The Simpsons season 4 continues to delivery the humour, and high quality episodes, with another 22 episodes from the award winning comedy series
History of The Simpsons
The Simpsons, is an American animated comedy, created by Matt Groening. It consists of a family, made up of mother, Marge, father, Homer, and children Maggie, Bart and Lisa. The show is set in a fictional town called' Springfield' The Simpsons was first a series of shorts created for the Tracy Ulman show, but due to their success, debuted as a full length episode, and spanned success. So far, there has been 18 seasons of the show, which has drafted in numerous awards, and millions of fans worldwide. The extent to just how popular the Simpsons is, is that is has its own star on the Hollywood walk of fame, and, at the time this review was written, has won
1 Young Artist Award. More recently, the Simpsons achieved more awards, from the Simpsons movie
Characters
HOMER - voiced by Dan Castellaneta Homer
is the father of Lisa,Bart and Maggie Simpson, and husband of Marge Simpson. He currently has a job with the Nuclear Power Plant, and has an obession with beer and donuts.
MARGE - voiced by Julie Kavner Marge is the mother of Lisa, Bart and Maggie Simpson, and wife of Homer Simpson. Marge looks after her home and Maggie during the day, and is a very proud mother and wife.
BART -voiced by Nancy Cartwright Bart is the son of Homer and Marge Simpson, and brother of Lisa and Maggie. Bart is a regular troublemaker at school, and his main friend is Milhouse Van Houten
LISA - voiced by Yeardley Smith Lisa is the daughter of Homer and Marge Simpson, and sister of Bart and Maggie. Lisa is an achiever at school, and hates any competition which comes her way. She enjoys playing the saxaphone
MAGGIE -Various Maggie is the daughter of Homer and Marge Simpson, and sister of Bart and Lisa.
GRAMPA -voiced by Dan Castellaneta Grampa is the father of Homer Simpson, father in law to Marge Simpson, and grandfather to Bart,Lisa and Maggie Simpson. He stays at the Sringfield Retirement Castle
PATTY - voiced by Julie Kavner Patty is the twin sister of Marge, and Selma
SELMA - voiced by Julie Kavner - Selma is the twin sister of Marge, and Patty
MILHOUSE -voiced by Pamela Hayden Milhouse is the son of Kirk and Luann and best friends with Bart. He has very noticeable blue hair and wears glasses
NED -voiced by Harry Shearer Ned Flanders is the Simpsons next door neighbour. Homer dislikes Ned in many ways, although Ned has saved his life, and likes Homer
Apu - voiced by Hank Azaria Apu is the owner of the local Kwik E Mart.
There are of course, many other Simpsons characters, but the ones listed are the main characters
About the DVD
The Simpsons Season 4 Complete Season 4 DVD comes in a blue casing, which folds up, and slots into a blue holder for the box. The DVD contains 4 discs, each complete with Simpsons Season 4 episodes on them, as well as bonus features. The DVD boxset also includes a small booklet, detailing the episodes which are featured in this season.
About the Epsiodes
The season boasts another 22 hilarious episodes:
Epsiode 1 : Kamp Krusty It is the summer, and Lisa and Bart Decide to go to Kamp Krusty. When the kids are away, Homer loses a considerable amount of weight. However, the Kamp does not live up to expectations, when it is run by Mr Black,and Kearney, and Jimbo
Epsiode 2 : A Streetcar named Marge Marge becomes Blance DuBois in a musical production of 'A Streetcar named Desire'.
Epsiode 3 : Homer the Heretic Homer begins to skip church on Sundays, and as a result, ends up torching his house - resulting in him being rescued by Flanders
Epsiode 4 : Lisa The Beauty Queen Lisa looses her self esteem when she sees a drawing of her at the Springfield fair. Homer therefore enters Lisa into a beauty contest - by sacrificing his Duff Blimp ticket in which he won
Epsiode 5 : Treehouse of Horror III Another 3 chilling tales in the annual halloween special
Epsiode 6: Itchy and Scratchy : The Movie It is the parents night at the Elementary school, where Bart gets a bad report. Due to this ,Bart does not get to see the new movie
Epsiode 7: Marge gets a job Marge gets a job alongside Homer, at the Nuclear Power Plant.However, Burns begins to fall in love with her, and tries to seduce her.
