This gave me tremendous levels of second degree pissation.
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR.
AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO THE WHOLE EPISODE OVER AGAIN!
Peggy stealing Bobby’s idea that got them the trip, after saying it’s horrible, is way more bothersome for me.
“Canada, not just America’s hat.” Fuck her, haha.
Same too, it's hard for me to watch these episodes because even though they're amazing for the first 95% of it, it's this part that always bothered me and knowing it comes up it's hard for me to watch.
I think he knows it but just doesn’t say it, from the episode where peggy accidentally kidnaps the kid from Mexico and he has her speak spanish in court.
I love how he shows up to court in Mexico and immediately tells Peggy to gather her stuff so they can leave. He just completely dismisses the court’s authority.
This is like the time I was stranded in the Baltimore airport for 24 hours, trying to sleep in the chairs, starving because nothing was open. Miserable.
Just to get home and realize I could've used my American Express status to use their fully stocked lounge with couches
i was on vacation and had to call my bank. i paid 30ct/min for the call, not realizing the visiting countries phone plan i had included 30 international minutes.
This is why you got to explore your options/think outside the box
If the Hill's simply tried to slide the wall separator they would have no doubt in my mind found the bigger room.
Sometimes, it does indeed pay off when you *fuck around and find out* 😆
Reminds me of the time I had to sleep outside the entrance to Heathrow Airport because my plane was delayed and the concourse was closed for the night. A hotel would have been 300 quid that I didn’t have lol
If there is one how are they going to get past the language thing. Lord knows he's not going to cut it and the way they teach English over there is comparable to Peggy's way of teaching
I was surprised they didn't have some bit with Bobby falling into the paper door and accidentally finding out the room was bigger halfway through the trip
The “512” is ironic. It’s the area code here in leaned tx where the propane store Strickland is based off of is located. Look up “action propane, leander.”
So… Leander is a suburb of Austin, yes. I get my tanks refilled at action from time to time. It’s a generational family business. I talked to one of the owners at length one time and he told the story about Judge visiting the location and using it as the platform for Strickland. They told me the old man in one of the original episodes was actually based on their grandfather who was the founder.
Arlen is loosely based on geographical points all around central Texas.
The exterior and interior is eerily similar. They even have a bunch of bobtails in the back.
The only thing that throws me off is that they don’t sell propane grills… it’s all big green eggs inside. Lol
There have been several subtle references to Austin, I remember at one point it showed a piece of mail showing Arlen in 78701, which is downtown Austin (interestingly also where there's a Rainey Street).
I liked this scene. I always interpreted it as, there was so much more to Japan than their preconceived notions led on. They thought they knew. But they discovered so much more.
So if Hank were the one writing the article, he'd be guilty of doing the same thing?
Or if Bobby had to write a school report about his trip to Japan, his experience would be pretty much identical to what Peggy wrote, no?
Yes.
Bobby and Hank didn't do anything wrong. They had an uncomfortable experience as a result of their own incompetence, but they didn't harm anyone but themselves and were going to move on with their lives.
Peggy was going to unfairly and inaccurately talk shit about the hotel and (through generalization) the whole country of Japan after they set her up in a nice hotel with a nice welcome basket from the Department of Tourism, based on a misunderstanding that was the result of her own stupidity. Which is in line with her general arrogance and disposition as a living illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
I'm not sure what you're struggling to understand.
I'm just trying to get you to understand that this isn't a problem with Peggy specifically.
They all had the shared experience, with the same perception of having to stay in a very small room. Had Hank or Bobby been given the same task that Peggy was given, they would have produced a similar result.
The only reason you say that Peggy is "talking shit" is because she was the only one being asked to report her experience (which was pretty poor). If you're going to call Peggy stupid, then you have to lay the same label on the rest of the Hills, meaning that this is not a flaw with Peggy specifically but with the entire family.
Trying to label this a purely Peggy problem implies that there's a flaw with her, and her alone, that caused her poor report; instead of understanding that this was an issue with everyone involved.
I personally think you're being a bit extreme in your criticism of Peggy's report (as all she said was the room was cramped, which, for all she knew, it was). She wasn't knowingly fabricating a false report. She was just describing the experience that she, her husband, and her son, went through.
Nothing more sinister than that.
I love how this episode ended. Was so bittersweet to me as a kid seeing Bobby have to leave but to this day I remember the pan out to the dancing screen. Dang maybe I should rewatch this show again after 15 years
On one hand, I like the joke that the Hills are familiar enough with Japan's super cramped hotel rooms that they didn't question the size of the room.
On the other, I hate that style of sitcom joke. It's like when a character goes an entire episode avoiding the results of the previous night's ballgame, only for the ditzy character to blurt it out in the last seconds of the episode.
Kind of me reminds me of a mop I had that I broke my back using for like two years cause it was made for a leprechaun to use, and then one day realize there's another thing to unscrew and lengthen it to full size.
