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|airdate = February 24, 2002
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|writer = [[Norm Hiscock]]
| airdate = February 24, 2002
 
| writer = [[Norm Hiscock]]
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|director = [[Tricia Garcia]]
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|previous = "[[Joust Like a Woman]]"
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|next = "[[The Substitute Spanish Prisoner]]"}}
 
"'''The Bluegrass is Always Greener'''" is the one hundred-thirteenth episode of ''[[King of the Hill]]''. It was first aired on February 24, 2002. The episode was written by [[Norm Hiscock]] and directed by [[Tricia Garcia]].
| next = [[The Substitute Spanish Prisoner]]}}
 
'''The Bluegrass is Always Greener''' is the one hundred-thirteenth episode of King of the Hill. It was first aired on February 24, 2002. The episode was written by [[Norm Hiscock]], and directed by [[Tricia Garcia]].
 
   
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==Summary==
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Connie plays the fiddle in Hank's bluegrass band, but keeps it a secret from her father, who wants her to go to Van Cliburn's violin academy.
   
== Synopsis ==
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==Plot==
The guys are drinking beer in the alley while listening to [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Connie_Souphanousinphone Connie] play her violin (Mozart specifically). [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Hank_Hill Hank] finally has enough and brings out his guitar. Bill requests "Puff The Magic Dragon" but Hank Hill, showing the same kind of rigid realism and lack of imagination he did in the episode "[[Sleight of Hank]]," starts to play "Blue Moon of Kentucky" in waltz tempo. Connie stops playing and informs Hank Hill and his friends that she likes the music. She begins to play the violin like a fiddle.
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The guys are drinking beer in the [[alley]] while listening to [[Connie Souphanousinphone|Connie]] play her violin (Mozart specifically). [[Hank Hill|Hank]] finally has enough and brings out his guitar. Bill requests ''"Puff The Magic Dragon"'' but Hank Hill rejects the song due to it being "about a dragon" and starts to play ''"Blue Moon of Kentucky"'' in waltz tempo. Connie stops playing and informs Hank Hill and his friends that she likes the music. She begins to play the violin like a fiddle.
   
Later at dinner that night, Hank Hill discusses with [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Peggy_Hill Peggy] and [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Bobby_Hill Bobby] that Connie is naturally talented with bluegrass. Bobby Hill explains that both him and Connie had a dream of playing at Carnegie Hall (Bobby on comedy; Connie on violin). At the Souphanousinphone house, [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Kahn_Souphanousinphone Kahn] is forcing Mozart on Connie and drives her to practice, but she secretly listens to bluegrass. The next day, Hank and the guys are in the garage looking at a level when Connie appears with her violin offering to "Throw down with a hoedown." Everyone gets excited leading to Hank getting his guitar, [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Bill_Dauterive Bill] getting his washboard, [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Dale Dale] getting his keyboard, and [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Jeff_Boomhauer Boomhauer] getting his banjo (Boomhauer also on vocals). They perform "Blue Moon of Kentucky" in an up-tempo arrangement. Bobby begins to blow in a jug until Hank exclaims "Bobby put that down. That's the jug I keep stuff in!" When Hank tells Connie to "saw that thing" (her violin) she accidentally pops a string. They then go to [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Earl%27s_Music_Shop?venotify=created Earl's Music Shop] to fix her violin. When they arrive, [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Earl Earl] fixes and plays her violin and asks her to demonstrate "A little Twinkle Twinkle". Connie amazes him with her prowess, and Earl suggests that she should go to Branson, Missouri, for a fiddle contest. They all agree to go which creates [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/The_Dale_Gribble_Bluegrass_Experience The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience]. Connie is bummed because she realizes that she has to travel to Fort Worth for another contest.
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Later at dinner that night, Hank Hill discusses with [[Peggy Hill|Peggy]] and [[Bobby Hill|Bobby]] that Connie is naturally talented with bluegrass. Bobby Hill explains that both him and Connie had a dream of playing at Carnegie Hall (Bobby on comedy; Connie on violin). At the Souphanousinphone house, [[Kahn Souphanousinphone|Kahn]] is forcing Mozart on Connie and drives her to practice, but she secretly listens to bluegrass. The next day, Hank Hill and the guys are in the garage looking at a level when Connie appears with her violin offering to "throw down with a hoedown" since her father is gone for an hour to dye his hair. Everyone gets excited leading to Hank getting his guitar, [[Bill Dauterive|Bill]] getting his washboard, [[Dale Gribble|Dale]] getting his keyboard, and [[Jeff Boomhauer|Boomhauer]] getting his banjo (alongside singing lead). They perform "Blue Moon of Kentucky" in an up-tempo arrangement. Bobby tries to join in on the song while blowing in a jug, but Hank tells him to put it down since it is the jug that he keeps stuff in. When Hank tells Connie to "saw that thing" (her violin), she accidentally pops a string. They then go to [[Earl's Music Shop]] to fix her violin. When they arrive, [[Earl]] fixes and plays her violin and asks her to play ''"Twinkle, Twinkle"''. Connie amazes him with her prowess, and Earl suggests that she should go to [[Branson]], Missouri, for a fiddle contest. They all agree to go which creates [[The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience]]. Connie is bummed because she realizes that she has to travel to Fort Worth for another contest.
[[File:92922.png|left|thumb|320x320px|The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience ]]
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[[File:92922.png|left|thumb|320x320px|The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience]]
 
