Last night’s Fox cartoon line-up was billed as a “season finale.” While the ads specifically mentioned that “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” and “American Dad” were all season-ending epsiodes, they—as usual—said almost nothing about “King of the Hill,” other than that you’d have to sit through it before you could see Seth MacFarlane’s masterpieces.
Knowing that KOTH had been cancelled, I was curious to know if there were any more episodes to be aired. The buzz is that there are about half a dozen left, which will be aired in the run-up to the premiere of creator Mike Judge’s forthcoming show, “The Goode Family.”
While looking around the web, I discovered that last night’s episode (which I had seen, and found amusing) had been deemed highly offensive by Canadians.
A synopsis: Boomhauer swaps houses with a Canadian family for the summer. The Hills welcome them as they would any new neighbor. The Canadians denigrate America (in a remarkably polite way). Hank gets angry and decides to become—gasp!—a bad neighbor. Things escalate and Hank and the Canadian man are both thrown in jail. Hank gets out and realizes he should be a good neighbor even if the other guy doesn’t appreciate it. He gets the Canadian out of jail, and sends the ungrateful family on its way with a friendly wave, saying to his friends, “We were good neighbors and we did the right thing.” Do I need to mention the American flag was flying behind him while he said this?
Well, some Canadians didn’t take too kindly to their depiction. I came across the following comments:
As a Canadian viewer, I was first sad to hear KOTH was going away…And after last night’s episode, not only do I now WANT it dead, but I shall also make it my mission to track down Mike Judge & kick him in the b***s for allowing that s***stain to ever happen (especially since it may serve as the show’s big final episode).
I’m sorry, I know it may seem stupid of me, but I am just full of seething rage over what I saw. KOTH essentially said we’re a bunch of insensitive, insufferable jerks & that in end, we’re also helpless d***s whom America needs to bail out because they’re the superior, godlike people. WTF, man?? KOTH, I expected way better from you!!
Canadians, Uncle Rufus feels your pain. I think the problem here is that what Americans know about Canada could fit on a matchbook cover. It is this ignorance that contributes to our perception of Canada as a strange, exotic place where the ways are strange. Its culture and language are so alien to Americans that we unfortunately tend to demonize Canadians simply because they are “peculiar.”
I’ve decided to do my part, and use my platform here to educate this little corner of the internet. I hope that we Americans will all come to realize that we are not so different from Canadians after all.
Did you know:
- Although Canada’s official nickname is “The Maple Leaf State,” it is actually not part of the USA?
- Canada has its own currency? It’s called the “dollar,” just like ours!
- Canadian coins are designed to look like US coinage so that Canadians can be tricked into accepting them?
- There are several Canadian-born athletes who play in our National Hockey League?
- That many Canadians are fluent in English, and even learn the language by the time they are five years old?
See, we shouldn’t be unfriendly to our neighbors to the north. They’re just like people! And we should certainly appreciate how much we benefit by having both Canada and Mexico as neighbors. They’re like two giant pieces of styrofoam protecting something precious.
Pictured above, from left: JohnFN, Rufus, Floyd, and Rich.
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I love Canadians and their massive inferiority complex. It’s cute.
JS thats hilarious……..
“They’re like two giant pieces of styrofoam protecting something precious.”
Priceless.
In honor of our Canadian friends to the North:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RHVoFpncgA
You lousy, stinking, francophonic, bacon-loving bastards.
One thing I’ve always wondered about King of the Hill, and since we’ve got some Texans here it’s a good chance to ask them.
One of Hank’s co-workers is a guy named Joe Jack. He calls everyone—men included—”honey.”
Is that a Texas thing?
Naw. He’s just weird. We call the women “honey” and the men “hey you” or “Joe Bob.”
I think he’s just exploring his feminine side.
Texans call two things honey… women and honey.
It’s good to have that cleared up. I would never had had the nerve to ask a Texan in person.
My dad’s mother had a way of saying honey in which it was very clear she was calling you a bitch. It was awesome.
