Lisa's Rival

Lisa's Rival

] Overall production of "The Simpsons" was disrupted for six months, with a month of production time being lost.

Although written by Mike Scully, the episode's original concept was pitched by Conan O'Brien before he left the show.]

Reception

In its original American broadcast, "Lisa's Rival" finished tied for 23rd place (with "Dateline NBC") in the weekly ratings for the week of September 5 to September 11, 1994 with a Nielsen rating of 9.9. It was the second highest rated show on the Fox Network that week. [cite news|title=Nielsen Ratings/Sept. 5-11|date=1994-09-14|accessdate=2008-08-02|page=D-6|work=Press-Telegram|author=Associated Press]

In a 2008 article, "Entertainment Weekly" named Winona Ryder's role as Allison Taylor as one of the sixteen best "The Simpsons" guest stars,cite news|title=16 great 'Simpsons' guest stars|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=2008-05-11|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20049408_8,00.html|accessdate =2008-05-11] while "IGN" placed her sixth on their list of the "Top 25 Simpsons Guest Stars." They also highlighted Ralph's "classic" lines: "I bent my Wookiee," and "My cat's breath smells like cat food." [citeweb|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p4.html|title=Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances|accessdate=2008-07-24|author=Goldman, Eric; Iverson, Dan; Zoromski, Brian|work=IGN] Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, stated: "Despite being a Lisa show, it is poor Ralph Wiggum who steals the show with three great irrelevant replies, especially those concerning his cat's breath." They also highlighted "great scenes between the Simpson siblings, especially Bart's idea to conquer Allison using a hose pipe."

References

External links

* [http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0602.htm "Lisa's Rival"] at The Simpsons.com
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* [http://www.tv.com/episode/1390/summary.html "Lisa's Rival"] at TV.com
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701162/ "Lisa's Rival"] at the Internet Movie Database


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