Epsiode 8: New Kid on the block The Simpsons get a new neighbour- a single parent Ruth Powers, and her daughter, Laura. Bart falls in love with Laura, with some terrible consequences
Epsiode 9: Mr Plow Homer buys a plow, and starts his own business - plowing
Epsiode 10: Lisa's first word While trying to get Maggie to say her first word- the simpsons reminisce, back to 1983, to the story of Lisa's first word
Epsiode 11: Homer's Triple Bypass Due to Homer's unhealthy eating, he requires Triple Bypass Surgery
Epsiode 12: Marge Vs The Monorail Springfield invests in the Monorail, and Marge is completely against the idea, and investigates
Epsiode 13: Selma's Choice Selma decides that she wants to have a baby
Epsiode 14: Brother from the same planet Homer forgets to pickBart up from soccer practice, and Bart then decides to take part in the "Bigger Brother" program
Epsiode 15: I love lisa Lisa feels sorry for Ralph Wiggum, after he recieves no Valentine cards - this leads Ralph to fall in love with Lisa
Epsiode 16: Duffless Homer stays of drink for 1 month, after he is caught drink driving
Epsiode 17: Last Exit to Springfield The plant goes on strike, and Burns retalliates, by cutting off the town electricity supply
Epsiode 18: So it comes to this : A Springfield clip show A collection of clips, which begins on April Fools Day
Epsiode 19: The Front Bart and Lisa decide to write their own Itchy and Scratchy cartoon - after seeing a dreadful one
Epsiode 20: Whacking Day Bart is expelled from Springfield Elementary, so Marge home schools him, while the town prepare for the annual whacking day
Epsiode 21: Marge in Chains Marge accidentally forgets to pay for Grampa's Bourboun, and gets arrested at the Kwik E Mart.
Epsiode 22: Krusty gets cancelled Gabbo becomes the hottest TV show on air, after Krusty gets cancelled.
Awards
The fourth season of the Simpsons wracked in, once again ,awards. The episode, 'Whacking Day' , won the Simpsons team a 'Genesis Award, for Best Television Prime Time animated series' and a Saturn award for Best Television series. The series also won an Annie Award- for Best Animated Television programme . These awards, can only emphasise the hilarity of this season! A full list of awards which all the seasons together have collected, a more detailed list is available at the beginning of this review.
Do I recommend the DVD?
One word- YES! The DVD boxset is packed with 22 episodes over the series, and are about 20 minutes in length each. On top of this, the DVD features extras, which are
Commentaries by Matt Groening,for all 22 episodes
An introduction by Matt
Deleted and Extended scenes to name a few features - the DVD feature more .
The DVD boxset is full of hours of entertainment, which is going to keep you entertained. I think that the fourth season of the Simpsons is the best season yet, and the episode where Bart gets a bigger brother, has to be my favourite, that or either the episode where Homer is off drink for a month - the way he copes with it , is hilarious!. Another thing which keeps this DVD boxset entertaining, even after the episodes have all been watched, is the fact that there are Easter Eggs, to be found within the DVD
Easter Eggs are hidden features, which need to be found in the DVD- there are no information about these within the DVD boxset, it is up to you to find them, and trying to find them is quite entertaining in its own right
I also recommend the DVD , as it is not too expensive either. Of course, I payed around £35 for mine, but that was when it was first released, and to be completely honest, £35 for a DVD boxset, which features 22 episodes, and a list of bonus features, and hidden features is well worth the money.
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Pricing and availability
The price range for this DVD varies- it basically depends where you get it from. The DVD is widely available over the internet, and is still available in some high street stores. The DVD is rated PG, and contains some adult humour
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