The Simpsons: Season 5

This is without a doubt the BEST SEASON EVER. The most classic, 5 star episodes are on this. The Scriptwriting goes above and beyond the call of duty with awesome work from Swartzwelder, Vitti and O'Brien. No matter how many times you see these episodes you can still watch them over and over again and get new quote-worthy material. Below are the episodes and a brief summary of each. Homer's Barbershop Quartet - While flipping through records at a flea market, Bart and Lisa discover an album by the Be Sharps, a barbershop quartet comprised of Homer, Barney, Apu and Principal Skinner. Cape Feare - Bart begins receiving threatening letters from Sideshow Bob. To protect Bart, the entire Simpson family undergoes Witness Relocation and moves to a houseboat docked on the aptly named Terror Lake. Homer Goes to College - When it is revealed that Homer is grossly unqualified to be a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, he goes to Springfield University to study nuclear physics. Rosebud - During a touching birthday slide presentation Smithers makes for Mr. Burns, we see the early life of Springfield's richest man and learn that despite all his power and money, he'll never be whole without Bobo, his favorite childhood teddy bear. Treehouse of Horror IV - In this year's tricky triptych of terror, Bart presents three Halloween treats based on paintings in the "Fright Gallery". Marge on the Lam - Marge spends some time with her neighbor, Ruth Powers, and the two find that they enjoy each other's company very much. Which, leads to Thelma and Louise proportions. Bart's Inner Child - Homer and Marge are entranced by a charismatic self-help guru named Brad Goodman. While attending a Brad Goodman seminar with his parents, Bart is asked to appear on stage with the man himself and, as usual, misbehaves. Boy-Scoutz 'N The Hood - Experimenting with a dangerous all-syrup Squishee, Bart and Milhouse get loopy and run around Springfield singing and having adventures. Waking up with a massive Squishee hangover, Bart remembers that he enlisted in the Junior Campers. The Last Temptation of Homer - Homer finds he's falling in love with Mindy Simmons, the beautiful new engineer at the plant. Things only get worse when Homer and Mindy are sent to represent the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant at the National Energy Convention in Capital City. $pringfield - When gambling is legalized in Springfield, Mr. Burns opens an extravagant casino on the boardwalk. Homer is hired as a blackjack dealer despite his counting difficulties and Marge finds herself drawn to the slots. Homer the Vigilante - A cunning cat burglar named Molloy is robbing Springfield's citizens of their most prized possessions. Homer forms a citizens' watch group that winds up breaking more laws than they protect. Bart Gets Famous - While working as Krusty the Clown's personal assistant, Bart accidentally steals the limelight when he knocks over a set on live TV and says four magic words: "I didn't do it". Homer and Apu - After Homer eats tainted meat from the Kwik-E-Mart, Apu finds himself out of a job. As an apology to Homer, Apu moves in with the Simpsons and becomes their personal chef and valet. Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy - After years of loving her Malibu Stacy doll, it begins to dawn on Lisa that her favorite toy sets a bad example for little girls. So, she begins to make a doll of her own. Deep Space Homer - Homer and Barney are recruited to be NASA astronauts, so the organization will be more appealing to the common man. Homer Loves Flanders - When Homer discovers that Ned Flanders has season football tickets, the two men begin spending a lot of time together. Homer takes a real liking to Ned, but Ned isn't so sure how he feels about his new best friend. Bart Gets an Elephant - Bart wins first prize in a wacky radio contest and becomes the proud owner of a giant elephant he names Stampy. Burns' Heir - Well into his eighth or ninth decade, Monty Burns realizes that he has no children and therefore no heir for his vast fortune. After an audition process in which every child in Springfield vies for the coveted position as Burns' kid. Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song - Principal Skinner must learn to live without his beloved elementary school when Bart gets him fired. Ned Flanders is brought in to act as principal in Skinner's place. The Boy Who Knew Too Much - In a case ripped right out of the headlines, Bart is the only witness when Mayor Quimby's ne'er-do-well nephew, Freddy, allegedly assaults a snooty French butler. Lady Bouvier's Lover - Having already fallen hard for Marge, Mr. Burns now finds himself smitten with Marge's mother, Jacqueline Bouvier. Competing for the old lady's affection is Grandpa Simpson, who also thinks that she's the bee's arthritic knees. Secrets of A Successful Marriage - Somehow Homer comes to teach an adult education class on how to have a successful marriage. Even stranger, he turns out to be pretty good at it, dispensing homespun advice that his students find useful. Although, in the end, he dispenses too much. EXTRAS - We can always expect the great commentary, animatics, audio outtakes, commercials, featurettes and anything and everything else that relates to that season of Simpsons with plenty of Easter Eggs thrown in. If you HAD to choose only ONE season of the Simpsons to get on DVD this HAS to be the one. This is Comedic Genius at its peak. This is a definite for all collections. Remember the finer points of the Simpsons with this pivotal set that oozes grace and social decour. Do what any person would do in this situation and pre-order this season RIGHT NOW! There's no buts about it. Its worth the D'oh.

