The Simpsons: Complete Season 1

17th December, 1989, The Simpsons family hit TV screens, and have become one of the most famous families in the world. Season 1 is one of my personal favourites, as I believe the old seasons are much better then the new seasons. There are 13 classic episodes, packed with extras including the short on the Tracy Ullman show, that got them on TV. The episodes include:1. Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire: No money for presents means Homer results to greyhound racing, ending with a loving present for the family to share.(Notes) Patty, Selma, Ned & Todd Flanders, Santa's Little Helper introduced.2. Bart The Genius: Bart swaps tests with Martin, and ends up in a school for genius, thus gaining love and respect from Homer, will Bart reveal the lie?3. Homer's Odyssey: Homer gets fired from his job and sets out to make Springfield a healthy and safe environment.(Notes) Montgomery Burns and Smithers introduced.4. There's No Disgrace Like Home: After judging his family at a work BBQ, Homer decdes the family needs therapy.(Notes) First scenes of Itchy and Scratchy.5. Bart The General: Bart gets help from Granpa to even the score with his bully, Nelson.(Notes) Grampa Simpson is introduced.6. Moaning Lisa: Lisa is sad and is befriended by "Bleeding Gums" Murphy who they both share a similar musical hobby.7. Call Of The Simpsons: Homer buys an RV to show off to Flanders, but their holiday ends in a mess and The Simpsons must meet with nature itself.(Notes) Guest voice - Albert Brooks.8. The Telltale Head: Bart Simpson, confesses about how he took the head of Springfield's loved founder to gain friends.(Notes)Krusty and Sideshow Bob cameo, Rev. Lovejoy introduced.9. Life On The Fast Lane: Homer's selfish ways gets Marge a birthday present, that was meant for him, a bowling ball. S Marge taks up bowing and meets a French trainer, who wants more then to teach Marge how to strike.(Notes) Helen Lovejoy introduced, Guest voice - Albert Brooks.10. Homer's Night Out: A stag due, ends with Homer bellydancing with another woman, caught on camera by Bart who gives it out to everyone, ending in Marge's hands.(Notes) Guest voice - Sam McMurray.11. The Crepes Of Wrath: The school has a foreign exchange, and Bart goes to France and istreated like a slave, whilst an Albania boy contains a secret when giving and recieving love from Homer.12. Krusty Gets Busted: Krusty The Clown is arrested, but one erson wants to prove is innocence, Bart.(Notes) Guest voice - Kelsey Grammer.13. Some Enchanted Evening: Homer and Marge make up their marriage with a night out, and leave a babysitter with the children, but they do not know, that she is the Babysitter Bandit.(Notes) Guest voice - Penny Marshall.Overall this season is a very good one, and set The Simpsons up with more fame and glory.

While watching the more recent episodes of The Simpsons, I found myself craving that "old" Simpsons look. I know, it's crazy, right?....Wrong. Crude animation and Walter Matthau impressions aside, this box set is essential when it comes to The Simpsons.This season, obviously, is where it all started. Fresh from the Tracy Ullman show, The Simpsons dared to extend their episodes to a whopping 21 odd minutes, offering audiences the chance to stare at these incredibly yellow beings for even longer than before.Many viewers will highlight this season (and probably the second, too) as the one that didn't really didn't hit all targets, with regard to laugh-out-loud comedy. This is very understandable, as the show started off on a satire trip, which in later seasons evolved into just plain genius comedy. You can really tell in this season that the writers were really just finding their ground.I must say though, it's quite relaxing to watch these episodes of The Simpsons, as there seems to be less "in your face" content. You can really just sink into the world of this wonderful family, rather than feeling you are a fly on the wall, just dying for the next gag. It seems that the modern Simpsons episodes have A, B, C, D, and quite possibly E stories, whereas most of these old episodes are lucky to have a B story. One more ingredient that makes this season just so so different.All in all, I'm going to quit my yammering for now. Just one last note. Buy this box set, it won't disappoint.

Great quality and great season. One of the best special features is the commentary on every episode

It's not one of the best seasons but it's a good way to start the show.Simpsons roasting on a open fire: it's beginning to be a very dull Christmas for the Simpsons.Bart the genius: Bart cheats on a test and everyone thinks he's smart.Homers odyssey: homer tries to get his job back.There's no disgrace like home: homer tries to make the family normal.Bart the general: Bart gets revenge on the school bully.Moaning Lisa: Lisa fells upset till she meets bleeding gums.Call of the Simpsons: the family gets lost in the jungle and homer is mistaken for bigfoot.The telltale head: Bart steals the head off a statue.Life on the fast lane: Marge meets a man who's really good at bowling.Homers night out: Bart takes a picture of homer with another woman.The crepes of wrath: Bart goes to France and has a very bad time.Krusty gets busted: krusty gets framed by ********* ***.Some enchanted evening: the kids get babysitted by a criminal.Good night: Homer & Marge scare the kids before they go to bed.Not an actual episode, just a minute and a half short that you can find on the special features.

