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'' originally aired Sundays at 7:30–8:00 p.m. ( EST) on the

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from September 26, 1999 to May 21, 2000.TV Listings for May 21, 2000
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Production

The

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s for the season were

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and

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.https://www.macleans.ca/authors/jaime-weinman/a-koth-kronology/ The episode "Transnational Amusements Presents: Peggy's Magic Sex Feet" focused on fetish websites, with a real interactive website being created to promote the episode, under the domain name peggysfeet.com. The cross-media stunt originated after staff writers were discussing how domain names on the internet can sell for large prices. Shortly after writing the episode,

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registered the address peggysfeet.com, with Richard Appel telling ''

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'' in 2000, "I got a message from

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months later saying, 'we wanted to get peggysfeet.com, but it's already owned by someone.' And I said, 'well, luckily it's one of the writers on our show.' I'd like to believe that had we not registered it, 7 million people would have tried to after the episode aired."https://ew.com/article/2000/05/08/king-hill-features-internet-porn/ Appel also noted that they researched various fetish websites for the episode, saying "I do know that some visits — purely for purposes of accuracy — were made to these types of websites. I haven't yet visited one, but the general consensus was that it's much more about the smushing of mashed potatoes and worms than actual sex."

Episodes

References

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