Mike Judge has a simple formula for writing a good King Of The Hill script

Mike Judge's "King of the Hill" is like comfort food. When you turn it on, you know exactly what you're going to get and you know you'll feel great. Like a propane grill that you know will light every time and cook evenly.

The series made its share of social statements, but to a lesser extent than its animated contemporaries like "South Park" or "Family Guy." Rather than bite into satire, Judge used what worked for live-action sitcoms for decades — the fish-out-of-water trope and observational comedy. Judge explained his simple formula to IGN, saying, "It's usually about confronting Hank with something really boring and ridiculous in the modern world and making it as boring and ridiculous as possible."

It helped that Hank was a pragmatic conservative at a time when society was beginning to become more progressive. In one episode, Hank's affinity for outdated "traditional values" made it difficult to manage a "new age" parenting style. The judge took what "new age" parenting might normally look like and made it as absurd as possible.

That's a surprisingly simple formula for a show that lasted 13 seasons. But the show also used humor to address complex issues that people often struggle to talk about. While there's nothing revolutionary about the show's formula, the impact of "King of the Hill" has been far-reaching.