Episode
King of the Hill: Meet the Manger Babies
Overview
After seeing that Luanne is depressed, Hank volunteers to buy her some hand puppets at a rummage sale. Luanne starts doing a Christian puppet show, The Manger Babies. Hank agrees to play God in the televised version of the puppet show. When it turns out that the show will be on at the same time as the Super Bowl, Hank has to choose between helping Luanne or watching the game.
Details
- Series
- King of the Hill
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1998-01-11
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Meet the Manger Babies is Episode 12 in Season 2 of King of the Hill. It aired on 1998-01-11. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 11: The Unbearable Blindness of Laying
Hank's mother bring home her new boyfriend, an affectionate Jewish man named Gary. After Hank sees the two of them having relations, he goes blind.
Episode 13: Snow Job
When Hank's boss, Buck Strickland, has another heart attack, Hank expects to be put in charge of the company while Buck is recuperating. Instead Buck picks Lloyd Vickers, a business-school graduate, and puts Hank in charge of feeding his dogs. At Buck's house, Hank discovers that Buck's stove is electric, not propane. Realizing that Buck is just in propane for the money, Hank considers leaving the propane business and opening up a general store instead.
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Episode 15: Three Days of the Kahndo
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Episode 8: The Son That Got Away
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Episode 16: Traffic Jam
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Episode 17: Hank's Dirty Laundry
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Episode 6: Husky Bobby
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Episode 18: The Final Shinsult
When Cotton learns that the U.S. government is giving the artificial leg of General Santa Ana back to Mexico, he teams up with Dale to steal the leg from the Arlen Museum.