King of the Hill (1997–2010): Season 3, Episode 19 - Hank's Cowboy Movie - full transcript

Hank and his friends make a video to persuade the Dallas Cowboys to relocate their training camp to Arlen.

Dad, only 2 more inches to wichita falls

2 and a quarter, bobbygood eye, son

hey, what's the best way
to get to corpus christi?

Well, the quickest way
is straight down here

but the best way
is to go through arlen

it's one of george bush's
communities of excellence

arlen, huh?
Is that where you're headed?

No, sir we're on our way
to wichita falls

we're gonna see
the training camp
of the dallas cowboys

they used to be in austin
till, well, you know

but like my dad says,
"cowboys will be cowboys"



[nervous laughter]

I say that in private, son

(announcer)
welcome to wichita falls,

training camp of the former
world champion dallas cowboys

yeah! Way to go, cowboys!

Irvin's looking good
this year, huh, dad?

Yup I'm giving him
an "a" minus

i'm giving him
a "b" plus

that gives him
some room to improve

good idea, son

and I'm giving troy aikman
a "b" plus, too

that's not funny, bobby

[whistle blowing]

dad, look



they forgot one
of their footballs

shh

follow me

sweet jethro pugh!

The super bowl has come down
to one play fourth down,

aikman drops back
to pass

irvin heads for
the goal line

[whispering]
that's you, bobby

oh, ok

troy's under pressure

he fires
into the end zone

and hits michael irvin
for a touchdown!

[groans]

dang!

Uh, hold on a minute
uh, pass interference

cowboys retain
possession

and they run out the clock

uh, turns out
they were ahead all along

the cowboys win
the super bowl!

(both)
the cowboys win
the super bowl!

The cowboys win
the super bowl!

[both exclaiming]

well, hooray

where are you guys from?

Arlen, texas

pig town
you a pig farmer?

Uh, I think
you're confused, sir

we don't raise pig
s in arlen, texas

we process them

oh, yeah

you folks make them
tiny breakfast weenies

but you're gonna have
to leave now

wow! Did you
just see that, dad?

He added an extra move
when he gave me the blizzard

an extra little twirl

they don't do that
in arlen

wichita falls
is the greatest place

I have ever been
in my life

$109

what? In arlen,
they're 99 cents

in arlen, it's not
the official blended
frozen dairy product

of the dallas
cowboys training camp

[slurping]

[sighs]

??[hank humming]

? Stampede!
Go you dallas cowboys, go ??

Hey, dad, look

[grunting]

[gibbers]

ah!

[grunting]

(hank)
well, I'll be dipped

excuse me we're looking
for the assistant manager

[bell jingling]

jeff, there's
some guys out here

dang it all,
jeff jr,

I wasn't finished
with my nap

hello, there
i'm hank hill,

and I sell propane
and propane accessories, too,

in arlen, texas

I gotta say,
I sure envy you

after a hard day's wor
k at a job you love,

you get to take your son
to see the cowboys

I am so sick of you
south texas pig jockeys
coming in here,

waking me up to tell me,
"how about them cowboys!"

arlen stinks
and wichita falls rules

and you know why?

'cause in 5 minutes,
I can be inside
the great state of oklahoma

go, sooners!

What?

??[singing discordantly]

go, sooners!

Stop!

Go, sooners!

Cut it out!
Stop it! Stop it now!

[gibbering]

stampede!

Go, sooners! Go!

Stampede!
Go dallas cowboys, go!

Go, sooners!
Come on!

[groans]

"magic fingers"

ooh, I like magic

[quavering]
? I'll tell you what I want,
what I really really want ??

[yells]

get off of there, bobby
you're not 18

this is the coolest be
d I have ever seen

[quavering]
they don't have beds
like this in arlen

they certainly do not

look what I found
in the nightstand

what the heck is this?

This is the tape
that wichita falls made

to show how great
it is here,

and they sent it
to the cowboys
and that's why they came

? Do you want
to watch my tape? ??

[vcr clicking]

(narrator)
wichita falls
is really excited about

bringing the dallas cowboys
to our city

this north texas town
is a perfect spot

for the training camp
of the dallas cowboys

north texas,
my foot!

More like
south oklahoma

well, whatever you call it,

I like it
more than "pig town"

what? Now, you wash
your mouth out right now

with 2 or 3
of those little soaps

phew!

I never noticed what a dump
this town is before

[yawns]

[sniffs]

what's that smell?

[making retching noises]

I think
i'm gonna throw up

ugh

it's just
a sausage plant

that smell
means jobs, bobby

[sniffing]

(man on tv)
the state-of-the-art mall

is anchored by
dillard's and jc penney

and our restaurants
include both

chili's and bennigan's
chili's and bennigan's

well, bobby sure had
a good time on your trip

[sighs]

yeah too good

now he's down
on his hometown

all his dreams from now on
are gonna be about leaving

and then some high-school
guidance counselor

is gonna tell him
to follow his dreams

then how will he end up?

