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King of The Hill

The Year of Washing Dangerously

Season 10, Episode 9, Aired Mar 26, 2006

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Hank gets sucked into Kahn's get-rich-quick scheme when Kahn buys the car wash that hosts car cruising on Friday nights. But Kahn wrecks the business by trying to cut corners, and gets bought out by Buck Strickland. Meanwhile, Peggy tries to figure out if Nancy is deliberately refusing to take her calls.moreless

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GUEST STAR
James Sie

Dr. Money

Stephen Root

Voice of Bill Dauterive, Buck Strickland
Kathy Najimy

Voice of Peggy Hill
Pamela Adlon

Voice of Bobby Hill
Mike Judge

Voice of Hank Hill, Boomhauer
Johnny Hardwick

Voice of Dale Gribble

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Not bad.

8.0

"Great"

By cactusjack39, Feb 18, 2009

I think that this was an okay episode. There were some things I liked and some things I could have done without. I thought that the Peggy plot was rather pointless and immature for a middle aged woman. She really was being a child, but I am glad it's just a show. The things I liked was the plot with Kahn being a moron and getting in over his head. Of course it took Hank a long time to realize this and was really slow to act. Overall, this was a decent episode and was fairly entertaining in many areas. Thank you.moreless
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In this reasonable episode, Kahn will do anything to get rich, and buys out the carwash where Hank and the locals like to hang out Friday nights. But his greed sees him cut more and more corners and upsetting more and more of the locals...moreless

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By Jay-Spacedust, Jan 17, 2008

This is quite a good episode, with some nice character moments, even if it doesn't wind up as much beyond an average fare.

We haven't seen much of Kahn's ruthless (and looking down on rednecks) streak for a while, and it makes a welcome return.
Likewise, we haven't seen much of Mr. Strickland. This is another one of those times when Hank refuses to stop believing in his boss, even if it is obvious that he's little more than a gambler and a womaniser.

With Mr. Strickland a co-owner of the car wash, Kahn delights in treating him as his 'monkey'. I found it hard to believe that Hank would stand for this as long as he did, but Kahn gets his come-uppance in the end.

The b-plot, of Peggy determined to find out why Nancy is refusing to accept her calls, pads the episode nicely.

Not one for the halls of fame, but a fair episode.moreless
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Kahn gets advice from a TV get-rich-quick video, and buys a coin-operated carwash. At first he rakes in money, but eventually begins to alienate his customers with his attitude. When Buck buys into the carwash, Hank has to help it become profitable again.moreless

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By darlingdarcy, Jul 22, 2007

Kahn has always been somewhat dissatisfied with his life, wishing he had more money, a better house, membership in an exclusive Asian country club ("A Man Without a Country Club"). While at some points he seems more satisfied than not, like when he brags about his house in the Parade of Homes in "After the Mold Rush" (season 7), this episode centers aorund his desire to become a millionaire and enjoy the better things in life.

The episode opens with Kahn ripping up his losing lottery ticket, frustrated that he has never won. Hank offers Kahn some advice - the key to success is hard work. "Hey, I leaned in for that!" Kahn whines when Hank's answer isn't a more profitable secret. Kahn claims he has tried everything to get rich, including hard work at a job he doesn't like. "I tried to marry into money, but Minh lied!" Kahn complains. Later, while he and Minh are watching late-night television, they see an ad for a get-rich-quick video and send away for it. The video advises watchers to buy a coin-operated business, like an arcade or carwash. Kahn opts for the latter, and soon he and Minh are having sex on a pile of quarters.

The carwash also happens to be the place of Cruise Night, where car owners gather to show off their automobiles. Buck decides to invest in a muscle car after he sees Boomhauer getting attention for his car and the ladies' lack of appreciation for Buck's own BMW.

However, Kahn's bad attitude and pompous nature begins to anger the customers, and soon the carwash is no longer available as a hangout, and business suffers. Buck, angry he has no one to show off his new car to talks to Kahn and invests in Scrubby's carwash. Now that the carwash is part of the Strickland empire, Hank must help out at it, basically all so Buck can pick up women at Cruise Night again.

