King of the Hill

Too understated and intelligent for its own audience.

It might help that I grew up in the very town that Mike Judge says inspired Arlen (Richardson, TX), but I just love this show. It's not the high-energy romp of stuff like The Simpsons, Futurama, South Park, American Dad or Rick and Morty, but something different, quieter, subtler, but no lesser for it. Indeed, it's my favorite adult animated sitcom. Such a rich sense of place and relatable people. I just sink into this show like a warm bath. I love it; I'm sad there's nothing on like it today.

A deep and layered show that cannot be fully grasped by one viewing. This writeup of Hank Hill is amazing: https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/2r8ou0/i_believe_that_hank_hill_is_one_the_most_complex/ and as someone who grew up in Texas it is a nice tribute to the state and does it justice.

Originally compared to The Simpsons, which was unfair and unfounded. It grows on you, especially with age. The older I get the more Hank Hill makes sense.

This is the most accurate depiction of my life in Texas that I've ever seen.

i have a crush on peggy. and minh. the Souphanousinphones always get me going

The first three seasons were the show's peak, and it became borderline bad near the end, but for the most part it was difficult to turn King of the Hill off whenever it was on -- even when I was younger and didn't laugh at anything that wasn't Bill hurting himself, or Dale hurting himself.

"Why are we watching a foreign movie? You'd think if it was any good they would make an American version." This quote has changed the game of watching movies.

A show that's multi-layered and multi-faceted, it requires you to actually watch a lot of episodes and to get to know a lot of its characters to understand its humor. That said though, the humor can be absolutely comical and for Texans I'm sure it was something a lot of them could relate to. A hard show to really get into and humor which can be dry at times, but I think it's pretty good for what it is.

Varied a little in quality over its run, but often superb.