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The Simpsons: Complete Season 3 [DVD]
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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | First broadcast in 1991 the third series of The Simpsons contains a clutch of candidates for "Best Simpsons Episode Ever". Homer is on such appallingly good form throughout this series that a reasonable case can be made for asserting that he has superseded the importance of his Greek namesake in the annals of culture and civilisation. The opening "Stark Raving Dad", for instance, features a guest appearance by an un-credited Michael Jackson, who plays an obese white inmate whom Homer meets while confined to a mental institution. Other standout episodes include "Like Father, Like Clown", in which Krusty reveals he is estranged from his Rabbi father; this is The Simpsons at the height of its powers, mature, ironic, erudite and touching while bristling with slapstick and Bart-inspired cheek. "Flaming Moe's" features Aerosmith and sees Homer invent a cocktail which desperate, sleazy bartender Moe steals from him. "Radio Bart" is another demonstration of the series' knack for cultural references, parodying the Billy Wilder movie Ace in the Hole. Finally, there's "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes", in which Danny DeVito reprises his role as Homer's brother, regaining the fortune Homer lost him by inventing a Baby Translator. Immensely enjoyable at anything from a primary to a doctoral thesis level, this third year of the show demonstrates conclusively that The Simpsons is quite simply, and by a large margin, the greatest television programme ever made. --David Stubbs | |
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| Season 3 - The Making of The Simpsons | |
| | Its one of the things we rarely think out as Simpsons fans - how does each season change or progress from another? With the, what we might now call 'Modern' era of The Simpsons (post year 2000), there has been little need for development since the show has already been running for so many years, hence the total lack of originality and heart in these efforts. But by Season 3, which you are currently viewing, we finally see the making of The Simpsons, and a comfortable format to watch.
Whereas Season's 1 and 2 look a bit dated these days as the production was still getting into it's stride, Season 3 is the first 'classic' series. The animation is so much cleaner for a starter and more pleasing on the eye, while the most important aspect, character development, finally takes proper shape. By this point, its fair to say that we could see a sign of things to come that would stretch all the way through to the end of Season 4. And there's no need to re-iterate; Seasons 5, 6 and 7 are quite simply 'The Golden Age'.
But the best attribute of Season 3 and 4 are the story lines - they're just unforgettable, and quite easily feature some of the best heart-to-heart scenes.
Stark Raving Dad
Mr Lisa Goes to Washington
When Flanders Failed
Bart the Murderer
Homer Defined
Like Father Like Clown
Treehouse of Horror II
Lisa's Pony
Saturdays of Thunder
Flaming Moe's
Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
I Married Marge
Radio Bart
Lisa the Greek
Homer Alone
Bart the Lover
Homer at the Bat
Separate Vocations
Dog of Death
Colonel Homer
Black Widower
The Otto Show
Bart's Friend Falls in Love
Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes
'Lisas Pony' is for me the classic, with the tale of the father trying to provide as much as he can for his daughter, and a lovely end to match. But in fairness, a large majority of these episodes follow a similar path, with 'Colonel Homer' proving how lucky Marge really is, 'Bart's Friend Falls in Love' recalls the struggle between friendship and infant love, while 'Saturdays of Thunder' highlights Homer and Barts father to son relationship.
The season is filled with darn good warm episodes that, generally, make you feel great by the end. This is part of the motive with the character development - its a season that is ultimately "satisfying" when you've watched an episode, which honestly can't be said at all about the Modern Simpsons. I my opinion, it is for all the reasons the most important season you could add to your collection, and one that you would never get tired of!
DVD case is exactly same design as the Seasons 1 - 5, which doesn't have very strong spines since you have to keep un-folding it. The post-season 6 DVD packages were an improvement as the DVD holders were all on the same spine.
In short, if you're looking to buy the earliest Simpsons that have that "watch again" factor, then I have to recommend this Season 3. Although Seasons 1 and 2 still have some good laughs, I feel in terms of value it's a no brainer to go for this product since it really was the making of The Simpsons as we would know and love for many years to come.
| | The Simpsons Season Three: The start of the classic years | |
| | This boxset features the third seasons of The Simpsons at another extended 24 episodes (1991-92) which while watching this, you will witness the opening pages to The Simpsons phenomenon. In fact, it was probably this season to which why The Simpsons became so popular.
Episodes here, written by some of the most legendary Simpsons writers,come in on fine satire, some hilarious moments and great wit of writing. One or two of the episodes are among the best ones, those being "Bart the Murderer" and "The Otto Show".
