The Simpsons - The Complete Fourth Season

If you're a true Simpsons fan, I think you'll agree with me in saying that this was one of the Finest seasons in the show's ongoing history. And Hey, its only taken 4 years for it to grace the DVD format...about time! But enough procrastinating, here are the goods, 22 episodes in all with a truckload of extras (like all Simpsons Boxsets) So here are the episodes and what happens in them if you need a little reminder. Enjoy! Kamp Krusty - After making a deal with Homer to get good grades in school, Bart and Lisa go away to Kamp Krusty, "The Krustiest Place on Earth!" While they're initially excited about their summer, they soon learn that Kamp Krusty is a run-down prison run by the tyrannical Mr. Black and his C.I.T. henchmen, Dolph, Kearney and Jimbo Jones. A Streetcar Named Marge - Marge is cast in the role of Blanche DuBois in Oh! Streetcar, the musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire directed by the flamboyant Llewellyn Sinclair at the Springfield Community Center. Homer the Heretic - One Sunday morning, Homer decides that he'd rather sleep late than go to church. Marge is disappointed, but doesn't argue with him. While home alone, Homer dances in his underwear, drinks waffle batter and loafs around watching TV. Lisa the Beauty Queen - To help Lisa get over her insecurities about her looks, Homer enters her into the Little Miss Springfield Pageant. Treehouse of Horror III - In this year's scarifying special, the Simpsons gather for a Halloween party and exchange ghost stories. Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie - Every kid in the world waits with bated breath for the Itchy & Scratchy movie, but Bart is the only one who's not allowed to see it. Marge Gets A Job - When the Simpsons' house begins sliding off its foundation, Marge is forced to get a job to help make ends meet. Where else can she turn other than The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant?! The New Kid on the Block - Evergreen Terrace welcomes two new neighbors, Ruth Powers and her lovely teenage daughter, Laura. Bart falls hard for Laura, but she thinks of him as just a little friend. Mr. Plow - At the auto show, Homer impulsively buys a snow plow and starts a business as Mr. Plow. An incredibly snowy winter sets the business rolling, making Homer a success and earning him the key to the city from Mayor Quimby. Lisa's First Word - While trying to get Maggie to say her first words, Marge tells Bart and Lisa about what they were like as babies. Homer's Triple Bypass - In a series of terrifying X-ray shots of Homer's chest, we see that his heart is dangerously clogged with plaque and doughnut residue and that he is in need of a triple bypass operation. Marge Vs. The Monorail - Mr. Burns is forced to pay a $3 million fine for illegally dumping toxic waste under trees in the park. At a town meeting where Springfield's citizens discuss how to best use the new fund. All agree on a Monorail. Selma's Choice - Aunt Selma realizes that she might wind up dying all alone and thinks that having a baby can relieve her loneliness. She takes Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens to test if she can handle Parenthood. Brother from the Same Planet - When Homer leaves Bart waiting in the pouring rain after soccer practice, he must earn back his son's love. Bart expresses his anger by going to a Big Brother program and claiming to be an abandoned child so he can get a new "father". I Love Lisa - Trying to be nice to Ralph Wiggum, Lisa gives him a Valentine's Day card. Ralph misinterprets the gesture and thinks that Lisa is in love with him. Duffless - Lisa conducts a secret experiment for the Springfield Elementary School science fair to see who's smarter, Bart or a hamster. Meanwhile, Homer is forced to swear off beer after being arrested on a D.U.I. Last Exit to Springfield - Homer finds himself filling in for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's union leader when it comes time to negotiate their new contract with Mr. Burns. So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show - Bart's April Fools' prank backfires and lands Homer in the hospital in a coma. At Homer's bedside, The Simpson family reminisces about all of the good times they've had over the years. The Front - Convinced they can write better Itchy & Scratchy scripts than the writers who currently work on the cartoon, Bart and Lisa set out to write their own shows. Whacking Day - Everyone in Springfield is excited for Whacking Day, but as the holiday approaches, Lisa condemns it as violent. Marge in Chains - Marge gets busted for shoplifting at the Kwik-E-Mart and is sentenced to thirty days in prison. Krusty Gets Kancelled - After the most successful advertising campaign Springfield has ever seen, The Krusty the Clown show gets bumped in the ratings by Arthur Crandall, a droll ventriloquist, and Gabbo, his excitable dummy. Krusty puts together a huge TV Special to rival Gabbo after word his show would be cancelled. EXTRAS - We can be guaranteed the Commentaries on each episode, Featurettes, Early Drawings, Animatics, TV Specials and so forth. Forget about the Extras though, that's just the glazing on the Donut so to speak. What you want this set for is the... ...EPISODES. This is a definite MUST HAVE. Some of the greatest episodes ever created are in this box set. Do what Homer would do and act on impulse by pre ordering this baby ASAP. You will not regret it! Mmm, DVD!

