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List Price: $39.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 2721
Released: June 15, 2004 |
| Our Price: $21.97 |
| Used Price: $9.38 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Box set Collector's Edition Color Dolby Dubbed DVD Full Screen Subtitled Animated NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
The entire fourth season of the animated television show, The Simpsons.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 16-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
Description of The Simpsons - The Complete Fourth Season:
By its fourth season, The Simpsons had come far enough where Lisa could make a self-referential joke about Dustin Hoffman and Michael Jackson's pseudonymous guest voice appearances in seasons 2 and 3, respectively. In this season, no less than Elizabeth Taylor (in two episodes), Bette Midler, and even the reclusive Johnny Carson blessed The Simpsons with their iconic presences. Awhile back, Entertainment Weekly ranked The Simpsons' Top 25 best episodes ever. Five gems from season 4 cracked the top 12, including the (debatable) choice for No. 1, "Last Exit to Springfield." Other episodes that loom large in the Simpsons legend are "Mr. Plow" (you know the jingle: "Call Mr. Plow / That's my name / That name again is Mr. Plow"), "Marge vs. the Monorail," featuring a Music Man-style extravaganza, and "A Streetcar Named Marge," the episode that outraged New Orleans residents, who heard their fair metropolis referred to as "a city that the damned call home."
The Simpsons smartly subverts traditional family sitcom convention, but anyone who thinks the show doesn't have a heart is advised to watch "I Love Lisa" and "New Kid on the Block," two fourth-season gems that absolutely nail the agony and ecstasy of unrequited crushes ("You won't be needing this," a heartbroken Bart fantasizes his babysitter saying while dropkicking his heart into a wastebasket in "New Kid"). While the Simpsons' celebrated ensemble gets all the glory, we must pause now to praise the peerless writing staff, among them, George Meyer, Al Jean, Jon Vitti, John Swartzwelder, David Silverman, and Conan O'Brien. One can only marvel in astonishment at the alchemy that went into creating, week after week, such essential episodes as "Kamp Krusty," "Streetcar," the profane and profound "Homer the Heretic," and "Lisa the Beauty Queen" (And that's just disc 1!). The animators, too, rose to the occasion, particularly in "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie," with its dead-on, ultra-violent sinking of the seminal Disney cartoon, "Steamboat Willie." And another benchmark in The Simpsons' rise to the TV pantheon: Its very first clip show. What Homer says about donuts in "Monorail" holds true as well for The Simpsons itself: Is there anything this show can't do? --Donald Liebenson
The Simpsons - The Complete Fourth Season Reviews:
And Yet Another Winning Season! Much Improved Picture Quality As Well! 
2009-11-23 - The majority of fans have spoken and through various polls have named many of the episodes of Season Four among their all-time favourites. In addition the quality of the drawings have improved a great deal from the first three seasons and the shimmering, crooked lines that you get on most of the episodes from the previous dvd releases has been reduced significantly here. As is the case for the previous dvd releases though the sound quality on Dolby 5.1 surround is still pretty good. Personal favourites include "Whacking Day", "Brother From the Same Planet" and "Marge Vs. the Monorail" although as is the case for the vast majority of all episodes, it is hard to find any duds. Loved all the classic movie spoofing that is liberally interspersed throughout the episodes which for me is a major reason I enjoy the entire franchise so much.
Recommended!
Pony express?
2009-09-25 - The product was in great condition, however I think the seller sent it by pony express! It literally took almost a month b4 I got it....so much for it being on time for my husbands birthday!
The Simpsons 4th Season 
2009-09-11 - Great. Got these for my brother-in-law as a Christmas gift. He loves watching them with his four sons who are now into them.
One of the best Simpsons seasons ever
2009-05-30 - There isn't really much to say about this product other than that the fourth season of the Simpsons is one of the best seasons ever and well worth any television fan's time. Even though the animation can be a little crude (which only adds to the charm), the writing is of consistently high-quality. This season contains many famous episodes, but even the less well-known episodes are still very enjoyable to watch.
The primary extra on this DVD set is the commentary that various people (writers, directors, Matt Groening) provide for each episode. While they sometimes end up discussing something far afield from the show, most of the time they provide entertaining, interesting, and insightful commentary on how the episodes were created.
Even though the Simpsons still runs in syndication across basically the entire United States, if you want to have access to some of the best episodes of the Simpsons ever made, you need go no further than this DVD set.
The Simpsons - The Complete Fourth Season
2009-01-20 - My children are all HUGE Simpsons fans. This season was one I could not find in any stores near me. I was so glad to find it online. Each episode will be memorized by repeated viewings!
