Episodes:
“Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every
Fish," "Dancin' Homer," "Dead Putting Society,"
"Bart Vs. Thanksgiving," "Bart the Daredevil," "Itchy
& Scratchy & Marge," "Bart Gets Hit by a Car," "One
Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish," "The Way We Are,"
"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment," "Principal
Charming," "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?," "Bart's Dog Gets
an F," "Old Money," "Brush with Greatness,"
"Lisa's Substitute," The War of the Simpsons," "Three Men
and a Comic Book" and "Blood Feud."
Stars:
Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer,
and Hank Azaria
Executive
Producers: Matt Groening, Sam Simon, and James L. Brooks
Approximate
Episode Length: 23 minutes each
Extras:
Audio Commentary For Each Episode, American Music Awards Clip, Deep Trouble”
Music Video, “Do The Bartman” Music Video, Emmy Award Presentation Clip,
Interview With Matt Groening and James L. Brooks, David Silverman On The
Creation Of An Episode, Butterfinger TV Spots, Art Of The Simpsons, Foreign
Language Clips
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1 and English and French Dolby Surround 2.0
Subtitles:
English Captions and Spanish Language Subtitles
Packaging:
Gatefold Within Glossy Slipcase
Chapter
Stops: 6 Per Episode
Sound:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Surround Sound
Season
of TV Broadcast: 1990-1991/DVD Release: 2002
Home
Video Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
“The
Simpsons” has been described as the show that has never “Jumped
The Shark,” to use the name of the popular website that rates and asks TV
viewers to tally their take on when a show has passed it’s penultimate point
and is on a downward spiral. “The Simpsons” has already completed its 13th
season and shows no signs of slowing down. It is certainly the most popular
primetime cartoon to ever air on television and is a piece of television
history. The 1990-91 season is where “The Simpsons” broke out on magazine
covers, T-shirts, CDs, and endorsements. This is the season where you can quite
literally watch “The Simpsons” make the journey from the way they appeared
on season one to how they pretty much look today. A number of guest starring
voices include Dustin Hoffman under a pseudonym, James Earl Jones, Danny DeVito,
Daniel Stern, Ringo Starr, Phil Hartman, and many more.
This
season features the first “Treehouse Of Horror” with “Kang” and
“Kodos,” and other popular characters like “Kent Brockman,” and “Troy
McClure,” who over the years have added some great humor to an already funny
show. All twenty-two episodes are presented in the full-framed (1.33:1) aspect
ratio of their original television aspect ratio exhibition complete with a
beautifully mastered for DVD presentation that clearly looks better than the
previous set with a colorful image quality. A full English Dolby Digital 5.1
Surround Soundtrack is included along with the original English Dolby Stereo
Surround Soundtrack as well as a French Language Dolby Stereo Surround
Soundtrack and English Captions and Spanish Language Subtitles as options.
In addition all twenty-two episodes have episode length commentary tracks
with various show writers, directors, as well as Executive Producers James L.
Brooks, Sam Simon, and Matt Groening, who participates in every single episode
commentary as well as the optional commentaries that are included with some of
the extra feature material included in this four-disc set. I do not know what it
is exactly about the commentaries, but I just love listening to them because
these people behind the making of “The Simpsons” are able to evoke the
passion they share for creating the series and their own sense of humor and
observations often make me laugh almost as much as watching the series itself.
So the commentaries are simply great and are well worth listening to.
Extra
features on disc four include clips from the “American Music Awards” and
“Emmys” with an optional commentary track, music videos for “Deep
Trouble,” and “Do The Bartman,” which was written by Michael Jackson, are
also included along with optional commentary tracks as well as promotional
interview featurettes with David Silverman on the show’s production and Matt
Groening and James L. Brooks. Three “Simpsons” themed “Butterfinger”
commercials, storyboard galleries as well as a magazine cover gallery, and
French, German, Hungarian, and Spanish Language clips that wrap up the extra
features in this four-disc set.
The
menus reflect the disembodied disc art gag that is carried over from the glossy
gatefold and slipcase cover artwork. The menus are easy to navigate and feature
full motion scene selection menus.
As
a whole, this is a great set that “Simpsons” fans will really enjoy. “The
Simpsons: The Complete Second Season DVD Collector’s Edition” will debut on
Tuesday, August 6, 2002 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2002 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
The Top Ten TV On DVD-Videos Of 2002 As Reviewed At GENRE ONLINE. NET