'King of the Hill' (and Dale Gribble) Return To TV After 15 Years (cinemablend.com) 20
Mike Judge always seemed to have secret geek sympathies. He co-created the HBO series Silicon Valley, as well as the movie Office Space (reviewed in 1999 by Slashdot contributor Jon Katz).
Now comes the word that besides rebooting Buffy the Vampire Slayer — and an animated scifi/action/horror film called Predator: Killer of Killers — Hulu is also relaunching Judge's animated series King of the Hill on August 4th. And Cinemablend notes they took great pains to ensure the inclusion of internet-loving neighbor Dale Gribble despite the death of voice actor Johnny Hardwick: Co-creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels joined the cast of returning voice actors for a revealing Q&A at ATX Fest while also revealing longtime cast member Toby Huss took over the role of Dale Gribble... Hardwick passed away in August 2023 at 64, with fans and co-stars paying tribute soon after. It was revealed at the time that he'd recorded some audio for the new season, but it was clear that another actor would be needed to fill those intimidating and conspiracy-obsessed shoes. Among other characters, Huss provided the voice of Cotton Hill and Kahn Sr. in the O.G. run, and feels to me like a natural fit to take over as Dale. And he sounds humbled to have been given the task, telling the ATX Fest crowd:
"Johnny was one-of-a-kind and a wonderful fellow. I'm not trying to copy Johnny...I guess I'm trying to be Johnny. He laid down a really wonderful goofball character...he had a lot of weird heart to him and that's a credit to Johnny. So all I'm trying to do is hold on to his Dale-ness. We love our guy Johnny and it's so sad that he's not here...."
I can already hear Dale himself questioning why he sounds different, and whether or not the government has replaced him with a lizard creature or some other sentient organism... In the immediate aftermath of Johnny Hardwick's death, the word was that the actor had filmed a couple of episodes' worth of material for the Hulu revival, but Mike Judge went on the record at ATX Fest to reveal that initial assessment undershot things entirely. From the voice of Hank Hill himself: "Johnny Hardwick is in six episodes. He's still going to be in the show."
Hulu uploaded the new opening credits to YouTube eight days ago — and it's already been viewed 2.1 million times, attracting 55,000 upvotes and 7,952 comments...
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp shared the official blurb describing the new show: After years working a propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn their retirement nest egg, Hank and Peggy Hill return to a changed Arlen, Texas to reconnect with old friends Dale, Boomhauer and Bill. Meanwhile, Bobby is living his dream as a chef in Dallas and enjoying his 20s with his former classmates Connie, Joseph and Chane.
Now comes the word that besides rebooting Buffy the Vampire Slayer — and an animated scifi/action/horror film called Predator: Killer of Killers — Hulu is also relaunching Judge's animated series King of the Hill on August 4th. And Cinemablend notes they took great pains to ensure the inclusion of internet-loving neighbor Dale Gribble despite the death of voice actor Johnny Hardwick: Co-creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels joined the cast of returning voice actors for a revealing Q&A at ATX Fest while also revealing longtime cast member Toby Huss took over the role of Dale Gribble... Hardwick passed away in August 2023 at 64, with fans and co-stars paying tribute soon after. It was revealed at the time that he'd recorded some audio for the new season, but it was clear that another actor would be needed to fill those intimidating and conspiracy-obsessed shoes. Among other characters, Huss provided the voice of Cotton Hill and Kahn Sr. in the O.G. run, and feels to me like a natural fit to take over as Dale. And he sounds humbled to have been given the task, telling the ATX Fest crowd:
"Johnny was one-of-a-kind and a wonderful fellow. I'm not trying to copy Johnny...I guess I'm trying to be Johnny. He laid down a really wonderful goofball character...he had a lot of weird heart to him and that's a credit to Johnny. So all I'm trying to do is hold on to his Dale-ness. We love our guy Johnny and it's so sad that he's not here...."