A fruit pie salesman
with a whoopee cushion
living in wichita falls

hank, it's happening
to the best
of our young people

there is nothing here
for them

last week,
2 6th-graders told me

they wanted
to be astronauts

you can't find work
as an astronaut
in arlen, hank

uh-uh not anymore

[sighs]

I've been trying
to hire some teenagers

at strickland
for months

no one wants to be
a tank wipe these days

(hank)
and the problem is,
our kids are leaving

hank is right

if all the childre
n leave arlen,

there will be no young
to take care of our old

our old will feed off
our very old

our very old
who are not eaten

will wish
they had been

eaten

uh, dale, that's not
gonna happen

not if we do something
about it

we are going to keep
our young people

by bringing the dallas cowboys
training camp to arlen

[all exclaiming]

I know
it's a long shot,

but what if we make
a movie about arlen

and send it
to the cowboys?

Do you really think
we can make a movie, hank?

I know we can

we used to make movies
all the time

remember, dale?

You practically slept
with that little camcorder

practically?

I was going to be
the next zapruder

except nobody shot
a president after that

nobody knew
what he was doing

sugs, as a professiona
l on-air personality,

I would be glad
to donate my services

I've always wanted
to branch out

from weather
to hard infotainment

uh-huh, and every
good movie starts
with--with what?

A good script

yeah, pass the salt, please

hey, peggy,
you're a writer

you could writ
e the script

me? Well, all right

I will do it
for the children of arlen

and I will be
the president
of the movie

tell you what, man
all you need is get

one of them
dang old narrators, man

just like
the movie trailer guys, man

like, "in a world where love
is against the law"

you know,
something like that

yeah! Or we could put you
in an armadillo suit

bill, you'll be
in charge of snacks

oh, well,
this calls for sopapillas

all right! Yeah!

How about
them cowboys!

(hank)
sopapillas for everyone!

In wichita falls,
this button doesn't stick

welcome, jerry jones
i'm nancy hicks-gribble,

and I'll be
your tour guide

on a magical journey
through arlen, texas,

the next training camp sit
e of the dallas cowboys

sharks may be scary,
as is the spearlike marlin,

but fear not, jerry,
for landlocked arlen
is darlin'

(hank)
cut!

we're gonna get
the cowboys

let's not get ahea
d of ourselves, dale

now, I noticed you were
jiggling the camera a bit

we really don't need
any fancy camera tricks

just point and shoot

got you consider me
a human tripod

with an invisible 3rd leg

like you cowboys,

arlenites are
rugged individualists

we are do-it-yourselfers,
for your information

that's d-i-y-f-y-i

one more reason
arlen is darlin'

cut! Ok

that was written ok
and acted pretty good,

but it needs, uh

it needs, hmm,
let me think about this, uh

[grunts]

all right,
let's do it again,

maybe a little better
this time

I don't care
what hank says, sug'

I think your scrip
t is just wonderful

well, thank you, nancy

I got that rhyming idea
from charles kuralt

or was it
charles osgood?

Wait which one
was the one

with the mistress
and the winnebago?

Oh, they all
fool around, sug'

[laughs]

anyway, your script
is brilliant

I wouldn't change
a word

well, now that
you mention it,

you did change
one teeny little word

really? Did i?

Yes you said "arlenites"
instead of "arlenians"

oh, that's the channel 84
preferred term

for residents of arlen

well, technically,
residents of arlen
are called arlenians

as a substitute educator,
I would know that

[laughing]

well, you're
the writer, sug'

i'm just the professional
television personality

like you cowboys,
arlenites

i'm duct-tapin
g your zoom

oh!

(boomhauer)
hey, man,
old heat rash, man

uh, dang old hot

not happy,
you know what I mean?

Boomhauer, we'll get
to you tomorrow, I promise

yeah, man, talk about
your dang old hurry up
and wait, man

thanks, man

gosh! I don't know
who's sweating more,

me or the cheese

you look
tired, dad

I guess it's hard
to get enough rest

when you're
presidenting a film

yup

see, I'm gonna do
a big shot from up here

do you really think
the cowboys
would move to arlen?

I sure do, son
imagine what it'll be like

we'll go to ge
t autographs

and troy aikman will toss
the ball around with you

I wish I could have ha
d "dandy" don meredith

or roger staubach
throwing me passes
when I was your age

even craig morton
would have been all right

I love you, bobby

what?

Ah, nothing
hey, look at that bird

[monkeys chattering]

dale, stop putting
your bug truck

in the background
of all the shots

what kind of message
are we sending?

Arlen is full
of bugs?

You think
that's all I do?

I killed 8 gophers
last year

and a purebred
tennessee walking horse

that was looking
at me funny

did you know that
that prima donna

had the gall to sugges
t changing my slogan

"
from "arlen is darlin'

to "arlen: where super bowls
are born"

where super bowls
are born

huh where is nancy, anyway?

Well, Miss priss is poutin
g in her trailer

she won't do
my snake scene

??[music playing
on car stereo]

[car tires screeching]

[sighs]

thank god you're here,
john redcorn!

