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King of the Hill

King of the Hill: Season 3

  • 1998
  • 25 episodes
  • 22m

Season 3 of King of the Hill premiered on September 15, 1998 and has 25 episodes, from "Death of a Propane Salesman" to "As Old as the Hills...". The last episode aired on May 18, 1999.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 1Death of a Propane SalesmanAired September 15, 1998

    Hank and Luanne survive the Mega Lo Mart explosion, but Buckley is no more. Hank finds that he is scared of propane, and tries to figure out how to deal with his fear of dying. Meanwhile, Luanne, who lost all her hair in the explosion, decides to become an activist like Sinead O'Connor.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Lauren MacMullan

    Guest stars

    • David Herman Buckley (voice)
    • Dan Butler Daniel (voice)
    • Chuck Mangione Chuck Mangione (voice)
    • Eloy Casados Enrique (voice)
    • Bertila Damas Maria Montalvo (voice)
    • Alan Freedland Firefighter (voice)
    • Maurice LaMarche Funeral Speaker (voice)
  2. Episode 2And They Call It Bobby LoveAired September 22, 1998

    Bobby starts dating Marie, a girl who's two years older than him. Bobby takes the relationship more seriously than Marie does, and is heartbroken when she dances with other guys. Marie decides to "move on" leaving Bobby an emotional wreck. Meanwhile, Hank and the guys find an abandoned couch in the alley, and grow to depend on it.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Cyndi Tang
    • Written by Norm Hiscock

    Guest stars

    • Sarah Michelle Gellar Marie (voice)
    • J. Evan Bonifant (voice)
    • Joanna Gleason Marie's Mother (voice)
    • Dave Thomas (voice)
    • Chuck Mangione Chuck Mangione (voice)
    • Andrew Lewis (voice)
    • Jim Cummings (voice)
    • Andrew Dorsett (voice)
  3. Episode 3Peggy's HeadacheAired October 6, 1998

    When Peggy starts writing "musings" for the local newspaper, the pressure gives her a headache, so she goes to John Redcorn for a therapeutic massage. When she finds out that Dale's wife Nancy is having an affair with John Redcorn, she is so horrified that she decides to tell Dale about it.

    • 22m
    • Written by Joe Stillman

    Guest stars

    • Ashley Gardner Nancy Hicks Gribble (voice)
    • Jonathan Joss John Redcorn (voice)
  4. Episode 4Pregnant PawsAired October 13, 1998

    Hank wants to breed Ladybird, but the veterinarian says that she has a narrow uterus and probably can't have children. Hank becomes obsessed with finding a way to get Ladybird pregnant, which annoys Peggy, because she's the one who really wants another baby. Meanwhile, Dale becomes a bounty hunter and is assigned to hunt down a man with several unpaid parking tickets. He decides that he needs a hound to accompany him on his first bounty, so he nabs Ladybird, to Hank's horror.

    • 22m

    Guest stars

  5. Episode 5Next of ShinAired November 3, 1998

    Hank tries several different methods to improve his sperm count so he can get Peggy pregnant. The frustration of not being able to have another child becomes worse when Cotton shows up and announces that he got his wife pregnant. But Cotton becomes so nervous at the prospect of having a baby at his age that he flees to Las Vegas, and Hank, Bill and Dale go after him.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Jeff Myers

    Guest stars

    • Iqbal Theba Dr. Bhudamanjur (voice)
    • David Herman Father (voice)
    • Jonathan Joss John Redcorn (voice)
    • Ashley Gardner Didi Hill (voice)
  6. Episode 6Peggy's Pageant FeverAired November 10, 1998

    A beauty pageant offers Peggy the chance to win a truck. If she can endure a series of rigorous makeovers to impress the judges.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Tricia Garcia
    • Written by Norm Hiscock

    Guest stars

    • Kathy Ireland Sylvia (voice)
    • Carol Alt Marci (voice)
    • Erik Estrada Mexican Judge (voice)
    • Maurice LaMarche (voice)
    • Mary Kay Place Helen Pell (voice)
    • Angela Kinsey Angela (voice) (uncredited)
  7. Episode 7Nine Pretty Darn Angry MenAired November 17, 1998

    Hank is outraged when he attends a lawn mower focus group and discovers that the new model of his favorite mower has been turned into an upgraded "yuppified" version.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Shaun Cashman
    • Written by Jim Dauterive

    Guest stars

    • Beth Grant Tilly Hill (voice)
    • David Herman Jonathan (voice)
    • Billy Bob Thornton Boyce Hubert (voice)
    • Dwight Yoakam Lane Pratley (voice)
  8. Episode 8Good Hill HuntingAired December 1, 1998

    All the kids in the neighborhood are going on their first hunt, but Hank is unable to get a hunting license for him and Bobby. Bobby is so upset about being denied the chance at a rite of passage that he starts to regress into acting like a little kid. Hank reluctantly decides to take Bobby hunting at the La Grunta Resort.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Klay Hall
    • Written by Joe Stillman

