King of the Hill is a
show I hated when it first aired. I
remember Fox had promoted it as being an animated show just like the
Simpsons. So when I finally saw it, I
was disappointed at its lack of Simpson’s style humour. King of the Hill was more realistic, and
centred around boring and nerdy characters such as Hank and Peggy, with their
loser son Bobby. Although I kept
watching shows on and off, I never thought it was funny. Eventually the show went into syndication,
and as I got older and the Simpsons went bland I started to ‘get’ and
appreciate the humour in the show.
It was a smart comedy
show that was sophisticated in its parody of everyday life. The humour was in seeing how two boring
squares like Hank and Peggy were surrounded by crazy friends. Besides the humour there was also a lot of
heart in the show as you got to appreciate the idiosyncrasies of each character
and what made them noble. For example
Hank was honest and hardworking, and open to new ideas that challenged his
conservative views. While I did grow to
love Hank, my favourite character is Bobby Hill. Bobby is also an admirable character who
became lovable because he had flaws.
Unlike Hank, Bobby was not good at sports or athletic, was more
interested in social skills than building skills, yet was comfortable with who
he was.
You can imagine how
excited I was when I first discovered his toy version. Like most of my collection, I just walked
into the comic book shop and found him under a pile of dusty old toys. The figure looks incredibly close to the
cartoon, and the paint job is flawless. The
packaging is colourful, and allows for excellent display mint on card. Bobby comes packaged with a build-a-fence
piece, and Ladybird (who I don’t care much for). My only complaint about this figure is the gloomy
expression the toy manufacture chose to give Bobby. Regardless of that, I’ll always think of
Bobby as the charming character that he is.
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