“On August 4, I will probably be again and I’m pissed off.”
So stated Mike Decide because the voice of Hank Hill to shut Friday’s “King of the Hill” reunion and revival panel on the ATX Tv Competition. Followers packed a sold-out Paramount Theater in Austin, TX to have a good time the primary 13 seasons of the Fox animated comedy and get an unique preview of Season 14, straight from the sequence’ co-creators Decide and Greg Daniels, government producer and new showrunner Saladin Okay. Patterson, and members of the voice forged Pamela Adlon (who gained an Emmy for portraying Bobby Hill), Lauren Tom (who voices Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone), and Toby Huss (who voiced Kahn Souphanousinphone and Cotton Hill within the authentic run and can substitute the late Johnny Hardwicke as Dale Gribble within the revival).
Along with a teaser that updates the unique credit (which you’ll be able to watch beneath), attendees had been handled to a clip of Hank and Peggy returning to Texas after spending a number of years working in Saudi Arabia, in addition to an extended teaser with loads of scenes that includes a now 21-year-old Bobby.
“The place it clicked for me was after we began speaking about growing older the characters,” Decide stated about deciding to significantly pursue a brand new season. “As a result of it’s such a grounded reasonable present, it simply felt proper that they might be older.”
In Season 14, Hank and Peggy are actually retired and have simply moved again to Texas. Bobby is working as a profitable sushi chef in Dallas — the information of which elicited a refrain of boos from the loyal Austin crowd. Worse nonetheless, it’s a “German sushi robata” restaurant, which implies Bobby is utilizing charcoal, not propane, to grill his meals. Given Hank’s lifelong devotion to liquified petroleum gasoline, the gasps from the gathered followers had been well-warranted.
“You didn’t see that one coming did you?” Huss stated, prodding the viewers.
“As an grownup, he’s grow to be extra centered and nearly a bit of bit extra like his dad,” Adlon stated.
Tom revealed that Connie is practising ENM — “moral non-monogamy” — whereas Daniels reported that Hank taking a brand new job abroad was fairly exhausting on his good friend Invoice (voiced by Stephen Root). “I believe I completed Netflix,” Daniels stated, quoting the character’s response to Hank’s return.
Hank, in the meantime, has blended emotions about being again in America. Though the preliminary clip confirmed him so grateful to be in Texas that he drops to his knees and kisses the bottom, what’s ready for him isn’t the identical Arlin he left behind.
“Hank kinda appreciated that girls had been lined up and modest [in Saudi Arabia],” Decide stated. “He comes again and there’s a motorcycle lane and a scooter lane. […] He’s taking a look at all of the stuff that’s occurred within the final 15 years, and there’s an entire world of issues that might annoy Hank.”
“Peggy is a personality who feels she will do something, and now she has the free time to do it,” Patterson stated. “So we get to see Peggy strive some new issues to see what post-retirement life seems to be like for her. However on the finish of the day, that is nonetheless going to be about their relationship, supporting one another and inspiring one another. We simply have a bit of enjoyable with their neuroses.”
With Dale Gribble, authentic voice actor Johnny Hardwicke recorded six episodes earlier than his dying in 2023. Huss will take over the function for the remainder of the run.
“That you just guys trusted me to do his voice once more is absolutely humbling,” Huss stated. “I’m not making an attempt to repeat Johnny as a lot as I’m making an attempt to be Johnny and hope Dale comes out of that. … All I’m making an attempt to do is maintain onto that Daleness. We love our Johnny, and we’re so unhappy he’s not right here.”
Concerning any adjustments to the character himself, Huss hinted at one other main pivot for a person recognized for taking massive swings.
“Dale’s again doing his factor, man,” Huss stated. “Dale now could be a bit of bit left of proper, the place he was all the way in which proper. Now he’s been out-righted by the best with the conspiracy idea stuff. We’ll see how Dale reacts to the brand new world. We’ll see what he can do.”
“King of the Hill” initially ran from 1997 – 2009, spanning 13 seasons and 259 episodes — all of which can be found on Hulu. The brand new season will premiere August 4 with 10 episodes. Watch the teaser beneath.