King of the Hill/Bill of Sales

Bill of Sales
Season 4, Episode 17
Airdate	March 12, 2000
Production Number	4ABE15
Written by	Paul Lieberstein
Directed by	Dominic Polcino
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King of the Hill — Season Four

Bill of Sales is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of King of the Hill, and the seventy-seventh episode overall.

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

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone, General, Seller #1)

Special Guest Voice: Teri Garr (Laney)

Plot Overview

Peggy gets involved in a pyramid scheme and finds Bill to be her top tier seller.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Hank: 'Course, I'm still in the propane business.

Seen, But Not Heard

• Minh Souphanousinphone

Music

• Merle Haggard - "Workin' Man Blues"

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Despite Bill's obvious affections for Peggy, when she showers him with praise, he recoils. As Hank explains, this is likely due to his life of constantly being beaten down and degraded, which has made it the only thing he now knows how to respond to.

Referbacks

• Peggy refers to herself as a former restaurant manager and still has the sign from Sugarfoot's from her time when she was running it as Peggy's. ("Hanky Panky", "High Anxiety")

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Bill attempts to use a Winston Churchill quote, but botches it when he retorts to Peggy "Well, you were rude, but in the morning, I'll be sober."

Quotes

• Peggy: As a former restaurant manager, I am accustomed to setting my own hours and, unfortunately, these are the hours I have set.

• Hank: I know you miss running that restaurant--

Peggy: Oh, it's not the restaurant I miss; it's the people, Hank. Managing people. Telling them what to do and then watching as they do it.

Hank: Well, maybe you could ask the school to let you substitute teach the first grade again. Those kids usually do what you tell them.

Peggy: That's just not enough anymore.

• Peggy: "MetaLife." What is that?

Laney: Products for living.

Peggy: Mm-hmm, okay, those are useful.

• Laney: Peggy, if you want to be your own boss, come and work for me.

• Hank: Well, it sounds to me like one of those pyramid schemes.

Peggy: No, not at all. As the brochure describes it, it is not a pyramid; it is a triangle. And it is not a scheme, Hank, it is an opportunity. Good question, though.

• Bobby: This doesn't taste like raspberry truffle at all.

Peggy: Well, then, honey, you're eating it wrong. Put it down.

• Peggy: And, Luanne, you will sell at college. You must have made a whole bunch of new friends that you can pressure.

• Dale: Well, it's, uh, probably about time I apologised for my misguided Y2K hysteria. Who would have guessed the whole thing would go off without a hitch? Really brought the country together. Yep, best thing that ever could happen, Y2K...

• Peggy: Hey, Dale. Energy bar?

Dale: I'm going the other way, thanks. (cracks open beer)

• Hank: I can't sell at the office. It's a propane place. I need to keep that pure.

• Peggy: Well, Laney, my sales are low because of my management responsibilities. You know, uh, meeting with my supplier...

Laney: Well, I am your supplier and meeting with me is - is, like, 10 minutes.

Peggy: But it is a 15 minute drive and I was 20 minutes late.

• Bill: Peggy! If I knew you were coming, I would have put on pants.

• Peggy: Oh, Hank, my very first business trip. I am finally getting the recognition that I have always given myself.

Hank: Isn't this Bill's trip? Didn't he win it? Aren't you just his guest?

Peggy: Hank, you're fired.

• Bill: I will have you know, young lady, you are talking to the sort of woman who would never ever share a room with the sort of man who is talking to you now.

• Bill: You know, I think I'll just grab a newspaper, find a chair by the pool to sleep in.

Peggy: Oh, nonsense, Bill. You will stay here and sleep on the couch.

• Hank: So, uh, Luanne, you still going to community college?

Luanne: Uh-huh.

Hank: Hmm. 'Course, I'm still in the propane business. That's where I was today.

• Hank: Bobby, when's this movie over? I want to watch the news.

Luanne: The news? You watched the news yesterday.

• Peggy: This is the double diamond pin that you won. I think you deserve it even more than I do.

• Laney: You can't return product. That's just not how the system works.

Peggy: Oh, come on! I think the triangle can handle it.

Laney: It's not a triangle, it's a damn pyramid! Now you do whatever it takes to get Dauterive back in the fold or Marty Van Holde is going to come down on us like the hammer of the gods!

• Peggy: Everything was going great, but then when I tried to motivate him - that's a management term - with a little praise - my term - he goes plumb loco! - Spanish term.

Hank: You must have confused him. Being dumped on is all Bill knows. First there was that childhood of his, and then he joined the army, and then married that back-breaker Lenore.

• Peggy: Bill has had a hard life and he likes it that way. He likes to be treated badly.

Luanne: Mm-hmm. It's called psychology, Aunt Peggy. The disease of psychology. I'm taking it pass/fail.

• Bobby: Come on, there's plenty to work with. It's Bill Dauterive. He's bald, but he still has dandruff. I mean, what's that all about?

Luanne: And don't forget his odour!

Bobby: He's afraid of thunder!

• Peggy: One chance. Tomorrow morning. My garage. 7:00.

Bill: Well, it's - it's a little early.

Peggy: You just bought yourself 6:45, mister.

Bill: Well, I guess I could skip my shower.

Peggy: 7:00 it is.

• Peggy: Yes, Bill, I am your friend. Although I haven't always been a good one, taking advantage of your low self-esteem to boost my own, already healthy esteem. And for that I apologise.

Bill: No, Peggy, you don't have to apologise to me. I-I'm not --

Peggy: Uh-uh-uh. The next words out of your mouth better be "apology accepted."

Bill: Apology accepted.