SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to the preceding NFL doubleheader, KING OF THE HILL at 7:00 PM and 7:30 PM will air on the West Coast only.]

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DALE TURNS INTO A BASKET CASE ON "KING OF THE HILL" SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, ON FOX

When the Gribbles experience financial trouble due to Dale's slow extermination business, Peggy suggests he participate in a program where people go on vacation to learn different trades -- a "Vocation Vacation." She encourages Hank to accompany him, and to Hank's disappointment, Dale signs them up for his hobby and lifelong professional dream of basket weaving. While Hank's work is admired by the teacher, Dale's work is looked at as less appealing. When Hank is given the opportunity to fill in for ill factory workers and is offered a permanent job, Dale tries to run him over with a tractor so he can have the job himself. But Hank helps him face the hard truth that he isn't very good at basket weaving. To restore Dale's confidence, Hank and the instructor pretend that beetles have infested the factory, and Dale "saves the day" by performing an extermination. A couple of basket weaving participants become curious about Dale's work and he lands a job after all -- as a "Vocation Vacations" teacher in the "DreamWeaver" episode of KING OF THE HILL airing Sunday, December 30 (7:30-8:00 PM PT) on FOX. (KH-1120) (TV-PG)

Voice Cast: Mike Judge as Hank Hill & Boomhauer; Kathy Najimy as Peggy Hill; Pamela S. Adlon as Bobby Hill; Brittany Murphy as Luanne; Johnny Hardwick as Dale; Stephen Root as Bill.