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3. Just a little further, Bobby.
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4. Flora, unexceptional.
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5. Fauna, one box turtle. I'm sorry, Hank.
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to the best part yet.
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21. We need to march right up there
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39. Hank, I wish I had the money
to clean your rock.
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to pipe hot fudge
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from Henrietta, Oklahoma,
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51. How would you like the Arlen Bystander's
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52. I'm appointed, not elected.
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53. Oh.
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58. Mister, you are just asking for a letter.
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59. I am not gonna let this go.
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60. If the city won't help me
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62. And I will cover your story
in the Bystander.
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63. I'll rally hundreds of affluent, active,
slightly elderly readers.
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64. Hey, maybe you can write
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66. You fight the impossible fight.
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68. Teakettle, eh?
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- No.
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- No.
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from one scribe to another.
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they like to read.
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75. I worked all day
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before his assassination.
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built a fort next to it.
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the 1884 Notre Dame football team…
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83. Wow, the Texas Rangers and Mark Twain.
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86. Arlen used to be called "Harlen,"
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88. Maybe someday Houston will become Ouston.
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89. Who are these ladies?
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92. This one lady here
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of the Governor's closest advisors.
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94. Well, keep digging, Peggy.
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95. This is the kind of gold we need.
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96. Oh, I'll dig all right, Hank.
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104. Too bad.
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105. Looks like your story ends there.
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106. It wouldn't be work, Bobby.
It would be a "work party."
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109. Let me tell you what I like
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111. Meet me at the Bystander. Now.
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112. What's going on, Peggy?
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113. Did someone put a possum
in your desk again?
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114. Hank, dignitaries and Notre Dame athletes
never came to Arlen to see the Teakettle.
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117. The real attraction
was something far different.
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118. Hank, before Arlen was Harlen,
it was called…
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121. Harlot town. Town of harlots.
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122. Call girls, molls, pink pants,
prostitutes.
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123. Our beloved Arlen began life
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129. They were johns, Hank.
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130. I know this is hard.
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133. How could they even find 11 women
who would do that?
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134. My research shows that Arlen started off
as a watering hole on the Chisholm Trail.
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invested in a tent and a cot
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137. Great reporting, Peggy.
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138. Let's get all your notes in one place
and I'll fire up the grill.
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139. Hank, you are not burning
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142. Sooner or later,
the sun is gonna crash into the Earth.
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143. And if I survive,
it will be my duty to report it.
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144. You can't tell the town
it was conceived in sin.
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145. I have to.
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146. Now if you'll excuse me, I am on deadline.
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147. "Even with a thousand head of cattle
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149. "During the 19th century,
the Teakettle was so popular
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gone 'teakettling.'"
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154. and she would have been grateful
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155. and lived on a farm with me
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157. Dad, the City Manager is on the phone.
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158. He wants you and Mom in his office ASAP.
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159. I want to apologize
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160. for my wife, she made a mistake.
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161. How about she publishes a retraction,
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162. and we forget this ever happened?
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163. There was no mistake.
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178. Scandal plus time
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180. Look at Salem, Massachusetts.
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181. Almost everyone thinks
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183. I've been there, Hank.
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185. Hank, if we do not learn from the past,
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186. That's going in the brochure.
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192. Not Miss Kitty.
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193. Dad, what did the men do all day
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197. Hank Hill. Kahn Jr. just ask me
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199. The kind of thing we should cover up,
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217. What could be more educational than that?
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218. - Yeah. Museum sounds classy.
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222. " 25 cents,
deluxe shave: four dollars"?
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223. - Oh, God.
- What you people doing?
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224. I didn't move out of cesspool of Anaheim
to let you wreck this little town.
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225. Kahn, you surprise me.
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229. Oh, this the kind of stuff
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230. Oh… very progressive.
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232. Instead of teaching this stuff to our kids
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234. The Arlen Soldier and Sailor's Home,
the petrified wood collection…
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240. "What's the best way to tell the world
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241. Idea. What if we renamed
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246. You know what I like about you, Hank?
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247. You don't care
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249. Well, Mr. Coyle here
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251. Oh. I thought this petition
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260. Everything is on track to make Arlen
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262. That means lower taxes, new street signs,
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264. And it's all gonna begin right here
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279. As we speak,
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for the Adult World's shiniest stars.
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281. I should have just let history
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282. I should have stuck to my old beat
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283. Yeah, well, you were good at that.
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285. The porn people
will be hitting town any moment.
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286. Why are we going to Durndle?
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287. No offense, Dad, but you're not
a let's-just-go-to-Durndle kind of guy.
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288. Uh, I just thought it'd be nice
to get out of town.
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- It's some of…
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291. Now, we shouldn't jump to…
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We did a whole movie about a flat tire.
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299. Uh, you folks need a hand?
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304. You do know your transmission
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305. Uh, can we borrow your transmission?
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307. I guess we can drop you off
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If I had attended my prom, certainly.
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Were you heading someplace?
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321. Would you like an organic Pop-tart?
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322. You've sure got a lot less pawn shops
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332. Actually the lifetime achievement award
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or sparkly tennis shoes.
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from someone with my past?
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348. Yeah, well, thanks
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and the Museum of Prostitution,
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360. Yeah, when I played this out in my head,
things looked a lot better.
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362. Good evening, everyone.
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365. So, welcome, Texas Adult Video Awards,
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371. Thank you, everyone.
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- Who's he? Is that her first director?
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380. No offense, guys, but I don't want
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but still appropriate for kids?
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387. - Now, who else?
- Petitions, I've got petitions.
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389. Let's take a deep breath, everyone.
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390. In my Arlen,
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393. I'm the candyman.
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395. "Arlen, come up and see us sometime."
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396. Huh, kind of puts a new complexion
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398. You know, I was the first person
to come to Hank Hill's side on this.
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401. Wow.
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