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17th episode of the 19th season of The Simpsons
"Apocalypse Cow"
The Simpsons episode
The episode's promotional image, featuring Bart, Cletus, and Mary (Zooey Deschanel).
Episode no.
Season 19 Episode 17
Directed by
Nancy Kruse
Written by
Jeff Westbrook
Production code
KABF10
Original air date
April 27, 2008 (2008-04-27)
Guest appearance
Zooey Deschanel as Mary Spuckler
Episode features
Chalkboard gag
"A person's a person, no matter how Ralph"
Couch gag
A parody of the medieval Bayeux tapestry shows the Flanders family stealing the Simpson family's couch. The Simpsons then take it back and kill Ned Flanders.
Commentary
Al Jean Jeff Westbrook Tim Long Tom Gammill Max Pross Chuck Sheetz David Silverman
Episode chronology
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The Simpsons season 19
List of episodes
"Apocalypse Cow" is the seventeenth episode of the nineteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 27, 2008.[1] After joining 4-H, Bart saves a cow named Lou and gives it to a girl named Mary (guest voice Zooey Deschanel), a farm girl. Her father, Cletus, mistakenly believes it as a token for Mary's hand in marriage, and attempts to get the two married.[2]
It was written by Jeff Westbrook and directed by Nancy Kruse. 7.69 million viewers tuned into this episode.[3]
^"Primetime Listings (April 20 - April 27)". FoxFlash. April 4, 2008. Archived from the original on April 7, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
^Snierson, Dan (January 25, 2008). "Zooey Deschanel, Glenn Close to guest on 'The Simpsons'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^"Ratings: Apocalypse Cow". Simpsons Channel. Archived from the original on April 24, 2008.
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