Another must for Simpsons fans or even comedy fans, and in the next season, we will witness the Simpsons becoming on the A-list of comedy.
| | | The box was in much better quality than I expected, all discs were present and barely had a scratch on. Only thing missing was the sleeve with episode information on. Dispatched promptly and arrived with good packaging.
| | | The third season is where the Simpsons episodes really solidified in quality and a number of gems of sitcom were created. This season has a few of my favourite episodes like Stark Raving dad; where Homer gets put away in a mental asylum and meets an impersonator of Michael Jackson, just because Bart left his red hat in the wash and Homer's had to wear a pink shirt to work. It's also got one of my favourite Homer quotes in `I'm not popular enough to be different'. I was confused about Michael Jackson's actual appearance but from the commentary he did appear in the episode but couldn't be credited for it; just like with Do the Bartman. It's a great mark on the late legend's remarkable career. I'm sure appearing on The Simpsons was one of his proudest achievements! The direction of Ben at Homer is also a standout moment in the show's history. Homer at the bat is 1 of my all time favourites and such a well thought-out and brilliant episode. The amount of Baseball stars they managed to gather for appearance goes to show how popular the show was at this point. The song at the end has to be 1 of the best Simpsons soundtracks ever. Radio Bart is also one of my favourites, mainly because it guest stars one of my all time favourite artists - Sting. For some reason his voice sounds rougher than usual and his look is much more like his 80's or even his late 70's style in The Police than how he appeared at the time. I love how he says 'I would do anything for a fan' and Marge replies that she has never heard Bart listen to any of his albums. Homer's response is 'Shh, he's a good digger!'.
When Flander's failed puts a totally new and enlightened spin on Homer and especially his relationship with Ned. The 2nd Treehouse of horror is fantastic and the start where the kids show their candy is very reflective of the 1st Halloween episode. It also has Marge appearing in front of a curtain to warn the viewers of the scariness. When Moe's running after the alien with a board with a nail in it and the aliens joke that the human's will make bigger boards with bigger nails in them and one day they'll make 1 so big that it will destroy them all goes to show the weird but wonderful humour of The Simpsons. Saturday's of thunder is definitely another 1 of the best of all time where Bart makes a soap box racer. Bart asks him for the power tools and then the welder mask and Homer replies 'If stuff starts flying then just turn your head!'. Then when Marge asks who's using the power tool Homer replies 'I dunno; some guy I guess'! Classic! Homer's delight at just managing to answer the 3 Perfect father questions is hilarious. Flaming Moe's has the guest stars Aerosmith and is an enjoyable episode. I especially like the theme song for the episode. Just like in Stark raving Dad Homer Alone has a recurring theme with the phone hold song being 1 related to the episode and the caller; 1st Marge, and then Homer, crying. Black Widower sees Sideshow Bob re-appear after the 1st season where Bart had him locked up. It was great to have Kelsey Grammer back in such a great role. For a 10 year old boy to work out the gas problem and everything that leads up to this is brilliant and even thrilling. Colonel Homer is fantastic and on 1 of the special features it has a lot of facts about Col. Tom Parker (Elvis Presley's deadbeat manager) and country artists. The songs are great and Homer plays a whole new kind of role. As a Buddy Holly fan I'm also amused at the recording studio manager saying `This place has a lot of history. Buddy Holly once stood on this very spot and said `There is no way in hell that I'm recording in this dump!'' The Otto show has always appeared as a strange episode. Even the animation seems a little sketchy. Homer singing `There was a little Spanish fleet' while there's a riot going on though is fantastic. Finally Homer's long lost half Brother comes back with a new invention in Brother, can you spare two dimes' to make him successful again rather than a tramp! This is the last time that this character appears on the show so I guess he didn't want to make the same mistake with Homer again! The `Montgomery Burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence' is also a great way of diverting Homer from suing the Plant for his radiation deformities in that he`d been made sterile. The animation of Homer's 3 sperm though is not something I'm a fan of!
As for the special features they are frankly rubbish and very limited on this season. As I've said there is a pop up facts feature on Colonel Homer and there are also `Scene specific sketches', but instead of there being a feature to just watch these alone, you have to see the whole episode for these to appear. There are still no deleted scenes either. There is a feature of a Jukebox with all the best Simpsons songs up to this point. Also whereas on previous seasons you would go into `Language' and select the commentary, on this season you have to go into `special features' and it doesn't even tell you who's commentating, it just gives you a list of all contributors. There's also the annoying after you've seen it once, thing where when you click an option it plays out some stupid Simpsons gag and you can`t skip it. Still not as frustrating as with Season 2 though.
| | | Purchased for my son who loves it. Quick delivery at a great price for an item in very good condition.
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