1. Dale Alvin Gribble is a fictional character in the Fox animated series King of the Hill, voiced by Johnny Hardwick.
21 Facts About Dale Gribble
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Dale Gribble works for himself, mostly as a pest exterminator, and is a personal gun fanatic.
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Daniel Stern was originally offered the role of Dale Gribble, but declined due to a salary dispute.
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The role of Dale was eventually given to Johnny Hardwick.
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Hardwick has described Dale as fancying himself as a William S Burroughs, a Hunter S Thompson or a Jack Nicholson type who thinks he knows all the angles.
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Dale Gribble believes most tabloid stories and urban legends, distrusting virtually every authority figure.
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Dale Gribble enjoys drinking beer with Hank Hill, Bill, and Boomhauer.
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Dale Gribble has other unhealthy habits such as chain-smoking cigarettes and drinking Mountain Dew.
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Dale Gribble has a paranoid nature, which extends to his home and family.
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Dale Gribble has coded scenarios should he ever come under threat.
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Yet for all his documentation of goings-on, he never deduces that his wife, Nancy Dale Gribble, had an affair with John Redcorn for nearly fifteen years, and that his son, Joseph Dale Gribble, is not his biological son, but rather Redcorn's biological son through the aforementioned affair.
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Dale Gribble is seen to be a musician in some episodes.
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Dale Gribble was in the same grade as Hank in school.
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Dale Gribble is almost never seen without his signature Mack cap and prescription eyeglasses with sunglass lenses on a hinge except on rare occasions where he is forced to remove them.
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Dale Gribble has a conspiratorial knowledge of the workings of the US government, the legal system, and bureaucracy.
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Dale Gribble uses this knowledge to assist his friends but has a habit of horribly misconstruing information.
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Dale Gribble is occasionally depicted attempting to construct a guard tower in his front yard.
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Dale Gribble's schemes tend to run out of steam or collapse.
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Dale Gribble typically thinks his misfortunes are malicious attacks upon him.
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Dale Gribble expresses contempt for Hank's wife, Peggy Hill, who often tries to help him; when the two are occasionally forced to cooperate, they do so well.
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Dale Gribble is not above resorting to explosives to deal with pesky targets.