While the group rehearses in Hank's garage, Kahn spots Connie with the guys playing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" much to his dismay. He immediately demands that Connie go home and pack for [[Fort Worth]]. She boards a bus at the [[Arlen Bus Depot]], but once her parents leave and before the bus gets on the road, she goes back to Hank's house to continue playing. She informs Hank that she can go, causing The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience to drive (in Dale's van) to Branson, for the country contest.
   
 
Bobby tries to come to attend a [[Yakov Smirnoff]] show claiming that it would be beneficial for his comedy. Like the other two incidents, Hank reluctantly says yes but insists that he should "sleep the whole way". Later into the drive, they stop at a gas station and Connie calls her dad with Kahn thinking that she is in Fort Worth. Kahn asks about Tim Wu, a fellow violinist, with Connie replying that "He hurt his hand stealing a Coke from a Coca-Cola machine." In the middle of the payphone call, Bobby interrupts her asking, "Is my tongue blue?" from the Slushee he is drinking. Kahn asks who it is, prompting Connie to answer, "Tim Wu's tongue is blue." She then tells her dad that she loves him, but Kahn shouts at her to practice, so she angrily hangs up. Once back in [[Bugabago|Dale's van]], Bobby is explaining how to tell a proper Yakov Smirnoff joke and demonstrates a joke. Everyone wants to hear it except Hank, because he thinks the band should be practicing, but Connie states that she still wants to hear the joke. After Bobby tells the joke, everyone laughs, but once again Hank does not laugh due to his strict mood, and Connie feels pressured to do good again.
At Earl's, Hank scolds Bobby for playing with bongos.
 
   
 
Once in Branson, everyone wants to go to a Yakov Smirnoff show, but Hank exclaims that he still wants Connie to practice some more. While everyone else goes, they stayed behind. Back in Arlen, Kahn and [[Minh Souphanousinphone|Minh]] decorate Connie's bedroom thinking that Connie is at the violin competition in Fort Worth. They were going to hide a gift for her under her pillow, but once Kahn picked it up, he found all of Connie's bluegrass CDs. Suddenly, Kahn remembers how Tim Wu hates Coca-Cola as Connie said in the phone call. He immediately finds a Branson country flyer causing him to drive there. At the Yakov Smirnoff theater, Bobby and Dale meet him after the show. Bobby sells a joke to him and Yakov buys it for $20. Dale, in a fit of paranoia, handcuffs Smirnoff to a brass rail and pepper-sprays him in the face. A security team at the theater scares Dale away and work to free Smirnoff.
While the group rehearses in Hank's garage, Kahn spots Connie with the guys playing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" much to his dismay. He immediately demands that Connie go home and pack for Fort Worth. She boards a bus but once her parents leave and before the bus gets on the road, she goes back to Hank's house to continue playing. She informs Hank that she can go, causing The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience to drive (in Dale's van) to Branson, for the country contest.
 
 
[[File:50274 49161449022 1480812 n-0.jpg|thumb|221x221px|The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience with Charlie Daniels on fiddle.]]
 
