DVD Release Date: May 2, 2006 (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
Color/2001-2002
MSRP: $39.95
Number of Discs: 3 (double-sided)
Number of Episodes: 21 (20 half-hour episodes, 1 hour-long episode)
Running Time: 494 minutes
Total Run Time of Special Features: N/A
Languages, Subtitles, Closed Captioning: English and
Spanish subtitles and audio (no Spanish audio on
"Lupe's Revenge"); closed-captioned
Special Features: None
Introduction:
Yeeee haw! King of the Hill is back for another season
of King of the Hill on DVD! The sixth season of the
show is now available on a three disc set from 20th
Century Fox Home Entertainment, once again in a set
that is "complete" but without any special features.
Regardless, you'll get over 8 hours worth of
Texas-style comedy in this highly underrated animated
series about the assistant manager of a propane
company, his family, and his neighbors.
Memorable Episodes / Notable Guest Stars:
There are many good episodes in this season, beginning
with "Bobby Goes Nuts," where Hank wants Bobby to
defend himself, and Bobby decides to get lessons on
how to do that--in a women's self-defense course! In
"Lupe's Revenge," Peggy gets to chaperone a field trip
to Mexico, but her ability (or inability) to speak
Spanish causes her to be involved in an international
kidnapping crisis, and she is the kidnapper! Hank gets
a chance to carry the Olympic torch through Arlen, but
messes things up when he accidentally extinguishes the
flame in "Torch Song Hillogy."
In "The Bluegrass is Always Greener," Hank discovers
that Connie is a natural at playing the fiddle and
wants to enter her in a bluegrass contest in Branson,
but Kahn won't allow her to go--but does she go
anyway? Ed Asner has a guest role in "Unfortunate
Son." Peggy finds the perfect new job, as a Spanish
teacher at a Catholic school, in "Are You There God?
It's Me, Margaret Hill," but the school wants to hire
a nun--and Peggy is willing to be one, too. Dale
finally realizes that he is not Joseph's real father,
except what he DOES realize is that Joseph was
actually fathered by aliens in "Of Mice and Little
Green Men." In "Beer and Loathing," Alamo Beer can't
be found anywhere in Texas, so Hank depends upon Peggy
(Alamo Beer's newest employee) to find out why, but
when she signs a nondisclosure agreement and Hank
ignores her warnings to not go to Mexico to get the
beer, Hank learns a valuable lesson.
Peggy and Luanne join an organization--well, actually
a cult--that makes jam and jelly in "Fun With Jane
and Jane." Dale finds out that his dad works in a gay
rodeo in "My Own Private Rodeo." The season ends with
the two-parter "Returning Japanese," where Cotton
wants to apologize to the widow of a soldier that he
says he killed in World War II--only problem is that
the "widow" wasn't married, and even more shocking,
she has a son that looks an awful lot like Hank!
Packaging:
The packaging seems to have an outdoor cookout theme
to it this time, and of course, the steaks are being
cooked on (what else?) a propane grill. The front
cover has Hank and the rest of the guys at the grill,
with the words "The Complete 6th Season" being written
in ketchup and mustard. On the back, Joseph is
squirting ketchup and mustard all over Luanne (why?),
and Luanne is crying... and Peggy is protecting
herself with a plate. Somewhat interesting artwork, I
suppose. The slim cases are employed in this set, as
usual. And the front of each slim case shows the guys
taking part in the food fights; Bill and Boomhauer on
the cover of the Disc 1 slim case, Dale on Disc 2, and
Hank on Disc 3. The back of each slim case lists each
of the episodes on the disc, along with a short
description and the original airdate. All three discs
are double-sided this time, so there is no disc
artwork.
Episodes 1-4 are on Disc 1/Side A, 5-8 on Disc 1/Side
B, 9-12 on Disc 2/Side A, 13-16 on Disc 2/Side B,
17-19 on Disc 3/Side A, and 20-21 on Disc 3/Side B
(but episode 21 is a two-part episode presented in the
original one-hour format on this set).
Menu Design and Navigation:
The menus are slightly different this time, but they
are still basically the same. The main menu on each
disc has the closing music playing with brief scenes
from episodes on the disc playing in a circle in the
middle of the screen. The choices on the main menu
include Play All, Episode Selection, and Languages,
all of which are basically self-explanatory. The
Episode Selection menu takes you to a list of
episodes, and even has a short description of the
episode on screen when you highlight the episode. In
the background, there is a picture of a scene from one
of the episodes on the particular side of that disc.
There are chapters placed in each episode at all of
the appropriate spots, but there are no scene
selection menus.
Video and Audio Quality:
The video and audio is fine, nothing to complain
about; that is about what you can expect from episodes
from the 2001-2002 season. There are minor issues here
and there, but nothing that will really bother you.
The audio is presented in Dolby Digital Surround
sound, in both English and Spanish. For some reason,
though, there is no Spanish audio track for the
"Lupe's Revenge" episode (maybe because this episode
contains so much Spanish in it anyway?), but the box
clearly indicates that. Additionally, there are
English and Spanish subtitles, as well as
closed-captioning. The episodes all run at
approximately 22:30, which seems to indicate these
episodes are all (as expected) the original unedited
versions.
Special Features:
Once again, we have nothing. The first two seasons had
some decent special features, but none have been seen
since then, and at this rate, it appears that we may
never see special features on any of these King of the
Hill sets--such a shame! Maybe my idea is crazy, but I
think a fun idea for a special feature would be to
have an episode translated into "Peggy Hill Spanish"
(I kind of thought of this idea after watching the
"Lupe's Revenge" episode on the set).
Final Comments:
Once again, we have a set with great episodes, but
there aren't any special features. This is getting to
be annoying by now, but at least the episodes are
being released, and unedited at that. The current
season was expected to be the final season of the
show, and in fact, episodes were no longer being
produced, but it was later decided that it will indeed
be back next season, so there is no telling how much
longer this show will go on. But one thing is for
sure, and that is that this show is a great show, and
is worth having as part of your DVD collection, even
without special features.
