King of the Hill season 11
(Redirected from Bill, Bulk, and the Body Buddies)
| King of the Hill | |
|---|---|
| Season 11 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | January 28 – May 20, 2007 |
| Season chronology | |
The eleventh season of King of the Hill originally aired Sundays at 8:30–9:00 p.m. (EST) and 7:30–8:00 p.m. (EST) on the Fox Broadcasting Company from January 28 to May 20, 2007.[1][2][3]
Production
[edit]The showrunners for the season were John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky.[4]
Episodes
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 202 | 1 | "The Peggy Horror Picture Show" | Kyounghee Lim | Christy Stratton | January 28, 2007 | BABE02 | 7.27[5] |
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Peggy, feeling a bit unfeminine because of her masculine clothes and size-16 feet, befriends Carolyn, who views Peggy as the epitome of womanhood. Hank is thrilled that Peggy finally has someone else to talk to about her girl problems, but discovers that Carolyn is a drag queen who thinks Peggy is one too. Meanwhile, Bobby tries to play pranks on people using a joke book, but every prank turns into someone else's good fortune. | |||||||
| 203 | 2 | "SerPUNt" | Robin Brigstocke | Greg Cohen | February 11, 2007 | BABE01 | 6.99[6] |
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Bobby gets a pet python from Lucky, and its slithering into the toilet prompts two animal control workers to blow the situation into citywide panic so they can get paid more. Guest Stars: John Goodman as Tommy | |||||||
| 204 | 3 | "Blood and Sauce" | Tricia Garcia | Dan McGrath | February 18, 2007 | BABE03 | 7.19[7] |
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Bill is conflicted between keeping his family legacy alive and selling out when his effeminate cousin, Gilbert (last seen on "A Beer Can Named Desire"), arrives to tell him that everyone in the Dauterive family is either dead, has gone insane, is incapable of getting pregnant, or not blood-related and tries to stop him from selling his family's barbecue sauce recipe to Mr. Strickland to save what little legacy they have left. | |||||||
| 205 | 4 | "Luanne Gets Lucky" | Ken Wong | Jonathan Collier | March 25, 2007 | BABE04 | 6.08[8] |
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Lucky neglects Luanne when he becomes obsessed with retrieving a walnut tree stump his grandfather found, so Luanne accepts a 15-year-old's invitation to the senior prom (as her abusive parents kept her from going to the prom when she was a teenager). Guest Stars: Jack DeSena as Kevin and Trace Adkins as Mud Dobber | |||||||
| 206 | 5 | "Hank Gets Dusted" | Michael Loya | Kit Boss | April 1, 2007 | BABE05 | 6.39[9] |
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Hank is devastated when Cotton's Cadillac is given to Hank's cousin, ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill. When Dusty and his bandmates arrive at Hank's house to play practical jokes for a reality show, it is more than Hank can bear. Guest Stars: Dusty Hill as himself, Billy Gibbons as himself, Frank Beard as himself and Will Arnett as Portis | |||||||
| 207 | 6 | "Glen Peggy Glen Ross" | Tony Kluck | Jim Dauterive | April 22, 2007 | BABE06 | 3.34[10] |
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Peggy is fired from The Arlen Bystander and begins a new career as a real estate agent, which doesn't sit well with Connie, who has to shadow her as part of a college-prep summer school assignment. Meanwhile, after Dale buys a set of titanium golf clubs at a police auction, he gives the clubs to Hank, who does not want them after learning they were used as a murder weapon. | |||||||
| 208 | 7 | "Passion of Dauterive" | Anthony Chun | Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May | April 29, 2007 | BABE07 | 3.51[11] |
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Bill searches for meaning in his life after surviving a roof collapse, leading to a relationship with Reverend Stroup. | |||||||
| 209 | 8 | "Grand Theft Arlen" | Ronald Rubio | Sanjay Shah | April 29, 2007 | BABE08 | 4.14[11] |
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Hank protests against a new school program that lets failing gym students play video games -- and becomes addicted to Pro-Pain, a Grand Theft Auto knockoff centered on propane and featuring Hank as the protagonist. Meanwhile, Bobby trains for the Presidential Physical Fitness Test. | |||||||
| 210 | 9 | "Peggy's Gone to Pots" | Robin Brigstocke | Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh | May 6, 2007 | BABE09 | 4.19[12] |
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Peggy's attempts at selling houses in the gated community Arlen Heights lands her in trouble with a scam kitchen supply company after Peggy unwittingly takes Ted Wassanasong's wife's place as a saleslady. Meanwhile, Dale encounters the man whose name he's been using as an alias for years (Rusty Shackleford). Guest Stars: Peri Gilpin as Judy | |||||||
| 211 | 10 | "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" | Kyounghee Lim | Christy Stratton | May 13, 2007 | BABE10 | 3.68[13] |
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Nancy turns to her mother for help when the stress of home life and unresolved feelings for John Redcorn cause her to lose her hair. Meanwhile, Dale takes a ride with Kahn's delinquent nephew in a souped-up racecar during the vernal equinox and thinks he has traveled through time. Guest Stars: Rue McClanahan as Bunny Hicks | |||||||
| 212 | 11 | "Bill, Bulk and the Body Buddies" | Tricia Garcia | Blake McCormick | May 20, 2007 | BABE11 | 4.05[14] |
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Bill meets a bodybuilder named Dirk who agrees to help him train for an upcoming Army physical, but when Bill starts working out with Dirk and his two meathead buddies, Bill develops great muscle tone and a bad attitude that alienates his former friends. Guest Stars: Diedrich Bader as Dirk and "Macho Man" Randy Savage as Gorilla | |||||||
| 213 | 12 | "Lucky's Wedding Suit" | Julius Wu | Jim Dauterive | May 20, 2007 | AABE05 | 5.22[14] |
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When Lucky wants to give Luanne the expensive wedding that she desires, he slaps Dale with a frivolous lawsuit after having an accident on the job. This episode was originally planned to be the series finale.[15] | |||||||
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- ^ a b "Weekly Program Rankings (May 14–20)". ABC Medianet. May 30, 2007. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- ^ "King of the Hill Originals still on Tap for next Season". thefutoncritic.com. April 30, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2009.