What a DVD. Season 4 is easily the best of the bunch thus far, and if you are at all a Simpsons fan, you MUST purchase it! It perfectly reflects why I hold 'The Simpsons' as my favorite TV show of all time. There are so many great episodes here, it's unbelievable. You've got three of 'The Simpsons' great directors working on this one: Rich Moore, Mark Kirkland, Jim Reardon, as well as other greats Carlos Baeza, Wes Archer, David Silverman, Jeff Lynch. I mention the three in a different category only because their episodes in particular ooze dripping quality through every animated cell, but truly, the others listed are nearly just as good. Then, of course there is the fantastic writing, courtesy of a handful of brilliant comedic minds. My personal favorite episodes -- and it's really so difficult, there are so many -- are probably those directed by the three directors listed above. It's quite interesting too, as most of the directors had been with the show from the first and second seasons, so you can really get a glimpse of them really finding their niche. The dry-wit and cynicism is ever-growing, and the jokes really do come at you at breakneck speed. The animation, which HAS to be credited for the show's uproarious laugh count, has really become sublime. And I don't just mean camera angles and backgrounds, but even more so character expressions and movement, which add infinite substance to the already great writing and voice acting. It all gels together so beautifully by this point, it's a sight to behold. The commentaries, while not "that" interesting, are fun to listen to, and I've been through them all about twice. I just like hearing the guys (primarily Groening, Jean, and Reiss) talk about a great show whilst watching it. It's a very enjoyable experience. Interesting commentaries worth noting are the two in which Conan O'Brien appears; it's quite obvious the rest of the crew hold the man in sort sort of awe, as they laugh (appropriately) at his every word. The same could be said for Jon Lovitz, who is hysterical always, and the one audio track he has ("A Streetcar Named Marge") is appalingly funny, enough for me to go out and get the "Critic" DVD simply to hear him talk spontaneously (and make homosexual remarks to Jean and Reiss). All in all, this is just a great step up from the seasons before it. By this point, the show had lost most of its emotional value, but its the comedic strength that made this show what it was, not the more sentimental aspects (though those are always intact and certainly shouldn't be dismissed). It's also probably the most endearing show I've ever seen, and even though it's the biting, jaded cynisicm that I come back for, the show ultimately holds a dear place in my scathed heart.

Season Four of the Simpsons is where the show truly came into its own. The animation had matured from the awkward early seasons into something close to the style it's had ever since. The characters were now fully formed. The first writers had left for greener pastures, but they'd added Conan O'Brian -- who would be one of their best writers before late night TV took him away. The show was still fresh original and slyly satirical. These days it seems to want to either play it too safe or skate too obviously on the edge. In these years, they had the balance just right. I debated (a little) about buying the first few seasons. This one was a no question purchase. What I love about these episodes is that the writers paint in the corners, so to speak, milking every joke they can. Homer's friends bring him a get well card with "Danger! DO NOT REMOVE!" on the back. When Bart mentions the father-son picnic, Homer laughs "You don't have a son." A hilarious two-minute spoof of COPS. Even a serious moment has to be leavened with humor. Homer lays down the law with Bart -- just as Snake passes by with a stolen VCR and realized to his horror that it is a Betamax. The writers also excel at turning what could be sappy melodramatic moments into funny touching ones. Good writers can find humor in Bart and Lisa at "Kamp Krusty" (my personal favorite episode) or Homer founding a new religion (Homer the Heretic). But who would have thought Homer having a heart attack would be hilarious? Or that his hospital-bed speech to Bart and Lisa could be both funny and touching? Perhaps I'm a little biased. I'm about the same age as most of the writers on the show at this time, so the pop culture jokes hit home with me. (I bet you no one born after 1976 understands the Krusty Olympic Burger joke). But I still think the appeal should be universal. So why buy the DVD's, you ask? After all, the show is in syndication constantly. Well, the picture and sound are great. The shows are frequently cut in syndication, losing the most random - and frequently funniest - jokes. The extra aren't amazing, but I do love the commentaries. It's funny and interesting to hear the writers talk about how the show was put together, the fights they had with sensors, the humor that O'Brian added, the humanity that Jim Brooks added. I do wish they'd included cast commentaries as in season three, but having O'Brian and Jon Lovitz drop in for the occasional comment makes up for that. This is a must-buy for Simpsons fans, especially the younger ones who may not have seen the series in it early years, when it was -- without question -- the funniest and most daring show on TV.

