I Do Declare, Gilbert
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- We're taking a quick look at Gilbert Fontaine De la Tour D'Haute Rive, cousin of Bill, and an interesting character.
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"Sir, you are no kin to me so i will have your silence!"
Me=💪
The way Hank shut up too 😭😭😭
Such a great line
@@Rachellk I think Hank thought it was too ridiculous to warrant a reply.
This entire episode is so so so brilliantly written. It's just hilarious and smart.
Me: "...Do you know where and _when_ you are, sir? All men are made in the image of God, and I have a God-given right to speak to my fellow man as I see fit. If I am to hold my tongue in your presence _at your sayso alone,_ what does that make you?"
Apparently Golden Richards just died on February 23rd, I'm glad he got to know Gilbert before he passed...briefly
I Always wondered if Golden Richards and his family were insulted by the reference if they ever even heard about it lol
Apparently he had a lot of issues with drugs, alcoholism, multiple marriages, and the law. It may not have even registered for them.
@@tommyfraz. Yikes, could have made him an easier target then. I know nothing about football so I always figured it was just a random reference
@@erikgilson1687 Neither do I, just looked him up on Wikipedia after seeing this
If you want to be a dick about it.😊
The absolute outrage of him reading off "double stuffed chocolate sandwich cookies" bears noting
J'ACCUSE!
I quote this from time to time with the same disdain....
He was appalled that Guillaume lowered himself to buying the off-brand instead of actual Oreos. That's like wearing velveteen instead of velvet.
@@LarsOfTheMohicansironic because Oreos are a ripoff of hydrox cookies
"BOTH OF 'EM!" Is the funniest one liner in KOTH history. Kills me every time lmfao
The line prior really makes it. Did you have a good weekend? BOTH OF EM!
In that moment we all punched the air in celebration for Bill
Gives off similar energy to “two chicks at the same time” from Mike Judge’s other masterpiece, Office Space
We was all happy for Bill 😂
Lmao so good and so bad 😂
Also, as a character design note, I like that the womens' hair color adds an extra hint of mystery as to which one is a blood related Dauterive:
Rose and Bill have red/auburn hair.
Violetta and Gilbert have dark brown hair.
Lily has blonde, and Aunt Esme has (now grayed) former blonde or light brown hair.
It makes it harder to guess until the very end.
I like to think this was intentional, it's a fun detail.
Gilbert refusing to allow Bill to sell the recipe makes sense when you consider the traditional mindset of the Southern aristocracy- they thought that commercialism was crass, "Yankee", and beneath them. That's why Binx's family is so disappointed in him being a stockbroker in The Moviegoer even as he makes good money- it was unbecoming of a Southerner. Basically, the Southern aristocracy wanted to be like European nobles and saw themselves as the inheritors of Greece and Rome. So a literary magazine was high culture and thus allowable while a sauce line was just crass commercialism.
Gilbert was a man living in the past. He was never willing to admit that the aristocracy of his family was long dead as nobody of his generation was actually upholding those traditions. I wouldn't even be surprised if he considered himself the only true dauterive left. Squirrel Tactics logic that the family had gotten into inbreeding makes sense when you remember that he called one of his relatives an imposter. Meaning he had very little regard for anyone not related by blood.
I'm starting to think this was a key variable in the Confederacy losing the Civil War.
@@Xbalanque84 Ways and Means is a really good book on this
@Xbalanque84 the inbreeding isn't key but the aristocratic in-fighting most certainly was.
@@Xbalanque84 In a way, yes. They had a chance to take the capital but were too honorable
Gilbert pointed out an imposter in the family photo. He wouldn't have accepted if Violetta tried to bring in an outside male and give him the Dauterive name.
I have sacrificed our land to preserve our dignity, what would you have done with your street-walkers gold, eh? bought more of THESE? DOUBLE STUFFED CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES!?! J'ACCUSE!
