| "Redcorn Gambles with His Future" | |||
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| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 11 |
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| Directed by | Matt Engstrom | ||
| Written by | Ethan Cohen | ||
| Production code | 9ABE10 | ||
| Original air date | April 10, 2005 | ||
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"Redcorn Gambles with His Future" is the 182nd episode of the FOX animated television series King of the Hill, and was the 11th episode broadcast in the 9th season.
Hank and Buck Strickland arrive at a fancy restaurant to discuss putting Hank in charge of the annual Strickland Family Fun Day picnic, which Buck is giving to his employees instead of health insurance. Just as they finish ordering, a waiter announces the performance of 'John Redcorn and his band, Big Mountain Fudgecake'. Hank is astonished that John Redcorn is in his own band now, which also includes Lucky and Elvin. Hank and Buck end up leaving due to the very loud and angry rock music. Before Hank can get to his car, Redcorn approaches him, having overheard their discussion, and asks Hank to let Fudgecake play the Family Fun Day picnic. Although Hank doesn't want their kind of music for the picnic, he just tells Redcorn that he'll think about it. Redcorn shows up the next day at Strickland Propane with a demo tape, terrifying some of the customers when he plays it. Hank comes right out and tells Redcorn that he doesn't want him to play at the picnic, but as consolation tells him to 'bet on [him]self' and take things into his own hands rather than begging others for opportunities. Later, Hank encounters a road block while driving past John Redcorn's land. Redcorn, driving a small bulldozer, announces to Hank's unease that he is taking Hank's advice and using his land to open a casino as a permanent venue for his band.
Soon afterward, Dale declares that he has been made the new manager of Big Mountain Fudgecake. John Redcorn is approached by the 'Tribal Gaming Commission', mostly composed of white men with dubious Indian heritage, who agree to help finance his casino. Meanwhile, finding no better options for entertainment, Hank is forced to hire a children's clown named Bloomers for the picnic. Hank attends Redcorn's casino's grand opening with Buck, to make sure that Buck doesn't gamble all of the picnic money away. John Redcorn and his band appear on stage; as they start to play their first song, however, police officers come in and shut everything down, announcing that Indian gaming is illegal in Texas, and everyone leaves before the band gets to play. When the Tribal Gaming Commission reappears, Redcorn angrily confronts them for not telling him that his casino would be illegal and threatens to sue; they warn him that he'd be outclassed in court and lost in the legal system, and as an out to his loan they offer him the sole option of using his land as a toxic waste dump.
On the day of the picnic Dale conspires to have Bloomers kidnapped, forcing Hank to call upon John Redcorn for last-minute entertainment. Elvin and Lucky, however, are upset at the prospect of 'selling out' to play a family event despite it being a paying gig, and the band breaks up. Redcorn arrives alone, and re-writes some of his songs on the spot to be suitable for children, a move which proves to be a great success for both Redcorn and for the picnic. He later re-opens his casino as a place where both kids and adults can have fun and play games for prizes rather than money. Redcorn continues to enjoy musical success as a children's performer, while Lucky and Elvin are reduced to playing in a seedy bar, but glad to have kept to playing "real music".
John Redcorn was previously seen handing out flyers for Big Mountain Fudgecake in a New Age curio shop in "The Witches of East Arlen." Fudgecake later reappears, with Redcorn fronting, as the opening band at Strickland Propane's eco-benefit concert in "Earthly Girls are Easy", having apparently reunited, though Redcorn also continues with his children's shows.
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