a writer for warner bros. stated that the episode showed "the drew carey show" was "one of the most consistently unique comedies on television", and that the show would "go where no other comedy has gone and put new twists on the series' second annual live episode". joel brown of "the spokesman-review" chose the episode as one of his television "highlights" for november 8, 2000. of the cast, he commented, "expect them all to crack themselves up, as usual".