_Drunken crying intensifies._
@@ianfinrir8724 **drunken accusing doubles**
You sacrificed your land for dignity you sacrificed everything for nothing
I think I would just snap my fingers and pretend he’s not there the best outcome right there
He's a hypocrite
"This here is velvet, not velveteen. A gentleman must learn the difference."
Maaah lorr. This muggy November weather gives me the horribles.
Maaaaaah wooooord....
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I loved that part so much!!!!😂😂😂😂
I just love how excited Hank was to find Common Ground with Gilbert talking Football and then how creeped out he was Immediately afterwards. I think Hank was disappointed every time he tried to talk to Gilbert.
The look of defeat on Hank's face when he realizes that he has no functional way of talking to Gilbert is glorious.
@@ianfinrir8724 Gilbert did golden richards up the poop chute
"Sugarfoot's BBQ it's so sweet Debby will feed it to you with her feet" - THAT'S how you make that place profitable.
At least these days.
Seriously, what's with everyone's recent fixation on feet?
I like hoves @@Xbalanque84
Hehehe feets @@Xbalanque84
@@Xbalanque84 I think it was always there, but something about the internet made people comfortable sharing it.
I would not eat there with that slogan, put them dogs away.
You missed pointing out how Peggy said Bills family was something out of Shakesphere. Showing us her false intellectualism.
As a guy born living in Louisiana, Gilbert did it so well, I came down with a case of the horribles. Also, I love Hank's stoic expression when Bobby was suggesting ordering some etouffe before throwing his closes out the window
Honestly that’s the funniest joke in the whole show to me. Either that, or Hank using WD-40 to open a can of WD-40.
The most flamboyant guy on the show. I do wish him and bill were able to get a better end off than an argument on how the doutreve men would be remembered
Bill still has a chance to find love if we had that cake scene and it's not like he doesn't get ladies either.
Idk, I'd say Bug Gribble is WAY more flamboyant. Hell, Juan-Pedro is even more!
Well thanks to Gilbert they probably won't be.
@@Dr.ZoidbergPhD Add Bug and Gilbert together, and they aren't as fabulously flashy as Juan Pedro.
I like to think that Bill produced a child with Rose or Lilly, but Gilbert had her kicked out of the house when she got pregnant because of family pride. So somewhere out there, there is another Dauterive who just doesn't know it.
There's also that hair stylist that comforts Peggy from that episode where Bobby's taking home ec (he's not gay just European) (the hairstylist), all the male hairstylists in Hottyz, Bill HIMSELF when he was a hairstylist in Hottyz, and I suspect one or both of those army dudes (General: "Who knows how to cut hair?" army dudes: "Don't answer, it's a trick!") In just 4 seconds they show off every stereotype of gay.
What is it with cutting hair and being gay/flamboyant? I've never had that experience IRL, not that I would really care as long as they can give me a good chopping. Maybe managers tell them privately to tone it down.
I believe I'll give squirrel tactics a jangle.
For him to send up some étouffée?
The hissing after Gilbert outed Violeta as his cousin killed me hahahahahaha just the way he hissed back too, casually holding a cigarette in a cigarette holder
"how was your weekend" "BOF OF 'EM" is one of my all time favorite moments/lines in the whole show.
I will NEVER not be mad about Hank tossing Bobby's dope smoking jacket. We all need a Gilbert to up our wardrobe game.
Too many red flags to ever warrant keeping. Let's face it, Gilbert is a bad influence.
I'm off to the tailor
Bad influence? More like role model
He tossed Bobby's regular pjs, too 😂
Mahhh laaawrd @@Xbalanque84
idk why but something tells me that bill's aunt and cousin had some help
being called to the swamp..
Gilbert treating the homeless man like anyone else changes absolutely everything I thought about him, bless that wonderful man. Aside from his arrogant stubbornness, but even though he had servants and was blind to reality, as a former homeless person, anyone who will even Look at you shows they're compassionate.
