The secondary storyline involving the neighborhood men playing a rushed game of kickball is sometimes criticized for feeling half-baked or less engaging than the main plot. Plot Summary
Hank, Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer find an ownerless red utility ball in the alley and start an intense, impromptu game of kickball, where Dale's ego is bruised after being picked last. Tompkins' other guest roles? A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown - IMDb [S10E5] A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown
Some fans find the episode difficult to watch due to the "cringe" factor of Bobby’s pretentious clowning behavior. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young
The episode follows Bobby Hill as he enrolls in a community college clowning class after Hank gets tired of his constant class-clown antics. However, the class is taught by the pretentious (voiced by guest star Paul F. Tompkins ), who teaches comedy as a rigid, highbrow academic theory based on commedia dell'arte . Critical Reception and Fan Reviews Tompkins ), who teaches comedy as a rigid,
is the fifth episode of the tenth season of the animated sitcom King of the Hill , originally aired on December 4, 2005.
Bobby becomes a "serious" student of comedy, alienating his friends at school by performing the incomprehensible "Tartuffe" act. He eventually realizes that true comedy should be fun, returning to his prop-based gags with Hank's unexpected blessing.