King of the Hill
Hank's Back Story
TV Flash files “Hank's Back Story” as hour 103 of 279 in the TV Flash guide — King of the Hill (1997–2010) on Fox, season 5, episode 19, aired 2001-05-06, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E19: listed hour 103 of 279 in the King of the Hill guide, hour 19 of 20 in season 5. It aired 2001-05-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Trouble with Gribbles” (S05E18). Next is “Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story” (S05E20).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After Hank enters a lawnmower race, he starts having problems with his back. A trip to the doctor reveals that he needs what amounts to a butt support and the guys razz him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hank's Back Story sit in the King of the Hill guide?
S05E19 is listed hour 103 of 279 — hour 19 of 20 in season 5, season 5 episode 19.
When did King of the Hill S05E19 air?
Hank's Back Story aired 2001-05-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.
How long was the original run?
Thirteen seasons from 1997 to 2010 — a long sitcom novel in Arlen, Texas, not a short shock cartoon.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Hank Hill sells propane and propane accessories, frets about Bobby, and treats Arlen's oddballs with Texan restraint. Mike Judge and Greg Daniels built adult animation that whispers instead of screams — character comedy over shock, lawn-chair chorus included. Thirteen seasons of regional grace that outlasted louder cartoons, revival heat and all.
The look is a lawn chair and a pressed shirt in Arlen, Texas. Hank Hill sells propane and propane accessories, frets about son Bobby, and navigates oddballs with Midwestern-Texan restraint. Mike Judge and Greg Daniels built adult animation that whispered instead of screamed — character comedy over shock — for a Fox premiere on January 12, 1997. Peggy, Boomhauer, Dale, and Bill form a lawn-chair Greek chorus of American suburbia. Original run 1997–2010 across thirteen seasons. Laughs in decency, confusion, and…
Filed against
- Mike Judge as Hank Hill
Mike Judge’s Hank Hill sells propane and Texas restraint on King of the Hill, then heckles the decade as Beavis and Butt-Head’s couch-gremlin id. Adult animation that whispers; MTV stupidity as cultural criticism. TV Flash files him as…
- Kathy Najimy as Peggy Hill
Kathy Najimy's Peggy Hill gave King of the Hill its substitute-teacher weather — Arlen restraint, lawn-chair chorus, adult animation that whispers instead of screams. Thirteen seasons of character comedy over shock. TV Flash files her as…
- Pamela Adlon as Bobby Hill
Pamela Adlon’s Bobby Hill made King of the Hill a boy’s hush in Arlen — 1990s catalog propane weather, kids’ comedy that whispers. Californication and Better Things kept her in the adult room as ache and authorship. TV Flash files her as…
- Brittany Murphy as Luanne Platter
Brittany Murphy voiced Luanne Platter on King of the Hill — the niece in Arlen whose sweetness made Mike Judge and Greg Daniels's propane-and-restraint adult animation feel like a household, not a shock machine. Thirteen seasons of…
- Johnny Hardwick as Dale Gribble
Johnny Hardwick’s Dale Gribble smoked up King of the Hill’s alley — Hank Hill’s propane, Bobby frets, Arlen oddballs treated with Texan restraint. Mike Judge and Greg Daniels adult animation that whispers instead of screams, character…
Also in season 5
- S05E01 The Perils of Polling
- S05E02 The Buck Stops Here
- S05E03 I Don't Want to Wait for Our Lives to Be Over, I Want to Know Right Now, Will It Be... Sorry. Do Do Doo Do Do, Do Do Doo Do Do, Do Do Doo Do Do, Doo...Don't Want to Wait
- S05E04 Spin the Choice
- S05E05 Peggy Makes the Big Leagues
- S05E06 When Cotton Comes Marching Home Again