Yeah, I don't know. He treats his last of kin like dirt for delusional grandiose notions. So I can't help but cynically think that the way he treated the homeless man was just an example of "noblesse oblige." A casual act of virtue signaling rather than human decency.
so a bit of background history that no one will ever care about, the "D'hauterive" last name has existed in Louisiana for hundreds of years, since it was first established as a french colony. over time 90% of the relatives changed their name to Dauterive the American version of it (my last name) i do have distant relatives who still go by D'hauterive, and they actually act like gilbert and his family.
The way I see it, Gilbert was a man of ancestry, not family. Their is a massive difference.
To be fair, if he did sell the recipe, as long as it extended the family name I think Bill would call it a win. He never cared about the money
To be honest I think Bobby is Bill's nephew. I mean cotton is the kind of guy to put his penis anywhere so I assume that Bill is cotton's bastard son.
To be fair he could say: "You can sell my recipe under 2 conditions: I get a part of the money and the name of the food and it's derivates must have the name Dauterive in it" and honestly Buck could probably agree with at worst with the second one
I loved how uncomfortable he made Buck 😂
Buck looked like Gilbert gave him a case of the horribles! 😆
Bobby's best 'entrance' will always be that time Luanne showed that picture of him in his underwear trying to steal cookies from a plate
You mean a STARVING IRISH CHILD?
No his best interest is when he keeps jumping out with Luann for his surprise birthday that isn't there. He keeps making this "Eeeep" sound lol 😂
@@turkturkleton2671 Na the smiling face of Bobby in tighty-whities going for a sneaky snack at a slow enough pace that the picture is in perfect resolution cannot be topped for me
I always chuckled at the fact that Dale specified "in English" because of the fact that a lot of people from South Louisiana speak Louisiana French as a first language and one should never assume, especially not with older folks. That's likely not why Dale asked, but that just adds to the humor.
You gotta admit though, his full name Is sick AF
So is Bill's
@@angelogarcia2189
At least Bill doesn't have that unwarranted ego.
@MYNAMECHEF_FilthyFrank
Are you suggesting their family name is disgusting?
Gilbert Fontaine de la Tour Dauterive
The reason Violetta likely wanted Bill is this weird phenomena. It’s when blood relatives have been long separated, are naturally attracted to one another. This isn’t always sexual (which, it can be), but there is some like genetic magnetic pull to one another. I think there was inbreeding with the Dauterives, so Violetta falls into that percentage of sexual attraction towards Bill.
I mean that entire fuckin mansion (well, at LEAST 3 anyways) wanted Bill's "family sauce" so that's like 3 coincidences. I wanna hug and catch up with my long-lost cousins too every Thanksgiving and/or Xmas but I don't wanna hump them.
Bill was likely to inherit the family fortune.
This is unsubstantiated nonsense babble
Whatever you say creepy boy
I chose to believe fountine de letour doutrive is thier full surname insted of sharing middle names
Not trying defend Gilbert but I think the reason he wouldn’t sell the family recipe because he didn’t want the family name to possibly become a joke like what KFC did with Harlan Sanders.
You might be right 🤔
Fun fact: Harlan Sanders loathed KFC and would for years berate the restaurants for not even using his recipe.
He even tried to open a second restaurant after KFC took off: "the colonel's lady's dinner club".
The man would travel around, causing scenes at KFCs, swore so much he once went to an Australian priest convention to try to stop his swearing, had a mistress turned second wife who lived in his car with him...The colonel was a character.
Best one off character in the entire show, and I'm glad they didn't abuse him with repeated showings cause he was definitely used to perfection
*two off
I just wish he had a few more appearances, since he was a perfect foil for Hank.
@@oz_jones And he was the only person who could out-degenerate Buck. I will never forget his face when Gilbert told him he could show him things...
When it comes to the Bill Must Suffer side of the show, I think it would be pretty on point if Bill went ahead with selling the recipe and it turned out the family recipe violated a few copyrights or set off a few long buried feuds the Dauterives ran away from or thought long forgotten.