I still watch The Simpsons, looking forward to each episode as a new treasure. However, to my mind, the series will never get any better than Season 5. As with the first three James Bond films, there have been great moments since this pinnacle, but it was never better than this. Season 5 of The Simpsons is not only the funniest and best season of this show, it's one of the best seasons of comedy -- live action or animated -- ever seen. A few of my favorites from this great set: Homer's Barbershop Quartet: Homer tells Bart and Lisa about the time he hit it big with a barbershop quartet with Apu, Principal Skinner and Barney (who replaces Chief Wiggum). Although the music is barbershop, the show is a hilarious send-up of the Beatles. From their Meet the Beatles-style debut album cover to screaming fans at JFK Airport to Barney's "Japanese conceptual artist girlfriend" to the climactic rooftop concert on top of Moe's, the episode hits every note perfectly. For good measure, the late George Harrison has a hilarious cameo. "I'll take a single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat ..." Deep Space Homer: The Right Stuff, Star Trek, Star Wars, 2001, Outland -- if it's a space drama, this episode spoofs it. Homer gets the chance to go into space as NASA's first "Averagenaut" -- an astronaut who appeals to the commone blue collar slob. Naturally, Homer messes everything up and the capsule ends up with dirt, ants and ruffled potato chips flying all over. Homer actually manages to morph into Popeye AND Richard Nixon in this episode. Voice cameos include Buzz Aldrin and James Taylor. Homer Loves Flanders: Flanders offers Homer a ticket to a sold-out NFL game. In return, Homer drops his hatred of Flanders and becomes his best friend -- much to the chagrin of Flanders as Homer smothers him, driving Ned to the brink of mass murder. In the best Simpsons tradition, a hilarious reference to Terminator 2 comes out of nowhere. It's great to see Homer get under Flanders' skin for a change. The Last Temptation of Homer: Michelle Pfeiffer guest voices as Mindy Simmons, a female technician Mr. Burns is forced to hire by the government. Slovenly, lazy, donut addicted, Mindy is basically a curvaceous, sexy female version of Homer. Naturally, Homer falls in love with her. This is my favorite Simpsons episode of all time. Werner Klemperer voices Homer's guardian angel in the form of his Hogan's Heroes character Colonel Klink. This episode absolutely had me when Pfeiffer utters the phrase "Mmmmmmmmmm!! Double glaze!! 'Gurgle!!'" Gaspingly hilarious! Those are just four episodes of a nearly perfect season. There have been many, many laughs since then, but Season 5 will always be special to me. If anyone is mystified as to why the show has lasted 17 seasons (and counting), they need only watch Season 5 to find out why. A classic.