Once back at the country contest, Hank scolds the guys for being late. Bobby shows Hank the $20 that Yakov gave him with Hank thinking that Bobby stole the money from his wallet and takes the $20 from him. Connie notices how Hank has been rude to Bobby ever since the first rehearsal and how he also has been strict on her like Kahn. She runs out of the building and away from Hank along with Bobby who is also furious. Outside, while Hank is searching for Connie and Bobby, Kahn confronts Hank for taking Connie to the country contest instead of her going to the Fort Worth violin contest. He puts a lot of the blame on Bobby. After hearing his son badmouthed, Hank admits that Bobby got a joke sold to Yakov, and even Kahn ends up acknowledging that he finds Bobby's joke funny. Connie and Bobby both agree that they would like to go to the Appalachian Mountains to perform violin and tell jokes. They try to buy tickets but do not have enough money so they street perform to raise money. While Connie plays her violin, Bobby blows into a bottle. Hank and Kahn both later find them. They enjoy the performing leading to Hank playing the guitar and Kahn singing.
   
 
At the country contest, Bill, Dale, and Boomhauer need a fiddle player, so they lie to [[Charlie Daniels]] that Connie's dying wish was to meet him. He believes it and plays with them, earning great applause from the audience. Once the musical number is over, Yakov Smirnoff shows up with three Branson police officers who subsequently subdue Dale.
Bobby tries to come to attend a [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Yakov_Smirnoff Yakov Smirnoff] show claiming that it would be beneficial for his comedy. Like the other two incidents, Hank reluctantly says yes but insists that he should "sleep the whole way". Later into the drive, they stop at a gas station and Connie calls her dad with Kahn thinking that she's in Fort Worth. Kahn asks about Tim Wu, a fellow violinist with Connie replying that 'He hurt his hand stealing a Coke from a Coca-Cola machine." In the middle of the pay-phone call, Bobby interrupts her asking "Is my tongue blue?" from the Slushee he's drinking. Kahn asks who it is with Connie replying "Tim Wu's tongue is blue." She then tells her dad "I love you" with Kahn shouting "GO PRACTICE!" making her angrily hang up. Once back in Dale's van, Bobby is explaining how to tell a proper Yakov Smirnoff joke and demonstrates a joke. Everyone wants to hear it except Hank, because he thinks the band should be practicing, but Connie states that she still wants to hear the joke. After Bobby tells the joke everyone laughs but once again Hank doesn't laugh because he's too strict causing Connie to feel pressured to do good again.
 
 
Once in Branson, everyone wants to go to a Yakov Smirnoff show but Hank exclaims that he still wants Connie to practice some more. While everyone else goes, they stayed behind. Back in Arlen, Kahn and [http://kingofthehill.wikia.com/wiki/Minh_Souphanousinphone Minh] decorate Connie's bedroom thinking that Connie is at the violin competition in Fort Worth. They were going to hide a gift for her under her pillow, but once Kahn picked it up, he found all of Connie's bluegrass CDs. Then Kahn remembers how Tim Wu hates Coca-Cola as Connie said in the phone call. He immediately finds a Branson country flyer causing him to drive there.
 
 
At the Yakov Smirnoff theater, Bobby and Dale meet him after the show. Bobby sells a joke to him and Yakov buys it for $20. Dale, in a fit of paranoia, handcuffs Smirnoff to a brass rail and pepper-sprays him in the face. A security team at the theater scares Dale away and work to free Smirnoff.
 
 
Once back at the country contest, Hank scolds the guys for being late. Bobby shows Hank the $20 that Yakov gave him with Hank thinking that Bobby stole the money from his wallet and takes the $20 from him. Connie notices how Hank has been rude to Bobby ever since the first rehearsal and how he also has been strict on her like Kahn. She runs out of the building and away from Hank along with Bobby who is also furious. Outside, while Hank is searching for Connie and Bobby, Kahn confronts Hank for taking Connie to the country contest instead of her going to the Fort Worth violin contest. Connie and Bobby both agree that they would like to go to the Appalachian Mountains to perform violin and tell jokes. They try to buy tickets but don't have enough money so they street perform to raise money. While Connie plays her violin, Bobby blows into a bottle. Hank and Kahn both later find them. They enjoy the performing leading to Hank playing the guitar and Kahn singing.
 
[[File:50274 49161449022 1480812 n-0.jpg|left|thumb|221x221px|The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience with Charlie Daniels on fiddle.]]
 
At the country contest, Bill, Dale, and Boomhauer needed a fiddle player so they lied to Charlie Daniels that Connie's dying wish was to meet him. He believed it and played with them. Once the musical number is over, Yakov Smirnoff shows up with three Branson police officers who subdue Dale.
 
