![]() That cute voice of Mary's was provided by Zooey Deschanel ( Elf) and fit the character well, never crying out, "This is a guest-star voice!" Marge's rescue of Bart from marriage and Lou from death smartly brought the episode to a close, including a Casablanca-referencing airport scene and Homer's heavy-on-the-meat declaration to never again eat meat. This was an unexpected twist, and it was fun to see Bart nearly go through with it to keep Lou happy. As it turned out, Mary was Cletus and Brandine's daughter and the offering of a cow constituted a formal proposal of marriage. Once Bart freed his cow Lou from the feedlot - and doing so with funny-not-preachy sight gags about high-density housing and growth hormones - he could only think to offer the cow to his helper Mary. It also gave the episode a great bit by having the "Anguished Animals 3" CD be performed by Tress MacNeille, a prolific contributor of voices on The Simpsons. Lisa's attempt to guilt Bart into never eating meat again was funny and suited her character. The story then took an expected turn and set Bart out on a mission to save his cow from the slaughterhouse. After the win, Bart was informed his prize-winning cow would be taken to a feedlot to be slaughtered. At the fair, where we saw Ralph had added a head to his sawhorse, Bart won the coveted blue ribbon. Soon, we saw Bart getting his cow in shape via a Rocky-like montage that included the bovine surreally boxing a frozen side of beef. ![]() At first, Bart wasn't sure how to raise his runt, but he got some help and inspiration from a fellow kid farmhand named Mary. ![]() Nelson picked a tough cow, Ralph picked a wooden sawhorse and Bart was stuck with a runt. As a final assignment, the kids had to raise a cow in the hopes of it winning a blue ribbon at the county fair. Bart took his own combine ride over a variety of items, including clothes that came out folded, fish that came out in cubes of water and manure which came out as copies of Pirates of the Caribbean 3. From there, we followed the eldest Simpson child on several tasks around the farm. Once Homer learned he wouldn't have to be involved as a parent, Bart was allowed to join the club. Things started rolling after Bart saw Martin driving a wheat combine and discovered that the 4-H Club had the most finger-loss of any youth organization.
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