King of the Hill/To Sirloin With Love

To Sirloin With Love
Season 13, Episode 24
Airdate	September 13, 2009
Production Number	DABE17
Written by	Jim Dauterive, Tony Gama-Lobo, Rebecca May, Christy Stratton
Directed by	Kyounghee Lim
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King of the Hill — Season Thirteen

To Sirloin With Love is the twenty-fourth episode of the thirteenth season of King of the Hill, and the two hundred fifty-ninth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Adlon (Bobby Hill, Lucy), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter, Female Hijacker), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble, Announcer), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Slaughterhouse Narrator)

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone, Njorl, Male Hijacker)

Special Guest Voice: Duff Goldman (Duff)

Special Guest Voice: Geoffrey Manthorne (Staff Member)

Special Guest Voice: Tom Petty (Lucky)

Also Starring: Ashley Gardner (Nancy Gribble), Ernie Grunwald (Waiter), David Herman (Ron, Director), Scott Klace (Roger Stiles), Phil LaMarr (Judge), Breckin Meyer (Ben, Joseph Gribble), Lauren Tom (Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone)

Plot Overview

Hank swells with pride when he learns Bobby has proficiency in meat and is asked to join a Meat Examination Team.

Notes

Stinger Quote

• Hank: Yep.
  Bill: Yep.
  Dale: Yep.
  Boomhauer: Mm-hmm.

Seen, But Not Heard

• Joe Jack

• Enrique

• Chuck Mangione

Arc Advancement

Characters

• It's revealed that Bobby has an understanding of the cuts of meat from Hank at a young age. He proudly buys him a junior Vogner grill and it's implied that he will follow his father in this way for the future.

• It's revealed that Boomhauer is a Texas Ranger

Referbacks

• The meat evaluation tournament is held at Laron's Meat Products Plant. This is likely a reference to Trip Larson, the pork entrepreneur from "Pigmalion".

• The episode ends with a pan up and out of Arlen, a reversal to the pan in seen at the very beginning of the pilot.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• The title of this episode is a play on the title of the 1967 film To Sir, with Love.

Memorable Moments

• After Bobby's win, Bill goes to hug Peggy who simply runs past him. Not defeated, Bill then hugs the team cow.

Quotes

• Hank: I haven't even finished breakfast and that boy ain't right.

• Hank: Bobby, what are you doing? Don't insult a man's steak without tasting it. You'll get us killed.

• Bobby: Can I, dad? Can I join the team?

Hank: I have been waiting 13 years for you to ask that.

• Luanne: Aunt Peggy, you must be so excited to have discovered Bobby's hidden talent. It's like buried treasure in his head. Or is it his stomach?

• Bobby: Hey, sorry I'm late. We were doing cartilage work and Njorl couldn't remember his sacral from his lumbar. We all had a good laugh.

Peggy: Oh, Hank, he already has inside jokes and smells like raw beef.

• Bobby: And Coach gave me this DVD: Slaughterhouse: From the Kill to Your Plate. Do you want to watch it later, dad?

Hank: Bobby, I would love to watch Slaughterhouse with you.

• Hank: If I had a nickel for every time I buckled under pressure, I would have five nickels.

• Bobby: But these guys are intense, dad. I've seen Coach Stiles hack up a cow torso. This is not a man I want to disappoint.

• Coach Stiles: Okay, everybody, stop! We don't have time for squabbling. Yes, Bobby screwed up and he should be embarrassed, and yes, we would replace him if we had time, but he's still a part of this team.

• Hank: How was dinner? Did you eat lots of protein and say some prayers?

Bobby: We did neither, unless you consider eggs protein.

Hank: I do not.

• Bobby: Turns out these meat team people are a bunch of weirdos.

Hank: A boy who has a unicorn ranch in his bedroom shouldn't call other people weird. That's right. We know about Rancho Unicorno.

• Hank: What you're seeing is what's called team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.

• Hank: Well, I'm gonna support this team whether you do or not. When Hank Hill reserves a seat on a team bus, he is gonna be on that bus.

Bobby: Fine. Enjoy a bunch of crazy people rambling about meat all day.

Hank: You know that I will.

• Bill: Hey, Hank. We thought we'd lost you.

Dale: This is a stupid place for a meat tournament.

Hank: We were hijacked and stranded by meat-grading hooligans, you idiots.

Bill: Wow, I guess it's a good thing we blindly followed you here instead of using a map. Or common sense.

• Nancy: Oh, thank you, sug. My headache feels a lot better.

Dale: Well, I may not have John Redcorn's healing touch, but I do know a lot about the female body on account I once saw a possum ripped apart.

• Bobby: Well, dad, it looks like this is the last one.

Hank: Oh, you're just getting started, Bobby. You'll be grilling your whole life.

Bobby: Just like you.

Hank: Yep.

Bobby: Yep.