 The episode was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) in 2002, which it ultimately lost to the "Futurama" episode, "Roswell That Ends Well".Following the thirteenth season's release on DVD and Blu-ray, the episode received mostly positive reviews from critics.While watching a 1950s science fiction movie, Bart and Lisa see a commercial for a model rocket kit and Bart orders it by using Homer's credit card number.