Topic: King of the Hill: Stooges reference

[horwitz-halfwits]

In Season 3 Episode 45 called "A Firefighting We Will Go", after Hank starts arguing w/ his pals over how they aren't doing their jobs right in the firehouse, Dale Gribble starts singing "B A Bay, B E Bee, B I Bickey-Bi B O Bo..." in order to drown Hank's voice out in annoyance. Upon first seeing this episode about a year or two back, I had no idea about this song. But now that I am more familiar w/ the stooges and their gags/antics, I realized this is the song that Moe starts singing in Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938).

[ILMM]

The same with me. The whole episode is an homage to the Three Stooges, including the title. This has a list of references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Firefighting_We_Will_Go . It also says it's a ''Rashomon-style story''; each
character telling the story from their own perspective. There a reference to the stooges in an other
episode in which Cotton, watching an episode of Charlie's Angels and not seeing the cast he wants,
says ''it's like getting a Shemp''.

[horwitz-halfwits]

Ya know, even if I didn't read the whole plot just now, I still would have realized that maybe there were a few stooge moves. But thanks for sending me back to the episode's plot! I love it even more now. There is also another episode where Hank calls his pals "knuckleheads", I just forgot which one it was.

[ILMM]

No problem, I'm happy to meet a fellow King of the Hill fan! I'm not sure if just calling someone
a knucklehead is technically a Three Stooges reference, it's become such a generic insult for stupid behavior.
I wonder if The Three Stooges were the first to use it? At least documented anyway.
I wish I could remember what the episode with Cotton was. He was sitting on a couch with Bobby
and said it to him.

[horwitz-halfwits]

Oh my god, yes! King of the Hill is one of my favorite shows! I'll have to look into it to find that reference you're talking about. It's been a while since I last watched the show. I have watched all the seasons on Netflix once, then started to watch them over again. But like I said I'll look into it!

[ILMM]

Here's the episode I mentioned; it's called ''shins of the father''and the reference is at 12:59 on the clip.

 

The episode is mirrored.

[Bum]

Best Cotton Hill quote ever [referring to why he doesn't want novocaine before a dental procedure]:

"Lincoln didn't ask for no girlie-gas before they blowed his head off!"

[ILMM]

Best Cotton Hill quote ever [referring to why he doesn't want novocaine before a dental procedure]:

"Lincoln didn't ask for no girlie-gas before they blowed his head off!"

  I don't remember that one, which episode is it?

[Curly4444]

I didnt see the reference at the time posted.

[Bum]

  I don't remember that one, which episode is it?

Can't remember which episode. Lots of times I remember a gag or funny line without having a clue as to which film it originated........ that applies to the Stooges as well.

[ILMM]

I didnt see the reference at the time posted.

The time is for the start of the scene, the actual line is about ten seconds in.

[Curly4444]

I Got it. "Its like getting a shemp".