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Jul 02, 2010 15:42


One thing I really like about the show King of the Hill is the clever use of names. For example, the massive, oppressive Walmart equivalent on the show is the Mega Lo Mart. This works both at the character level - you can imagine the owners talking about how their prices are not just low, but mega-low - and also at the audience level, by evoking ( Read more... )

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barking_iguana July 2 2010, 19:53:46 UTC
You and your girlfriend both took your clever pills today.

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bugsybanana July 2 2010, 21:53:28 UTC
Hey, I'm right here. Call me clever where other people can see, why don'tcha? Harrumph.

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bugsybanana July 2 2010, 22:46:49 UTC
And in a cheesy Inspector-Clouseau Frahnsh accent, at that.

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