    Guest stars

  9. Episode 9Pretty, Pretty DressesAired December 15, 1998

    At Christmastime, Bill becomes even more depressed than usual, because it's the anniversary of when his wife Lenore left him. Bill tries to commit suicide, and when that doesn't work out, he dresses up in Lenore's old clothes and declares that he is Lenore.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Dominic Polcino
    • Written by Paul Lieberstein

    Guest stars

    • Janet Waldo Mrs. Tobbis (voice)
    • Dennis Burkley Principal Moss (voice)
  10. Episode 10A Firefighting We Will GoAired January 12, 1999

    Hank and his friends become volunteer firefighters. They manage to wreck a fire hydrant, ruin a funeral, and finally burn down the Arlen firehouse. When the Fire Captain comes to ask what happened, the trio turns the story around to match each of their scenarios.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Cyndi Tang
    • Written by Greg Daniels and Mike Judge

    Guest stars

    • Earl Houston Bullock Heck Dorland (voice)
    • Buddy Ebsen Chet Elderson (voice)
    • Barry Corbin Fire Chief (voice)
  11. Episode 11To Spank, With LoveAired January 19, 1999

    After being taunted and pantsed by one of her students, Peggy loses it and spanks him. She is immediately fired, but Cotton and his old buddies start a campaign to get "Paddlin' Peggy" reinstated. Once she is back teaching, Peggy uses her reputation for violence to scare her students, and takes things too far, in true Peggy fashion.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Adam Kuhlman
    • Written by David Zuckerman

    Guest stars

    • Cheryl Holliday Randy Miller (voice)
    • Dennis Burkley Principal Moss (voice)
    • Jill Parker Emily (voice)
    • Beth Grant Nurse (voice) (uncredited)
  12. Episode 12Three Coaches and a BobbyAired January 26, 1999

    Hank gets his tough old football coach to lead Bobby's football team. When the coach proves to be a tyrant, Bobby decides to quit football and join the soccer team, much to Hank's disappointment. Meanwhile, Peggy tries to fit in with the other soccer moms, and takes a crash course from Minh on Soccer-mom etiquette.

    • 22m
    • Written by Johnny Hardwick

    Guest stars

    • Julie Hagerty Ally (voice)
    • Stephanie Hodge Wendy (voice)
    • David Herman (voice) (uncredited)
    • Tara Strong Kimmi (voice)
    • Glenn L. Lucas Football Kid (voice)
    • Will Ferrell Coach Lucas (voice)
    • Phil Hendrie Coach Sauers (voice)
  13. Episode 13De-Kahnstructing HenryAired February 2, 1999

    Kahn gets a great new job and invites Hank over to the office, hoping to make him jealous. While bragging about his job, Kahn gives away government secrets, swearing Hank to secrecy. Hank talks to Bill about Kahn's job, and Kahn gets fired for it.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Klay Hall
    • Written by Paul Lieberstein

    Guest stars

    • Chuck Mangione Chuck Mangione (voice)
    • Maurice LaMarche (voice)
    • Glenn L. Lucas Kahn's Boss (voice)
  14. Episode 14The Wedding of Bobby HillAired February 9, 1999

    Angry that Luanne cost him his job house-sitting Boomhauer's house, Bobby replaces her birth control pills with candy.

    • 22m
    • Written by Jonathan Collier

    Guest stars

  15. Episode 15Sleight of HankAired February 16, 1999

    Hank and Peggy go to a magic show where Peggy gets to be the volunteer in the best trick. Hank tries to figure out how the trick was done, and Peggy won't tell him. Meanwhile, Bobby is looking for a way to liven up his Sunday School report on Jesus, and when he sees the magician, he incorporates some of the tricks and patter into the report, calling it "The Amazing Jesus."

    • 22m
    • Directed by Jeff Myers

    Guest stars

    • David Herman The Astounding Herrerra (voice)
    • Jonathan Joss John Redcorn (voice)
  16. Episode 16Jon Vitti Presents: "Return to La Grunta"Aired February 23, 1999

    Hank gets Luanne a job as a golf course drink girl at the La Grunta resort. In gratitude, Luanne gets Hank a chance to swim with a dolphin. Hank pets the dolphin, and the dolphin becomes aroused and tries to become sexually intimate with him. In return for his silence, the hotel pays him off, and Hank tells Luanne never to talk about what happened. Luanne gets sexually harassed by one of the golfers, she decides to follow Hank's example and not talk about it.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Gary McCarver
    • Written by Jon Vitti

    Guest stars

    • Dena Dietrich Marge (voice)
    • David Herman Dolphin Trainer (voice)
    • Louise Jaffe Cashier (voice)
    • Nick Jameson Director (voice)
    • Billy West Golfer (voice)
  17. Episode 17Escape From Party IslandAired March 16, 1999

