Speech can be heard. In the Springfield Elementary School shower-room Homer, Barney, Lenny, and Carl sing a medley of Queen songs consisting of "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You". When Cyndi Lauper sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" it is to the tune of her hit song "Girls Just Want to Have Fun". Reception "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" finished tied for 40th in the weekly ratings for the week of January 11–17, 1999 with a Nielsen rating of 8.9. In his review of The Simpsons''' tenth season, James Plath of Dvdtown.com noted "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" as "pretty decent". Peter Brown of If regards "Lard of the Dance", "Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers', "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken", and "Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble' as "some of the best episodes of the season". The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote that the episode was "a curious unmemorable episode with a good chunk in the middle. Neither the opening with The Isotopes nor the finale with the rather dire song help this one at all, and frankly, if it wasn't for the superb parody of Village of the Damned, and the kids' revenge by revealing their family's secrets, it'd sink without trace." In 2007, Simon Crerar of The Times'' listed Lauper's performance as one of the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show. References External links The Simpsons (season 10) episodes 1999 American television episodes Television episodes about driving under the influence Television episodes about ageism Musical television episodes Television episodes about revenge it:Episodi de I Simpson (decima stagione)#Schermaglie fra generazioni fi:Simpsonit (10. tuotantokausi)#Sottajengi (Wild Barts Can't Be Broken)