How?
smh the family tree forgot to include Bill's uncle Stu.
I thought it was Stan
It's because they had a fight and he bit Bill.
I have been a long time lover of King of the Hill and I recently discovered your channel. I had nine seasons of it on DVD before the entire catalog was on Hulu. I look back on these episodes fondly. I always look forward to your videos. You put a smile on my face and I thank you for what you do.
Well thank ya, much appreciated
Finish your DVD collection before Hulu starts quietly "fixing" episodes.
I think Bill was hedging his bets at the end.
He passed it on to Bobby with 2 likely goals:
1) If Gilbert died first, he could sell off the recipe without guilt because Gilbert is dead (and the family doesn't seem to care about the wishes of the dead)
2) If Bill died first, he could leave Bobby the recipe and Gilbert couldn't do squat.
It is rather funny that every angle looking at their conflict favors Bill selling the recipe. People still eat barbecue, but by 2007 (when the episode aired) print media was crumbling. The iPhone had just come out and eReaders were about to storm the market.
Imo it would be considered selling out .... but if they kept their family name on the recipe
Example ribs de la Fontaine
It would be their last legacy .
Its odd Hank idolized Willie Nelson. Hes breaking the 2nd commandment and Willie does a certain thing that would make Hank go " Bwahah "
Sir you are no kin to me so I will have your silence, that lie goes hard.
That was probably the best way I heard to quite someone the audacity and polite manner is great.
BOTH OF THEM
What a weekend 😎
Makes me laugh that Gilbert and his sister hiss at each other
I want that blue velvet suit in an adult size (and not velveteen)!
GILBERT IS MY FAVE
Short but sweet
I always liked how Hank is respectful of people's names regardless of if he likes them or not. Hank could say Gilbert's name with the hard G but is respectful enough to say it Gilbert's name with a soft G. Same thing with pronouncing Mrs. Kalaiki Ali'i
"This muggy November weather gives me the horribles..."
Also, right after "nothing human disgusts me" he really seems to show some level of revulsion at Bill showing up.
Yeah, he'll practice "noblesse oblige" with a homeless stranger, but treat his last of kin like dirt for delusional grandiose notions.
@@zestybutterfly7161 perhaps going by the French maxim of "qui aime bien chatie bien" or "who loves well chastises well", i.e. why some people of aristocratic bearing are always harder on their kin than on those outside their family.
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Spring has truly come early this year since you have graced us with this delicate Southern flower.
With lines of concession, only blood related males are allowed.
I wonder if there could be a loophole if she were to marry someone who was unrelated but shared the same last name
@@Chernobog2 She would have to show how they were related to her. Having the same last name isn't good enough.
35 years
Whenever Gilbert speaks: "Silence, bottom."
Gilbert is too fancy a gentleman to put himself to the mere status of a bottom. Bro even fave Buck the heeby jeebies.
Gilbert gives pillow princess vibes
Gilbert is a power top and you know it.
@@ianfinrir8724 That's some M. Night Shyamalan type of twist. 🤣
😂
I love this episodes take of the Southern Gothic trope, it was pretty funny.
Wait. "Night of the Iguana"?
Like, the OTHER Lenore, Iguana?
It's possible Bill's iguana was a nod to the play.
@@squirreltactics that's what I'm betting on, being introduced to the title
They make a lot of Tennessee Williams odd, see also Kahn saying Joseph's family is like a Tennessee Williams play.
Damn I forgot how much this show makes me hungry, the animation of the food in king of the hill is the absolute best, they make it look so good, I saw the ribs and had to stop the video to comment that everytime they show them cooking meat it makes my mouth water
For a second, I thought the title said Dilbert
Didn't you get the memo?
Sorry.
My lawd this muggy November weather gives me the horribles 🥵
Everyone knows Bobby's best entrance was when he showed up for his "surprise birthday party", yelling "RAÆEHHT!"