    Hank takes his mother and her friends to a museum of miniatures in Port Aransas, and they get stuck in the middle of MTV's Spring Break. Meanwhile, Bill tries to put the moves on Peggy while Hank is away.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Gary McCarver
    • Written by Jonathan Collier

    Guest stars

    • Phyllis Diller Lillian (voice)
    • Beth Grant Tilly Hill (voice)
    • Phil Buckman Chad (voice)
    • Dave Buzzotta Waiter / Frat Guy (voice)
    • Dena Dietrich Tilly's Friend (voice)
    • Rich Rinaldi (voice)
    • Uta Hagen Maureen (voice)
    • Pauly Shore Deejay (voice)
  18. Episode 18Love Hurts... and So Does ArtAired March 23, 1999

    Worried at the prospect of going to a school dance with Connie, Bobby starts overeating at the local deli, and develops gout. Meanwhile, Hank goes to an art gallery in Dallas and finds that they are displaying an X-ray of his constipated colon.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Adam Kuhlman

    Guest stars

    • Dennis Burkley Principal Moss (voice)
    • Julianne Buescher (voice)
    • Jill Parker (voice)
    • Lisa Jane Persky (voice)
    • Wally Wingert Curator / Sheriff (voice)
  19. Episode 19Hank's Cowboy MovieAired April 6, 1999

    After Hank and Bobby visit the Dallas Cowboys training camp in Wichita Falls, Hank decides to make a video that will convince the team to move their camp to Arlen.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Shaun Cashman
    • Written by Jim Dauterive

    Guest stars

    • Earl Houston Bullock Dave (voice)
    • Jonathan Joss John Redcorn (voice)
  20. Episode 20Dog Dale AfternoonAired April 13, 1999

    When Dale brings home a new 'Super Mower' the neighbors are jealous, but his attitude leaves everyone with a bad taste in their mouths. To knock him down a few notches, the crew decides to hide his new mower, & make it look like a conspiracy, Peggy gets involved and it goes too far. Dale gets pushed over the edge & it is Hank that goes to help him back down.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Tricia Garcia
    • Written by Jon Vitti and Kit Boss

    Guest stars

    • Billy West Sergeant Barber (voice)
    • Jonathan Joss John Redcorn (voice)
  21. Episode 21Revenge of the LutefiskAired April 20, 1999

    Arlen's new minister is a woman, which everyone except Cotton seems to accept. When Bobby eats all of a Midwestern fish dish prepared by the minister, it somehow leads to him accidentally burning down the church. Everyone assumes that Cotton did it, and he is arrested for a hate crime.

    • 22m

    Guest stars

    • Mary Tyler Moore Reverend Karen Stroup (voice)
    • Maurice LaMarche Fire Chief / Reverend Thomason (voice)
  22. Episode 22Death and TexasAired April 27, 1999

    Peggy gets a letter from a Death Row convict who says that he is a former student of hers, and that she had the most positive impact on his life. She starts visiting him in prison and bringing him what she thinks is timer sand for Boggle -- not realizing that it's actually cocaine. Meanwhile, Dale wants to become an executioner.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Wes Archer

    Guest stars

    • Glenn L. Lucas (voice)
  23. Episode 23Wings of the DopeAired May 4, 1999

    While studying for her beauty school exam, Luanne sees someone bouncing on Buckley's old trampoline. It's Buckley, who has come back as an angel. Hank and Peggy think Luanne was hallucinating after using too many hair-dying chemicals, but Hank's friends come to believe in the existence of Buckley's Angel. But Luanne finds that Buckley isn't much more help to her as an angel than he was when he was alive.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Cyndi Tang
    • Written by Johnny Hardwick

    Guest stars

    • David Herman Buckley (voice)
    • Jennifer Coolidge Miss Kremzer (voice)
    • Dawnn Lewis Sharona Johnson (voice)
  24. Episode 24Take Me Out of the Ball GameAired May 11, 1999

    When Thaterton stacks his Company softball team with Pro sports stars, Hank pulls Peggy off of her own Softball team to become the Ace pitcher for Strickland Propane. Unfortunately, Hank's over-managing causes her to lose her stuff, and cause her to lose the love for the sport.

    • 22m

    Guest stars

    • Jane Wiedlin Kate (voice)
    • Gabrielle Carteris Julie / Rita Bevacqua (voice)
    • Chuck Mangione Chuck Mangione (voice)
    • Eloy Casados Enrique (voice)
  25. Episode 25As Old as the Hills...Aired May 18, 1999

    Peggy and Hank's 20th-anniversary party leaves the missus missing their youth; and a bottle of tequila is the highlight of their private revelry.

    • 22m
    • Directed by Adam Kuhlman
    • Written by Norm Hiscock

    Guest stars

Season cast