King of the Hill/Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga

Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga
Season 2, Episode 21
Airdate	May 3, 1998
Production Number	5E21
Written by	John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky
Directed by	Adam Kuhlman
← 2x20 Junkie Business	2x22 → Peggy's Turtle Song
King of the Hill — Season Two

Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga is the twenty-first episode of the second season of King of the Hill, and the thirty-third episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer, Officer Clint Jensen), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter)

and Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble, Announcer/Tug)

Also Starring: Tara Charendoff (Billy), David Herman (Jimmy Witchard)

Special Guest Voice: Dale Earnhardt (Himself)

Uncredited: Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive)

Plot Overview

As Boomhauer competes to drive a pace car, Hank fears Bobby doesn't know the value of a dollar and gets him a job at the racetrack dispensing drinks and snacks. Hank's encouragement forces Bobby to put aside that his boss is a dangerous idiot.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Jimmy Witchard: Do it, you - you monkey boy!

Music

• Southern Culture on the Skids - "Soul City"

Trivia

The Show

• This episode marks the first appearance of Jimmy Witchard in the series.

• The license plate on the car that Boomhauer races in the cold open reads ENTRAP.

Quotes

• Officer Jensen: There's an amateur race at the speedway this weekend. Winner gets to drive the pace car when NASCAR comes to town.

Boomhauer: Whoa, man. You talking about that NASCAR, man? I been tryin' 5 years, man, to get on that dang ol' pace car, man. You gonna get me on in there?

Officer Jensen: I see I'm talking your language now.

• Bobby: Hey, dad, could you please sign this cheque? I already filled it out for you.

Hank: "Pay to the order of the Bike Barn"? $175!

Bobby: It's for a new BMX bike.

Hank: You expect me to just sign this?

Bobby: I think you have to or it doesn't work.

Hank: Bobby, these cheques aren't magic tickets. They represent real money that I, and to a lesser extent, your mother, worked real hard to earn.

Bobby: You can ride it whenever you want.

• Hank: You want to end up like Jeff Gordon?

Bobby: I like Jeff Gordon! He's handsome.

Hank: (laughing nervously) Bobby, you joke around like that in public, people are gonna think you ain't right.

• Hank: What do you think the average salary is in this country?

Bobby: Well, Jim Carrey makes $20 million a movie.

Hank: You see that? He doesn't even know the difference between $20 million and $20,000.

• Peggy: Bobby, how would you like to go to cooking school?

Bobby: I'm listening.

Hank: Bobby, I know we've never talked about this, but some day, I'm going to die. And when that happens, then you can go to cooking school.

• Hank: Well, Bobby, what do you think?

Bobby: The rope is soft and pretty.

Hank: Look at the pace car, Bobby.

• Bobby: Jeff Gordon's a race car driver, too? I thought he was just a cereal box model.

• Hank: Don't smile, son. You're a workin' man.

• Bobby: Dad, I want to quit.

Hank: What? Quit?

Bobby: It's horrible, dad. It's hot and the tray is heavy. And my boss is really mean and he calls me Tommy and he watches TV in a hot dog and I think he might be a moron.

Hank: Now, Bobby, I know your first day was hard, but don't call your boss names. That's actin' like a baby. Babies want everything handed to 'em. But you're there to work and not play. That's why it's called "work," and not "play." And if you don't understand that, well, son, maybe you're the moron.

• Hank: Bobby, if you weren't my son, I'd hug you.

• Bobby: You're gonna see a whole new Tommy today.

• Dale Earnhardt: Man, this rope sure is soft and pretty.

• Luanne: So, okay, we wave this sign around and Jeff Gordon sees it. Then he comes up to us in the stands and is so taken by our charms that he asks one of us to marry him.

Peggy: Well, honey, it probably won't be me. I have got a ring on my finger.

Luanne: Yeah, and big feet.

Peggy: I'm only ignoring that because a man is on fire.

• Dale: You told Bobby to listen to Jimmy Witchard? He was in my gun club. People say he fried his brain one day just staring at the sun. 'Course, he couldn't have been too smart to do that in the first place. Kind of a chicken-egg thing.

• Hank: Uh, I just wanted to say I shoulda listened to you when you said how bad that Witchard guy was.

Bobby: I almost died. I'd rather not talk about it.

Hank: Bobby, you worked harder this month than any guy on this block and I wanna give you the money you earned.

Bobby: Dad, I don't want money. I was happy before when you just bought all the stuff around here and there was no money involved.

Hank: Well, still, I'd like to give you a couple hundred dollars.

Bobby: I tell you what. Just buy me a couple of pairs of short pant and we'll call it even.