Simpsons, The: Season One (UK)
Collectors Edition three-disc boxset
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 334 mins
Retail Price: £39.99
Release Date:
Content Type: TV Series
Synopsis:
Grab the remote and D`oh let go! The world`s funniest and most dysfunctional family are on a collision course with technology in the long-awaited, highly anticipated release of The Simpsons Season One Collector`s Edition DVD Box Set!
In a special digi-packaged three disc collection, the DVD box-set features all 13 episodes from the very first season plus exclusive bonus features that will make you want to eat your shorts!
Fox`s multi-award winning hit series debuted in the USA on December 17th, 1989 and follow the classic Simpson`s banter, and experience the wild adventures of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, plus the eclectic citizens of Springfield.
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Matt Groening Individual Episode Commentaries
Original script notes by Matt Groening
Out-takes from un-aired version of an episode
Animatic of an episode with commentary by Matt Groening and David Silverman
The making of the Simpsons `America`s First Family`
Easter Egg ABC news special on a reported controversy
The first ever Simpson`s short to air on The Tracy Ullman Show
Five Foreign Language Clips
Early Sketches Still Gallery
Magazine covers
Video Tracks:
Standard 1.33:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Spanish
CC: English
Directed By:
Gregg Vanzo
Alan Smart
David Silverman
Chuck Sheetz
Swinton O. Scott III
Jim Reardon
Michael Polcino
Dominic Polcino
Matthew Nastuk
Steven Dean Moore
Rich Moore
Pete Michels
Michael Marcantel
Lauren MacMullan
Jeff Lynch
Nancy Kruse
Lance Kramer
Mark Kirkland
Klay Hall
Milton Gray
Mark Ervin
Susie Dietter
Shaun Cashman
Kent Butterworth
Brad Bird
Carlos Baeza
Wesley Archer
Mikel B. Anderson
Bob Anderson
Neil Affleck
Written By:
Steve Young
Wallace Wolodarsky
Penny Wise
Jon Vitti
Jeffrey Ventimilia
Steve Tompkins
Julie Thacker
John Swartzwelder
Jeffrey Sternin
David M. Stern
Alan Smithee
Matt Selman
Mike Scully
Brian Scully
Nell Scovell
Neil Scovell
David Sacks
Brian K. Roberts
Jace Richdale
David Richardson
Mike Reiss
Rachel Pulido
Mimi Pond
Edgar Allan Poe
Steve Pepoon
Don Payne
Jack Parmeter
Carolyn Omine
Bill Oakley
Frank Mula
David Mirkin
George Meyer
Dan McGrath
Ian Maxtone-Graham
Tom Martin
Jeff Martin
Tim Long
Ken Levine
Adam I. Lapidus
Deb Lacusta
Bob Kushell
Jay Kogen
Ken Keeler
Weinstein Josh
Al Jean
David Isaacs
Ron Hauge
Reid Harrison
Dan Greaney
Ned Goldreyer
Howard Gewirtz
John Frink
Brent Forrester
Michael Feresten
Larry Doyle
Greg Daniels
Jennifer Crittenden
Jonathan Collier
Robert Cohen
David X. Cohen
Dan Castellaneta
Donick Cary
Michael Carrington
Bill Canterbury
Jack Barth
Bob Bain
Gary Apple
Richard Appel
Sam Simon
Matt Groening
James L. Brooks
Matt Groening
Starring:
Russi Taylor
Marcia Wallace
Pamela Hayden
Tress MacNeille
Harry Shearer
Hank Azaria
Yeardley Smith
Nancy Cartwright
Julie Kavner
Dan Castellaneta
Casting By:
Bonita Pietila
Soundtrack By:
John Swartzwelder
Arthur B. Rubinstein
Richard Gibbs
Danny Elfman
Alf Clausen
Editor:
Brian K. Roberts
Mark McJimsey
Ric Eisman
Don Barrozo
Producer:
Wallace Wolodarsky
Michael Wolf
Jon Vitti
Ken Tsumura
John Swartzwelder
Denise Sirkot
David Silverman
Matt Selman
Mike Scully
Brian Scully
Bill Schultz
Richard Sakai
David Sachs
Phil Roman
David Richardson
Richard Raynis
Max Pross
Margot Pipkin
Bonita Pietila
Don Payne
Carolyn Omine
Frank Mula
J. Michael Mendel
Tom Martin
Jeff Martin
Tim Long
Colin A.B.V. Lewis
Jay Kogen
Harold Kimmel
Ken Keeler
Matt Groening
Paul Germain
Tom Gammill
John Frink
Brent Forrester
Larry Doyle
Greg Daniels
Jonathan Collier
David X. Cohen
Joseph A. Boucher
Lolee Aries
Sherry Argaman
Larina Adamson
Executive Producer:
Steve Tompkins
Sam Simon
Jace Richdale
Mike Reiss
Bill Oakley
David Mirkin
George Meyer
Ian Maxtone-Graham
Weinstein Josh
Al Jean
John W. Hyde
Dan Greaney
Gabor Csupo
James L. Brooks
Richard Appel
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox
Your Opinions and Comments
So what it like? Well very good actually. Season one was not the best, the characters were very rough and still been developed by the people who voiced them. Homer is very true of this. However the jokes and wit are still there and as funny now as they were then. The reason the Simpsons is so good and has lasted as long as it has is because nearly everyone can conect with it in some way. The Story lines in the early episodes and seasons were a lot more real than some of the later ones and they are all the better for it my mind. This is not to say that the newer ones are poor they are not. I just like the early episodes better thats all.
The special features are also good and show what can be done with a little effort.Matt Groening Individual Episode Commentaries is the main highlight of the package and is very good and covers a lot of information about where ideas came from and that sort of thing. There are also animatics which show rough pencial drawings off what happens are great to look at. Their is also a small piece on the Simpsons taken from the BBC but is the one watch sort of thing. Their also scripts for a few episodes and drawings by Matt. Overall very good but I felt like I wanted more. However the commentry tracks are the best. It will be interesting to see if they can do it for all the episodes on every season. The Audio is also presented in 5.1 and is very nice. The surround speakers are not used that much but the sound is clear and that is the main thing, the title music also seems much better and has better bass. The picture is also very clean considering its source and age. It looks a bit rough is places but that is due to it been the very first season and not the disc.
Overall the Simpsons Season one boxset is great. All 13 episodes are here along with a great commentry track for each one by Matt Groening. The animation may be fairly pants when you compair them to the newer episodes but this season is still one of the best. The jokes and wit that make the show so great are on display here from the off. I just hope Fox decided to keep releasing the Simpsons in the Season Boxset form because if this is anything to go by we are in for some fun. Another reason to own this is because it is a little piece of TV history. It will be great to look back when Fox has got a few seasons out and see how much things have come on since season one. Top stuff.