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Mega Lo MartMega Lo Mart is the name of a fictional store in the Fox television series King of the Hill. It is portrayed as the archetypical large American retail chain, in the vein of real-world corporate chain stores such as Wal-Mart or K-Mart. In addition to regular staple items the store also sells auto supplies, guns, and (briefly) propane. As depicted in the Season 2 cliffhanger finale, the presence of the Arlen Mega Lo Mart has a disastrous effect on local small businesses. Mega Lo Mart employees (who were depicted as unhelpful, ignorant teenagers) held positions of authority over former local merchants, who began working at the very store that ran them out of business. The Mega Lo Mart corporate spokesperson is musician Chuck Mangione, whose hit song Feels So Good serves as its corporate slogan. In the season 2 finale ("Propane Boom," broadcast May 17, 1998), the Arlen Mega Lo Mart exploded just as Chuck Mangione was about to perform outside the store. Hank began working at Mega Lo Mart after the chain began offering big propane discounts, which subsequently drove Strickland Propane out of Arlen. Upon being hired and expressing his frustration with other former small business owners (also now working at Mega Lo Mart) Hank and a few others planned to disrupt the Mangione concert with kazoos in protest of the destructive effect of Mega Lo Mart on small town businesses. A propane accident and following explosion occurred before the plan could be fully carried out. The cause of the accident was a propane tank activated carelessly by Buckley, Luanne Platter's then-boyfriend and Hank's manager. Since any potential customers and most of the staff were at the Mangione concert (and Hank's protest) outside, Buckley was the only casualty, although many bystanders were singed, including Luanne, Hank, and Mr. Mangione. Strickland Propane reopened shortly after these events, and Hank resumed work at Strickland. This incident happened in the midst of the Fox network's decision to move the show to California, which turned out to be a practical joke stemming from The X-Files' decision to move production from Vancouver to Los Angeles.
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