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The Simpsons - The Complete Eighth Season (Collectible Maggie Head Pack)
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Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 15-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
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| Product Details |
| Actors: | Doris Grau, Marcia Mitzman Gaven |
| Format: | AC-3, Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC |
| Language: | Albanian, Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish |
| Subtitle: | English, Spanish |
| Number of Discs: | 4 |
| Studio: | 20th Century Fox |
| Run Time: | 570 minutes |
| DVD Release Date: | August 15, 2006 |
| Average Customer Rating: |  based on 34 reviews |
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Maggie Jan 13, 2008
Watching 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.
The last season where every episode is a gem Sep 27, 2007
The 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 compelling is that it's just at the start of this branching-out process: there are some "weird" shows, but they don't stray too far off the beaten path in terms of pop-culture references, characterisations, etc. Thus, many more of the background characters are brought to the fore: we see here for the first time the burgeoning romance between Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner, the divorce of the van Houtens, learn about Flander's parents ("lousy beatnicks!"), and meet the woman who is the voice of Itchy and Scratchy (and, incidentally, the Roadrunner). Most importantly for the evolution of the show, we have "The Simpsons Spinoff Showcase," a segment of which shows the Simpsons as a real family that plays The Simpsons family on TV, but who also have other interests (such as singing and dancing).
Of course, in this box set there are numerous little extras. The menus have a number of humourous little vignettes, but they are easily skippable to prevent frustration with menu navigation. Every episode has a commentary (as usual) but more of the guest stars and actors appear here. The best guest commentators turn out to be Dan Thomas, the voice of Rex Banner (although the commentary does become a bit of a love-in for SCTV), and John Waters, the voice of John "the Gay Man." Without giving an exhaustive list of episodes (which can be found elsewhere), it's difficult to cull the season down to the best episodes. But I'll give it a try; my favourites are:
You Only Move Twice: "For once in my life I'm good at my job! My team is way ahead of the weather machine and germ warfare divisions." Homer gets a job as a mid-level manager at a nuclear power plant in Cypress Creek. It turns out that it's run by a James Bond-esque supervillian intent on seizing the East Coast. My second-favourite all-time Simpsons episode (after "Last Exit to Springfield").
Bart After Dark: "I was only in there to ask directions about how to get out of there." In recovering a wayward model airplane, Bart accidently breaks a gargoyle on "the creepy house." When Homer orders Bart to work off the debt, Bart discovers the creepy house is actually a Burlesque house.
The Springfield Files: "This is the worst case we've ever investigated." A rare true "crossover" episode. Mulder and Scully from the X-Files are called in to investigate Homer's supposed sighting of an alien.
Supercalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious: "If you cut every corner it is really not so bad/ Everybody does it, even Mom and Dad/ If nobody sees it then nobody gets mad" Marge hires a nanny. An extended parody of (you guessed it!) Mary Poppins.
Brother From Another Series: "Hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer? Talk about running the gamut." Side Show Bob's brother (appropriately played by David Hyde Pierce) gives Bob a job and for once Bob tries to keep to the straight and narrow.
Homer vs. the 18th Ammendment. "Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all life's problems." The temperance movement (led by Helen Lovejoy and Maude Flanders) dicovers the prohibition law in Springfield is still on the books. Chief Wiggum is fired and replaced by Rex Banner (complete with fedora and tommy guns), while Homer becomes the city's lead bootlegger.
The Simpson's Spinoff Showcase: "New Orleans is not really a party town, chief." Troy McClure introduces us to three potential Simpsons spinoffs: Chief Wiggum and Principal Skinner as P.I.s in New Orleans, Moe in a supernatural sitcom with a haunted love tester, and a musical variety show like the Smothers Brothers or Carol Burnett show.
simpsons season 8 May 25, 2007
The 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.
 apparently damaged at time of production Feb 27, 2007
The 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.
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Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious! Feb 02, 2007
(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 Flanders house and leaves everyone else's homes untouch, Ned goes crazy. Homer incounters a Alien, just to find out that it's someone that everybody hates. Marge opens her own business after she is kicked out of The Springfield Investorettes. Marge starts losing her hair, so to take a break from everybody, enter the original Mary Poppins, Shary Bobbins. Poochie is introduced to The Itchy & Scratchy Show after the show starts losing it's TV ratings. Homer begins to suspect that Bart is gay, even though he's only 10 years old. Sideshow Bob is released from prison again this time changed for real!, but now his brother Cecil is evil. Lisa becomes a babysister, only to be distroyed by Bart. Principal Skinner and Ms. Krabappel become romantically involved. Bart gets rid of Santa's Little Helper, (don't worry he gets him back). Mr. Burns loses all his money and gets help from Lisa who gets money from recycling. Marge becomes popular by helping people with problems, only when Reverend Lovejoy doesn't care anymore to help people with problems, while Homer becomes befuddled by a likeness of himself on a box of Japanese dish soap. Frank Grimes is disgusted by Homer's laziness and popularity, turning Frank into a enemy. In the season finale, Bart is sent to military school against his will, while Lisa wants to join.
The highlighted episodes of season eight are:
Burns, Baby Burns.
Bart After Dark.
A Milhouse Divided.
Lisa's Date With Density.
Hurricane Neddy.
The Springlfield Files.
The Twisted World Of Marge Simpson.
Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious.
Homer's Phobia.
The Brother From Another Series.
My Sister, My Sitter.
Grade School Confidential.
The Secret World Of Lisa Simpson.
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