Character

Joe Jack

Joe Jack in King of the Hill (1997), played by Toby Huss.

Joe Jack turns up as one of the many voices Toby Huss lends to the sprawling world of Arlen, Texas — a minor face in the crowd of neighbors, coworkers, and passersby who populate King of the Hill's version of small-town Texas life, more texture than main event.

The pleasure here is less about Joe Jack as a fully drawn figure than about Toby Huss's range: an actor already carrying Hank Hill's flat Texan cadence finds a different register for a background player, part of the show's habit of filling its world with small, specific voices rather than filler.

Their songs usually began with a guitar riff... the bass would either recite the first half, or ... speak the words... commonly using the words "Honey Child", or "Honey Babe", expressing his love for his darling in the song.

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King of the Hill1997