This season of the Simpsons have some of my favorite episodes making it my personal favorite season! This season has 22 awesome episodes and won 3 Emmy awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series, and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series. Other awards are the Annie Award for Best Animated Television Program, Genesis Award for Best Television Prime Time Animated Series, and a Saturn award Best Television Series. Along with more additions to the Simpson cast like Bumblebee Man and Superintendant Chalmers, this season also has many special celebrity guests like Red Hot Chili Peppers, Elizabeth Taylor, Adam West, Leonard Nimoy, Barry White, and many others. My favorite episode on this one is "Treehouse of Horror III" which include The Simpsons throwing a Halloween party and sharing scary stories to spook each other. 3 stories are told that make up the episode include 'Clown without Pity' A live Krusty doll tries to continuously kill Homer and no one believes him. 'King Homer' a B&W clip of Homer as King Kong. and 'Dial Z for Zombie' Where Bart accidently casts a spell to bring back the dead! IMO, the best Treehouse of Horror to date! Other favs include "Whacking Day" where the town of Springfield celebrate a day which they hunt innocent snakes, leaving Bart and Lisa to harbor the reptiles with the help of Barry White. "Mr. Plow" Homer crashes his car into Marge's resulting in them shopping for a new car, and wouldn't you know it, Homer ends up buying a snowplow. Homer gets into the plowing business and ends up making great money, however one of his best friends, Barney, moves in on his business and becomes competition. These are only a few of my top favs, so many other episodes in this set, all 22 episodes deserves a mention, but my reviews are long enough lol. Special features include more cool commentaries and Easter egg commentaries and sketches. Storyboards and commercials featuring The Simpsons. An introduction from creator Matt Groening, and The Cajun Controversy and Bush vs. Simpsons featurettes. This is one season that every animated comedy fan should have!

The Simpsons may well be the best TV sit-com ever. The weird thing there is that you rarely see it mentioned on great sit-com lists. Currently, the show is in its 16th season, which should lead to the assumption that it would get it some mention on those lists. But for some reason it doesn't. I think other great shows like Seinfeld, M*A*S*H, All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Barney Miller, I Love Lucy, Cheers, The Cosby Show, The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Friends, Get Smart, Sex in the City, The Jefferson's, etc. All of which should be mentioned on a list of great Situation Comedy, but the Simpsons should get mentioned. The major reason that the Simpson's probably doesn't often get mentioned is that it is an animated show. Animation does not get a lot of respect. The second big reason I would think is the Simpson's make fun of everything, and doesn't give itself a lot of respect. It has a postmodern look at the world and itself, and that is what a lot of the fans love about the show, but what a lot of other people just "don't get". The fourth season of the Simpsons has often been called the best of any of its seasons. I don't know about that, but it does include episodes like: Homer the Heretic A Streetcar Named Marge Selma' Choice Kamp Krusty Mr. Plow Marge vs. The Monorail Homer's Triple Bypass Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie Whacking Day Krusty Gets Kancelled All of them are among the (pause) best (pause) episodes (pause) ever. The Simpson's are cool and you aren't cool unless you think the Simpson's are cool. Which, of course, means you aren't cool. If you don't understand that line of reasoning, then you should just move on to some other show. If you do get that, then you'll love the Simpson's. The other thing I like about the DVD's is the commentary on each of the episodes that includes Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, James L. Brooks, and a good number of the Cast, Writers, and even a few with Conan O'Brien on them. Each episode is uncut. Nothing is cut out to make room from more commercials, which is a common occurrence in syndicated shows. You also get some outtakes and other features that are kind of cool. All in all, one of the best "seasons" of any TV program that has been put out on DVD.

One of the first classic Ralph Wiggum lines which appeared in this season, and an indication of many more to come. As a major Simpson fan, I naturally ordered this box set right away. There are many excellent episodes in this season, plus an increased depth to most of the characters and the introduction of some great new ones (Llewelyn Sinclair, Lyle Langley, etc). I'm giving this DVD only 4 stars (well, maybe 4 1/2) for the time being because this set lacks several things the Season 3 DVD set had. First of all, I've been a big fan of the commentary tracks in all four seasons, and I can listen to them over and over. However, I was disappointed that the cast members were not featured in the commentaries this year, with the exception of Hank Azaria and John Lovitz in "A Sreetcar Named Marge". (In retropect, the commentaries may have been recorded around the time the cast was renegotiating their contracts, so maybe that's why they didn't participate.) Secondly, I have only come across one hidden commentary track, on "Marge vs. The Monorail", while season 3 had four of them. Thirdly, the "Cajun Controversy" and "Bush vs. Simpsons" featurettes were just voiceovers by Jeff Martin and Jim Brooks, respectively, instead of videotaped interviews, which seemed odd. Finally, assuming there are Easter Eggs on this DVD, I haven't found any of them yet. Despite these problems, I feel that that there are many improvements to the DVD presentation compared to earlier seasons. The menu organization is much better, the Special Features are easier to access, and there is now an option to play all of the episodes at once with the commentaries as well as without. Also, there are some really excellent Special Features, including Deleted Scenes on selected episodes, and the Animation Showcase, in which the storyboards and animatics for selected episodes can be viewed. Oh, and the little character animations in the menus are funny. Overall, I'd say the creators of this DVD set did a nice job, and I'm very much looking forward to the season 5 DVD set.

