King of the Hill“Trans-Facism”
Original Air Date: February 10, 2008
Jeff L – TwoCents Staff Writer
There’s a big celebration at Sugarfoot’s. It looks like Lucky’s birthday, but as we find out it’s only his half-birthday (people in Lucky’s family die young so they have to celebrate all they can). Hank slowly pulls the gift he’s brought back across the table.
Khan and his buddies, including Ted Wasonasong and some businessmen in from New York, enter the restaurant. The New Yorkers are shocked and outraged that Sugarfoot’s uses trans-fat and their outrage prompts Wasonasong into campaigning to have trans-fat outlawed in Arlen.
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Original Air Date: February 10, 2008
Jeff L – TwoCents Staff Writer
There’s a big celebration at Sugarfoot’s. It looks like Lucky’s birthday, but as we find out it’s only his half-birthday (people in Lucky’s family die young so they have to celebrate all they can). Hank slowly pulls the gift he’s brought back across the table.
Khan and his buddies, including Ted Wasonasong and some businessmen in from New York, enter the restaurant. The New Yorkers are shocked and outraged that Sugarfoot’s uses trans-fat and their outrage prompts Wasonasong into campaigning to have trans-fat outlawed in Arlen.
Hank, trying to be the voice of reason, speaks to the Arlen city council. He manages to not only push the no-trans-fat bill through, but also accidently gets the council to outlaw oysters and rare hamburgers.
Mr. Stickland (Hank’s boss and also owner of Sugarfoot’s) comes into work upset because Sugarfoot’s is going to have to close. Hank doesn’t want to see the Arlen institution closed. Some of the Strickland propane workers are so upset about the restaurant closing they tell Mr. Stickland that they’d pay anything for one last piece of fried chicken – prompting Mr. Stickland to contemplate opening an illegal trans-fat only mobile restaurant –with Hank as the manager.
Hank who doesn’t support doing anything illegal, agrees that the no trans-fat laws are wrong and reluctantly agrees to manage the mobile Sugarfoot’s Express. They set up and go to work and immediately become a huge success with everyone who enjoys a little freedom with their food plus they’re charging extra to serve “the food you want at a price that reflects the risks involved.”
Eventually an old acquaintance of Mr. Stickland’s Rooster sees what a good thing Mr. Stickland has going and opens his own mobile trans-fat business. Theres a turf war/food fight and Hank realizes how out of hand things have gotten. Even Nancy Hicks-Gribble and the channel 84 news van are on the trail of the mobile illegal food trucks. Roosters Roost starts using some real strong-arm tactics and they begin to take over all of Arlen. Sugarfoot’s Express is afraid to set up anywhere for fear of Roosters.
Roosters Roost doesn’t hold the same high standards that Hank and his Sugarfoot’s Express crew maintain and eventually, although they won the turf war, they are put out of business after a food poisoning epidemic breaks out due to their tainted food.
Hank goes to before the Arlen council again and gets the food bans lifted with a little help from Nancy who has videotape evidence of most of the council members eating at Roosters before the food poisoning outbreak. Sugarfoot’s is reopened and all is right in Arlen.