In this week’s “Answer Man” column, Roger Ebert receives an E-mail from a reader who just heard about the upcoming animated film, “Barnyard,” and is concerned that America’s already-existing reputation on the world front as being full of a bunch of dimbulbs will only be made worse by the fact that “the brain trust behind this movie spent a fortune to animate ‘cows’ with very prominent udders — all of which are dubbed with MALE VOICES.”
Indeed, Ebert confirms this. “Good gravy! I looked at the trailer, and saw a cow, its udder clearly visible, speaking in a male voice. The cows in the movie include Otis (Kevin James), Eddie (S. Scott Bullock), Budd (John DiMaggio) and Ben (gravel-voiced Sam Elliott). There is one girl cow, Bessie, voiced by Wanda Sykes. I’d like to hit Bessie for the 411 on wassup up with those he-cows.”
You just know that there’s some producer surrounded by yes-men who said, “Nobody knows that only female cows have udders, am I right?”
You bet, C.B.!