The Simpsons Season Five DVD is a must for a true Simpsons' fan. True, this was the first season to feature a couple of duds (Secrets of a Successful Marriage, Bart's Inner Child). And the groundwork for the series' descent to mediocrity -- too many guest stars, too much maudlin drama and too much focus on secondary characters -- was being laid. And I believe it was Season Five that saw the origin of the series' most horrible catch-phrase -- "Whaaa-aaah?" Plus, we see the first musical. The episode (Barbershop Quartet) is great but the groundwork it laid would lead to some of the worst episodes in the Series. But that's the later years. Season Five itself featured some of the best episodes of the Series. Sideshow Bob's hysterical return in "Cape Feare" (I fall into the pro-rakes camp). The final give in to parody rather than homage of Citizen Kane in "Rosebud". One of the best all-time Simpsons' sees Averagenaut Homer Simpson wrestling with Buzz Aldrin (Deep Space Homer). And Apu's misunderstood apology to Homer still kills me. The show was firing on all cylinders at this point. Homer still had the right balance of being boorish and selfish (see Boy Scoutz N The Hood) but didn't go overboard the way he did in later seasons. Flanders is still annoyingly nice. Lisa is still the nicest person on the show, but hasn't gone overboard to obnoxious self-righteousness. Marge still has her role as straight man down without the ridiculous hysteria of later seasons. And the Series still had, as Groening says, the rubber band reality. And for those of you who are saying, "Hey man, I can catch these on TV anytime!", you don't know what you're missing. Some of the funniest gags are cut in syndication -- typically two minutes per show. And broadcast is never as pristine as the DVD (although some episodes have a small but annoying green line on the side in a widescreen TV). The extra are nice. Plenty of deleted scenes (although you have to click an icon during the show instead of having them separate). Good commentaries for the most part although I missed Al Jean later in the season and I wish they had involved the cast like they did for the wonderful Season Three commentaries. Matt Groening also sits out a couple of commentaries and his presence is sorely missed. But don't hesitate to order this. It's hard to find more entertainment for $30.

Season 5 saw the departure of a few good writers, leaving big shoes to fill for the newcomers that did a great job holding their own. Conan O' Brien Produced some of this season as well as last season before he got his own late night show and had to leave. He does, however make a cameo appearance in "Bart gets Famous". A little FYI for ya! This season contains 22 episodes and won the Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production, Environmental Media Award for Best Television Episodic Comedy, and a Genesis Award for Best Television Comedy Series with 4 Emmy nominations as well. This season has more episodes (great ones too) based on Homer. Episodes such as "Deep Space Homer" Homer Simpson an astronaut!?... Why not! Add it to his long listed resume of jobs. "Homer the Vigilante" A crime spree hits Springfield with dozens of burglaries by the cat burglar. This causes Flanders to form a meeting to organize a neighborhood watch and of course, Homer ends up the leader of the group with the power going to his head. "Homer goes to College" Yup, Homer gets to live up the party frat guy life! or so he thinks as he has been influenced a bit too much by college party movies. "Secrets to a Successful Marriage" Homer a teacher for a successful marriage class? Oh the things we'll learn! There are a few more, but it's clear to see that Homer is main dude now which I have absolutely no problem with! I love Homer! Special features contain commentaries for all episodes, audio outtakes, original sketches, deleted scenes, commercials featuring The Simpsons, animation showcases, "A Look Back" featurette with James L. Brooks, and an introduction by Matt Groening. This season is great for Homer fans especially. It will have you shouting "Whoo-Hooo!" Well it did for me! If you get this, enjoy your Simpsons season 5 set! Mmmmm..... Siiiiimpsons!

Lo guardo como reliquia, buena calidad de imagen.

I really think that this DVD pack is excelent. The packaging is great, following the standards set by the previous packs. The menus on the DVDs are also really great, maybe the best so far, they really put a lot of work in this feature (I didn't see any other DVD with such a great animation in the menu). That shows that the people working in delivering this DVDs (I don't know if it's The Simpsons creators or FOX) worries about delivering a product of great quality. Well, since you maybe want to buy this product I started talking about the presentation of the DVD, but the fun part are the contents. The majority of the episodes have deleted scenes, and almost everyone comes with comentaries (I never listen to that anyway). It has some extras, not a lot really, but every disc has something (you shouldn't buy it only for the extras anyway). The season is one of the best ones ever... one episode greater than the oder, this season has bits that i've will never forget (like, "Hello Mr. Thompson"). Homer singing with the Be Sharps, going into Space, Bart and his elephant Stampy, Burns and his bear "Bobo", Homer being dumped by Marge when he reveals all of her secrets, etc. If you really like the simpsons, you should have this pack in your collection, is the best one yet. There's something bad anyway, minor if you want, but there is. For some reason when you choose the language it goes directly to the episode, and it does the same thing when you select "play with deleted scenes" and also you cannot change the subtitles in midplay (I don't know why, since you can change the language). So, you cannot play the episode with the deleted scenes and also the subtitles... is not to die for, but is annoying. For those latinamerican fans (like me :D) the episode has the original voices dubbed in Mexico (Humberto Velez as Homer Simpson), so you can hear it in spanish with no problem if you don't like the original voices. It also has the French language.

