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Jeff Boomhauer, Hank Hill, Dale Gribble and Bill Dauterive in a scene from \u201cKing of the Hill.\u201d (Hulu via AP)<\/p>\n
Jeff Boomhauer, Hank Hill, Dale Gribble and Bill Dauterive in a scene from \u201cKing of the Hill.\u201d (Hulu via AP)<\/p>\n
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Creators Mike Judge, the mastermind behind \u201cBeavis and Butt-Head,\u201d and Greg Daniels, who would go on to co-create \u201cThe Office,\u201d helped Patterson navigate this world, which they sheparded during its first 13 seasons, airing from 1997 to 2009.<\/p>\n
The show\u2019s tone maintains its gentle mocking of modern life, from hipsters and their craft ales to bike lanes. Hill at one point shakes his head over modern outdoor grills having sensors and app connections: \u201cI shouldn\u2019t have to call technical support to make a burger.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patterson says the humor is grounded in real life. \u201cI do have a barbecue grill that is Wi-Fi- and Bluetooth-enabled. I have three devices to run it, but I\u2019m calling tech support because I have guests coming over and the meat needs to be done,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd I do think over the pandemic, my wife finished Netflix.\u201d<\/p>\n
While there are changes, some things are immutable. \u201cHank\u2019s still going to drink beer. Dale\u2019s still going to be a conspiracy theorist. Bill\u2019s still going to be a lovable sad sack,\u201d says Patterson. \u201cThose core character things had to be the same. I had a pastor who told me one time, \u2018Grown folks don\u2019t change.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Viewers will see in upcoming episodes if Hank \u2014 a happy propane seller and garage tinkerer \u2014 can really ever retire and watch as Hank\u2019s friends navigate new chapters. They\u2019ll also explore the relationship between an adult Bobby and his parents.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s of age now and it\u2019s really kind of cool because you see the similarities and all the attributes that he took from his parents that he wasn\u2019t even aware of when he was a boy \u2014 or didn\u2019t want to have anything to do with \u2014 and now he\u2019s using them to keep his business going and move himself forward,\u201d says Adlon.<\/p>\n
A politics-free zone<\/p>\n
While debates have raged over where Hank Hill sits on the political spectrum, his creators argue he represents a sensible, common-sense middle. He follows the rules and does the best he can without hurting anyone. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so not a Republican or a Democratic show or an independent show. It\u2019s all of that,\u201d says Adlon. \u201cThere\u2019s space in the world for everybody. It\u2019s hard for us all to find a safe space in a common area anymore and that\u2019s what this show really is.\u201d <\/p>\n
And even though the new \u201cKing of the Hill\u201d episodes arrive during President Donald Trump\u2019s second term, don\u2019t expect any politics from Hank Hill. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to tell relatable stories where people can see themselves in our characters or their family members in our characters,\u201d says Patterson. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere are enough cultural things and relationship things that have shifted to where he can comment on that without us wading into tariffs and immigration policy and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Hank Hill is back and he\u2019s the same ol\u2019 Hank Hill, but a lot…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[69,171,74158,74156,60431,74157,399,358,67151,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-118809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-greg-daniels","11":"tag-hank-hill","12":"tag-mike-judge","13":"tag-pamela-adlon","14":"tag-television","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tom-petty","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114971888082802224","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}