The track is a recording of an informal interview of the Beach Boys by Earl Leaf.
[1] Mike Love commented in a 2022 interview, "Bull Session with 'Big Daddy'" is pretty silly.
It's just a bunch of young guys experiencing a lot of success, and we're just relieving stress, not concentrating on releasing a hit, but just having a little bit of fun in the studio.
[2]Scott Interrante of PopMatters described "Bull Session with 'Big Daddy'" as a "filler chatter track" and said that "over the two minutes, very little of substance is said, and one seriously questions why it was included at all," concluding that "I think we can all agree that the album would be better off without it.
"[3] Author Andrew Hickey described the track as "the most pointless thing in the band's discography.