Buying used is always a gamble, and this time was no exception. The first Simpson's complete Season five box set arrived and looked good--no visible wear and tear--but when I opened the case, all the DVDs were missing. The booklet was there, just not the DVDs. Others would be angry, but I just laughed. I contacted Amazon and put in a request for a replacement, and they granted it, free of charge. Good news is when that arrived, the DVDs were in this case 😂 No booklet though but that's okay since I have the booklet from the previous one. The DVDs all looked good, no visible scratches, just a smudged first disc--which played well, once cleaned. Still worth it for a cheaper price; my wallet is greatful 😁

It came in perfect condition, even was still wrapped. No damage, and a great price! I wasn’t expecting much for how cheap it was, but I was very pleasantly surprised.

Me gustan los Simpsons. Es buena calidad el dvd pero no tiene doblaje español latino.

This really is Mr. Burns' season. We see a lot of him in many excellent episodes, such as "Homer Goes To College", the hillarious "Rosebud" Bobo episode, as a Copolla vampire in "Treehouse of Horror", "The Last Temptation of Homer", in a tribute to Howard Hughes and his jars of urine in the "$prinfield..." gambling episode, "Burns' Heir" has to be the best of the season, and as a potential beau for Marge's Mother in "Lady Bouvier's Lover". In fact this is one of the best Simpson's seasons. Perhaps one will find "Bart's Elephant" a bit slow, but the rest are solid stories and very funny.

The complete fifth season of the Simpsons is presented here in box set, spread across four dvds. One of those seasons that nobody tends to argue about the quality of. Episodes are as follows: Homer's Barbershop Quartet. Cape Feare. Homer Goes to College. Rosebud. Treehouse of Horror IV. Marge on the Lam. Bart's Inner Child. Boy Scoutz 'N The Hood. The Last Temptation of Homer. Springfield [or how I learned to stop worrying and love legalised gambling]. Homer the Vigilante. Bart gets Famous. Homer and Apu. Lisa Vs Malibu Stacy. Deep Space Homer. Homer loves Flanders. Bart gets an elephant. Burns' Heir. Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss song. The boy who knew too much. Lady Bouvier's lover. Secrets of a successful marriage. These episodes are eighteen years old now so the animation can look a bit basic and the voices can sound slightly different at times, but that doesn't take anything from the quality of the scripts. Each episode has direct scene access and a commentary. Some have the option to play them with deleted scenes reinstated. One episode on each disc has an animation showcase which shows you the various stages of the making of it. Languages and subtitles are as follows: Languages: English. Subtitles: English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish. [All accessible via the language options menu for the individual episodes rather than any main one] One episode each disc has a special language feature which allows it to be heard in either Czech, Italian, Polish or Hungarian. On the extras on disc one there's a short introduction from show creator Matt Groening. Plus a handful of tv commercials involving Simpsons characters that can be watched all in a row or individually. Disc four gives you the chance to watch all the deleted scenes for the season [the ones that as mentioned can be added into the episodes] in one long twenty minute batch. These can be watched with or without a commentary. The fourth disc also has a short look back from one of the producers. To the time when this season was originally broadcast and the show was becoming a phenomenon. Each disc does remove some of the slight problems of earlier season dvds in that you can select play all to watch all the episodes on a disc in a row. And you just go straight into the titles of an episode when you select to play it, rather than having to get through a copuright message. An anti piracy ad and a subsequent logo screen at the start of each disc can be skipped via the next button on the dvd remote. So all in all it's a great collection for a great season of a great show.

価格が安かったので、心配していたのですが、思っていたより、良い商品でした。

Foutage de gueule ce film ne se lie pas de tout mes lecteurs dvd sa me soul de voir que les gens ne sont pas capables de lire ne recommande pas