' s ▁bar bec ue , ▁which ▁results ▁in ▁an ▁un cer emon ious ▁death ▁for ▁his ▁prize ▁p ig . ▁But ▁rather ▁than ▁simply ▁pun ctu ating ▁the ▁episode ▁with ▁an ▁icon ic ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁p ork er ▁so aring ▁through ▁the ▁air , ▁the ▁writers ▁actually ▁develop ▁a ▁story ▁into ▁which ▁the ▁jo ke ▁fits . ▁The ▁com edic ▁effect ▁is ▁actually ▁intens ified ▁because ▁we ▁care ▁about ▁the ▁characters , ▁are ▁inv ested ▁in ▁the ▁story , ▁and ▁prim ed ▁for ▁a ▁great ▁g ag ." ▁▁ ▁The ▁Ni ag ara ▁Gazette ' s ▁Phil ▁D z iki y ▁said ▁that ▁" the ▁character ▁development ▁and ▁story t elling ▁is ▁perfect ", ▁not ing ▁that ▁the ▁episode ▁was ▁" equ ally ▁h il ari ous , ▁touch ing ▁and ▁sat ir ical ". ▁ ▁The ▁McC art ne ys ' ▁guest ▁appearance ▁received ▁mixed ▁re actions ▁from ▁critics . ▁Warren ▁Mart yn ▁and ▁Ad rian ▁Wood , ▁the ▁authors ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁I ▁Can ' t ▁Bel ieve ▁It ' s ▁a ▁B igger ▁and ▁Better ▁Updated ▁Un o fficial ▁Sim ps ons ▁Guide , ▁called ▁it ▁a ▁" super b " ▁performance . ▁S inger , ▁however , ▁thought ▁their ▁came o ▁was ▁poor ly ▁integrated ▁into ▁the ▁show , ▁and ▁D z iki y ▁thought ▁it ▁seemed ▁" a ▁little ▁forced ". ▁▁ ▁I GN ▁ranked ▁McC art ney ' s ▁performance ▁in ▁this ▁episode , ▁along ▁with ▁Ring o ▁St arr ' s ▁performance ▁in ▁"