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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: CASTELLANETA,DAN EAN: 0024543369400 Format: AC-3, Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Languages: Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox MPN: 024543369400 Number Of Items: 4 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 15, 2006 Running Time: 570 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: December 17, 1989 Editorial Review: Product Description: No Description Available. Genre: Television Rating: NR Release Date: 15-AUG-2006 Media Type: DVD Amazon.com: Most TV shows never make it eight seasons, but then The Simpsons is not most TV shows. At a point where other shows would generally become stale and repetitive, Matt Groening & Co. pull out the stops to come up with one of the most creative and hilarious seasons in the whole series. Cases in point for season eight (1996-1997) include "Treehouse of Horror VII," in which aliens Kang and Kodos make a bizarre run for President having taken on the appearances of Bill Clinton and Bob Dole; "Bart After Dark," in which Bart gets a job at The Maison Derriere (featuring one of their most popular songs, "The Spring in Springfield"); and one of the great all-time episodes, "The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase," a trilogy of Simpsons spin-offs that never made it to prime-time (the final segment--"The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour"--is about the best six minutes of parody in the entire Simpsons canon). Season eight also features some of the most notable guest appearances: Rodney Dangerfield as Mr. Burns's long lost son; Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny as Scully and Mulder from X-Files in "The Springfield Files;" "The Brother from Another Series" which brilliantly pairs up Kelsey Grammar as Sideshow Bob with his brother Cecil (David Hyde Pierce) in a parallel of their Frasier characters; and in a major casting coup, Johnny Cash shows up in the form of a red fox as Homer's spirit guide in "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" (also known as "The Chili Pepper episode"). Other notable episodes include "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show," a fun wink to the audience from the writers about keeping the show fresh without ruining it, and the send up of Mary Poppins "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious," which has one of their most memorable endings when Shary Bobbins floats off under her umbrella ("So long Superman," Barney cries)... only to get sucked into a jet engine from a passing airplane. That's the thanks she gets for offering her help. Good to see that, eight seasons in, The Simpsons still don't need it. --Daniel Vancini Average Rating:
 Rating: - MaggieWatching these DVDs (I have all of them through season 10) reminds me that there was a time when the Simpsons was the damned smartest show on television. That isn't true anymore, so rather than watch unfunny crap for free on Fox, buy the old ones on DVD and actually enjoy an episode. Rating: - The last season where every episode is a gemThe eighth season of the Simpsons is the last season that is great from top to bottom. Sure there are lots of great shows in later seasons, but there isn't a weak show in this entire year. Critics (and the show's writers) have pondered about why the show is not as good now as then, and I think the answer is that the writers have had to go further and further afield to come up with new things for the Simpsons to do. Some of the most recent shows are simply weird. What makes the eighth season so ... Read More Rating: - simpsons season 8The price was great and the dvd were in great condition. I couldnt be happier. I placed the order and my stuff arrived in no time. Great seller. Rating:  - apparently damaged at time of productionThe first thing I checked out before viewing the episodes was the extras. And when I viewed the 'A Bit from the Animators' under Art and Animation the beginning was playing as if it had been scratched. Since I had just barely unwrapped the package and put the disc directly into my player I knew that I had not caused this problem. I exchanged the movie, but had the exact same issue on the new disc. I do not know if this problem has been corrected with subsequent releases if the same disc. Rating: - Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious!(The Simpsons) are still full of fast paced comedy and fresh writing, that only the twisted minds of (The Simpsons) could come up with. In season eight (The Simpsons) move when Homer gets a new job working for a evil millionaire. Homer becomes a boxer, while Moe trains him. Mr. Burns finds out that he has a son. Bart starts working at a Burlesque club called Maison Derriere. Milhouse's parents get divorced. Lisa gets her first kiss from no other then Nelson Muntz (Ha!Ha!). After a hurricane takes Ned ... Read More |
