King of the Hill/The Redneck on Rainey Street

The Redneck on Rainey Street
Season 8, Episode 21
Airdate	May 16, 2004
Production Number	8ABE17
Written by	Jim Dauterive
Directed by	Gary McCarver
← 8x20 Hank's Back!	8x22 → Talking Shop
King of the Hill — Season Eight

The Redneck on Rainey Street is the twenty-first episode of the eighth season of King of the Hill, and the one hundred seventieth episode overall.

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

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone, Ted Wassanasong)

Special Guest Voice: Trace Adkins (Elvin Mackleston)

Special Guest Voice: Elizabeth Perkins (Abbie Holiday, Ruth Brown, Sherilyn)

Special Guest Voice: Tom Petty (Lucky, Mud Dobber)

Also Starring: David Herman (Stanford Dean), Lauren Tom (Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone)

Plot Overview

After Connie gets rejected from Rice University summer school, Kahn is encouraged to give up and embrace a redneck lifestyle.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Elvin: Are you rockin' in the free world? Are ya?

Music

• Drive-By Truckers - "Rebels"

• Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"

• Trace Adkins - "Hot Mama"

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• It's confirmed that Luanne has moved out of Pop's old place and the house is up for sale again.

Trivia

The Show

• This episode marks the first appearance of Lucky who would go on to become a recurring character in later seasons, as does Elvin, although Lucky would be a more significant character in future arcs.

Behind the Scenes

• The guys steal a copy of a Trace Adkins's album, who voices the character of Elvin. Additionally, the song "Rebel" is a cover of a song originally performed by Tom Petty, who voices Lucky.

Allusions and References

• Kahn is on the phone with his boss who grills him about filing a TPS report. This is likely a reference to Mike Judge's live action comedy Office Space where TPS were the subject of a recurring joke.

Quotes

• Minh: We the kind of losers politicians pander to in speeches.

• Elvin: Dang, man, I been in jails that gave me more freedom than you got.

Kahn: Yeah, but what you gonna do?

Elvin: Whatever I damn want, whenever I damn want, with whoever I damn want.

Kahn: Boy, you say "damn" a lot.

Elvin: Hell, yeah.

• Hank: Go figure. He's been pushing Connie all these years and he's the one that broke.

Bobby: Let that be a lesson to you, dad.

• Dooley: (to Connie) Your dad is white trash.

• Elvin: You want me to have Mud Dobber rough this clown up?

Peggy: You so much as touch my husband, I will knock you into next week!

Elvin: That's real nice, buddy. Hiding behind mommy's skirt.

Hank: I am not hiding. I was just about to threaten you myself.

• Kahn: Hey, uh, Lucky. Why they call you Lucky?

Lucky: True story. I was at Costco one day and all of the sudden, the nature called. Yelled is more like it. So I high-tail it into the john, and there's some "sensitive" guy changing his little boy's diapers on one of them baby ironing boards. And don't you know I slipped on pee pee and broke two vertebrae which had to be fused together. I'm in constant pain, but by God, I got me a $53,000 settlement.

Elvin: This son of a bitch is never going to have to work another day in his life.

Lucky: That's why they call me Lucky.