The Simpsons - Season 9 (Ltd Edition 'Lisa' head) [DVD]

Here in one box set are all twenty five episodes of the ninth year of the Simpsons. Spread across four dvd's.Episodes are as follows:The city of New York Vs Homer Simpson.The Principal and the Pauper.Lisa's Sax.Treehouse of Horror VIII.The Cartridge Family.Bart Star.The two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons.Lisa the Skeptic.Realty Bites.Miracle on Evergreen Terrace.All singing, all dancing.Bart Carny.The joy of sect.Das bus.The last temptation of Krust.Dumbbell indemnity.Lisa the Simpson.This Little Wiggy.Simpson Tide.The trouble with trillions.Girly Edition.Trash of the Titans.King of the Hill.Lost our Lisa.Natural born Kissers.'The city of new york vs homer simpson' and 'the cartridge family' weren't shown by sky for a long time, for various reasons of sensitivity. So your best bet to see them is here.Some of the celebrity guest stars in this season, such as Bob Denver in 'Simpson Tide' may not be familiar to British audiences as they are famous for shows that haven't been quite so well known over here.Opinions on this season as a whole will vary but in general it is a very strong one. Although 'the Principal and the Pauper' which sees Principal Skinner replaced when the truth about his past comes out wasn't a very popular episode at the time. And it isn't really as funny as the rest. But the writers do make some good points about it on the commentary which will make you appraise it in a whole new light. Although Matt Groening, the Simpsons creator, does list it as one of his least favourite episodes on the season introduction. He might be joking. Or then again...Every episode has a commentary from production staff. Or the cast. Or a mixture of both.Every episode, if there are scenes deleted from it, allows you to watch it with them put back in.Each disc allows you to watch all episodes on it in a row, or individually.Every episode has the following language and subtitle options:Languages: English.Subtitles: English.Disc one begins with a short preview of the Simpsons movie [the dvd having come out before that hit the cinemas] but it can be skipped via the next button on the dvd remote.The disc also has the aforementioned season introduction.Plus the usual 'animation showcase' which lets you see one episode in particular at various stages of the production process.Disc two has 'a bit from the animators' which is a eight minute long commentary from some of them, plus Matt Groening and Yeardley Smith [who voices Lisa] on the episode 'all singing, all dancing.' This is a fun listen although it's all about how to draw the characters than the episode itself. Mostly.Disc three contains another 'animation showcase' plus a very short feature showing some original character sketches. It runs for no more than a few seconds if you watch it with automatic movement between the pictures on.Disc four has a special language feature, which allows you watch 'trash of the titans' [the 200th episode of the show] in either Polish, Portugese, German, and one other language that I can't identify because it doesn't say what it is on the menu. You'll know what it is if you speak said language, though.There's another 'bit from the animators' on the episode 'lost our lisa' which runs for just under twelve minutes. And is also pretty good.All the deleted scenes from the entire season - that as mentioned are available on each individual episode - can be watched on this disc in one long batch. Of fifteen minutes in total. As usual some are unfinished so are in black and white, and one is an animated storyboard.You can also choose to watch these with a commentary which explains why they were cut. Usually for timing reasons.There's a short section of tv commercials the Simpsons producers made for a candy bar called Butterscotch. These run for five minutes in total and can be watched in a row or individually. Epileptics and those who don't like strobe lighting be warned that one of them has flashing images in it.There's 'a bit with u2' which mixes footage of the pop group recording their voices for Trash of the Titans along with clips from the episode, plus voiceover from Yeardley Smith and Dan Castallaneta [the voice of Homer] telling their memories of the recording session.In addition the discs contain some very funny menus with lots going on in the sections above the option screens.And the booklet that comes with the dvd contains lots of little extras which also catch the eye and amuse.It's another great package for a very strong season of a great tv show.

bought this for the kids, but didn't realise how 'adult' a lot of the themes are.

Season 9 of the simpsons is entertaining but if your like myself you probably have saw 99.9% of these episodes on TV but that doesn't mean you should walk past this season the extra feature that you will find interested. If your a BIG fan of the simpsons and enjoy watching episodes again then it's a buy indeed

Perfect for any Simpsons fan.

Fantastic, got this box set within 5 days of ordering. I like the box set with lot of art work and small pamphlet with all titled episodes pictured, however upon starting to watch from first episode those are in SD quality and if you want to watch in full screen then there will be black borders (4:3) ratio i pressume, but overall i love these, i only remembered 2 episodes from first disc.

Some of the best episodes

Arrived well packaged and arrived safely and on time. Really good quailty.

was very pleased with the product well packaged very happy with the purchase and very good price to pay .I found nothing wrong with the item i loved it and would buy more.I gave 5 stars because the service was very good item to buy .