Good quality DVD box set. Used but in excellent condition—actually better than expected—- and very reasonably priced. Delivered much earlier than advertised which was another bonus.Overall, an unofficial rating of: fantastic!It’s an early season Simpsons box set so unless you’ve been living on the moon for the last 30 years you know exactly what to expect.For my money the early seasons are far superior to the newer offerings. The satire, the “send-ups” and the jokes all hit their marks with greater frequency and even many years after their first airing still very funny and consistently entertaining.Perhaps the animation quality isn’t up to the standard we’ve all come to expect from modern productions but I first watched these episodes as a surly teenager and I’m now in my late forties so for me that’s part of the nostalgic charm.

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I turned the simpsons on sky the other day to see one the new episodes and to my dismay, i actually had to turn it over!!!!!!Altho this is not always the case, if like me you find that the simpsons now, in there later series, seem to be trying to hard all the time to make things funny, making hommer un-watch-ably thick to name just one, then if you do think like me you will absolutely love the very first simpson episodes! In the 1st series you have 13 examples of pure laughter and pure genius which spring boarded the simspons family into world fame!!Some reveiws knock the early series because of the early animation and vioces for the charactors - if you think its great animation and sound that makes a cartoon great, then i'm sorry to say your wrong!! its the stories that do it for me, along with the quick witted remarks, the slap stick humor all the way down to the samll things in the back ground which you don't even notice the first time you watch them! - theses things make a program great and thats why the simpsons are where they are now! - the best known family in the universe!!So if you love the simpsons and want to own a part of simpson history(and in my few the best part!) then buy this dvd now! you will not regret it!

I've only ever caught odd episodes of the Simpsons and recently in the US found it possible to watch an episode at almost any time of the day (or night!) on one channel or other, and saw quite a few. So, I bought this to catch up with the rest of the world, and find seeing them as a set as delightful as seeing occasional episodes. I notice comments here and there in other reviews about how the voices and animation improve as the (many) episodes develop, but frankly I found that given what they set out to do these episodes are beyond criticism. Just marvellous.

I was one of those fans who watched The Simpsons from the very start; back in those days, even at college, all we had were rabbit ears to pick up the less than clear local Fox station - some folks back then, in 1989, still did not even have a local Fox station. Things have changed a whole lot since the thirteen-episode first season of this classic comedy, but in many ways The Simpsons has not. As I write this, the show's still going strong and building upon the work done all those years ago. While there was a bit of experimentation back in the early days, the characters emerged fully formed from the very first show. It's quite a treat to be able to watch these first thirteen episodes in order again and to reflect back upon the controversy and instant impact this animated show immediately made on popular culture.I was amazed at how vibrant and familiar these first shows seemed; it seems like only yesterday that I was introduced to Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and all the denizens of Springfield. Every episode here is a classic. Watching There's No Disgrace Like Home, the third episode, I was unexpectedly taken back to the very beginning of Simpsons mania as I watched the Simpsons repeatedly administer shocks to themselves to the consternation of family therapist Marvin Monroe. And who could forget the terrible ordeal Bart endured at the hands of two French cretins (or little Adil Hoxha, foreign exchange student from Albania - a legend in the lore of Simpsons trivia) in The Crepes of Wrath. In terms of pure hilarity, look no farther than Homer's Night Out, in which Homer becomes the swingingest swinger in town and elicits a plea for help in the ladies' department from none other than Mr. Skinner himself. The first memorable guest performers also lended their special magic to the show early on: Penny Marshall as the baby-sitting bandit in Some Enchanted Evening, Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob in Krusty Gets Busted, and Albert Brooks as the RV salesman in Call of the Simpsons and Jacque, Marge's French admirer and bowling instructor in Life On the Fast Lane. I could write a paragraph about every single episode, as each one is a classic.The commentary for each episode is fabulous, as a whole gaggle of the geniuses who brought the show to life come together to laugh at the best bits, talk about the show's genesis and evolution during this experimental first season, and provide fans with all kinds of trivia and juicy tidbits about the whole Simpsons phenomenon. You can clearly see the show develop with each passing episode, particularly in terms of the level of detail in the animation and, to some degree, the voices. With the help of the commentaries, you get a whole new perspective on Homer and the gang. One can't help but be impressed by the way each character was developed early on, the chemistry that quickly emerged between all the characters, and the way in which serious issues were explored in such a comedic manner. Gosh, you had Marge and Homer's marriage on the rocks in a couple of episodes, Bart's deportation to France for his excessive shenanigans at school, the capture of Bart and Lisa by a wanted criminal, the framing and imprisonment of Krusty, the problem of illiteracy, etc. This show really had it all, right from the very start.I don't know why I waited so long to add The Simpsons Season One to my DVD collection, but I can't wait to get all of the seasons on DVD. After 15+ years, it's easy to take this show for granted, but this Season One DVD with all of its extras has reawakened my old passion for this incredible television show. Speaking of extras, you get a look here at the first animated version of the show, and it's just as horrible as Matt Groening and the other Simpsons bigwigs said it was. You have to see it to believe it. After seeing that, you realize more than ever how lucky we are to have The Simpsons in our lives.

