The Simpsons - The Complete Fourth Season

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Summary: What's with the censorship?
Review: Okay, maybe I have too much time on my hands, or pay too much attention to the Simpsons, but I'm still ticked off. One of the episodes has been censored. In "Marge Gets A Job", Bart uses several excuses to get out of taking a test while everyone tries to remind him of the boy who cried wolf. Finally, Ms. Krabapple tells bart that he's used "Smallpox, the Bends, and that unfortunate bout of RABIES." Bart says he's not over it, and calls her a stupid witch. However, when the show first aired, RABIES was originally Tourette's Syndrome! And it's still TS on the syndicated reruns! Is there some reason they changed it for the DVD? Did the PC Police show up? I still love the boxed set, but I feel I was misled. I want the entire series as it ORIGINALLY aired, warts and all. I'm sick of creators tinkering with their creations to make them "better". LEAVE THE SIMPSONS ALONE!!

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Summary: Better Menus, episodes. Better overall than the first 2 sets
Review: I won't go into huge detail here, as others have fairly covered the set and done so well. I will reiterate, however, that if you own seasons one or two and were turned off because of the hard to navigate menus, the lack of a play all feature, and just taking too long to get to the shows - well that problem dissapeared with the last season. Although I don't find the menu transitions quite as funny as season 3, I do find the episodes even funnier, and the quality of the transfers seem even better. This, IMO, is the season the simpsons really hit their stride. and the Box art, and menus, are all excellenet as well.

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Summary: the simpsons season three is awesome
Review: This dvd is the best one yet. I bought it a month ago and I've seen this dvd countless times its worth every penny, my personal favorites are duffless, treehouse of horror 3, homers triple bypass, and selmas choice. Theses episodes are classics. so stop reading and buy this amazing dvd.

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Summary: Classic Simpsons
Review: This set contains some of those incredibly memorable episodes including Ralph and the Choo- Choo -Choose you episode, Mr Plow, and many great others.

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Summary: Great set, but the menus aren't as nice as previous sets...
Review: The wonderful quality of the episodes in this set has already been well described by other reviewers and I couldn't agree with them more.

I was a little disapointed with one detailed aspect of this set, however: the menus are pretty lame. At least they are when compared to the third season boxed set. The season three set had, on the main menu, the couch with around ten or twelve randomized variations that were all pretty cool. The season four set looks a little more like an after thought, like a standardized screen with a small Simpsons character inserted at lower left that would do one of two or three animations. I know I'm quibbling over a detail, but unfortunately, with four to six episodes per disc, you end up having to see these menus a lot and they take time to run their little schtick, and after the first couple of times it gets really old - REALLY OLD to the point of an embarrassing annoyance, whereas the season three disc seemed like a richer design that never got old.

Okay, that's my beef. This is a collection of awesome episodes - hands down. My criticism of the menus shouldn't deter anyone from buying this, I just wish that fox had put the same level of effort into the total package for season four that went into season three.

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Summary: A review of aDVD extra
Review: I think the commentators need to think about what they're supposed to be doing. They spend so much time talking about things unrelated to the show they are watching. When they DO talk about a show, it becomes obvious that they are watching them out of order as they spend way too much time thinking about past episodes. In Whacking Day, they try to remember if they ever had Richard Nixon in a show before. Well, if they had watched them in order, they would have seen Richard Nixon in Duffless.

When I listen to the commentary, I'm hoping to gain insight into the episode, (like obscure references or autobiographical animating). I don't care about the office conditions for Conan O'Brien.

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Summary: The first "classic" season...
Review: Season Four was the beginning of the best for the Simpsons. Sure, there were a few flashes of brilliance in season three (Flaming Moes, for instance) but real Simpsons fans know that the show went from being simply entertaining to undisputable classic in season four. Episodes like The Monorail, A Streetcar Named Marge, Last Exit to Springfild, Homer the Heretic, and Mr. Plow were all so original, funny, and smart that even Simpsons haters have to give them a little credit.

In my opinion, season four was the the beginning of the golden age of the Simpsons which lasted until about season ten, when the show became more dependent on guest stars, exotic locales, and nonsensical plots. The show is dying now, slowly, like an old man easing into a nice, warm bath, but at least we'll always have the DVD's. Some might argue that season three deserves to be part of the golden age. I'll admit that season three includes some gems, but the show was still solidifying its characters and finding its niche in popular culture. Season four was the first year the show was able to stand on its own legs. When I was about ten years old, I remember recording some of the shows in seasons three and four and watching them over and over again. Even at that age, when most of the jokes were over my head, I knew The Simpsons was something special, which indeed it has proven itself to be. I'm not a big fan of the commentaries and extras on the discs. If you're into that stuff, then help yourself; there's plenty. But the DVD's are worth the price. We have witnessed the greatest television show in the history of the universe mature and evolve right before our eyes, as the DVD's prove. Enjoy!

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Summary: I Call The Big One Bitey.
Review: I'm sure I'm not the first one to say this, but I always thought that this season was the beginning of the best episodes the Simpsons ever made! I always called them the Conan O'Brien Years because that was when he started writing for the show. He wrote one of my favorite episodes, "The Monorail". There are so many good episodes. So many funny scenes and quotable lines that are said everyday by avid fans, and even the occasional watcher. This Dvd set is great, a good gift for a friend, and I can't wait for season five, because the Simpsons keep getting better!

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Summary: The simpsons fourth season
Review: This is yet another season series where the simpsons just are so far beyond any other show ever created. How can you not keep buying the seasons. Thats what i am going to continue to buy the dvds and so should you!

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Summary: Waste of breath
Review: Rating a season of the Simpsons is a futile endeavor. The Simpsons is great, possibly the most entertaining 23 minutes and change on TV ever, bar none. The commentaries are great, the packaging is slick, and if you're on this page you more than likely intend to buy this season.

So just do it already and stop wasting your time reading glowing reviews.