I have to say the first Gilbert episode is probably one of the funniest episodes in the whole series-and one of the most uniquely king of the hill concepts. There really isn’t another estranged family reunion episode in other tv shows that are even similar to this, especially played so straight.
Probably one of the best episodes
Thank god, I needed some Squirrel Tactics. And on one of the more interesting characters.
Every time my wife asks me how long I've been sitting around doing nothing(which is never actually the case), I always respond with "35 yee-uhs"
Hank didn't win the grand prize in the beer can luanne actually did, even tho it was hanks beer that was in the fridge at the time luanne couldn't participate because of her being under 21.
Hank bought the beer. So there.
I think maybe Gilbert was so tough on Bill because he wanted someone he could put his guilt on for selling the estate
18:25 thank you for clarifying that Gilbert says "j'accuse"! I thought it was either a random "accuse" or others have said "recuse," but this def makes the most sense
I have a feeling that Gibert would not be caught dead at a bus station or on a bus traving interstate. He would have flown, first class.
I don't know, he seems like he's probably had a few encounters in bus station bathrooms.
@@squirreltactics hahahaha
My lawwwd @@squirreltactics
Favorite character of all
When he told Hank to let Dandy Dan take the throw, did anybody else suspect that Gilbert had plans to bet money on who would take the throw?
On the original version of this video, somebody commented their hypothesis that Gilbert knew that the Hills couldn't handle having all that money and so, by telling Hank to let Dandy Don take the throw, he was trying to save them from the inevitable corruption from having so much money so fast.
This....... is why I love this channel.
I'm so glad you said New Orleans right
I aspire to be a Southern dandy
Gilbert selling the estate and basically squandering the proceeds is also pretty in-line with Streetcar (certainly intentional!).😅
I think Bill should’ve just simply outright sold the family recipe without Gilbert’s permission. And if Gilbert had anything to say about it, Bill could’ve just simply said I don’t recall you consulting me when you sold the family estate for your stupid magazine.
4:47 that's not an accordion, it's likely a concertina or another kind squeezebox. Accordions usually include keys in addition to buttons.
haahahahah I love Bobby! he a cute lil guy! ^_^
Hank wasnt "abusive" but he poo pooed like so many of Bobbys interest. that made me sad.
Am I mixing up relations or who owns what? Gilbert can sell off the estate/house w/o anyone else's permission bc it was his mom's. The BBQ recipe isn't just from Bill's line, it (supposedly) belongs to everyone in the family living.
"I am more familiarh with sinners than saints..."🤣
Edit: I'd have picked Rose to "till the soil and nurture the vine" with.
I know I'm in the minority but even after the BBQ episode, I can't help but love Gilbert. He's catty and I just think he's a funny character.
It seems to me that Louisiana is a curse for the dautrives. That the only reason bill is still alive is because he left and moved to texas.
I do declaaaaare..... first!
[cat hiss of jealousy sound effect]
@@Michaelproduce *Hisssssss!
Oh my lawd, this flower is wiltin'
Gilbert is the best character outside of the Main Cast😂😂
Dale's "Ahh gawd" lmao
(Puff) Thirty five years...
Thank you for this video again man. It’s really well done, especially the added stuff. I hope you’re doing well. Keep up the great work and take care!
it's amazing how much of bills character seems to be derived from Edgar Allen Poe. You have the lost love Lenoire and here, I get "Fall of the House of Usher" vibes. You could probably also make various Poe references with the different family members. Heck maybe that could have been it's own spin off series.
Gilbert's stubbornness and pride makes him do quite unkind and harsh things but I don't think he's actually a bad person per se. Just a hard-headed and prideful one.
The problem with Violetta, is the "D'Haute Rive" name and legacy was bound to the male heirs, the sons. It was a patriarchy type family. Women didn't count as passing on the name and blood of the family. Even if Violetta convinced her man to take on the family name, he would not be of the D'Haute Rive bloodline, and thus would not count either, by their family's tradition. It must be through blood and breeding of a son.