前からずっと見たかったので購入しました。英語の勉強にアメリカのアニメは最適です。

Ignore the bad reviews here. If you're looking at the first season of The Simpsons, you should probably expect that it isn't going to look or sound anywhere near as good as the more recent seasons- it was the very beginning of the show, after all!For a DVD of an animated show that was produced in the 1980s and aired in 1989 and 1990, this is an excellent production and more than worth the $7.99 price tag. The video and sound quality is quite acceptable given the time it was made, and contrary to what other reviewers have said, the episodes have been cleaned-up for this release, and look amazing given the year they were animated.The menus are fluent and work quite well, despite being fairly basic. My only complaint about the menu would be the lack of a 'Play All' option. It also would have been nice, given this is the first season, if all 48 of the original animated shorts of The Simpsons were included on a bonus disc, since most of them aren't available to buy on DVD.Physically, the exterior box could use a bit of work. The back label on my copy was rather poorly attached, and it would have been nice if a hard slipcase was used to protect the inner folder instead of a cardboard box that you have to open every time. This season comes on four DVDs, which are all securely stored inside four separate plastic page-style trays.Not everybody is going to like the age and style of these older episodes, but if you're a fan of The Simpsons or can appreciate the early style of the show, it's a steal at the price!

Questo prodotto anche seconda mano era in buonissima condizione e siamo contenti con il nostro compro. Pronto cercheremo la seconda stagione in DVD! Grazie

DOH! Why didn't I order these years ago? But MMMmmmmmm... Simpsons BEST! I'm so glad to be watching them now that I have them. I watch one every day or two, and I've moved through four entire seasons and a smattering single episodes in some of the other seasons. I've seen the ones that once made me laugh till I fell off my chair. Now, my chair has arms, and it prevents me from falling out, but I'm still laughing all the way. This is the humor that changed animation and made us ask "wow... can they do that on TV?"I've read criticism of the boxes, the packaging, the disks, the inserts, the format, and the Simpsons in general, but when these arrived I realized that either those people got something else or they're probably annoyingly picky about trivial matters. I'm not here to buy the slickest DVD boxes, though these look like they'd be contenders for the title. I think the inserts are creative, fun, and informative, but again, I'm not here for those. I'm here for what's on these DVDs, and I couldn't be happier with what they've provided us. Commentary, deleted scenes, stills, advertising, and extras unique to each season, this set has everything I want, and probably a lot more features than I'll ever have time to watch (but I'm trying).One packaging caveat: each box had a printed sheet attached to the back with those sticky-dots. I didn't like that they made the boxes feel cheap, so I carefully pulled them off and rolled off the sticky-dots. I folded the printed sheets and stored them inside with the other inserts within each season's box. What lay beneath those attached backs is FAR more attractive, and the boxes now feel worthy of displaying where visitors can pick them up and look.I'm just a few years younger than Matt Groening, and I was a big fan of Life In Hell, his alternative weeklies strip long before the Simpsons ever aired. For many years I avoided The Simpsons, thinking it was a "Flintstones" version of Life in Hell. When I finally watched it, I was instantly hooked for life. Now I'm seeing all the shows that I missed. Not having a TV, I've seen almost all my Simpsons episodes on YouTube or iTunes, with a season or two that I saw with my kids back when we had a TV, before I said "no more TV" and kicked it out. That leaves a lot of these 9 seasons which are totally new to me. This is great!The image is clear and the colors true. The format fills the height of my monitor, but of course is not as wide. I don't know the exact ratio of these, but it's the one that appears most natural on my Apple Cinema Display. Sound is true to the original. I'm not a DVD connoisseur, but I'm pretty critical of movies and content; these DVDs have made me happy every time I've watched. I'm so glad to finally have all these seasons!