Lisa's First Word promotion due to the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott by the Soviet Union, as happened to Krusty. At one point in the episode, Dr. Hibbert refers to Olympic gymnastic medalist Mary Lou Retton. In its original American broadcast, "Lisa's First Word" was watched by 28.6 million viewers, the most-watched episode of the season. It finished thirteenth in the ratings for the week of November 30 to December 6, 1992, with a Nielsen rating of 16.6. The episode was the highest-rated show on Fox that week. It acquired the highest national Nielsen rating of the show since the season two episode "Bart
Word Lens Rooney, Word Lens received a rating of 4/5 and was described as "a sort of magic". Word Lens was chosen as a finalist for the 2010 Crunchies Best Technology Achievement award. Ellen of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" demo'ed Word Lens and referred to it as 'amazing' in her segment Ellen Found the Best Apps! Otavio Good won the 2012 Netexplo award in the category "Innovation & Technology" presented at the UNESCO headquarters for the creation of Word Lens. "The New York Times" App Smart columnist Kit Eaton included Word Lens into his list of favorite apps. "Table updated on April