That boy ain't right.
Posted on 06/27/2005 5:38:22 AM PDT by Constitution Day
N.C. governor polls 'King of the Hill' fans
The Associated Press
June 26, 2005 6:11 pm
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley has turned his affection for Fox TV's animated show, "King of the Hill," into a target group in his polls.
Easley, who views the show's main character as a man devoid of party label, asked his pollster several years ago to separate "King of the Hill" viewers in poll results in order to use them as a political barometer.
"What happens in the show is, the wrestling (with issues) manifests itself in the gray area," Easley said Friday. "He thinks he has the answer but there's a little different spin on it. Maybe it affects him personally or his friends."
Hank Hill sells "propane and propane accessories" in a small Texas town, while his wife, Peggy, is a substitute teacher. He likes guns, watches NASCAR and worries about his sensitive son, Bobby.
Easley's poll asked voters if they watched "King of the Hill." Viewers tended to be non-college educated white males, a group that Democrats overwhelmingly lose -- except for Easley. His pollster, Fred Yang, fielded surveys last year showing top Democratic candidates losing 3-to-1 among the "Hill" fans, but Easley capturing more than 40 percent of those in the survey.
The show jabs at liberal and conservative extremes. For example, Hank is hardly an environmentalist, but "when they start trashing the park where he likes to go camping and drinking with his buddies, he's incensed," Easley said.
John Altschuler, the show's executive producer, said "King of the Hill" avoids mentioning political parties and tries to examine social issues rather than indoctrinating viewers.
"You can't find an issue that's bedeviling our society that we haven't dealt with," said Altschuler, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Easley attributes the show's popularity with its viewers to a lack of what he calls political snobbery.
"This is the first show about Southerners since Andy Griffith that didn't make fun of the South," he said.
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That boy ain't right.
Thought you'd get a laugh out of this.
Yep!
I just want to see him try to drive a stock car again.
That is comedy gold!
I kinda LIKE the fact he is culling out the fans of this show to read their reactions to polling questions.
Dale Gribble:
"I can show you how to make a bomb out of a roll of toilet paper and stick of dynamite"
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