The fans of "King of the Mountains" are a group of enthusiastic people - that's why star Pamela Adlon says she's used to showing her tattoos of her character Bobby Hill.
"I have a lot of people sending me their Bobby tattoos," Adron said. "Or they have a Bobby PIN with the head Bobby Pin. Or they have Bobby on their shirts, chips on the couch. But I'm honored."
Adlon and "King" starring Lauren Tom (Connie) and Toby Huss (Kahn, Cotton and now Dale) join co-creators Mike Judge (also the voice of Hank Hill and Boomhauer) and Greg Daniels and Austin's Paramount Theatre stage last Friday to recall the 13 seasons of running in the series and provide you with some improvements, a reshaping season, a season of 14 seasons of a season.
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"We all grew up together," Tom said. "When we first started back it felt like a huge family gathering. They let us see the first two episodes before we got here, and I can't wait for you guys. There's a little bit of an improvement on the screen and everyone talking."
The judge was successful with Daniels when he collaborated with Daniels in 1997 to create King of the Hill of the Hill, telling Spike Lee's "doing the right thing" actually inspired him to play on the show.
"I used to live in Richardson, Texas in the early '90s in Richardson outside Dallas, and 'do the right thing' came out. I remember thinking, 'I've never even been to Brooklyn, but you can tell you something, wow, it's really nuanced, it's really nuanced, it's really nuanced, it's really nuanced, it's very nuanced, it's really nuanced, it's really nuanced, it's really nuanced, it's really nuanced, it's really nuanced, it's really nuanced, it's really nuanced. "It seems to be real." Why can't someone do this, but our small community? I didn't see anything like this. ”
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It was during San Francisco's 2017 Sketchfest, on the 20th anniversary of the "King of the Mountain" table (the episode of "Husky Bobby") that the audience's strong reaction first made the Judge and Daniels's idea maybe bring back the show. The idea of the duo revival drew Fox's idea that the show wasn't interested in it from 1997 to 2009. It took a while, but as Hulu started building animated cases, the momentum grew.
Adron said she would hear about Kathy Najimy, who once played Peggy Hill, about the latest rumors that the King is making a comeback. "I never felt happy with something like that until something real," she said. "Even on Sketchfest, it was the best feeling and experience that I didn't happen at the time. I never liked something like that because it was too big."
But the judge and Daniels boarded an idea that excited them: to age the character to this day. "When we started talking about the aging of the characters...the idea started to come," the judge said. "Because it was a rooted, realistic show, it seemed right that they were older. It seemed like the right thing to do."
Daniels added: "Hank and all of these guys, it's really fun to bring them back, write and listen, remember what their taste is."
They also re-watched the show to return to that mentality. The judge said that at that time he rediscovered: "It's a good show!"
From there, it's not difficult to get the actors to log in. Tom smiled and said, a reporter asked her if it was a difficult decision or if it had to convince them - Adelon quipped, "We are actors! We are prostitutes! I don't care if it's good!"
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Back to Arlen, Hank and Peggy are now retired - but struggle to figure out how to deal with themselves. "Like, what happens to someone who just needs to be in the job all the time?" said the judge.
"When we first promoted the show that day, we used to say, 'Andy Griffith is back and he's angry." We like the idea of his living at the base at Alamko, like the past few years, this completely idealized American picket fence exists.
It turns out that the "American" community made in Saudi Arabia may be more important than Hank's preferences than Arlen in 2025, and both he and Peggy are struggling to return. The judge joked: "Hank kind of likes women being covered up."
The Austin crowd learned this and booed Dallas’s idea. And if it’s unclear that Arlen is outside of Dallas, it makes it even more determined. Plus, this is definitely not with Hank, but he is using charcoal as a stove.
"He's an adult who can go to the bar and have beer, and he's a hard-working guy," Adron said. "What he's learned from his parents, and it's exciting for me. I love that. I love that. I love watching young people achieve success in any way, shape or form. I love that young people keep moving forward and make plans and plans."
When pointing out this adult Bobby’s game against the ladies, Adlon points out that Bobby is always special.
"He always does that," she said. "The whole spectrum. He's a full-blown guy. He's the Dalai Lama! He gets all the ladies, so it's not an unusual thing. It's almost like he's getting more centered and kind of like his father as an adult."
So now Dell is strangely seen as somewhat rooted. "Dell is now a little left on the left (-wing) due to what's going on in the country," Houss said.
Hardwick posted to Dale in the first six episodes of the Revival before Dale’s death in 2023.
"Johnny, he's an Austin guy, he's one of them," Hous said. "He's a great guy. He's also a great weirdo, he doesn't start with an actor. He's a stand up, he's a fool, he's a writer. He's going to have the victory of Dale, I'm sitting there and watching him go and go, 'Is he the fuck that's that?'
He said to the judge and Daniels: "Looking at him year after year and then you trust me to be his voice is really humble." "I'm not trying to copy Johnny like I wanted to be Johnny and hope Dale comes out. But, it's love and respect for that guy. He laid a really good stupid character. The character is a crazy character, but he has a lot of weird hearts for him, which is a weird heart for him, and sad for Johnny.
“We’re talking about figuring out the best things we do for the show, both to honor them and fans and to honor their performance,” Patterson said. “We found the opportunity to get them to quote on the show and I felt a way of respecting it. We know how important they are.”
“She’s more open,” Tom said. "Whenever an actor plays a role, they always draw on themselves and say, 'Okay, I like that? Let me try to take myself. I guess this looks more real." So Connie is more open than me.
Bill became home during the pandemic and would never leave the house. "Bill goes, 'Hank, I think I'm done with Netflix!'" Patterson said.
Patterson has just restarted the Age of Miracles, but that hasn't stopped him.
"After the age of 'Wonder', it was very difficult for me to get into a property that already had a fan base," he said. "You can never comfort everyone. No one will really accept you as a thing. Then they said, 'King of the Mountain' available, and I said, 'I'll do it!' I was a big fan of the original, and then I sat down with Mike and Greg for the first time and saw their vision, and I thought we'd never seen a lot before.