The fourth season of "The Simpsons" is perhaps the best. The DVD set includes all 22 episodes and a load of extras - more than any prior collection. Of course, the best extra is probably the episode commentaries. The directors, writers, and producers are hilarious and insightful, especially Al Jean, Rich Moore, David Silver, and Matt Groening. Conan O'Brien also joins in for an episode; he joined the writing staff in season four. I also enjoy when some of the cast help out, especially Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith. Two of my all-time favorite Simpsons episodes are here. Nevertheless, if you ask 10 Simpsons fans for their favorite from this season, you're likely to get 10 different responses. "Marge vs. the Monorail" features one of the best Phil Hartman characters, the scheming Lyle Lanley. I particularly love the "Music Man" inspired monorail song -- Well, sir/ there's nothing on earth/ Like a genuine/ Bona fide/ Electrified/ Six car/ Monorail! "A Streetcar Named Marge" is another brilliant episode. Marge finally decides to pursue some hobbies outside the family by joining a community theater group. She makes a perfect wilting Blanche Dubois to Ned Flander's "brutish" Stanley. The highlight of the episode may be the "Oh Streetcar" song, which completely vilifies New Orleans. The set-up screens display a variety of different characters - when you select a feature, Marge might pull a pin out of her hair that causes it to deflate or Homer might get a plunger stuck on his head. These little vignettes are cute, but they are somewhat slow and can get tiresome if you try to watch several episodes in a row. Overall, however, I think Season 4 has the best features and set-up. It's really a top notch DVD set. Most highly recommended.

...well, at least up until now. The producers of these Simpsons box-sets have finally hit their stride, and just in time for the first of the truly GREAT Simpsons seasons. I opened this set with more excitement than I have had since I first bought Season One. Season Four...ah, good times! Others have already showered kudos on the individual episodes, so I won't go into a lengthy diatribe here. Suffice it to say that I believe Season Four is when the creators and writers (yes, including Conan) first achieved a level of true brilliance. Here are many of the episodes that garnered the most universal accolades for the show. I must say that I have been waiting for this set with a somewhat unique expectation -- I saw a stage production of "Streetcar" last spring, and I really wanted to see Marge's musical version again with the original fresh in my mind. I laughed at some points like I had just seen the episode for the first time. I think the "Ayn Rand School for Tots" is still one of the funniest gags they ever pulled off. If they hadn't realized it before, that is when the public surely began to realize that though this is a cartoon, it is not made with kids in mind. It's made for grown-ups, by grown-ups. I do realize that recording the commentaries is slowing down the production of these sets, but once again, here we get to listen in on priceless gatherings of the geniuses behind the Simpsons who illustrate each episode with wonderful insights and fresh humor. The extras are a good mix of "geeky" Simpsons treats plus more "scholarly" artifacts, including the hilarious "Cajun Controversy." The packaging is fresh and funny as well. It has been taking so long between box-sets that I'm torn when I open a new one... Should I save and savor the episodes and extras, watching them slowly in increments, or should I splurge on a Simpsons' binge? Well, I've done some random bingeing that should leave enough things untouched so I can enjoy it for several months (if I can manage the self-control). I've said it before and I'll say it again (at least 10 more times) -- I can't wait for the next season!!!

This has the Queen of the Harpies episode, among others, they’re the best ones. The first ten years are the freshest and most creative in the Simpsons ouvre, just an opinion.

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High quality collector's case, amazing animated menus. The video quality itself is far from perfect but apparently this is the best we can expect from the 90s show. I notice interlacing issue sometime. Tried to play with video setting of DVD-player and TV, the issue persists with the disk; didn't notice that with other non-Simpsons disks. Not sure if it is disk or player/TV issue though.

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Todas las temporadas de los simpsons son geniales. Muy excelente diversión familiar. Todo el mundo se divierte viendo homer y marge, bart y lisa. Clásico. Me gusta tener los dvds para poder verlos cuando quiera.