Headline says it all.
First off, this episode gets a 10/10 on laughs alone. Pound-for-pound (joke-for-joke?) one of the funniest episodes of the entire show.
Every Simpson is firing on all cylinders in this episode. Even Maggie gets a good laugh or two. Not the first or the last episode with a "Lisa gets popular while Bart becomes an outcast" story, but it works well here. The sibling rivalry is also very well-written. Bart and Lisa do not like each other at all for most of this episode. Homer and Marge are excellent complements to the kids, playing "good parent bad parent," with Homer pitting the kids against each other and egging on their beef while Marge continually tries to get them to make peace and not be violent to each other. The resolution of the conflict is A+ material. A damn fine episode of television.
First off, this episode gets a 10/10 on laughs alone. Pound-for-pound (joke-for-joke?) one of the funniest episodes of the entire show.
Every Simpson is firing on all cylinders in this episode. Even Maggie gets a good laugh or two. Not the first or the last episode with a "Lisa gets popular while Bart becomes an outcast" story, but it works well here. The sibling rivalry is also very well-written. Bart and Lisa do not like each other at all for most of this episode. Homer and Marge are excellent complements to the kids, playing "good parent bad parent," with Homer pitting the kids against each other and egging on their beef while Marge continually tries to get them to make peace and not be violent to each other. The resolution of the conflict is A+ material. A damn fine episode of television.