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List Price: $39.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 1271
Released: August 15, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The madcap antics of Springfield’s first family continue when the Emmy® award-winning series created by Matt Groening returns to DVD. Arriving on August 15th from Fox Home Entertainment, "The Simpsons" The Complete Eighth Season showcases all 25 episodes from the critically-acclaimed eighth season, as well as a host of bonus materials including audio commentaries from Groening and "The Simpsons" Executive Producers, Writers and Directors, as well as animatics and storyboards with optional audio commentary, a special featurette, deleted scenes, a sketch gallery and much more. As a special bonus for fans and collectors, Fox Home Entertainment will release the "The Simpsons" The Complete Eighth Season in two unique packaging options - a special Limited Edition Maggie Simpson box, as well as a collectible, illustrated gatefold digipak.
Description of The Simpsons - The Complete Eighth Season:
Most TV shows never make it eight seasons, but then The Simpsons is not most TV shows. At a point where other shows would generally become stale and repetitive, Matt Groening & Co. pull out the stops to come up with one of the most creative and hilarious seasons in the whole series. Cases in point for season eight (1996-1997) include "Treehouse of Horror VII," in which aliens Kang and Kodos make a bizarre run for President having taken on the appearances of Bill Clinton and Bob Dole; "Bart After Dark," in which Bart gets a job at The Maison Derriere (featuring one of their most popular songs, "The Spring in Springfield"); and one of the great all-time episodes, "The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase," a trilogy of Simpsons spin-offs that never made it to prime-time (the final segment--"The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour"--is about the best six minutes of parody in the entire Simpsons canon). Season eight also features some of the most notable guest appearances: Rodney Dangerfield as Mr. Burns’s long lost son; Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny as Scully and Mulder from X-Files in "The Springfield Files;" "The Brother from Another Series" which brilliantly pairs up Kelsey Grammar as Sideshow Bob with his brother Cecil (David Hyde Pierce) in a parallel of their Frasier characters; and in a major casting coup, Johnny Cash shows up in the form of a red fox as Homer’s spirit guide in "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" (also known as "The Chili Pepper episode"). Other notable episodes include "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show," a fun wink to the audience from the writers about keeping the show fresh without ruining it, and the send up of Mary Poppins "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious," which has one of their most memorable endings when Shary Bobbins floats off under her umbrella ("So long Superman," Barney cries)... only to get sucked into a jet engine from a passing airplane. That’s the thanks she gets for offering her help. Good to see that, eight seasons in, The Simpsons still don’t need it. --Daniel Vancini
The Simpsons - The Complete Eighth Season Reviews:
Why Do They Bring Kids To The Commentary Sessions??!! 
2009-10-16 - O-K, season 8 is a GREAT season- and although I was never one to care much about DVD extras, I have to say that I LOVE the commentaries on all Simpsons episodes. With other shows, if you listen to a commentary, you listen once and that's more than enough- but with the Simpsons, I enjoy the commentaries as much as the episodes, and, I can unashamedly say that I have listened to every commentary twice now, and will continue to listen to them every time I go through the series!. My one complaint is that on a few of this season's commentaries, one of the crew members brought his young children to the recording session.
Now come on, who the heck wants to listen to some 5 year-old asking childish questions during a commentary which I'm sure is made for adults? Lets hope they never do that again. I love the commentaries, and I love the fact that there is a commentary for every episode....but please, keep the kids at home, guys. They may be cute to you, if you're their parent, but to viewers such as myself, they're just annoying and a waste of valuable time. Season 8 is one of the best seasons, in my opinions...but it is one of the worst as far as the commentaries go- between the kids at the commentary sessions, and Yeardley Smith on a lot of the commentaries (Hate to say it, but she is isn't very bright- and asks a lot of stupid questions) these commentaries just aren't of the same quality as are the ones on the other seasons. (Someone even had the gall to bring in a BABY while recording a commentary- luckily, they had the sense to remove it from the room early on.) I just don't know what some people are thinking. But despite these little annoyances, this is a great season and overall, I am still grateful for having commentaries on every episode! These Simpson DVD sets are SO worth the money.
The Simpsons 8th 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.
The Simpsons Season 8....is great!
2009-07-20 - Another worthwhile season of The Simpsons on DVD. Don't hesitate to buy it, especially if you are a big fan of the Mr. Sparkle episode!
Find your soulmate, homer. Find your soulmate.
2009-06-08 - This season is almost the last of the really great ones. It features some of the funniest episodes I've ever sat through, not the least being a hillarious Treehouse of Horror. Particular favorites of mine include Lisa's Date with Density, wherein Lisa develops an unwanted crush on local bully Nelson Muntz, Hurricane Neddie, wherein the normally unflappable Ned Flanders loses his temper to a degree that makes his outburst in Homer loves Flanders seem quite tame, and The Springfield Files, featuring guest appearances by Leonard Nemoy as well as Molder and Skully from the X Files. And of course we can't forget The Mysterious Voyage of R. Homer, wherein Homer eats Guatemalan isanity peppers, has a fight with Marge and meets a strange coyote, voiced by the late Johnny Cash, who urges him to find his soulmate. Another favorite of mine is The Secret War of Lisa Simpson, where Bart pulls a majr prank on a tour of the police station and as punishment is sent to military school. Lisa, however, sees the potential challenges offered by such a life and decides to stay behind. All in all this season is one of my favorites. Aside from great episodes it features the usual audio commentary which, apart from being very insightful, is also more often than not quite funny. About the only down side is the fact that one of the writers occasionally felt the need to bring his kids into the studio with him. But since they didn't really disrupt things it's only a minor gripe of mine. But this season is definitely one of my absolute favorites and a must-have for any collector, even if he's just a casual one.
The Simpsons Complete 8th season
2009-05-05 - Ah..animation...and The Simpsons to boot!! What CAN I say! I haven't really ever watched an episode that I have not liked. I think it is still as funny and comic as it always was. I think the episodes in this season were funny and the characters were as comical as always. If you are a true Simpsons fan, buy it!! I think kids love them too, and I also believe it is not to offensive for todays children.
