Editing Simpson and Delilah (section)

==Reception==
During the second season, ''The Simpsons'' aired Thursdays at 8{{nbsp}}p.m. on Fox, the same time as ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' on [[NBC]].<ref>{{cite video |people=Reiss, Mike |date=2002 |title=Commentary for the episode "Bart Gets an F". The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The supposed "Bill vs. Bart" rivalry had been heavily hyped by the media.<ref>{{cite news |title=" The Simpsons,' "Cosby' square off in second round |date=1990-10-18 |page=6F |newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |author=Walt Belcher}}</ref> The first airing of "Simpson and Delilah" had a 16.2 rating and 25% share, while ''The Cosby Show'' had an 18.5 rating. However, viewer-wise, ''The Simpsons'' won with 29.9 million viewers. It is one of the highest-rated episodes of ''The Simpsons''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bart vs. Bill results in a split decision! |date=1990-10-23 |page=B8 |newspaper=[[The Record (Bergen County)|The Record]] }}</ref> "[[Bart Gets an "F"|Bart Gets an 'F']]{{-"}}, the season premiere and episode that aired the week before, averaged an 18.4 [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen rating]], had 29% of the audience and was watched by an estimated 33.6 million viewers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Don't have a cow, man! More viewers watch 'The Simpsons' than 'Cosby'! |date=1990-10-18 |page=C5 |newspaper=[[The Deseret News]] |author=Scott D. Pierce}}</ref>

This episode was placed twenty-third on ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'''s top 25 ''The Simpsons'' episodes list.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,417748_5,00.html |title=The Family Dynamic |access-date=2008-07-30 |date=2003-01-29 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=2007-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417153053/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,417748_5,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' characterized the episode as one of "The 10 Best Simpsons TV Episodes."<ref>{{cite news |last=Walton |first=James |title=The 10 Best Simpsons TV Episodes (In Chronological Order) |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |pages=3 |date=2007-07-21 }}</ref>

[[Dan Castellaneta]], the voice of Homer, named it his favorite episode of the show together with "[[Lisa's Substitute]]" and "[[Homer the Heretic]]".<ref>{{cite book |last=Lawson |first=Tim |author2=Persons, Alisa |title=The Magic Behind the Voices |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |year=2004 |pages=116 |chapter=Dan Castellaneta |isbn=978-1-57806-696-4}}</ref>
When ''The Simpsons'' began streaming on [[Disney+]] in 2019, former ''Simpsons'' writer and executive producer [[Bill Oakley]] named this one of the best classic Simpsons episodes to watch on the service.<ref>{{cite news |last=Katz |first=Mathew |title=The best classic Simpsons episodes on Disney+ |work=[[Digital Trends]] |date=2019-11-11 }}</ref>

[[Harvey Fierstein]] is number two on [[TV Guide]]'s "All-time Favorite Guest Voices."<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Arnold Wayne |title=The Simpsons Turns 400: We Name the Greatest Guests! |work=[[TV Guide]] |date=2007-05-18 |access-date=2008-07-30 |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/simpsons-turns-400-40534/}}</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly'' named Fierstein's role as Karl as one of the sixteen best guest appearances on ''The Simpsons''.<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |title=Springfield of Dreams: 16 Great 'Simpsons' Guest Stars |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 11, 2008 |url=https://ew.com/gallery/springfield-dreams-16-great-simpsons-guest-voices/ |access-date=January 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514192211/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20049408_6,00.html|archive-date=May 14, 2008}} He is relisted in [https://ew.com/gallery/simpsons-21-great-guest-stars/?slide=384099#384099 a 2010 article] on Simpsons guest stars as well</ref> Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book ''I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide'', praised Fierstein's performance, saying the episode was "brought to life by the superb character of Karl, helped no doubt by Harvey Fierstein's unique vocal drawl."<ref name=BBC/>