I can already hear Dale himself questioning why he sounds different, and whether or not the government has replaced him with a lizard creature or some other sentient organism... In the immediate aftermath of Johnny Hardwick's death, the word was that the actor had filmed a couple of episodes' worth of material for the Hulu revival, but Mike Judge went on the record at ATX Fest to reveal that initial assessment undershot things entirely. From the voice of Hank Hill himself: "Johnny Hardwick is in six episodes. He's still going to be in the show."
Hulu uploaded the new opening credits to YouTube eight days ago — and it's already been viewed 2.1 million times, attracting 55,000 upvotes and 7,952 comments...
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp shared the official blurb describing the new show: After years working a propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn their retirement nest egg, Hank and Peggy Hill return to a changed Arlen, Texas to reconnect with old friends Dale, Boomhauer and Bill. Meanwhile, Bobby is living his dream as a chef in Dallas and enjoying his 20s with his former classmates Connie, Joseph and Chane.
Good show (Score:3)
John Redcorn (Score:5, Informative)
If you haven’t heard, the voice actor for John Redcorn was murdered last week by a homophobe. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/a... [nbcnews.com]
And after months if not years of abuse (Score:3)
They called the idiot that did it. The only thing Texas likes better than fucking up gay people is throwing people in prison so that idiot's going to go to jail for a long time.
It pisses me off to see. People don't become homophobes by accident it's part of a large moral panic used for political reasons. So we have a dead man and the guy was going to do 15 to 20 in prison so did some asshole could win an election.
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Of do you think my kid has $350k lying around to cover tuition
This is a strange non-sequitur, but there's no need to pay that much for tuition. Period. If you paid that much, you just ripped yourself off. It's like you walked into a car dealership and paid 10 times the sticker price. And for what? Because the salesman convinced you that this car was shinier than the rest, and you bought it.
Any employer that's worth a shit doesn't care what school your degree came from. You know those tech companies you love to hate? They used to do that and found it was a terrible ide
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Considering it happened the day before the announcement, I was surprised it wasn't even mentioned in the summary. Every other site that covered the announcement also included the detail of Johnathon Joss' (voice actor of Redcorn) murder.
This was because the return was special in featuring the original voice actors, and it seemed rather newsworthy to note that just on announcement day there would be missing, not because he was holding out, but because he was killed.
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If you haven’t heard, the voice actor for John Redcorn was murdered last week by a homophobe. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/a... [nbcnews.com]
Informative? +4? Jesus. Misinformation, maybe...
I'll see your NBC News link and raise you one NBC News link [nbcnews.com]. You can't hate the mainstream media enough for jumping to publish this kind of uncorroborated hearsay gossip posing as news. Do you see why we don't trust the MSM anymore?
Matt Walsh has a more in-depth and researched report [youtube.com] if you are interested in the real story behind the story.
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...all the propane jokes.
...and those of propane accessories.
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More than likely the Californians that moved there are fairly soft-spoken about politics if not more of what you'd often consider to be conservative. The type of Californians you're thinking of wouldn't be caught dead moving to that area. I know because I live among them. The ones who would be open to the idea of moving to a place like that have already left. The ones who haven't but will at some point are still in the process of being disillusioned with the shitty status their party likes to leave things i
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You know where I like to spend most of my leisure time? The beach. You know what beaches are actually toxic to eat fish from and even so much as swim in? California's. Regardless, I'm the kind of guy who dives with 15 foot tiger sharks (no cage either, btw, no need for it) and thinks nothing of it. Why? Because I know it's safe to do so. I'm not afraid of machine guns either. Why? Well, I've already been trained with the most deadly variants both handheld and HMMWV mounted that the US Army uses, and they do
Re: Its time has passed (Score:2)
You know what beaches are actually toxic to eat fish from and even so much as swim in? California
you fucking bigoted moron, do you even understand what you write? Take your idiotic hate speech somewhere else. How about you go to florida and never come back?
Nope (Score:1)