King of the Hill/A Bill Full of Dollars

A Bill Full of Dollars
Season 13, Episode 6
Airdate	November 16, 2008
Production Number	CABE19
Written by	Dan McGrath
Directed by	Steve Robertson
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King of the Hill — Season Thirteen

A Bill Full of Dollars is the sixth episode of the thirteenth season of King of the Hill, and the two hundred forty-first episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Adlon (Bobby Hill,), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Buck Strickland)

Also Starring: Wyatt Cenac (Football Announcer, Tough-Looking Guy), Steve Gunderson (Balding Guy, Salesman), David Herman (The Dow Genius, Gen-Y Geek), Lauren Tom (Customer Service Operator, Minh Souphanousinphone)

Plot Overview

In hopes of affording a new TV, Peggy, along with Dale and Minh, invest in the stock market. They soon learn they can reap by investing in the average American and follow Bill for his purchasing habits.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Bill: Hank's going to become a, uh, tugboat captain.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• The episode title is a play on the title of the 1964 film A Fistful of Dollars.

• Peggy and Bobby are clearing watching Dancing with the Stars and trying to figure whether the cast member is from Beverly Hills, 90210 or Growing Up Brady.

• The Dow Genius is an obvious parody of Jim Cramer and his CNBC show Mad Money.

Quotes

• Hank: We don't need an expensive flat-screen TV, Peggy. That CSI lady looks just fine on the TV we've already got.

• Dale: I'll sell a few guns and invest, too. Financial dignity might be an interesting switch for me.

• Dale: We can't tell him. People act most natural when they don't know they're being observed. I cite as evidence several hundred episodes of Candid Camera.

• Bill: I like shopping with all of you. Usually, the only people who talk to me in stores are older gay men who've dropped their standards.

• Peggy: I have discovered a secret gold mine.

Hank: Uh, I don't like the way you just said "gold mine."

• Bill: It's so nice when people care what you have to say. Hank, why didn't you ever tell me what it was like?

Hank: Well, I'm just happy you're okay with it. I thought it might make you angry.

Bill: Of course you thought Bill would think that. But only Bill knows what Bill thinks. You have this nice TV because I have the power of being me.

Hank: Bill, you don't have powers. It works because you're so typical.

Bill: Still you're not the one who's typical, I am! I buy things, and it makes money, so we can buy more things. I'm like an ecosystem.

• Dale: Hey, this "tech sector" stuff must be important. The article on it is really long.

• Peggy: Maybe we should just go out there and - and talk to him.

Minh: And say what? Sorry, your life is somehow even worse than it was?

Dale: Yeah, and besides we didn't do anything wrong.

Peggy: Oh, come on. We used him for our own gain until we broke him and then we cast him aside. Then, in a desperate attempt to regain our love, he lost everything he owned.

Dale: But other than that, we're good, right?

• Dale: I want to help, but the Gribbles have a long history of making things worse.

• Dale: How about this: instead of selling off more guns, I could just leave a few out on Bill's doorstep and let come what may.

• Dale: I want to go bankrupt some day. I just want to owe a little more first.