Meet the Propaniacs

Infobox Television episode
Title = Meet the Propaniacs
Series = King of the Hill


Caption =
Season = 4
Episode = 20
Airdate = April 16, 2000
Production = 4ABE19
Writer = Kit Boss
Director = Shaun Cashman
Guests = Lane Smith
Episode list = List of King of the Hill episodes
Prev = Hank's Bad Hair Day
Next = Nancy's Boys

"Meet the Propaniacs" is the 80^th episode in the FOX animated situation comedy series" King of the Hill" and was the 20^th episode of the fourth season.

Plot

Bobby wants to attend a comedy summer camp, but Hank vetoes the idea and arranges for him to work at Strickland Propane instead. When Bobby uses comedy to divert everyone's attention away from a grill shortage during a big sales event, Hank comes to appreciate his talent for making people laugh. As a result of Bobby's success in averting the potential crisis, the Propaniacs, a comedy troupe (consisting of Bobby, Luanne, Joe Jack, and Donna from Accounting), are formed in order to motivate Strickland Propane's sales staff with a series of short improvisational comedy routines related to propane and propane accessories. The act is so well received that Buck Strickland sends the Propaniacs to his his company's other branches to help sagging sales.

Eventually the act is asked to perform at a propane convention, but things start to go wrong as soon as the show starts. First Joe Jack arrives drunk, after which Hank insists that Charlie Fortner, the president of the Texas Association of Propane Dealers, appear in a sketch. Fortner is pulled onstage against his protests, Joe Jack ruins the sketch, and a horrified Hank discovers that Fortner's self-consciousness stems from his use of adult diapers.

Despite Hank's truthful insistence that the incident was unintentional, Fortner forbids the Propaniacs from performing at conventions or propane outlets. Peggy books the troupe at the Arlen Mall, out of Fortner's reach; even though the humor falls flat in front of a sparse crowd, Hank enjoys watching Bobby and the others put on the show.

Quotes and exchanges

*Hank: That is a propane accessory and you "will" respect it.
*Peggy: You will be called the "Propane Maniacs!":Bobby: No, no... the "Propaniacs!":Hank: That's great, Bobby! Here's to the Propaniacs!:Hank, Bobby, Luanne, Buck & Joe Jack: The Propaniacs!:Peggy: Propane Maniacs!
*Hank: Just so long as you are laughing "with" propane and not "at" propane.:Bobby: I would never laugh at propane, Dad, unlike butane or some other bastard gas.
*Bobby, Luanne, Joe Jack, & Donna From Accounting: The Propaniacs, Propaniacs on the floor, and we'll make you laugh, and laugh, and laugh some more...
*Joe Jack: I need a new diaper. Baby did a bad, bad thing!
*Dale (playing keyboards): On keyboards, the big "D" himself, Rusty Shackleford!
*Bobby: Butane, charcoal, and your mother in-law. (opens envelope) Name three things you don't want at your Fourth of July BBQ.
*Bobby: If I give up the right to remain efficient, anything I grill unevenly may be used against me in a food court of law.
*Hank: There are sixty million people who use propane in this nation, Peggy.:Peggy: Well, I find that hard to believe. I think you mean six million.:Hank: Want me to get the book?:Peggy: Yes, I do.