I love the allegory of how even though Hank wasn’t actually using the crack for its…intended purpose, his constant fishing trips are an addiction of its own.
I've seen this sentiment many times before and I gotta agree; Luanne not utilizing her mechanic skills as a potential career path was a huge mistake by the writers.
@CherryHotSauce they could and use it as the explanation for why she and lucky aren't around anymore. They got an amazing job in Dallas and she's living her best life owning her own garage.
I'm an amateur angler. It's not just the crack that the bass gotten wise. Largemouth are the most intelligent freshwater fish. They can memorize a particular lure after one bite.
@warwulf1889 if anything the first trip we see, is slightly inaccurate. Hank should have been bit, by every other fish not largemouth. Live bait is the best yet unpredictable bait you can use. If you're using worms, everything likes worms so you would catch the most, no two fish will be the same. You can possibly get bluegill, perch, catfish, shad, crappie, anything and everything that is free meal.
They are scary smart. I spent almost an entire summer trying to catch this one absolutely massive bass. I came close but he outsmarted me every time and i eventually let him have his freedom
I want to add this in about Boomhower. that episode when they were all firefighters and Hank clearly place the blame on Chet elder son, Boomhower was not going for it. He was still blaming Dale for burning down the fire house. I think Boomhower is willing to let his friends fry for whatever stupid shit they got into.😂
I think Boomhauer has a more strict moral code than Hank when it comes to certain things. He doesn't want a dead man's name soiled just to cover what was a complete accident.
I think boomhower understood that Hank wasn't doing crack, given that they were all intending to use it on fishing, and not doping. Maybe he shouldn't use it on fish and boomhower could have said something about that.
@@clipsclipsandmoreclips3384yes and no because it takes different chemicals to turn coke in to crack and it gets so removed from it's original compound it may as well be a totally different drug all together.
@@j-bob_oreo Coke, crack, only difference is the addition of an HCL salt making coke water soluble and lowering the melting point. As a base, the melting point rises and it's less likely to burn with heat, making it easier to smoke. Same drug, just a minor difference.
Boomhauer did recognize the crack, He's the one who set up the sting later in the episode. He couldn't blow his cover That's why the fish wouldn't take the crack, They knew they were being watched
I still think early season Luanne was meant to become a mechanic, especially as she displayed none of that calm competence when it came to hairstyling.
She wasn't meant to because the whole point is that she wouldn't be acknowledged for her skills as a mechanic because she's a woman. That's why the guys often brush that side of her off. That's why the show never gives her an episode that seriously highlights her auto skills. And maybe that's why Luanne herself doesn't give pursuing a career as a mechanic any real thought.
According to the king of the Hill wiki Arlen has a population of 145,000. Slightly larger than that city you talked about moving to. So it's a good size city with parks and drug dealers and plenty of shady parts of town.
THANK YOU! I been saying for years Boomhauer made a fake badge to pick up chicks. Your the first reviewer acknowledge that is something that Boomhauer would probably do.
In Maine, a “pond” is any body of water where you can see the opposite shore; in Florida, a “lake” is any body of water that’s not the ocean Source: friend’s dad who is from Maine but lived in Florida
I think Boomhower might have not thought it was crack considering it is Hank handing it out! If it was Dale then maybe he'd think it but even Hank didn't know what he was doing.
I want to say that they did at least set up that the judge used “creative sentencing” in the intro storyline so it’s not completely out of line that that same judge would use creative justice on Hank later.
If I recall in regards to Boomhauer, his character has perhaps the largest amount of inconsistencies with his background. Hank, Bill, and Dale were pretty set while with Boomhauer, his story just seemed more enigmatic. He’s never seen working any sort of job, his family seems to be fairly well off, and his family members all only have their unintelligible speech in common. I feel like they threw the Texas Ranger thing in there to try and cement Boomhauer as The Ace among the characters.
