thoroughly enjoyable romp through what happens when a bunch of lads go for a Sunday out at the ball game." They enjoyed the guest-stars, writing "both Dolly Parton and, bizarrely, Rupert Murdoch – spice things up nicely", however they were most fond of Fred Willard as Wally Kogen. "A shame he doesn't join our regulars", they wrote. James Plath of DVD Town wrote that the episode is "funny," and Ian Jane of DVD Talk found the episode "amusing". The Orlando Sentinels Gregory Hardy named it the third best episode of the show with a sports theme. Phillip Stephenson of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the episode "classic", and Susan Dunne of The Hartford Courant described it as "debauched but hilarious". The Cincinnati Post's Greg Paeth noted that the episode is a critical favorite. On the other hand, Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide gave the episode a more mixed review. He wrote: "Like most guest star-ridden episodes, this one gets a bit gimmicky to fit in all the cameos." He found the self-referential ending "fails to become clever and instead just seems silly." However, he wrote that the episode "includes a few goods bits, especially the phone call in which Homer convinces Lenny to go to the game." Jake McNeill of Digital Entertainment News wrote that the episode is "so jam-packed with guest celebrity voices that they ran out of room for a plot. Or humor." Chris Barsanti of Filmcritic.com gave a negative review as well, and wrote that the episode is "lost amid a flurry of celebrity walk-ons and lazy jokes." References Footnotes Bibliography External links The Simpsons (season 10) episodes 1999 American television episodes Super Bowl lead-out shows American football animation Christianity in popular culture controversies Religious controversies in animation Religious controversies in television Super Bowl in fiction Animation controversies in television Television controversies in the United States Television censorship Cultural depictions of Rupert Murdoch Cultural depictions of John Madden Religious controversies in the United States