| The Simpsons - The Complete Eighth Season |  | Artists: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria
Label: 20th Century Fox
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Format: AC-3, Animated, Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Albanian (Original Language), Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), German (Original Language), Hebrew (Original Language), Hindi (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Swahili (Original Language), Swedish (Original Language), Turkish (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 570 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.7 x 1
MPN: 024543369318
UPC: 024543369318
EAN: 0024543369318
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
Release Date: August 15, 2006
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The entire eighth season of the animated television show, The Simpsons.
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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
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 "Here's to alcohol, the cause of--and solution to--all of life's problems" June 13, 2010
Noddy (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Two quick comments about commentaries included as bonus material on DVDs:
First on the negative side, you have Matt Groening and friends mewling and puking over the perceived failures of what I consider to be one of the most underrated episodes of The Simpsons ever: The Canine Mutiny. Laddie, the apex of the dog-making arts, usurps Santa's Little Helper's place in the Simpson household for a while and the new dog is so educated and well-bred Homer actually starts wearing a tie in front of him. Laddie even flushes the toilet after taking a leak! Still, the real bond here is between Bart and Santa's Little Helper and the reunion at the end between Bart and "the bad dog" is for any dog lover as sweet as a JJ Cale guitar riff. Then there's the two perfect music picks: The Kinks first on Marge's frying pan--a gift from Bart courtesy of his fraudulently obtained credit card--and then all the way over the sublimely funny closing credits Jammin' by the late great Bob Marley. Bob's accompanied this time by the pricelessly funny Hank Azaria doing both Wiggy AND Lou! Hysterical. To hear Fatty Fat Matt et alia tell it though you'd think these turkeys were talking about some especially dismal episode of Sienfeld or something. Still, I forgive everybody more or less everything here because the 8th season does in fact include my absolute favourite Simpsons episode of all time: Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment. "Without beer, prohibition doesn't work," sez Homer disconsolately at one point. Not much comedy on the telly ever got much better than the entire length of this gigantically funny episode.
On the positive side, if you are looking for the pitch-perfect audio commentary to a motion picture check out the 2001 director's cut of Blood Simple (1985), the scintillating debut feature by the Coen brothers. You will stand up and piddle in your pants when you hear this utterly clueless Limey named Kenneth Loring--artistic director of Forever Young Films, no less--eh, talk you through the movie. No kidding, the stupefyingly sustained hilarity in this commentary is perhaps the single most under-celebrated bit of pure comedy that I can currently think of. And it's not just the commentary here either coz for this particular director's cut these inimitable jokers actually SHORTENED by a minute or two their blackly fabulous little chiller! Enjoy.
The perfect Simpsons season May 27, 2010
BachLady (Memphis, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There's a reason Seasons 1-10 are considered the Golden Years of the Simpsons. And season 8 is, IMHO, the absolute best season of the Simpsons and one of the best TV seasons in history. My favorite episode of all time is in this season ("Homer's Enemy", with the immortal Frank Grimes), and several of my top favorites are on here as well (most notably "Hurricane Neddy" and the Sherry Bobbins episode). Not every episode is a classic ("The Springfield Files" and "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" really fall flat), but even these episodes really aren't that bad overall, especially in comparison to the stuff now (recent couple of seasons of "Family Guy", seasons 12-present of "The Simpsons", etc.). If I had to recommend a season of The Simpsons to demonstrate why the show is still popular, I would pop this in the DVD player
Simpson's series .. 5, 8 and 3 and another one. 4 in total. February 1, 2010
F. Phillips (Voorhees, NJ United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought these for Christmas for my college student granddaughter at her request. She is very pleased!
Great DVD Set! January 24, 2010
A. D'Ambrosio (Seattle, WA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have all of the Simpsons DVD's that are available to buy currently, and one is better than the next! I love every one of them!
Why Do They Bring Kids To The Commentary Sessions??!! October 16, 2009
Richiemagoo (Rural Kentucky)
O-K, season 8 is a GREAT season- and although I was never one to care much about DVD extras, I have to say that I LOVE the commentaries on all Simpsons episodes. With other shows, if you listen to a commentary, you listen once and that's more than enough- but with the Simpsons, I enjoy the commentaries as much as the episodes, and, I can unashamedly say that I have listened to every commentary twice now, and will continue to listen to them every time I go through the series!. My one complaint is that on a few of this season's commentaries, one of the crew members brought his young children to the recording session.
Now come on, who the heck wants to listen to some 5 year-old asking childish questions during a commentary which I'm sure is made for adults? Lets hope they never do that again. I love the commentaries, and I love the fact that there is a commentary for every episode....but please, keep the kids at home, guys. They may be cute to you, if you're their parent, but to viewers such as myself, they're just annoying and a waste of valuable time. Season 8 is one of the best seasons, in my opinions...but it is one of the worst as far as the commentaries go- between the kids at the commentary sessions, and Yeardley Smith on a lot of the commentaries (Hate to say it, but she is isn't very bright- and asks a lot of stupid questions) these commentaries just aren't of the same quality as are the ones on the other seasons. (Someone even had the gall to bring in a BABY while recording a commentary- luckily, they had the sense to remove it from the room early on.) I just don't know what some people are thinking. But despite these little annoyances, this is a great season and overall, I am still grateful for having commentaries on every episode! These Simpson DVD sets are SO worth the money.
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