It’s a shame Hank doesn’t want to try anything more with Peggy. There is only so much a person can take until they find something they like. Life goes unfulfilled.
I went to court once for some traffic thing, don't even remember. But one guy before me had been caught for public drunkenness several times. The judge was tired of it, so he sentenced him to not being able to buy or consume alcohol in the entire state. Pretty sure the judge didn't have the power for such a sentence. But the court rooms reaction was funny. Everyone did the classic. Ooooooooooooohhhh. When he handed the sentence down.
8:00 Fred Meyers was founded in my hometown (Portland, OR) and I in a very strange way am always happy to hear it be mentioned by other people. I had no idea that that chain wasn't in every state like Walmart or Target was until I started going on the internet and people kept asking me what Fred Meyer's was.
Im an alcoholic who's made more progress cutting down on alcohol while living *_IN MY DADS VAN WITH MY DAD_* than i ever did living rural with my sister and her dickhead boyfriend... I mean i still live in a shitty stupid little farmtown off the side of the highway but at least we can always go somewhere and do something if we have the money Seriously, more alcohol discipline in the past two months than I've had in the past 6 years. Im not doing good, Im probably going to end up needing blood cleaning twice a week, Im probably not going to make it past 30, but damnit I'm making progress
14 months alcohol free and similar age, don't give up man! Never would have thought in 2021 that not only would I be able to stop drinking, I'd have thought me completely stopping for good and no longer even wanting to drink was impossible. If you can, see an addiction specialist, they've helped a lot of people I know who were drinking themselves to death and were able to even detox most of them without putting them in a hospital too, none had a seizure because they were properly medicated. Good luck!
Man loving this series. Long time King of the Hill fan, I think I've binged your coverage in a day only found your channel 2 days ago. Keep up the good content
*Fun Texas Trivia time* I always had a particular fondness for this episode in that it mentions Humble, Texas (where Dale attended his exterminator course, though not mentioned in this video). It was not only the city where I was born, but it was also correctly pronounced as "Umble" with a silent H, as that is how the name is pronounced. An outsider would've emphasized the H. :)
My favorite theory about this episode regarding Boomhauer is that he’s the one responsible for getting the dealer arrested, but didn’t expect them to get caught in the crossfire, he was hoping Hank just wouldn’t be able to get anymore and they could just move on.
Good theory, if that was a real badge at the end of the series, that would make sense boomhauer knew exactly what the substance was and didn't want his friend to continue buying it but didn't want to break it to Hank that he was so naive either. Only thing that stands out is that if that was the case, why wouldn't boomhauer testify as an officer that he witnessed Hank use the drug to catch fish or have a conversation with the prosecuting attorney and judge behind the scenes? Certainly the word of a Texas Ranger or whatever his title is would be more than enough evidence for the courts to toss out the case against Hank and Dale, especially if it was his tip that led to the bust in the first place.
@@Blunt_Maneither he felt ashamed For getting Hank and Dale in trouble [dont think thats entirely in character but best one i could think of] or Boomhauer thought he would have gotten fired if he said that [again not perfect but the best one i could think of]
I found your channel last night and I can't believe how much talent you have already even though you channel is almost brand new. keep up the good work skelly
Pretty sure its cruel AND unusual. You have to meet both. I could be wrong but ive heard lawyers disguss it before and they were saying you need both for it to be a violation. An unusual punishment isnt inherently a bad punishment and a cruel one might be usual (death penalty)
Just discovered your channel; your reviews are very insightful. This has always been one of my favorite episodes. I watched it when it first aired. No matter how many times I have seen this over the years, it never fails to make me laugh.
I think Boomhauer knew it was crack and probably figured Hank had no idea what he had so as long as none of them actually used it for it's "actual" purpose, he didn't see a problem and kept it to himself
As a ranger (assuming that's the case), I feel like he'd still be concerned about the potential of Hank getting caught with it or buying it like what happened. Just going to the hood itself is the last place Hank should be, I'm surprised someone didn't just rip him off or Rob him tbh lol
I like to think he thought the idea of Hank actually buying crack was too ridiculous to be true, and chose to believe that it was just some kind of super bait that just so happened to look like crack.
