 Since airing , the episode has received positive reviews from critics . Michael Moran of The Times ranked it as the third best in the show 's history . DVD Movie Guide 's Colin Jacobson enjoyed the episode , and referred to its opening by claiming that " any episode that starts with the brilliance that is Truckasaurus has to be good . " He liked the decent morals explored in the episode , and called the conclusion a " great one " , making it a " consistently fine episode " . Jeremy Kleinman of DVD Talk considered " Bart the Daredevil " one of his favorite episodes of the season . He found the daredevil scenes to be funny , but also appreciated the episode 's scenes with " true heart " . Kleinman concluded by noting that the episode helps The Simpsons stand apart from other animated and live action sitcoms by focusing more on the relationships between the characters than " just a humorous weekly plotline " . Writing for the book I Can 't Believe It 's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide , Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky noted that " Bart the Daredevil " ' s sequence in which Homer falls down the gorge is the one that " everyone remembers " , noting that " he 's getting much stupider by this point . " In his book Doug Pratt 's DVD , DVD reviewer and Rolling Stone contributor Doug Pratt chooses the episode as one of the funniest of the series . 
