Length: 270 minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 09/25/2001 Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille, Jo Ann Harris, Penny Marshall, Kelsey Grammer, Albert Brooks
Plot: Includes the original thirteen episodes from the first season of The Simpsons, including such classic episodes as "Krusty Gets Busted" featuring the first appearance by Sideshow Bob, "There's No Disgrace Like Home" in which Homer tries to get the family to shape up via electroshock therapy, and "Life on the Fast Lane", in which Marge is tempted by a bowling instructor named Jacques. This set also features the original Simpsons shorts seen on The Tracey Ullman show, a never-before-seen lost episode, and more.
Length: 672 minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 08/26/2003 Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Phil Hartman, Marcia Wallace, Michael Jackson, Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Mantegna, Magic Johnson, Jackie Mason, Aerosmith, Sting, Steve Allen, Beverly D'Angelo, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Danny DeVito, Joe Frazier
Plot: The third season of The Simpsons finds the show settling comfortably into its status as an international pop-culture phenomenon with increasingly clever and hilarious episodes. The season features guest appearances aplenty, including Magic Johnson, Jackie Mason, Aerosmith, Sting, Kelsey Grammer, and Spinal Tap. Episodes include "Stark Raving Dad," "When Flanders Failed," "Flaming Moe's," "Radio Bart," "Homer Alone," "The Otto Show," and many more.
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 06/15/2004 Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, Yeardley Smith, Tom Jones, Leonard Nimoy, Pamela Reed
Plot: The fourth season of Fox's hugely influential animated series finally comes to home video. Over the course of twenty-two episodes, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson bicker, bond, and interact with the crazy residents of Springfield, Usa. Episodes include "Kamp Krusty," "Marge Gets a Job," "The New Kid on the Block," "Mr. Plow," "Lisa's First Word," "Homer's Triple Bypass," and "Marge vs. the Monorail," with guest appearances by Tom Jones, Leonard Nimoy, Pamela Reed, and many more.
Length: 484 minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 12/21/2004
Plot: Fox's ever-popular slacker family from the fictional town of Springfield continue their antics in the fifth season of the animated series. Clever, dry humor, peppered with pop-culture references and witty inside jokes with the audience, continue to characterize this smart show. In this season, Homer goes back to college and tries to teach the nerds to party, with predictably disastrous results; Bart goes to work for Krusty the Klown and experiences his 15 minutes of fame; Mr. Burns tries to reclaim his long lost toy bear, Bobo, from a fiercely resistant Maggie Simpson; and The Ramones make their famed appearance, playing at Mr. Burns' birthday party. Other episodes included are "Homer's Barbershop Quartet," "Marge on the Lam," "Boy Scoutz N the Hood," "$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)," "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy," and "The Boy Who Knew Too Much."
Length: 89 minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 11/02/2004 Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria
Plot: Simpsons Christmas 2 is a collection of four episodes from the series, featuring the holiday exploits of America's favorite semi-functional family. In "Homer vs. Dignity," Bart's good astronomy grade inspires Homer to take the family out for dinner. Unfortunately, his credit card is denied, and Homer and Marge realize they're broke. Homer asks Mr. Burns for a raise, and he is promoted to a position in which he's charged with making the boss laugh; proceeding to become a clown, Homer loses all sense of dignity, but is eventually persuaded by Lisa to stand up for himself. After a huge snowstorm in "Skinner's Sense of Snow," the city of Springfield completely shuts down, with the exception of the elementary school, as Principal Skinner wants to maintain his perfect record. Things get out of hand when the school gets snowed in, and Bart leads a student uprising to take over the school. Meanwhile, Homer is en route to save the kids, but suffers hallucinations due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Next, Homer's attempt at writing an original Christmas carol devolves into an anti-Flanders song, which is made into a hit by David Byrne in "Dude Where's my Ranch?" The family takes a break from fame, going on vacation to a ranch out west, where Lisa is horrified by the treatment of animals and demands to leave. She changes her mind when she meets the like-minded Luke Stetson, and Homer reclaims land for indigenous people from a natural beaver dam. Finally, in "T'is the Fifteenth Season," Homer sells a Di Maggio baseball card given as a Christmas present to Bart by Mr. Burns, and with the money he buys himself a talking astrolabe. He has no money left over to buy a Christmas tree, and is ostracized by his family. Spending the night on the couch, he is inspired to generosity by "Mr. McGrew's Christmas Carol," but competition from Flanders eventually turns him into a Christmas-stealing grinch.
Length: 45 minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 09/17/2003 Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria
Plot: America's most notoriously hilarious family celebrates yet another Christmas in this special episode. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and the rest of Springfield's hapless residents do their best to make the holiday go as smoothly as possible. Of course, that doesn't happen, creating a whole new blizzard of laughs in the process.
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 09/02/2003 Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria
Plot: America's most hilariously dysfunctional family gets scared silly in this collection of episodes set on and around Halloween. Featuring a set of short horror movie parodies involving zombies, killer dolls, and time travel, Treehouse Of Horror is another unforgettable video.
Length: N/A minutes Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 09/14/2004
Plot: Everyone's favorite underachieving and politically incorrect animated family is back with four episodes loosely linked by the theme of a party. The first, "Homer's Night Out," is from the show's premiere season in 1990, and features Homer going to a stag party and dancing with a stripper. Meddlesome Bart documents the occasion, and Homer is forced to explain his actions. Then, Homer is thrilled by his free trip to the Superbowl, but his excitement turns to dismay when he finds he can't actually watch the game in "Sunday Cruddy Sunday" (1999). This episode boasts cameos by Dolly Parton, Rupert Murdoch, Troy Aiken, and Dan Marino, as well as a hilarious ad for the Catholic Church! Britney Spears puts in an appearance in "The Mansion Family" (2000) where Mr. Burns leaves the Simpsons to housesit while he visits the Mayo Clinic; of course, things do not go smoothly. Finally, in "Homer the Moe," (2001) Homer takes care of the bar while Moe revisits his old college, which inspires him to renovate upon his return; R.E.M. make a voice cameo making fun of their own politically correct image.
