Lisa on Ice

Retrieved on September 28, 2008.]

The authors of the book "I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide", Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, called it "a fabulous episode for Lisa and Bart, although with a special mention for a few seconds of tremendous Edna Krabappel wickedness". In a DVD review of the sixth season, Ryan Keefer said the episode "is one of the few episodes centered on Lisa that I enjoy watching" and gave it a B. [cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/simpsonsseason6.php|title=DVD Verdict Review - The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season|last=Keefer|first=Ryan|date=August 29, 2005|publisher=DVD Verdict|accessdate=2008-09-28] DVD Talk's Aaron Beierle said "there are definitely some funny moments in this episode, the sweet-natured way that the episode ends never sat right with me". [cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/17174/simpsons-season-6/|title=DVD Talk Review: Simpsons: Season 6|last=Beierle|first=Aaron|publisher=DVD Talk|accessdate=2008-09-28] ESPN.com named this episode as the fifth best sports moment in the history of the show.cite news | last = Collins | first = Greg | title = The Simpsons Got Game | publisher = ESPN.com | date = January 23, 2004 | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=simpsons/part4 | accessdate = 2008-09-28]

TV Squad's Adam Finley said the episode was "a skewering of parents who become too involved in their children's sports and turn what should be a lesson in teamwork, trying your hardest, and losing gracefully into a kind of Roman Coliseum where grown adults live out violent fantasies and their own failed ambitions through their children". He stated that "Homer is an absolute jerk in this episode, taunting his children when they lose and praising them when they win and humiliate their sibling" and that "it's not just Homer. Marge, characteristically so, tries to remain diplomatic, but even she starts screaming for blood when Bart is tripped by an opposing player".cite news|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/07/20/the-simpsons-lisa-on-ice/|title=The Simpsons: Lisa on Ice|accessdate=2008-10-01|date=2006-06-20|work=TV Squad|author=Adam Finley]

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External links

* [http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0608.htm "Lisa on Ice"] at The Simpsons.com
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* [http://www.tv.com/episode/1396/summary.html "Lisa on Ice"] at TV.com
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0778450/ "Lisa on Ice"] at the Internet Movie Database