 
This episodes title is a reference to the phrase "The Blue Grass Is Always Greener", a common phrase in Kentucky. More widely, it's a take on the proverb "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence."
 
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==Characters==
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*[[Hank Hill]]
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*[[Peggy Hill]]
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*[[Bobby Hill]]
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*[[Dale Gribble]]
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*[[Bill Dauterive]]
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*[[Jeff Boomhauer]]
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*[[Connie Souphanousinphone]]
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*[[Kahn Souphanousinphone]]
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*[[Minh Souphanousinphone]]
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*[[Earl]]
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*[[Ladybird]]
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*[[Tim Woo]] (mentioned)
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*[[Yakov Smirnoff]]
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*Bluegrass Brothers (non-speaking)
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*[[Manager (Branson Theatre)|Manager]]
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*[[Charlie Daniels]]
   
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==Stinger Quote==
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*Hank: "Hmm... I like it."
   
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==Trivia==
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*The episode title is a reference to the saying "the grass is always greener on the other side."
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*Dale reveals that he has the same birthday as the American pianist Van Cliburn, which is July 12.
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*Hank mentions [[The Dixie Chicks]] in this episode. The country music group were previously featured as special guest voices for characters featured in the [[Season 4]] episode "[[A Beer Can Named Desire]]". Singers [[Natalie Maines]] voiced [[Violetta]], [[Emily Robison]] voiced [[Rose]], and [[Martie Seidel]] voiced [[Lily]].
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*Kahn states that his hometown is Luang Phabang (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ). This city in Laos was referenced in the [[Season 2]] episode "[[The Son That Got Away]]" as the city where Kahn hit his first "home run".
   
 
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Latest revision as of 08:49, 15 April 2024

"The Bluegrass is Always Greener" is the one hundred-thirteenth episode of King of the Hill. It was first aired on February 24, 2002. The episode was written by Norm Hiscock and directed by Tricia Garcia.

Summary

Connie plays the fiddle in Hank's bluegrass band, but keeps it a secret from her father, who wants her to go to Van Cliburn's violin academy.

Plot

The guys are drinking beer in the alley while listening to Connie play her violin (Mozart specifically). Hank finally has enough and brings out his guitar. Bill requests "Puff The Magic Dragon" but Hank Hill rejects the song due to it being "about a dragon" and starts to play "Blue Moon of Kentucky" in waltz tempo. Connie stops playing and informs Hank Hill and his friends that she likes the music. She begins to play the violin like a fiddle.

Later at dinner that night, Hank Hill discusses with Peggy and Bobby that Connie is naturally talented with bluegrass. Bobby Hill explains that both him and Connie had a dream of playing at Carnegie Hall (Bobby on comedy; Connie on violin). At the Souphanousinphone house, Kahn is forcing Mozart on Connie and drives her to practice, but she secretly listens to bluegrass. The next day, Hank Hill and the guys are in the garage looking at a level when Connie appears with her violin offering to "throw down with a hoedown" since her father is gone for an hour to dye his hair. Everyone gets excited leading to Hank getting his guitar, Bill getting his washboard, Dale getting his keyboard, and Boomhauer getting his banjo (alongside singing lead). They perform "Blue Moon of Kentucky" in an up-tempo arrangement. Bobby tries to join in on the song while blowing in a jug, but Hank tells him to put it down since it is the jug that he keeps stuff in. When Hank tells Connie to "saw that thing" (her violin), she accidentally pops a string. They then go to Earl's Music Shop to fix her violin. When they arrive, Earl fixes and plays her violin and asks her to play "Twinkle, Twinkle". Connie amazes him with her prowess, and Earl suggests that she should go to Branson, Missouri, for a fiddle contest. They all agree to go which creates The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience. Connie is bummed because she realizes that she has to travel to Fort Worth for another contest.

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The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience

While the group rehearses in Hank's garage, Kahn spots Connie with the guys playing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" much to his dismay. He immediately demands that Connie go home and pack for Fort Worth. She boards a bus at the Arlen Bus Depot, but once her parents leave and before the bus gets on the road, she goes back to Hank's house to continue playing. She informs Hank that she can go, causing The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience to drive (in Dale's van) to Branson, for the country contest.