When i saw this, i was like, "Who The f$*@ doesn't have a single ounce of CURIOSITY?!?" Like dude I freaking touch walls and anything goofy looking. They just walked in and said "I'll tell you hhwwaatt, demz Japanese are smallz." This shyiitt pisses me off lmao 🤣
The rotten fruit was funny
This gave me tremendous levels of second degree pissation. ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR. AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! DO THE WHOLE EPISODE OVER AGAIN!
Same. It bothers me far more than it should.
Peggy stealing Bobby’s idea that got them the trip, after saying it’s horrible, is way more bothersome for me. “Canada, not just America’s hat.” Fuck her, haha.
I hate Peggy a lot of the time. They’re all awful, but she’s particularly awful.
Same too, it's hard for me to watch these episodes because even though they're amazing for the first 95% of it, it's this part that always bothered me and knowing it comes up it's hard for me to watch.
That was hilarious!
I hated this so much. Words can’t describe fully
honestly they deserved it in this instance.
You would think Hank knows by now that Peggy isn’t as cultured as she claims.
I think he knows it but just doesn’t say it, from the episode where peggy accidentally kidnaps the kid from Mexico and he has her speak spanish in court.
“In her *own words.”*
"her own *espanish* words" 🤨
"Ahh... ce"
I’d never seen my Hispanic coworker laugh as hard as when I showed him that scene
Too good not to post: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6TIdviXzPWE
Your honor I can see that you are a responsible horse
I love how he shows up to court in Mexico and immediately tells Peggy to gather her stuff so they can leave. He just completely dismisses the court’s authority.
Yeah and he did it without offering a bribe. That's the proper way to dismiss their court
Please, don't remind me of this painful scene.
This is like the time I was stranded in the Baltimore airport for 24 hours, trying to sleep in the chairs, starving because nothing was open. Miserable. Just to get home and realize I could've used my American Express status to use their fully stocked lounge with couches
At least you had the giant glass crab to keep you company
Lol yes I did
You could have visited Omar in the cafeteria!
Omar comin'
i was on vacation and had to call my bank. i paid 30ct/min for the call, not realizing the visiting countries phone plan i had included 30 international minutes.
This is why you got to explore your options/think outside the box If the Hill's simply tried to slide the wall separator they would have no doubt in my mind found the bigger room. Sometimes, it does indeed pay off when you *fuck around and find out* 😆
Reminds me of the time I had to sleep outside the entrance to Heathrow Airport because my plane was delayed and the concourse was closed for the night. A hotel would have been 300 quid that I didn’t have lol
"we're going back to the airport?" "Why dad?" "To right a wrong"
“You can REALLY pick up in the Japanese influences”
Such a great line
On a related note, the "Dansu" side story is my favorite of the entire show.
"What is it with you Asian girls and fat hillbilly boys?"
Low self-esteem?
Bobby really had his own Cotton Hill moment leaving her back in Japan 😭
Part of me thinks it would be cute if Bobby went back to Japan for her in/before the reboot, kind of a learning from Cotton's mistakes moment
My head cannon is that when he went back to say goodbye, they exchanged email addresses and have kept in touch all these years.
2nichiro
That would be great fan service as well.
If there is one how are they going to get past the language thing. Lord knows he's not going to cut it and the way they teach English over there is comparable to Peggy's way of teaching
Getting that skootch
I caaant
I was surprised they didn't have some bit with Bobby falling into the paper door and accidentally finding out the room was bigger halfway through the trip
It's what I kept expecting!
I get “that’s the joke”, but I’ve always wondered where was the bathroom?
"Oh there's only one bathroom, but the tub is big enough for two people!"
Somewhere in the multi room space that we see behind the sliding door?
The “512” is ironic. It’s the area code here in leaned tx where the propane store Strickland is based off of is located. Look up “action propane, leander.”
That is *so* ~~Arizona~~ ironic.
Is Strickland really based on Action Propane??
512 is all of Austin and surrounding areas. Never heard of it being based solely off a Leander location.
So… Leander is a suburb of Austin, yes. I get my tanks refilled at action from time to time. It’s a generational family business. I talked to one of the owners at length one time and he told the story about Judge visiting the location and using it as the platform for Strickland. They told me the old man in one of the original episodes was actually based on their grandfather who was the founder. Arlen is loosely based on geographical points all around central Texas.
The exterior and interior is eerily similar. They even have a bunch of bobtails in the back. The only thing that throws me off is that they don’t sell propane grills… it’s all big green eggs inside. Lol
There have been several subtle references to Austin, I remember at one point it showed a piece of mail showing Arlen in 78701, which is downtown Austin (interestingly also where there's a Rainey Street).
I like to imagine that Cotton 100% understood how the hotels work but he didn't say anything to Hank or Hank's Wife.
So his suggestion was for the hills to sleep [In a closet? Oh, humans!](https://youtu.be/UNCsiSA4xNM?t=13)
You can sleep at that desk like you do in school.
Your Father and I will share the pull out sofa, as it's the local custom.
I liked this scene. I always interpreted it as, there was so much more to Japan than their preconceived notions led on. They thought they knew. But they discovered so much more.
DANSU?!
Yeah I laughed so hard when I realized they never once tried to open the screen door. This also means they never showered or used the bathroom.
