Peggy That's The Recipe For Mustard Gas

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Bystand Me is the one hundred-eighty-eighth episode of King of the Hill. It was first aired on September 25, 2005. The episode was written by Kit Boss, and directed by Dominic Polcino.

Synopsis

When the Arlen Bystander newspaper gets a new editor, Peggy gets a job writing a household hints column. However, Peggy doesn't know any household hints so she makes some up after pumping Minh for ideas. However, her idea for a cleaner (ammonia and bleach) creates what is referred to in the episode as mustard gas, even though ammonia and bleach would actually make chloramine vapor (which is still toxic). Meanwhile, Hank makes Bobby get a paper route and Bobby lets Dale his routes.

Characters

Hank Hill
Peggy Hill
Bobby Hill
Luanne Platter
Dale Gribble
Nancy Gribble
Bill Dauterive
Kahn Souphanousinphone
Minh Souphanousinphone
Connie Souphanousinphone
Laoma Sopuhanousinphone (voice-only)
Bob Jenkins
Burl Arlington
Roddy Rae Biffel
Harv
Stuart Dooley

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Trivia

In this episode, Peggy does Hank's trademark "Bwaaah" scream when she finds out that the household hint she published in her newspaper column is a recipe for mustard gas.
The title is a reference to the Rob Reiner film "Stand By Me," based on the Stephen King novella "The Body."
At the very end of the episode when Peggy is listing off headlines for the newspaper editor, she ends with "Pink Ink Stinks Rink" which is a parody of the famous newspaper headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix".

Goofs

In one of the last scenes, when Hank, Peggy, Bobby and Dale go see the newspaper deliverers for help, the third man from the left in the group, with a red hat and glasses, appears to have a red jacket for the first few shots but in later shots his jacket is blue.
When Minh and Khan are doing crosswords at the beginning of the episode, Minh is wearing big blue circles as earrings in only one shot in that scene, but then is shown wearing them consistently throughout the rest of the episode.
Mixing bleach and ammonia produces chloramine gas, not mustard gas. Both gasses are toxic, however.