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This The Simpsons Season 8 DVD set includes all 25 episodes of the 1996-97 season on 4 discs, including “You Only Move Twice” and the Emmy-winning “Homer’s Phobia.” Extras include commentaries on every episode, deleted scenes and an introduction from Matt Groening. It is a brand-new Region 1 copy, in stock and ships free within the US. Add it to your cart today.
| Format | DVD |
|---|---|
| Discs | 4 |
| Studio | 20th Century Fox |
| Run time | 9 hours and 30 minutes |
| Condition | New |
| Availability | In stock |
This The Simpsons Season 8 DVD set collects all 25 episodes of the 1996-97 Fox season on 4 discs, from "Treehouse of Horror VII" to "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson." 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment released The Complete Eighth Season on August 15, 2006, with commentaries on every episode.
You will receive a brand-new copy. It is a Region 1 DVD presented in the original 1.33:1 full-screen format, and it plays in standard US DVD players and in Blu-ray players.
The Simpsons follows Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie in the town of Springfield. Created by Matt Groening and developed with James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, it is the longest-running American scripted primetime series. Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein served as showrunners for Season 8.
The season includes many fan favorites: "You Only Move Twice," "Homer's Phobia," "The Springfield Files," "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer," "Brother from Another Series" and "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious."
"Homer's Phobia" won the 1997 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program, and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler won an Emmy for the music and lyrics of "Bart After Dark." Mike B. Anderson also won an Annie Award for directing "Homer's Phobia."
Fox sold this season in two packages, a Collector's Edition plastic case molded to look like Maggie's head and a standard rectangular box. The discs and the extras are the reason to own it, since the commentaries cover every single episode.
Go back with The Simpsons Season 4, or continue the story with The Simpsons Season 9. Fans of later years can add The Simpsons Season 11, and our animation collection has more. For the full episode list, read the Wikipedia article on season 8.
The Simpsons Season 8 DVD: Questions Buyers Ask
How many episodes are in The Simpsons Season 8 DVD?
All 25 episodes of the eighth season, on 4 discs.
Will it play in my US DVD player?
Yes. It is a Region 1 DVD, the standard for US and Canadian players, and it also plays in Blu-ray players.
Is it widescreen?
No. The episodes are shown in their original 1.33:1 full-screen format, as they aired on Fox.
Is this copy new?
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Jimbo Jones –
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Bryan J. Peterson –
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Find your soulmate, homer. Find your soulmate.
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.
mrliteral –
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Just plain great!!!
Is there a better TV cartoon out there than the Simpsons? Perhaps the better question would be is there a better TV show than the Simpsons. Consistently well-written with a wide variety of characters and stories that transcend the merely sit-comic, the Simpsons is arguably one of the best TV shows ever. The shame of it is that when it comes to awards, the Simpsons is not allowed to compete with live action shows, which actually may be just as well for the competition. In around 18 years, it probably could have won a Best Comedy Emmy a dozen or more times if not for a general anti-cartoon bias. The Season Eight collection – another five star set – would have one of those winners. Among the 25 episodes, some of my favorites include:
You Only Move Twice: Homer gets a new job with evil genius Hank Scorpio. Scorpio may want to conquer the world, but he’s a great boss. Ironically, this new perfect life doesn’t agree with the rest of the family. This is a perfect parody of James Bond films, twisted to make the bad guy seem like the hero; in the end, Scorpio outdoes folks like Goldfinger and Blofeld in villainy
El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer: Homer goes on a psychedelic trip after eating a Guatemalan insanity pepper. This hallucinogenic journey leads Homer to search for his soul mate, culminating in near-disaster at a lighthouse.
Homer’s Phobia: When a new gay acquaintance becomes a role model for Bart, Homer panics (especially when Bart chooses a pink snowball over a cupcake). His efforts to “straighten” out his son include a hunting trip and some interesting revelations about the steel industry.
Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment: Homer becomes a bootlegger after booze is banned. This episode shows Homer at his smartest, with a scheme so cunning even Marge approves.
The Old Man and Lisa: When the evil Montgomery Burns goes broke, he turns to Lisa. She helps him, but learns that Burns is so naturally sinister, even his attempts at benevolence are destructive. This episode includes some delightful references to the old sit-com That Girl and the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
In Marge We Trust: This one is great not so much for the “A” story as the “B” story involving a Japanese detergent called Mr. Sparkle which has a logo resembling Homer.
Homer’s Enemy: This is probably the most darkly humorous episode ever. New power plant employee Frank Grimes is a hard worker who has struggled his entire life; he naturally resents Homer’s success through pure laziness. His anger will eventually fester into a plot for revenge.
The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase: This episode offers three previews of alleged spin-offs, all of which are wonderful genre parodies, including spoofs on crime dramas, situation comedies and variety shows.
And these are only a fraction of the episodes, all of which are great. In addition, there are wonderful commentaries on all the episodes (including some interesting guest commentators), plenty of deleted scenes and a little bit of behind-the-scenes stuff. Even if you catch these episodes on regular TV (where they are often edited for syndication), it’s better to watch them on DVD.
Clifford –
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The beginning of the end.
This season is one of the best season’s ever but is also the beginning of the end. In a season or two Phil Hartman will be gone and the writing will decline markedly. This current season is still worth the price of admission and the guest-stars don’t feel tacked on – yet. We do get a hallucinatory hot-pepper ride with Johnny Cash, The stars of x-files drop by and of course, we witness the demise of one of the best new characters in a while – Frank Grimes, or, “Grimie.” When the coffin is lowered into the ground as everyone laughs at one of Homer’s comments is priceless. If you love you some Simpson’s then this season will hit you where you need it.
George Shnayder –
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full of classics
this is a great season to be owned by die hard simpsons fans or by fans that are not so obsessed. it features classic episodes such as the return of burns’ long lost son (voiced by rodney dangerfield), homer eating insanity peppers and having a psychodelic talk with a coyote (voiced by johnny cash), sideshow bob’s brother trying to blow up springfield’s dam, homer becoming the voice of poochy the dog on itchy and scratchy, homer gets an arch-nemisis named frank grimms (or grimmy as he “liked” to be called), bart works at the maison derrier, and the x-files cameo episode where mulder and scully investigate an alien encounter in springfield. it also has a great halloween episode (but come on, they’re always great). it does feature my least favorite episode (the shary bobbins episode), but i hate musicals. commentary on all episodes, deleted scenes, and the interesting foreign language audio (homer seems offish in every language).