The judge in this episode was based on a real judge who did similar sentences. I think he was in Tennessee. He sentenced a guy who stole CDs from a music store to stand outside with a sign saying what he did. It was legal because it counted as community service. I think he also sentenced other shoplifters to walk around in T shirts saying what they did. I'm not sure, but I think there may have also been a second judge in Texas who did similar things.
both the trauma part and a drug culture error: you said ingesting crack but people don't normally do that. you get a stronger high by smoking it. not a user but when I moved back to this town after 6 years all my childhood friends were into everything. crack, fentanyl, heroin, meth. then I Reconnected with my main man Matt and asked him what he was on...he pulled out a DBZ game and said he was on the android saga. the trauma part: only friend who lived an honest life, 21 years old, had 2 jobs to support his then 1 year old daughter, studying to become an auto mechanic, set to inherit his father's house, and Thanksgiving Sunday coming up 4 years ago now he gets hit by a car.
4:15 "Okay, so while [being legally ordered to live in a truck for three months] would definitely violate the "Cruel and Unusual Punishments" Clause of the U.S. Constitution ..." Hey now! Before you judge, remember: _King of the Hill_ takes place in _Texas!_ As a Texan, I can assure you that one standard pickup truck (designed specifically for the Texas auto market) is roomier and better-equipped than some _counties_ on the East Coast!
Cliff notes: I worked in mental health years ago and I got kicked in the crotch by a topless woman who had some issues who kept saying I was god. Love the channel! Keep it up!
That's a bad idea, God is the last enemy you wanna make lol. You should have told her she's lucky you don't smite her for such a sinful act, maybe she'd have calmed down a bit after hearing that directly from God haha
I am fairly sure I know what town in Alaska you took that picture in. I got stupidly excited to see that mountain. I have lived out of state for ten years, but I still call it home.
We never had to study salmon, but in elementary school in California we did have a dissection class about sharks and fish. I think it was because my teacher had a friend that worked at the aquarium, we did have a lot of field trips to the aquarium too. And in middle school in Nevada, I did go to Sea Camp in California and we dissected different sea creatures to learn about them.
Traumadumpin as ordered; drugs tore my biofamily apart My biomom threw a bday party for my little brother when he turned 13 and gave him and all his friends alcohol and cannabis at it and just was the coolest of moms in that stereotypical way thats rly just sad when ya see it for what it is... Ofc, cops showed up within like a day or day and half tops (some kid ofc told their parent), and sent us into foster care whilst she went to jail for it
I... I used to work for fred meyers.... I suppressed that era of my life until you mentioned it again. And no, it wasn't just you, I had to learn about salmon anatomy too here in washington. And yeah... luanne becoming a mechanic got so squandered, I wanted to see that be utilized more.
5:18 so funny story, my mom and stepdad live next to a water main or something like that. So the town would dig up parts of their front yard when it needed repairs, one time they just kept the dirt and this scene reminds me of that
Just found you channel and have been binging your playlist from ep.1. My trauma could fill a book, and i was momentarily tempted to comment some of it, but instead , I'll just say thank you for making these videos. I really appreciate them.
Another great one as always! One request: Would it be possible for you to add a card at the end of the video listing the sources for the clips you use? Sometimes you'll use something that looks really interesting, but then I'll have no clue what it is! Keep up the good work, man!
It's not an argument, it's a set measurement of volume. Ponds have considerably less volume of water than lakes do. It's a set amount. It would be like arguing between 16ozs and a lb.
At that time there was a legitimate judge that sentenced people to do things like "hold a sigh on the side of a main street saying "i got caught being a thief"" and weird things like that.
