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| I'm guessing the 'Bart has a heart attack' couch gag didn't make the cut. |
The elementary school signs a vending machine contract with a company that provides fatty, processed snacks to kids for what I presume is a hefty profit. While Lisa quickly realizes how bad these snacks are, Bart goes the opposite route and starts gouging himself on the stuff, getting money from tricking Willie. Three weeks later, Bart has become comically fat, unable to finish a coach gag as he's suffering from a heart attack. Despite efforts by Dr. Hibbert and the family to get Bart to eat right, he continues to eat junk food in secret. Lisa catches this, and helps set up an intervention for Bart. Bart tries to run away, but is easily captured by 'professional child snatchers' who take Bart to a fat camp.
The camp, ran by Tab Spangler, isn't doing much for Bart either as he still finds ways to snack and gorge. Its not cheap, either, and the Simpsons have to find a way to increase their income to pay for Bart's fat camp. Ultimately their decide to turn the house into a youth hostel, which grabs the attention of several German young adults. With Bart not getting any better, Spangler shows Bart the sacrifice his family has made. Finally, Bart understands, so that night he goes into the school and destroys all the vending machines, also stealing the money from them with the intention of using it to pay for the camp. He arrives at the house the next day with the money, allowing the family to toss out the 'eurotrash'. Bart promises he won't ever eat junk food again, though he doesn't plan on going back to fat camp despite still being fat. With three weeks of paid camp left, the family forces Homer to go back with Spangler.
Quick Review
This episode is slightly better than I anticipated, and most of its goodwill can be attributed by the guest voice of Albert Brooks, who voiced the issues-laden Spangler. He was the star of what was otherwise a below average episode.
Final Score: 7.2
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