On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 23:42:22 GMT Patrick D. Rockwell wrote: ... } think that I } dislike Dale about as much as Cotton. He's a survivalist conspiracy theorist } asswipe } who is always taking Hanks stuff without permission, is abusive to Bill who } I guess } is like a walking corpse anyway, thinks he's a soldier of fortune, master } engineer, } and a real stud in the bed where he thinks he concieved Joseph. If I had a } neighbor } like that, I think I'd go to jail for murder. :-)
He put his life on the line to save Bobby Hill from the fire ants; he trusts his wife implicitly; he's good to his son; and he nominated Bobby to take him out on the tower if it had to be done. If you were a character on that show and needed help, who would you go to? Sure, he's mocked, ridiculed, and taken advantage of.
You think that Hank Hill conceived Bobby Hill? Have you ever noticed that Bobby Hill looks almost exactly like Bill Dauterive in flashbacks to his youth (and nothing like Hank Hill in those flashbacks). Bill Dauterive has always been in love with Peggy Hill and would always help her do anything she set her mind to. People snicker that Nancy Gribble danced with John Redcorn while Dale and Hank were otherwise occupied, but Peggy Hill was dancing with Bill Dauterive at the very same time. And how about Bobby's middle name?
Dale's head and shoulders above most of the rest of the cast, and he goes unappreciated by his cartoon neighbors and by the audience.