This is where the episode really picks up speed - Kahn forces Hank to do all the menial work while he sits around calling Hank his monkey and books vacations with his new fortune. He even draws a picture that is a cross between Hank and a toy monkey with cymbals in its hands. Kahn puts Hank through torture at the gas station. However, while the Kahn-Hank sparring is funny, wouldn't Hank be more valuable at Strickland Prpopane? All I can think is his work at the carwash was only remporary.

Back at the Hill house, Peggy is just discovering the magic of caller ID (hasn't it been around for over a decade?), and wants to share it with Nancy (who of course already has it). I believe the writers knew Peggy would seem ignorant about technology because of her excitement over caller ID. She thinks she'd be informing everyone, but instead she's just slow on the uptake (like in "Peggy's Headache"). When Peggy calls, Nancy won't pick up the phone. In typical fashion, Peggy asks, "Why wouldn't she pick up the phone? I'm her best friend and she's...one of my friends!" Peggy devises multiple plots to find out why Nancy is screening her, and eventually ends up in the Gribbles' closet. She finds out why, but cover is completely blown.

The idea of Peggy semi-stalking one of her friends to find out why she won't pick up is very plausible. Peggy's had other odd friendship moments - like when she gets jealous of all the "friends" in Tammy life in "Ho Yeah!". Peggy seems to alienate a lot of the folks in Arlen, and this episode showcases exactly why.moreless
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Have you ever stared at a wall for 21 minutes? Yep, that\'s what this horrible KOTH episode is like.

1.0

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By mitu123, Oct 20, 2006

Watching this episode will bore you to tears and you\'ll find a better episode than this on this great show. It\'s so boring that you should never see this one ever again. Kahn is too stupid in this one, and he has became a hateful character, as much as Peggy. There are only few amusing parts, but you wouldn\'t even care about them anymore once you\'ve seen it.
And Peggy\'s side plot has to be the stupidest thing I\'ve seen on T.V. Her side plot is simply just torture to watch. Talk about nonsensical and pointless, is it funny? No.
Is Kahn funny? No. Is Hank\'s friends funny? Barely. Does this episode suck? Oh Yes it does. If you disagree with my review, you must like this crappy episode with very few funny parts, 2 predictable and stupid plots, and a pacing so slow it\'s patheic. This is one of the worst episodes ever, no lie, so please avoid this one. And I agree with the guy who gave this a 5.8. Season 11, you better be good.moreless
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King of the Hill has gotten so bad, and has been going downhill very fast.

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By kikindoonoots, Apr 07, 2006

This episode just shows how bad this show has become. King of the Hill used to be a great show
and its time for it to be cancelled. Okay, this bad episode is about Hank getting caught in the middle of Kahn's get-rich-quick scheme. Kahn decides to buy a car wash after seeing a video about getting rich quick. Kahn ends up destroying the business and running it straight into the ground. Kahn cuts corners and wrecks it.
Strickland buys the business and Hank id forced to work there. This episdoe included very few funny moments, like when Kahn and Buck were shaking hands and Dale keeps chanting for Buck to kiss him. The rest of the episode was pretty bad.moreless
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- Animation error: When Buck is sitting in his office chair near the beginning of the episode, the blinds on the window behind him can be seen through his forehead.
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- Kahn: Have you ever made love to a future millionaire? Minh: No...but ask me tomorrow morning.
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- Buck Strickland: (Trying to impress two women at the car wash) Now, I may not be much to look at, but I've got a lot of money!
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- Mr. Strickland: (Referring to Hank) Kahn, the heart of business is customer service & back-breaking hard work. That man'll give you both.
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- Dale: ( Washing his car ) Damn that Kahn I had to use all of Nancy's body wash to scrub my roof.
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- Kahn: ( To Minh ) Ahhh today I got stuck in the elevator for 6 hours, best day of my career.
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- Dale: I have to go back to the pet store today; I didn't solve their rat problem, I solved their gerbil problem.
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- Tagline: "Kiss him... Kiss him..." - Dale
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- The infomercial that Khan uses as his inspiration in this video is a reference to Tommy Vu who in the late 80's had infomercials on how to get rich quick. Vu is a Vietnamese-American.
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- The episode title is an obvious pun on the 1982 Peter Weir film, The Year of Living Dangerously which starred Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt (who won an Oscar for playing a man). Since the film's story takes place in Indonesia, it is kind of appropriate that the title was used for a plot featuring the Laotian Khan family.
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