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The A.V. Club featured the episode in its analysis of "15 Simpsons Moments That Perfectly Captured Their Eras". [12] The Daily Mirror gave the episode positive mention in its review of the Season 9 DVD release, calling it "hilarious". [20] Isaac Mitchell-Frey of the Herald Sun cited the episode as the highlight of the season. [21]
IGN also named "My Fair Laddy", the only episode which centres around Willie, the best episode of the seventeenth season. [20] Jim Slotek of Sun Media called Willie the ninth-best Simpsons supporting character, and also made a Top Ten quotes list, which included Willie's quote "Och, back to the loch wi' ye, Nessie", from "Selma's Choice". [21]
This episode marked the end of the tradition of featuring humorous tombstones in the title sequence of Halloween episodes. The title sequence featured a tombstone reading "Amusing Tombstones". [ 4 ] The staff also abandoned the tradition of wraparound segments that were featured before each story in the preceding Halloween episodes, to allow ...
A longtime recurring character — groundskeeper Willie — found love on The Simpsons Sunday, and to honor the Scottish character the episode came complete with famous Scotland-born guest stars ...
The episode was written by Michael Price and directed by Bob Anderson. In this episode, Lisa makes a bet with Bart that she can turn Groundskeeper Willie into a proper gentleman while Homer creates an advertising campaign for blue pants so he can buy a new pair. The title and plot are based on the Broadway musical and film My Fair Lady. The ...
The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 19, 1998. [2] It finished 26th in the ratings for the week of April 13–19, 1998, with a Nielsen rating of 8.7, translating to around 8.5 million viewing households. [8] The episode was the third highest rated show on Fox that week, following The X-Files and King of ...
The episode makes cultural references to television series such as The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, and Peanuts, as well as films such as The Devil and Daniel Webster, Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Lost Boys. Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics.
The episode was directed by Matthew Nastuk and written by Michael Price. In this episode, the Simpson family goes to Scotland to find Groundskeeper Willie and learns he is about to be married. Karen Gillan, Paul Higgins, and David Tennant guest star. The episode received positive reviews.