 Ian Jones and Steve Williams , writers for British review website Off the Telly , claimed that the episode " ditched all pretence of a plot and went flat out for individual , unconnected sight gags and vignettes " . The two noted that it was their least favorite debut episode for a season of The Simpsons . In a separate article in Off the Telly , Jones and Williams write that the episode " ... wasn 't shown for reasons of taste and has never appeared on terrestrial television in Britain " , referring to a BBC Two schedule of the ninth season , which began October 2001 . It had actually been shown prior to the attacks on Sky One , before being made available on digital terrestrial television as well as satellite and was later shown free @-@ to @-@ air , on Channel 4 . 
