The Simpsons - The Complete Fourth Season

Rating:
Summary: SI NO LO TIENES......OUCHHHHH
Review: Sin entrar en detalles de cada capitulo, esta temporada demuestra definitivamente la madurez de Los Simpsons, esto es en todo su contexto, lo unico malo es la rapidez con la que cambiaras los discos debido a que no te aguantaras las ganas de ver todos los capitulos, abundan las apariciones de personajes de series de televisión asi como ver a Homero y Flanders en un capitulo que es de antología, teniendo las cuatro temporadas de seguro que esta es la mejor....haszta ahora.
Para iniciados y avanzados en escala Bart del 1 al 10 lejos......un veinte.

Rating:
Summary: Mysterious Dude
Review: In my ever-so-humble opinion, Season 4 represents the acme of the Simpsons television show. Don't get me wrong - everything up to season 10 is funnier than anything else on TV - but Season 4 is the best of the best. The shows are packed with jokes in all forms - visual, verbal, puns, innuendo, and crude bathroom fare. The plots are thick - there are often several subplots happening simultaneously. And finally, there's the cutaways - musings (Homer talking to his brain), flashbacks, fantasies, etc. - that are consistently hilarious and insightful.

Using the same ranking criteria that I would use for the first three seasons, every episode would rank special mention. Therefore, I'll be a little more selective in what are the highlights of the highlights:

Last Exit to Springfield - Mr. Burns tries to cut the power plant employees' dental plan, so Homer leads them on strike after learning that Lisa needs braces. For my money, the greatest episode in the series (and for many others - it routinely wins "Best Episode Ever" polls).

Homer the Heretic - Homer starts his own religion after God appears to him in a dream.

Marge vs. the Monorail - Springfield is conned into buying a monorail in this Music Man parody. Leonard Nimoy makes the first of several memorable guest appearances.

Selma's Choice - After Homer gets food poisoning (in what is the funniest subplot in the series), Aunt Selma takes Lisa and Bart to Duff Gardens as a test drive to see how good a mother she'd be.

A Streetcar Named Marge - Marge and Ned star as Madge and Stanley in Oh! Streetcar! (The Musical). John Lovitz is brilliant as the obsessive director.

Homer's Triple Bypass - Homer needs a coronary artery bypass but can't afford the cost, so goes to cut-rate surgeon Nick Riviera.

New Kid on the Block - Bart sabatoges his babysitter's date with Jimbo because he has a crush on her. Meanwhile, Homer gets kicked out of an all-you-can-eat buffet and decides to sue the restaurant.

Lisa's First Word - a flashback episode that tells the story of how Bart dealt with the pregnancy of his mother and birth of his sister.

Such a list doesn't even begin to suggest the joys each and every episode brings. Even the much maligned clip show has some great moments, such as Homer imagining himself as a pagan burning Flanders, the Christian Missionary, on the first April Fool's Day.

So why buy the DVD edition if the Simpsons is available every hour of every day if you have a basic cable package? Well, most important is the lack of commercials and the ability to watch the episodes completely uncut. There are also some neat extras, not the least of which being the audio commentaries on every episode. After 100 or so episodes, some of the commentaries are somewhat thin, but others include guests such as Conan O'Brien and John Lovitz, which are as entertaining as the shows themselves.

If you only buy one Simpson's disc, make it this one. If you only show one episode to a skeptic of the show, make it Lisa's Substitute from Season 2 But A Streetcar Named Marge would be an excellent second choice. Unless the person you're showing it to is from New Orleans.