consider coach apparently gave them all amphetamines Edit: and salt tablets
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Aug 8, 2022 18:15
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Hank played football in the 70s. Big ol power backs hammering away. Also you're overthinking a show.
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Aug 8, 2022 18:35
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if Peggy has her mom on speed dial how come they haven't talked in 15 years
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bobjr posted:Hank had the rushing yards record, Bill the touchdown record. That's just like some baseball records that were scored over poor pitching or w/e. If you're a dece basketball player against a league of dwarfs in 1972 and your scoring average is 78 points per game (idk w/e stats nerds) it's gonna be hard to beat in 1998 where everyone is playing good defense and can reach the basket or w/e.
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Aug 8, 2022 18:46
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Did I miss a scene (very possible) or is there some incredible visual storytelling in the softball episode where peggy pitches for strickland and gets the yips. After getting back home you can see the windshield glass on the truck is broken. She has to be stopped
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hawowanlawow posted:it's also simultaneously a feasible drive to to Dallas to buy crack and a feasible drive to Mexico theyre supposed to be between DFW and Austin and Kahn commutes to Houston every day
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The Saucer Hovers posted:theyre supposed to be between DFW and Austin and Kahn commutes to Houston every day they have been called South Texans a few times
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South Texas Pig Jockies.
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Pig jockey! Works for rib tips!
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Ches Neckbeard posted:Hank played football in the 70s. Big ol power backs hammering away. Also you're overthinking a show. im not on page 253 of the king of the hipl thread for a casual discussion
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Robo Reagan posted:im not on page 253 of the king of the hipl thread for a casual discussion Okay. Hank Hill was born in 1957, meaning he entered high school most likely in 1972 or so. Typically, especially in a high school setting, football players are going to not play as freshman, slightly more play as sophmores, etc, as starting spots are filled with upperclassmen as they graduate out. As it's suburbia Texas, you're going to see a higher rate of people joining the military, even something as unpopular as Vietnam. 1973 was the last year Americans were drafted into the military and the Vietnam war continued until 1975. Many with an inkling towards service would volunteer rather then waiting to be drafted, so the most likely reason why Hank Hill holds Arlen's rushing records are that the upper classmen were more likely to have left school early, freeing up a chance for Hank to play running back from early on in his high school career and pad his stats.
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nice is koth still getting a reboot like I heard
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The official word is that they are open to a reboot. Nothing has been confirmed or quashed yet.
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There'll probably be a reboot eventually and it'll probably be terrible but at least the thread will have something new to talk about.
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Was there not a formal announcement that it's already in production or something?
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There was a clickbait article with a headline that came out at SDCC or another con recently that suggested it was back, but it was just a clip of Judge at the Beavis and Butthead panel saying they'd love to bring KoTH back without any actual confirmation.
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You could lie down with your legs across a train track.
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namlosh posted:I think it was a writers mistake. I played a lot of football at a small high school in Ohio and I ran a 5.7 40 and I was a lineman. Fast times were in the low-mid 4’s and this was in the 90’s. We made it to state semi-finals one year before getting our asses handed to us. We were also in the smallest division. I think it makes for the best story if Hank usually ran faster than that, but his official 40 time came on a recruiting visit to SMU, where the wild partying the coaches foisted upon him left him in no condition to run the next day. This motivated Hank to blow the lid off the Pony Express scandal.
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Boomhaur got a full ride to BYU, got expelled for getting laid.
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bobjr posted:Boomhaur got a full ride to BYU, got expelled for getting laid. Dang ol tabernacle choir man, robes for days man you know I mean.
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The Moon Monster posted:You could lie down with your legs across a train track. That actually works out about right for a typical 150 lb person
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https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/jimmy-tangos-fat-busters/2861295
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dolphinbomb posted:There'll probably be a reboot eventually and it'll probably be terrible but at least the thread will have something new to talk about. For most shows I'd agree but Judge has a strong reboot record. I liked the 2011 Beavis & Butthead and the newest version, so the usual concerns about a creator voicing the same characters decades later should be manageable. Plus guessing he's doing fine financially and creatively so it's not like it is his only option so that would help to give them more breathing room for making the show interesting.
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It'll be sad to recast luanne though
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Mr. Lobe posted:It'll be sad to recast luanne though Just have Peggy interrupt her whenever she is about to say something.
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Mr. Lobe posted:It'll be sad to recast luanne though Maybe when the show returns it’ll be revealed that Gracie now the older sister to a set of twins named Brittany and Tom. 
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Mr. Lobe posted:It'll be sad to recast luanne though I think you have to write her and Lucky out. You don’t have to have them be dead, but some explanation for them not being around anymore. If they are aging the characters and you go with the dead route, you can have their daughter and Good Hank as the Bobby-aged characters.
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X JAKK posted:Just have Peggy interrupt her whenever she is about to say something. Lmao
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X JAKK posted:Just have Peggy interrupt her whenever she is about to say something. Works for a movie or special, but if she's a regular it's going to get tired quick, and reusing old lines always feels disrespectful if it's not just to wrap up a loose end and get the character's arc finished.
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