Bobby tries to come to attend a Yakov Smirnoff show claiming that it would be beneficial for his comedy. Like the other two incidents, Hank reluctantly says yes but insists that he should "sleep the whole way". Later into the drive, they stop at a gas station and Connie calls her dad with Kahn thinking that she is in Fort Worth. Kahn asks about Tim Wu, a fellow violinist, with Connie replying that "He hurt his hand stealing a Coke from a Coca-Cola machine." In the middle of the payphone call, Bobby interrupts her asking, "Is my tongue blue?" from the Slushee he is drinking. Kahn asks who it is, prompting Connie to answer, "Tim Wu's tongue is blue." She then tells her dad that she loves him, but Kahn shouts at her to practice, so she angrily hangs up. Once back in Dale's van, Bobby is explaining how to tell a proper Yakov Smirnoff joke and demonstrates a joke. Everyone wants to hear it except Hank, because he thinks the band should be practicing, but Connie states that she still wants to hear the joke. After Bobby tells the joke, everyone laughs, but once again Hank does not laugh due to his strict mood, and Connie feels pressured to do good again.

Once in Branson, everyone wants to go to a Yakov Smirnoff show, but Hank exclaims that he still wants Connie to practice some more. While everyone else goes, they stayed behind. Back in Arlen, Kahn and Minh decorate Connie's bedroom thinking that Connie is at the violin competition in Fort Worth. They were going to hide a gift for her under her pillow, but once Kahn picked it up, he found all of Connie's bluegrass CDs. Suddenly, Kahn remembers how Tim Wu hates Coca-Cola as Connie said in the phone call. He immediately finds a Branson country flyer causing him to drive there. At the Yakov Smirnoff theater, Bobby and Dale meet him after the show. Bobby sells a joke to him and Yakov buys it for $20. Dale, in a fit of paranoia, handcuffs Smirnoff to a brass rail and pepper-sprays him in the face. A security team at the theater scares Dale away and work to free Smirnoff.

50274 49161449022 1480812 n-0

The Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience with Charlie Daniels on fiddle.

Once back at the country contest, Hank scolds the guys for being late. Bobby shows Hank the $20 that Yakov gave him with Hank thinking that Bobby stole the money from his wallet and takes the $20 from him. Connie notices how Hank has been rude to Bobby ever since the first rehearsal and how he also has been strict on her like Kahn. She runs out of the building and away from Hank along with Bobby who is also furious. Outside, while Hank is searching for Connie and Bobby, Kahn confronts Hank for taking Connie to the country contest instead of her going to the Fort Worth violin contest. He puts a lot of the blame on Bobby. After hearing his son badmouthed, Hank admits that Bobby got a joke sold to Yakov, and even Kahn ends up acknowledging that he finds Bobby's joke funny. Connie and Bobby both agree that they would like to go to the Appalachian Mountains to perform violin and tell jokes. They try to buy tickets but do not have enough money so they street perform to raise money. While Connie plays her violin, Bobby blows into a bottle. Hank and Kahn both later find them. They enjoy the performing leading to Hank playing the guitar and Kahn singing.

At the country contest, Bill, Dale, and Boomhauer need a fiddle player, so they lie to Charlie Daniels that Connie's dying wish was to meet him. He believes it and plays with them, earning great applause from the audience. Once the musical number is over, Yakov Smirnoff shows up with three Branson police officers who subsequently subdue Dale.

Characters

Stinger Quote

  • Hank: "Hmm... I like it."

Trivia

  • The episode title is a reference to the saying "the grass is always greener on the other side."
  • Dale reveals that he has the same birthday as the American pianist Van Cliburn, which is July 12.
  • Hank mentions The Dixie Chicks in this episode. The country music group were previously featured as special guest voices for characters featured in the Season 4 episode "A Beer Can Named Desire". Singers Natalie Maines voiced Violetta, Emily Robison voiced Rose, and Martie Seidel voiced Lily.
  • Kahn states that his hometown is Luang Phabang (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ). This city in Laos was referenced in the Season 2 episode "The Son That Got Away" as the city where Kahn hit his first "home run".


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Bobby Goes Nuts · Soldier of Misfortune · Lupe's Revenge · The Father, the Son, and J.C. · Father of the Bribe · I'm with Cupid · Torch Song Hillogy · Joust Like a Woman · The Bluegrass is Always Greener · The Substitute Spanish Prisoner · Unfortunate Son · Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Hill · Tankin' it to the Streets · Of Mice and Little Green Men · A Man Without a Country Club · Beer and Loathing · Fun with Jane and Jane · My Own Private Rodeo · Sug Night · Dang Ol' Love · Returning Japanese · Returning Japanese II