A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown

7.0/10 · 405 votesDec 4, 200522 min

Ranked #12 of 15 in Season 10•−0.2 vs season avg

Hoping to get Bobby to stop cracking jokes in school, Hank enrolls Bobby in a clown class at the local community college. The pretentious instructor teaches Bobby classical comedic theory and sucks all the fun out of him.

Season 10 Episodes15

Hank's on Board

Bystand Me

Bill's House

Harlottown

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown

E6 7.1

Orange You Sad I Did Say Banana?

E7 6.7

You Gotta Believe (In Moderation)

E8 7.6

Business Is Picking Up

E9 7.1

The Year of Washing Dangerously

E10 6.7

Hank Fixes Everything

E11 7.1

Church Hopping

E12 6.8

24 Hour Propane People

E13 7.6

The Texas Panhandler

E14 7.4

Hank's Bully

E15 7.2

Edu-macating Lucky

Cast8

Mike Judge

Hank Hill / Boomhauer (voice)

Kathy Najimy

Peggy Hill (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Bobby Hill (voice)

Johnny Hardwick

Dale Gribble (voice)

Stephen Root

Bill Dauterive (voice)

Brittany Murphy

Luanne Platter (voice)

Toby Huss

Cotton Hill / Kahn Souphanousinphone (voice)

Lauren Tom

Minh Souphanousinphone / Connie Souphanousinphone (voice)

Crew2

Christy Stratton

Writer

Kyounghee Lim

Director

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Episode Summary

"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown" is episode 5 of King of the Hill season 10. It scored 7.0/10 from 405 votes, ranking #12 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.2). Directed by Kyounghee Lim and written by Christy Stratton, it aired on December 4, 2005.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown

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Season 10 Episodes15

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Crew2

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