Thanks for the extra content!
This video is so good, you can watch twice
I love the research that goes into these videos. I’m a fan of those tangentially related facts lol great video!
Growing up, when Gilbert was going through the fates of the family tree, I heard 'Barren' as 'Baron' & always thought they had died in the great war
"A gentleman never reverses his decision" just sounds like a way to say, "I'm denying others' opinions and refusing to better myself."
"...and I may not be a fan of Louisiana, with their amazing food, so-so casinos, and piss-poor roads"
Truer words are rarely spoken; I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so (can't speak to the casinos, admittedly; the only one I really know is the one I work in) as a Mississippian
I think Gilbert had no clue to what the recipe entails, as Bill is an incredible chef, and this led to Gilbert feel that his "snooty" pamphlet was threatened as it would be upstaged by the sauce. And Gilbert couldn't live with "his" project being dependent on Bill. Bill's circumvention of his honoring family with Bobby is delicious though! Bill is Bill, just too sad and easily manipulated. I'd like to see Bobby sell the sauce and name it Bill'N'Bobs, to honor that. Bobby setting aside some of that money it makes and surprising Bill one day when he really needs it.
Gilbert is one of the greatest characters on the show. I also side with Gilbert on the sauce. If my cousin, whose mostly not been involved in the family, tries to sell the family sauce that's been passed down for generations for profit, I'd be angry as well. Keep on slaying Gilbert ✨️
This is honestly one of my all time favorite koth lines 16:19
I should also mention one of the early Sopranos episodes (S1E8, The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti) was named after Tennessee Williams. Great work dude :)
When it comes to his first appearance, I liked that he basically stood out in so many ways, even if it was harassing the other male characters. Not surprisingly enough, you are right that our gallery thing I think I mentioned this in another comment and one of your other videos about Gilbert but he literally doesn’t realize that what he’s doing for gallery crap is not gonna work or last long. Selling barbecue sauce could make you a legend even if you can’t pass it on to your own blood or don’t have any relatives remaining you could still pass it on. Your legacy could be forever remembered. I found him absolutely selfish in, not telling his own cousin about selling the estate. Part of me believes he may have murdered off his own mother, along with his sister and those other widows, who living with him. But either way, I can’t be sure. This character by the time he made a second appearance. Yeah I almost was like you don’t need this guy’s permission. He’s an idiot let him to send into his own madness. In fact, what I think would’ve been much more nicer in the episode as if someone did like American dad, Stan Smith did where he snaps his finger, pretending that no one’s around him That’s what Gilbert deserves. I mean Bill was willing to basically share, but the guy doesn’t agree with allowing this whole entire idea of steak sauce, becoming a big thing for their family name and steady just gives us the most disturbing response by saying when you die alone on your deathbed. That right there is where he deserved to have his ass kicked. It would’ve been much nicer if Hank just kicked his ass. Or at least snapped his finger making it look like he wasn’t there. Bill could’ve developed a little more of a character arc right there but he decided not to but then again Bill is an idiot. As much as I know Dale’s dad was in the closet. I’m surprised that nobody’s even talked about Gilbert being a homosexual. The reason I say that is because the way he talks the way he acts, and he’s in interaction with his sister and no sort of attraction whatsoever with any other women has pretty much become clear to me. I feel like this character could’ve been liked if we got a little more detail, but I don’t think we really did and I feel like the writers should be blamed for this. But that’s what happens when Mike Judge the creator of the show doesn’t get involved too much in defending characters reputations
Would be neat if, naturally, in the revival he is mentioned to die and Bill did eventually sell the recipe to Buck for a royalty percentage and has some decent money.
for some reason gilbert makes me not want to eat jambalaya and shrimp
¨CHOCOLATE COVERED....SANDWICH COOKIES?!¨
11:40 Ive never put two and two together, great catch
I've long said that this episode is one of the best written episodes of an animated show EVER. Easily. Absolutely brilliant.
Even better the second time around! 😄