King of the Hill's Gruesome Season 4 Joke Was Inspired by a Real Farming Accident
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Lex Briscuso
Plain bagel done well. Pleasantly substantive.
Summary
The article discusses a real-life farming accident that inspired a gruesome joke in the Season 4 premiere of the animated TV show King of the Hill. John Thompson lost both arms when his shirt got caught in a piece of mechanical equipment that lacked an active safety mechanism. The joke, delivered by Peggy Hill, sounds implausible but is based on this true event.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledJohn Thompson's shirt got stuck in a piece of mechanical equipment that, according to an AG Week interview, didn't have a safety mechanism activated on it at the time.
Next thing he knew, he was regaining consciousness ... and realizing his arms had been completely severed from his body.
"I didn't know what was going on," he explained to AG
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