Men in Texas never call anyone honey but their wives, girlfriends, SO, waitress at the diner. Women in the south call everyone honey, even their most hated enemy. It’s all in the way you say it whether you are conveying love or hatred. E-mail cannot convey it. It’s like Chinese, it’s all in the tonal qualities.
OK, who leaked the photo of my grandfather to serve as reference for what my hair will probably look like in the future?
Poor, deluded, Eric. If you really want to fool anybody, your hair piece should be a color that is actually found in nature.
No one’s hair is that color, Eric. In particular, what’s left of your hair is not that color. I mean, you can say it’s blond, but blond hair does not fluoresce.
It’s time you were told.
Please just cut to the 55 second mark you (presumably) thick-locked SOB …
Phew. It got so quiet around here I felt like I’d just made a condom joke in the Sistine Chapel.
And just so everybody else knows, I’ve never seen Eric and don’t actually know if his toupee is all that bad.
laughing too hard..cannot breath..must get air now…..
Hey Canadians, you’re miffed because you’re negatively portrayed on TV? Well let me say, on behalf of conservatives everywhere, welcome to our world.
A)The wife has already ixnayed any toupee talk, even for on-camera stuff.
B)If I were to actually get one, don’tcha think it’d actually, I don’t know, fill in the blanks?
C’mon, Rufus, if you’re gonna try to fuck with me, at least bring your “A” game. Even your “Q” game.
“…you (presumably) thick-locked SOB…”
My hair does grow lush and rampant. Except at the top, where the pillow rubs.
Hey, Rufus, I like you and all but lay off the bald jokes, huh? You did so well making Floyd look bad with that dog post I think it went to your head. Now you’ve squandered all your political capital.
I wear a hat for a reason, you know. I’m with Eric on this one.
You know what happened? I was on a roll with the zingers and got carried away. I should have stuck to mocking our common enemy, Canada.
I apologize to all follically-challenged men out there. Also, I’ve come to a realization today. I’d like to announce that my truth is that I am a balding-American. (I checked on WebMD and it turns out that pillows can’t actually rub off your hair.)
And I’ve altered the caption to avoid offending anyone important.
The only way I’ve been able to detect any difference between a Canadian and an American is that Canadians call a house a “hoose” and say “aboot” instead of about.
BLAME CANADA!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYSYipouABI
I’m Boomhower? First of all, he’s much easier to understand than I (just listen to Radio Threedonia) and we both have a penchant for musclecars.
And if we’re posting “Coming to America” clips we can’t forget this …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGDtM-UVfuo
Great clip (and just re-re-re-re-watched Coming to America last night), but I strangely prefer Joe’s version of “Greatest Love of All” in Say Anything…
Haven’t watched “Say Anything” in forever, so I can’t remember the clip. That said, Cusack movies and “Say Anything” in particular was a big inspiration to my brother’s former band. That didn’t sit well since he was more of a “Better Off Dead” guy.
So where were you yesterday, Mr. FN? Not that I’ve seen the file from Rich so I can edit the Floyd and Eric interview with Jack.
Graduation ceremony at the beginning.
By the way, Seth MacFarlane sucks.
He certainly does.
Amen, brother. From another Mother.
I still have all my thick dark hair on my head at 40. And since we’re talking animation domination, it’s only fitting that I end that statement with this …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_4bLNM0axE
“I still have all my thick dark hair on my head at 40.”
And, apparently, a harem.
Canada is quite a place:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZCI39NWZ5g
G-Man,
Indeed buddy, Canada is quite place friend.
Say, what is that moovie aboot, eh?
Beer, eh. All aboot the beer.
Canadians learn how to say eh at an early age. When they are taught how to spell Canada. C, eh, N, eh, D, eh.
They’re saying “eh?” I thought that was pig latin!
So when do Canadians have their first boddle of beer, eh?
21, 16, 15, 5?
I can’t say for sure:
http://www.bsbrewing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/baby_wants_beer.jpg
A True Canadian Hero!
Just a bunch of “hosers” living it up in the “Great White North, eh?”