Adult swim has apparently picked up king of the hill for its hit-and-miss late night comedy lineup. Way to go, williams street! we at the heavy heavy monster sound smile upon this acquisition. king of the hill may not always be the most hilarious show, but the characters are really well-developed and its more rewarding than most of the original adult swim productions which try to pass off meaningless absurdity as comedy (i like superjail though).
king of the hill doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of gaining a second wind the way that family guy did when it came to adult swim, not in the least because king of the hill had a very long and successful run with fox and mike judge has moved on to the big screen. all the same, i hope that adult swim viewers will at least tolerate it, as they did with futurama.
this is my hope because king of the hill is all about tolerance. its about hank coming to terms with the cultural shifts of 1960s and accepting them even as they rock through the reactionary little town of arlen. i think this is the kind of drama america wants right now, as all the southern and middle-american republicans are trying to recover from the recent failure of reagan-era conservatism. and i want adult swim's audience of stoned slackers to better understand where these boring, bland, friendly white people are coming from, what kind of culture they have put together, and how seeds of open-mindedness are sewn here and there across their suburban lawns. we need a reconciliation in this country because our problems are gonna require working together. and texans work hard.
