So, the article this is pulling from is a 2003 academic paper on class, race, and gender representation in American sitcoms. It’s not an LLM produced bit of of insanity, nor is it someone who has never watched the show saying something unknowingly unintelligible.
It’s a joke. Some dry humour, possibly put in there to see if peer reviewers had any idea about the then current television sitcom landscape.
My favorite line from that show is from the episode with the Christian rock group when Hank says “you’re not making Christianity any better, you’re just making rock n roll worse”
That’s pretty funny.
King of the Hill is pretty funny.
I legitimately think it’s arguably one of the most consistently funny and well aged TV shows ever made. It’s amazing how different the world is 26 years after this show started airing, yet the jokes consistently stand the test of time.
They’re standing in front of a charcoal grill so I assume he sells charcoal and charcoal accessories. Taste the heat, not the meat .
I’m going to be rewatching the charcoal episode tonight I think.
I miss this show so much. Glad it’s coming back.
My boy has soot under his nails!
It’s not mine! I was holding it for a friend!
Dang it, Bobby!
I’ve never seen a single episode and I know he does something with propane and grilling.
He sells propane and propane accessories. Yup.
Mm-hmm.
That boy ain’t right
Propane and propane accessories intensifies!
BWAAAAAAH!
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I wouldn’t give it the credit of calling it a LLM. With sentences that incoherent, it’s more of a backpropagating Markov chain.
I never watched a single episode of this series yet I got acquainted with Hank Hills catchiest phrases through the Starcraft Terran Firebats.
Same. Maybe I should watch it.
It’s like not knowing what Bob Vance does.
Bob Vance? Of Vance Refrigeration?
So what line of work are you in, Bob?
He sells propane and propane accessories for Stricklan propane in Arlan Texas. Everybody knows that!
Arlen. With an “e”. I’ve heard from multiple sources that it’s taken after “Garland TX” though, so it’s an easy mistake to make.
The city King of the Hill’s Arlen is based on is Richardson Texas, which is the next city over from Garland. It’s close enough it’s an easy mistake, and probably not a coincidence.
It’s from Harlottown
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Yeah I don’t think they’ve ever once mentioned what he does for work, I always assumed he was a plumber.
Hopefully the new seasons he will tell us what he does.
@[email protected] What’s the occupation of the character Hank from the show King Of The Hill?
Hank from the show “King Of The Hill” is a propane salesman. He works for Strickland Propane as an assistant manager.
Good bot.
Who the hell are you
What is this, another transporter accident?
Captain, have you been to Nervala IV recently?
The guy you’re trying to copy cat.
That title is gore.
That was the least hardest I’ve known what a title is saying
This is an AI generated article
I would hope so, to think otherwise brings me despair for our species
It might be an AI generated article making stuff up.
PROPANE AND PROPANE ACCESSORIES
