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Summary: A great gift for my teen!
Review: I bought this set for my fourteen year old. He is a big Simpson's fan. He was delighted. He has watched these DVDs over and over again...he even got me to watch. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the series...so that was a bonus to me. I was so pleased with this purchase that I have already pre-ordered the set for season 2.
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Summary: What intern did the product design on this DVD?
Review: I'm a pretty hard core Simpsons fan and of course ran out to buy this...the content of the episodes shouldn't be any suprise, as the series was clearly still getting its legs. Good stuff, not really the caliber produced in later seasons, but still very funny.However, everything else about the DVD is pretty lame. It is difficult to move from episode to episode, very few of the extras on disc three are worth the time to watch. The 'concept art' has been scanned at such a low quality I'm astonished they spent the time to burn them onto the disc. I just now realized that there is additional audio commentary buried in the 'language' options - and so I'll bump the review up a notch. Overall, enjoy the episodes and if you like commentary this is a good buy (esp. for the price!). Otherwise I might borrow it from a friend for a night. And really, I hope the product design for the second season is superior.
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Summary: Not quite the Simpsons you know and love
Review: My affection and respect for this long-running TV show is greater than I can say. That said, this DVD was a bit of a letdown. The creators were still figuring out a lot as they went and the first several shows everything from the voices to the appearance of the characters is often quite different from the show we know and love. The first several episodes of this collection are the worst in this regard but the second half of the season starts to get closer to a finished product. If you are a hard core Simpsons fan and want to watch the evolution of the show then this disk is a great find. If you're looking for some great Simpsons episodes, however, I strongly recommend you be patient and wait for subsequent seasons to be released.
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Summary: Simpsons, you say? Why, yes!
Review: The first season episodes are without question the least funny. They represent growing pains which we all must endure. Some good episodes exist here, but most are so-so to bad. But the picture quality and sound are great, no complaints there! Anything else can be attributed to shabby animation on their equally shabby budgets of the time. Now I wish to include some funny or interesting tid-bits I noticed as I watched the first-season DVDs: 1. Barney's hair is blond! What a freak! 2. Smithers is black! Guess he pulled a Michael Jackson later... And good ol' copper Lou is white! He pulls a reverse MJ in season two! 3. Homer doesn't quite sound like Homer. 4. Homer is a pretty normal guy the first season, and in one episode HE judges Marge and the kids to be hellians! 5. Mr. Burns is a mean, crotchety old man...he mellows out as seasons pass (although his evil always remains strong). 6. Fat Chief Wiggum is actually quite a competent officer! 7. And there was something odd about the Wiggum boy Ralph that I can't remember... What is truly remarkable is that with all its imperfections, the "Simpsons Universe" is quite established here -- all the groundwork in place... later seasons just improve on what's already there.... even most of the regular present-day characters are here in the beginning of it all. Bow down everyone, for The Simpsons is your king!!!!!
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Summary: Are you a Simpsons fan?
Review: If so, there is absolutely no reason you should not pick up this DVD set. If you're a casual Simpsons's fan, you should seriously consider picking this up, even if not for any other reason but the fact that The Simpson's is a great show, and this Season One DVD contains all S1 episodes, plus commentary, scripts, articles, and more!
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Summary: Simpsons season 1 ROCKS
Review: Hey Dudes and Dudets This is a completly rad set. It brought back great memories like Bart the Genral and the Creeps of Warth, and Krusty Gets busted! My older bro taught me Nelson's "Ha Ha" when I was 2. Amd my little Sister calls them the Simmons but she will learn. She is young! I can't wait for the next DVD. And also I have been asked to stop wearing simpson shirts. "EAT MY SHORTS!" Buy it now and memeries will last a life time! "HA HA!!..." Long live the simpsons.
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Summary: Bring This to the Moustache Parade...
Review: Some pop cultural phenomena are inexplicable, such as the New Kids on the Block or Saved by the Bell. Others explode on the scene like finely-targeted missiles aimed straight at the fanboys, such as the Spider-Man movie. Still others grow on us like a fibrous tumor on a 17th-century Bourbon. Such is the case with "The Simpsons". Those of us who watched Fox religiously from its birth in the late 80s well remember the awkward, Liquid Television-style animation of "The Simpsons" back when it was a series of shorts shown between skits on "The Tracey Ullman Show." Who would've thought back then that the odd-looking family choking one another would become ubiquitous in American culture, or that grown men and women would be caught repeating whole scenes around watercoolers at work? Now the entire first season of this groundbreaking series is available on DVD to spawn a whole new round of watercooler discussion. The first season found "The Simpsons" in the awkward stage of transition from the bare-bones animation on "Ullman" to the more polished show we see today. While the split-second timing, references to pop culture obscura, and rancorous wit we've come to love are apparent only sporadically herein, this collection reminds longtime fans why they fell in love with this show in the first place: the writers were utterly fearless. For example: Bart's setting off a cherry bomb in the bathroom gets him sent to France as a foreign exchange student while an Albanian child comes to live with the Simpsons. Bart is forced to work as an indentured servant to diabolical French wine makers, while the Albanian child dupes Homer into providing him with nuclear intelligence which he then transmits home. As the erstwhile nuclear spy is led off to a prisoner exchange, Homer bids him adieu while promising to write and send him those civil defense plans he'd wanted. In another episode, the Simpsons attend a disastrous family therapy session and wind up delivering enough electroshocks to one another to cause a brownout in Springfield. Can one imagine a primetime cartoon this subversive 13 years ago? The extras in the DVD edition are a bit sparse: some scripts, an interview, a brief commentary. But the episodes are phenomenal, and the price is extremely reasonable. This is a great set and a welcome addition to any fan's library.
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Summary: The First Season of Everyone's Favorite Animated Family
Review: Everything has to start somewhere right? Anyway this is where the Simpsons started on fox, and this is the first season, and so some of the animation, sound, and script is a little odd and sometimes sketchy in places. Don't let that chase you away though, this dvd set includes some of the greatest Simpsons episodes that have ever aired (actually all of the episodes are great!). Remember when Flanders bought a really expensive RV, and Homer was so jealous that he went out and bought an RV too (except it was really an RV in bad shape)? Well that episode is on this set. Remember when Homer didn't get his christmas bonus and Marge used all of the christmas money to get Bart's tattoo removed (ow quit it! right?), but in the end they got Santa's Little Helper? Well that episode is on here. Remember when Bart switched his IQ test with Martin, and then went to a school for the gifted? Well that episode is on here. Remember all of the prank phone calls to Moe's Bar? Yep they're all here too. AH! all of the memories come flooding back don't they? See the first season isn't so bad after all. Then to top it all off there are all of the included dvd goodies like commentaries, and scripts, and never before seen this and that, and ....?
Now go and do yourself a favor my fellow simpsons fan and buy this dvd, and enjoy it over and over and over again, and now please do me a favor and click that helpful button right below this review.
And guess what do you remember in the first season when......
Yep that's on here too!
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Summary: Mmmmmm.....funnnnny
Review: If you love The Simpsons and you don't have this DVD set...what's wrong with you!?!? As Mr. Burns would say...."Eeexcellent" Love the commentaries, you learn all sorts of neat stuff you probably wouldn't find anywhere else. I loved the self-depreciating comments on the booklet inside too. I'm eagerly awaiting Season II, and III..etc.
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Summary: Great For Fans!
Review: I think this DVD is the greatest ever, I overlook the not-so-special bonuses and stuff like that because I am a fan of the Simpsons. So, bottom line, if you are a fan of the show, buy this DVD now!!
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