Video comment 4 publicly hoping you one day tackle the task of review the Venture brothers to death. Love the King of the Hill reviews while I wait. Keep up the good work!!!
Coincidentally, identify different parts of the salmon for high school(&grade school), is what we do in Alaska(although maybe it's because I live in a commercial fishing town, cannery included)
Back in college, one of my roommates was white. But he never seen the show. Am Mexican and our other roommate was Japanese. We would watch king of the hill and my white roommate would bust out laughing
I think Boomhauer not recognizing the drugs is because its Hank with it. He most likely assumed he made it like he does his own fertilizer and mulch Also the thing with Peggy not trusting Hank with the most outrageous stuff is cause she is waiting to catch whatever weird thing he into and it turns out to be propane
The original ending of the series was supposed to have Bill bring up memories of past episodes and when brought up the rest of the gang doesn't remember any of those moments and Bill chalks it up as dreams that he had. Meaning lots of the more wild and outlandish stories we're just apart of bills dreams. Like when he stole a tank, even as far as Hank's chinese brother not actually being real.
the judge reminds me of Judge Chick who basically did what this judge did, make criminals face punishments befitting the crimes they committed. was actually very successful.
my drug of choice is "doing the fish stick" funny thing is,that judge was based on a real judge that was famous for his "unique" and oftern,ironic sentances.... one such case was a woman brought in on charges of animal neglect and cruelty (she tied her dog up in thier backyard that was unsanitary and the dog had no food or water) so the judge gave her a choice,a month in jail or 2 weeks living at the dump on rations that would be given to her.
Honestly the existence of pictures of them catching the extreme amount of fish, more than normal in a short timeframe kinda makes the ending silly in-universe. We have photographic evidence here.
This has raised so many questions i dont think I'll ever get the answer to.. I will from now on tease my fisherman fiancé by asking him if he laced his bait before casting 😂😂
8:52 I'm actually so impressed you didn't repeat the same stupid Dr. Doofenshmirtz(???) line that literally everyone else repeats. Always appreciate originality
Man making me have a great week with another review of one of my top ten episodes because season 2 is the best. Cant to talk about honk if you hate Arlen vidoe also in California I don’t remember abut learning about fish
That doesn't violate the cruel or unusual punishment claus. That's actually quite fair. Between jail/prison allowing you to be assaulted in every way possible which far more cruel and unusual considering that I wake up in a truck and I'm not getting assaulted to be quite less traumatic or punishing.
This is another example of how Hank can be a hypocrite. I can understand be frustrated. But the whole point is to be relaxing when you fish. Hank really doesn’t understand the definition of focus.
My thought on boomhauer and the crack. He knew, but he’s not eating the fish and he knows hank well enough to know he’s more likely to be tricked into buying crack than intentionally so why not see if it works as bait?
My personal head canon with this episode is that the only reason why the judge allowed Hank to prove his story was because Hank was able to pass a drug test beforehand. Maybe the cops ran a drug test on Hank and Dale after they were arrested?
Ok... So I just found your channel 😄 Coincidentally I was just binging KOTH (just learned that from your commets section 🤣)... And I'm so excited to find your content ☺️ Really love the commentary & idk why but you remind me of a teacher I used to have... So crazy! But I love your stuff dude and the skeleton is FANTASTIC 👏 Can't wait to see more from you ❤
Guessing you're from Nor-Cal given the "Different Parts of the Salmon" thing. When I went to High School like 2 hours from the Nevada Border here in So-Cal, we dissected Fetal Baby Pigs. Wasn't till I went to HSU for my Degree that I found Salmon in California Schools
I was homeless as a teenager for a couple months because my mentally ill mom threw me out of the house due to alcohol and drug induced paranoia. She was convinced I was stealing from her. I never stole anything from my mom. Wait. Were you serious about the trauma dumping? Lmao my bad…awkward 😅 Your channel is funny. Good content!