Nancy won't come out
of the bug-abago

[birds squawking]

nancy has a headache
and requires treatment

I will need
about an hour

and a bottle
of asti spumante

i'll get it

that's it

you have pampered
that woman long enough

put me on camera
right this second

come on, come on
the snakes and I
are ready to go

uh, maybe we should give
john redcorn

a few more minutes

[peggy whooshing]

do you know
what that is?

no

Let me tell you

that is the sound
of arlen's future

going right down
the toilet

?
and do you know
whose butt is on that seat

well, it's yours, hank
it's your butt

dale, get the camera

ok, we're rolling
now, just try to relax

and remember,
all the cowboys
will be watching you

it's feeding time here

at the world-famous
arlen snake farm

you cowboys have
a lot in common

with these hungry vipers

r
they devour rodents
just the way you devou

opponents

[squeaking]

(hank)
time out

uh, that was, uh

uh, oh!

Look, here's nancy now

uh, nancy, peggy was just,
uh, standing in for you

now, honey,
if you'll just, uh
, step aside

nancy, why don't
we do this one

with your new slogan,

"arlen: where
super bowls are born"

oh, I'll say
my slogan, sug',

but I'm not touching
that little mouse

oh, ho, ho, ho
! Yes, you are

[gasping]

[shrieking]

hey, hey, hey, man!
Get him off! Get him off--

[boomhauer gibbering]

[hank groans]

[screeching]

[screaming]

[grunts]

get off my cheese!

cut!

Bobby, help me
save the cheese!

cut!

[nancy screaming]

cut it out!

[monkeys screeching]

]
[screaming

I quit!

Peggy, if you've ever
loved the cowboys,

apologize to her

she said "arlenite"
it's "arlenian"

arlenian arlenian

either I get an apolog
y or guess what?

I quit

well, you just quit, sug'

[sobbing]

then I quit!

If peggy quits
, I quit

oh, man!
Dang old, man! I quit

hank, you have bullyragged
this production

and stifled my creativity
from day one

it is now day 2
I quit!

[monkeys chattering]

what about
the cowboys?

The cowboys!

It's ok, dad

we were crazy
to try and compete
with wichita falls

i'll do this
on my own

hello, jerry jones
i'm hank hill

i'll be your quarterback

on a game-winning drive
through arlen, texas,

the next training camp site
of the dallas cowboys

[glass squeaking]

i'm standing here

at the 50-yard line
of tut rampy field,

the future site
of the dallas cowboys
training camp

you see? You're just
a dot at this distance

yeah,
so edit it bigger

that's why I'm here

hank, I'm the best
uhf editor in texas

but I can't work miracles

you've got no master shot,

you've crossed
the action axis,

the sound's horrible

I guess that was
all my responsibility
as president

[sighing]

all I wanted to do
was get my son

to love this town
as much as I do

where did I go wrong, tom?
Where?

Dad's talking to
the tom landry plate again

hello, nancy?
It's peggy

I would like
to apologize to you,

one arlenite to another

no, I was the one
who said "arlenian"

that's why
this is an apology

all right
let- let's just agree
to disagree

now, I'm gonna need
to borrow your home movies

dave, I hear you're
the best television editor
in all of texas

uhf

(peggy)
the reason
I've called you all here

is to show you a video
which we will be sending

to the dallas cowboys
tomorrow morning

it was made over the years
by each and every one of us

??[music playing]

(bill)
and that's after havin
g 2 chickens!

Boy, was I drunk!

(bobby)
look how smooth
my bottom was!

(hank)
bobby!

[bobby laughing]

[laughing]

(dale)
aw!

[hank laughs]

you know, I made that barbecue
out of 2 old barbecues

[sighing]

[dale guffawing]

[laughs]

? We're gonna get
the cowboys ?

? We're gonna get
the cowboys ??

Hey, dad

hello, bobby

well, the cowboys
thanked us for the video,

but they have no plans
to move to arlen

in the near future

and they've sent us
a little rubber football

so, uh, I guess this means
you're gonna leave us

when you grow up, huh?

Yeah, I'll probably leave,
but it's not for a while, dad

i'm only 12

we've still got plenty
of time together

yeah and even after
you move,

wichita falls is only
a 6-hour drive

but I can't be a prop comi
c in wichita falls

i'm moving
to new york city
or hollywood

maybe vegas

[sighs]

well, at least
it's not wichita falls

well, I may keep a place there
for tax purposes

hey, you wanna try
the little football?

All right

hike it to me
and go out for a pass

how about
you hike the ball

and go out
for the pass?

The crowd
is going wild

[cheering]

roger staubach
goes back to pass

roger's in trouble
he scrambles

roger the dodger
gets away

he throws
into the end zone

it's complete
to my dad, hank hill!

Touchdown!

!
The cowboys wi
n the super bowl

!
the cowboys wi
n the super bowl

!
the cowboys wi
n the super bowl

? Go! ?

? Go! Dallas! Cowboys! ?

? It's the gold team
of the senior pros ?

? Let the whole world
hear our bugles blow ?

? Stand up! ?

? Stampede ?

? Go you dallas cowboys ?

? Go! ??

(hank)
sweet jethro pugh!