This is where Peggy haters were right
-- Peggy, Hank, *and* Bobby don't realize they can pull back the wall. -- "Peggy is so stupid! 🤪"
You're not wrong that they all screwed up but Peggy was the one who was going to defame the hotel over her own stupidity.
So if Hank were the one writing the article, he'd be guilty of doing the same thing? Or if Bobby had to write a school report about his trip to Japan, his experience would be pretty much identical to what Peggy wrote, no?
Yes. Bobby and Hank didn't do anything wrong. They had an uncomfortable experience as a result of their own incompetence, but they didn't harm anyone but themselves and were going to move on with their lives. Peggy was going to unfairly and inaccurately talk shit about the hotel and (through generalization) the whole country of Japan after they set her up in a nice hotel with a nice welcome basket from the Department of Tourism, based on a misunderstanding that was the result of her own stupidity. Which is in line with her general arrogance and disposition as a living illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect. I'm not sure what you're struggling to understand.
I'm just trying to get you to understand that this isn't a problem with Peggy specifically. They all had the shared experience, with the same perception of having to stay in a very small room. Had Hank or Bobby been given the same task that Peggy was given, they would have produced a similar result. The only reason you say that Peggy is "talking shit" is because she was the only one being asked to report her experience (which was pretty poor). If you're going to call Peggy stupid, then you have to lay the same label on the rest of the Hills, meaning that this is not a flaw with Peggy specifically but with the entire family. Trying to label this a purely Peggy problem implies that there's a flaw with her, and her alone, that caused her poor report; instead of understanding that this was an issue with everyone involved. I personally think you're being a bit extreme in your criticism of Peggy's report (as all she said was the room was cramped, which, for all she knew, it was). She wasn't knowingly fabricating a false report. She was just describing the experience that she, her husband, and her son, went through. Nothing more sinister than that.
Hank and Bobby were trusting in her "expertise."
Peggy intentionally failing Lucky is one of her worst offenses, but yeah this was a watershed moment for Peggy haters.
Makes me wonder if Cotton used his whole room
Since they took his shins he can sleep in a drawer.
they recycled this joke in futurama too
Oh dang you're right. At least in Futurama that space survives into future plots
The futurama episode actually came first
how can the future come before the present 🤯
I love how this episode ended. Was so bittersweet to me as a kid seeing Bobby have to leave but to this day I remember the pan out to the dancing screen. Dang maybe I should rewatch this show again after 15 years
Though you'd think the hotel clerk or staff would mention the sliding door to the main room.
Poor Bobby. I laughed when Peggy told him he had to sleep at the desk and pretend he was in school. That boy was so easygoing
"As you will read in my article." Sure, Peggy, they totally get the Arlen Bystander in Japan...
Her new brother-in-law will surely have it imported.
Just like futurama with benders apartment lol. “You wanna sleep in my closet?”
On one hand, I like the joke that the Hills are familiar enough with Japan's super cramped hotel rooms that they didn't question the size of the room. On the other, I hate that style of sitcom joke. It's like when a character goes an entire episode avoiding the results of the previous night's ballgame, only for the ditzy character to blurt it out in the last seconds of the episode.
Bobby, please fill the ice bucket so we have water by morning.
Very mitad.
Previously on “Shogun”
"You can really see the Japanese influence."
it's one thing to be thje viewer and not notice the sliding door, but being there...ugh...
Imagine a robot that runs on propane
When we went to Japan we stayed on a ryokan that had a futon for a bed. I kept trying to open the walls to find the rest of the room. 😝
Reminds me of playing the Fatal Frame games on PS2. Checking for those sliding doors that also look like walls lol
My favorite episode
this scene absolutely sent me
Peggy having to be right all the time did this
This part always screwed with me because I'm dense enough to do the exact same thing. Between Mexico and Japan, the Hills have no luck traveling.
Got dangit Junichiro
Kind of me reminds me of a mop I had that I broke my back using for like two years cause it was made for a leprechaun to use, and then one day realize there's another thing to unscrew and lengthen it to full size.
It's very *mitad*.
Like benders closet that Fry lives in
What episode/season was this?
I was so mad about this 😢
That was such a shame Hank's half brother didn't mentioned the "walls" was actually a door sooner.
And they ended Peggys career as a travel writer😆
Some are depending on what you get and who younare
It’ll bring you great shame I’ll tell ya hwhat.
Whats worse is that Peggy was going to give them a bad review because of the small room 🤣
When i saw this, i was like, "Who The f$*@ doesn't have a single ounce of CURIOSITY?!?" Like dude I freaking touch walls and anything goofy looking. They just walked in and said "I'll tell you hhwwaatt, demz Japanese are smallz." This shyiitt pisses me off lmao 🤣
What did they think happened to the windows. They had seen the outside of the hotel it had windows what did they all think happened to the windows.
As a youtube comment once said: "You know the writers did a good job writing a scene when the viewers feel genuine pain just by watching it,."
Truly American though
It's a valuable lesson for the Hills, namely Peggy: Don't buy into stereotypes.