The Simpsons – Season 2
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
Once again, great show. The ‘golden age’ of the Simpsons is a bit debatable. However, many it began at Season 2 or 3. This is the introduction to many elements that were used in the following seasons. You also get the great episodes like the one where Mr. Burns runs for mayor or The one where Bart decides to become a stunt man daredevil. It certainly shows where the show was going in the following season which was even better. Not to say this isn’t great, but a show has to work itself up to its peak. If there was anything bad I could say about this DVD set I have only two complaints. It’s been noted that the packaging is deeply flawed and wears out quick. The plastic binder that holds the discs broke almost immediately after I received it. The menu is a bit frustrating for a couple reasons. You are first introduced to this confusing part where you have to push the center button on your remote and it has this odd visual that spins around until you land on the right person. It takes three tries until you can finally get to the menu. For some people it will hard to figure out what is going on and you would wonder if it were defective. Another thing is, I believe there are commentary tracks on the disc, but they are in the menus for the individual episodes and not on the secondary menus. You wouldn’t know it was there unless you look. It’s not like the later seasons on DVD where you can watch all the episodes on the disc continuously, either. If you love the Simpsons when it was good and even great, this is one of them.
Simpsons season 2 brings us 22 great episodes with some holiday inspired episodes as well. Episodes that continue on in the series today like The Treehouse of Horror series (my personal favs) I feel they did a great take on Edgar Allen Poes “The Raven”. Although they don’t have a Christmas episode this season, they do have a Thanksgiving episode “Bart vs. Thanksgiving” where Bart runs away after being scolded by the family after he destroys Lisa’s centerpiece for the table. This episode has a heart warming feel to it as Bart and Lisa overcome a fight and their sibling bond grows a bit stronger. This season is also the first to have a blast from the past in the episode “The Way We Was”. This is when Marge first meets Homer in high school detention and Homer tries to win her heart… or at least a prom date at the time.
The Simpsons also won another Emmy in this season, The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program for episode “Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment”. Homer gets free cable in this episode and Lisa protest against it. Feeling like his daughter lost respect for him, Homer does the right moral thing and cuts the free cable. This season also introduces quite a few Simpsons characters that made a permanent home in Springfield such as Comic book Guy, Dr. Nick Riviera, Sideshow Mel, Kang and Kodos, and many others.
Special features include 2 music videos. “Do the Bartman” and “Deep Trouble” Butterfinger commercials with the Simpsons, The Simpsons presenting at the Emmy Awards and the American Music Awards. There are also interviews with the creators Matt Groening and James L. Brooks. As the earlier season had, the commentaries are here as well on the episodes and are great to listen to as in the first season. Hope you enjoy your Simpsons season 2 set.
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Alex Rocco, Cloris Leachman, Sab Shimono, Jon Lovitz, Maggie Roswell
Directors: Jim Reardon, David Silverman, Rich Moore, Mark Kirkland, Wesley M. Archer
Format: Multiple Formats, AC-3, Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English (Dolby Surround), French (Dolby Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Dubbed: French
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 4
Rated: NR-Not Rated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Release Date: May 15, 2012
Run Time: 94 minutes
ASIN: B007KFZ7UQ
