And They Call It Bobby Love

"And They Call It Bobby Love"
King of the Hill episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 2
Directed by	Cyndi Tang-Loveland
Written by	Norm Hiscock
Production code	3ABE01
Original air date	September 22, 1998
Guest actors
Chuck Mangione (as himself) Joanna Gleason (as Marie's mother) Sarah Michelle Gellar (as Marie)

"And They Call It Bobby Love" is the second episode in the third season of the Fox animated series King of the Hill, and the 37th episode overall. The episode's title references the Paul Anka song "And They Call It Puppy Love". It is notable for being the first, and only, episode of the series to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour).^[1]^[2]

Plot Summary

The episode involves Bobby's relationship with Marie, a vegetarian, and Hank and the guys finding an abandoned couch in their usual spot.

Bobby's relationship has his first kiss, but sours due to his being more interested in her than she is in him. He takes the break up hard. To cheer him up, Hank and Peggy take him to the Panhandler Steakhouse, where, coincidentally, he spots Marie also having dinner with her parents. There, he takes on the restaurant's standing challenge to eat a 72-ounce steak in under an hour, simultaneously spiting Marie and finding catharsis by eating the entire steak in just 37 minutes as everyone in the restaurant watches. He later vomits from overeating, which Khan initially feared might be his still reacting to the break-up.

The couch story has Hank's gang being against the couch at first, but as the days progress they grow to like the couch and sitting while they drink in the alley. The couch would also be where Bobby and Marie kissed, somewhat to Bill's annoyance. At the end the couch appears to be lost, but it is ultimately revealed that Bill has simply moved the couch into his living room.

Reception

The A.V. Club had it on a list of "10 episodes that made King Of The Hill one of the most human cartoons ever" with Genevieve Koski saying the steak eating scene "remains one of the best scenes in the show’s history."^[3]

Web sources

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program

1970s

Halloween Is Grinch Night (1978)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979)

1980s

Carlton Your Doorman (1980)
Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown (1981)
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (1982)
Ziggy's Gift (1983)
Garfield on the Town (1984)
Garfield in the Rough (1985)
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1986)
Cathy (1987)
A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1988)
Garfield's Babes and Bullets / DuckTales ("Super DuckTales") (1989)

1990s

The Simpsons ("Life on the Fast Lane") (1990)
The Simpsons ("Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment") / Tale Spin ("Plunder & Lightning") (1991)
A Claymation Easter (1992)
Batman: The Animated Series ("Robin's Reckoning: Part I") (1993)
The Roman City (1994)
The Simpsons ("Lisa's Wedding") (1995)
Pinky and the Brain ("A Pinky and the Brain Christmas") (1996)
The Simpsons ("Homer's Phobia") (1997)
The Simpsons ("Trash of the Titans") (1998)
King of the Hill ("And They Call It Bobby Love") / Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1999)

2000s

Program (Less Than One Hour)	The Simpsons ("Behind the Laughter") (2000) The Simpsons ("HOMR") (2001) Futurama ("Roswell That Ends Well") (2002) The Simpsons ("Three Gays of the Condo") (2003) Samurai Jack ("The Birth of Evil") (2004) South Park ("Best Friends Forever") (2005) The Simpsons ("The Seemingly Never-Ending Story") (2006) South Park ("Make Love, Not Warcraft") (2007) The Simpsons ("Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind") (2008) South Park ("Margaritaville") (2009)

Program (One Hour or More)	Walking with Dinosaurs (2000) Allosaurus: A Walking With Dinosaurs Special (2001) Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2002) Chased by Dinosaurs (2003) Star Wars: Clone Wars (Volume 1: Chapters 1-20) (2004) Star Wars: Clone Wars (Volume 2: Chapters 21-25) (2005) Before the Dinosaurs (2006) Camp Lazlo ("Where's Lazlo?") (2007) South Park (Imaginationland: The Movie) (2008) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ("Destination: Imagination") (2009)

2010s

Prep & Landing (2010)
Futurama ("The Late Philip J. Fry") (2011)
The Penguins of Madagascar ("The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole") (2012)
South Park ("Raising the Bar") (2013)
Bob's Burgers ("Mazel-Tina") (2014)
Over the Garden Wall (2015)

King of the Hill

Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Characters	Hank Hill Peggy Hill Bobby Hill Cotton Hill Dale Gribble Bill Dauterive Boomhauer John Redcorn Guest stars Chuck Mangione

Episodes	"Won't You Pimai Neighbor?" "Bobby Goes Nuts" "My Own Private Rodeo" "Lucky's Wedding Suit" "To Sirloin with Love"

Media	Home video Soundtrack

Other	Arlen, Texas Mike Judge

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