This episode, and the show in general, met with a negative review in the Liverpool Echo (8th January 1990). Columnist Norman Thomas wrote:
"In the beginning the idea of a live chat show three times a week seemed like innovative television and Wogan was chosen because he was keen, amusing, self-effacing and an all round good egg. Now the whole thing has patently run its course and ground to a full stop. The man himself is looking tired, bored and increasingly uncomfortable as an assortment of guests are wheeled forth on a conveyor belt of bonhommie (sic). On Friday's show, George Marshall, the latest recruit to the burgeoning band of impressionists, did half his act standing up and the other half in response to Wogan's obviously rehearsed questions. I knew that the man was an impressionist and what I wanted to know was a lot more about the man behind the impressions."
"In the beginning the idea of a live chat show three times a week seemed like innovative television and Wogan was chosen because he was keen, amusing, self-effacing and an all round good egg. Now the whole thing has patently run its course and ground to a full stop. The man himself is looking tired, bored and increasingly uncomfortable as an assortment of guests are wheeled forth on a conveyor belt of bonhommie (sic). On Friday's show, George Marshall, the latest recruit to the burgeoning band of impressionists, did half his act standing up and the other half in response to Wogan's obviously rehearsed questions. I knew that the man was an impressionist and what I wanted to know was a lot more about the man behind the impressions."