 Professional wrestler Bret Hart guest starred in the episode as himself , and he was very insistent that he be shown wearing his pink wrestling outfit . He explained that " It 's so cool to be part of a show that makes people laugh really , really hard . " The media , aware that the animated Hart would want to purchase Mr. Burns ' home , mistakenly anticipated that " Bret offers to wrestle him [ Mr. Burns ] for the place . " Later , Hart moved on to do voice work on the animated television series Jacob Two @-@ Two . The press noted that at that time Hart was " no stranger to cartoon @-@ land , " having been " immortalized " by " The Old Man and the Lisa " . 
