Year: 1989
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
America's first family of dysfunction, the Simpsons, appear in all their depraved glory in this wonderful DVD compilation of their show's premiere season. Fans accustomed to the slick appearance of the later episodes will be delighted by the rougher nature of these earlier episodes, when the characters weren't as well defined (Homer isn't quite as dumb as he is in later seasons) and the animation was still evolving. This only adds to the charm of these 13 episodes, which begin with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire," the December 1989 Christmas special in which a down-and-out Simpson family adopt Santa's Little Helper. Throughout the season,...
Year: 2004
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The FOX networks most successful series to date was a spin-off from The Tracey Ullman Show . Originally appearing on that series as a 1 minute filler, the executive producers of that series, James L. Brooks & Sam Simon decided that these characters could support a half hour series. So they did it and started the longest running animated series in primetime network television.
Year: 1990
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
Some of the best ever episodes of "The Simpsons" are included here as the reason this entire franchise has been so successful is for me because of the intelligent script and the genius of James L Brooks. The drawings of the characters are naturally still raw as they are not the finished product that we have become used to over the years but this is acceptable given the quality of the gags and the great story-telling. These episodes though have been transferred from a poor videotape master as we frequently get the shimmering, crooked lines that you get on a bad video when the tape sticks to the playing magnetic head of the player and this is v...
Year: 2006
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The FOX networks most successful series to date was a spin-off from The Tracey Ullman Show . Originally appearing on that series as a 1 minute filler, the executive producers of that series, James L. Brooks & Sam Simon decided that these characters could support a half hour series. So they did it and started the longest running animated series in primetime network television.
Year: 1991
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
roadcast in 1991, the third season of The Simpsons contains a host of candidates for "Best Simpsons Episode Ever." Homer is in such good form throughout that a reasonable case can be made that he has superseded the importance of his Greek namesake in the annals of culture and civilization. The opener, "Stark Raving Dad," for instance, features a guest appearance by an uncredited 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 it...
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The FOX networks most successful series to date was a spin-off from The Tracey Ullman Show . Originally appearing on that series as a 1 minute filler, the executive producers of that series, James L. Brooks & Sam Simon decided that these characters could support a half hour series. So they did it and started the longest running animated series in primetime network television.
Year: 1992
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
By its fourth season, The Simpsons had come far enough where Lisa could make a self-referential joke about Dustin Hoffman and Michael Jackson's pseudonymous guest voice appearances in seasons 2 and 3, respectively. In this season, no less than Elizabeth Taylor (in two episodes), Bette Midler, and even the reclusive Johnny Carson blessed The Simpsons with their iconic presences. Awhile back, Entertainment Weekly ranked The Simpsons' Top 25 best episodes ever. Five gems from season 4 cracked the top 12, including the (debatable) choice for No. 1, "Last Exit to Springfield." Other episodes that loom large in the Simpsons legend are "Mr. Plow" (y...
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
The FOX networks most successful series to date was a spin-off from The Tracey Ullman Show . Originally appearing on that series as a 1 minute filler, the executive producers of that series, James L. Brooks & Sam Simon decided that these characters could support a half hour series. So they did it and started the longest running animated series in primetime network television.
Year: 1994
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
The classic to clunker ratio is still extraordinarily high, though The Simpsons' sixth season could give some devoted viewers pause. The show that takes cheeky delight in mooning television convention gives us "Another Simpsons Clip Show" and its first season-ending cliffhanger, "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" And, as does Bart in "A Star Is Burns," we should all feel a little dirty at the "cheap cartoon crossover" appearance of Jay Sherman (Jon Lovitz), designed to give a boost to the ill-fated animated series The Critic. But this is just beard-stroking tongue-clucking regarding a season that delivered episodes that rank in the hallowed The Simpsons p...
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX, iPod
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a working-class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional city of Springfield, and lampoons American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition.
Year: 1995
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
The FOX networks most successful series to date was a spin-off from The Tracey Ullman Show . Originally appearing on that series as a 1 minute filler, the executive producers of that series, James L. Brooks & Sam Simon decided that these characters could support a half hour series. So they did it and started the longest running animated series in primetime network television.
Genres: Action, Thriller, Adventure
Year: 2011
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Anil Kapoor, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Ivan Shvedoff
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def
In the 4th installment of the Mission Impossible series, Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt by the team to stop him at the Kremlin ends in a disaster, with an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF being implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to invoke Ghost Protocol, under which the IMF is disavowed, and will be offered no help or backup in any form. Undaunted, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks to Dubai, and from there to Mumbai, b...
Year: 1996
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
Most TV shows never make it eight seasons, but then The Simpsons is not most TV shows. At a point where other shows would generally become stale and repetitive, Matt Groening & Co. pull out the stops to come up with one of the most creative and hilarious seasons in the whole series. Cases in point for season eight (1996-1997) include "Treehouse of Horror VII," in which aliens Kang and Kodos make a bizarre run for President having taken on the appearances of Bill Clinton and Bob Dole; "Bart After Dark," in which Bart gets a job at The Maison Derriere (featuring one of their most popular songs, "The Spring in Springfield"); and one of the great...
Year: 1997
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
Season 9 is an important one in The Simpsons' run because, to many fans, it represents the top of the rainbow. At this point, the show is still at the top of its game, flinging clever jokes and social satire with such ease, especially compared to later seasons, that it's hard not to see this as the peak of its run, leaving open the question of whether or not subsequent seasons measure up. Be that as it may, there's hardly any question that the writing this season is among the series' best. This is the season that brought us "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson," where Homer illegally parks his car in front of the World Trade Center, and he...
Year: 1998
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
As an avid viewer of Simpsons over the years, I find myself trying to pinpoint when my interest in the show began waning. There are many people who point to a certain season as the one that was the last good season. I have purchased every season so far as they have been released and I must say this season ten is the first that I havent watched completely through in under a week. I cant exactly put my finger on why; just that the quality of the episodes just hasnt left me with the urge to keep watching this season. Ill either pick up a magazine in the middle of an episode or just stop watching all together. Dont get me wrong, there are still s...
Year: 1999
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
Welcome to the eleventh season of The Simpsons, one of the best and longest lasting shows on television! With this season you get some of the greatest episodes, including one of my personal favorites, Behind the Laughter. Of course you also get some wonderful commentaries, which are always entertaining, and the usual raft of extras.
Year: 2000
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
A new area code splits Springfield in two and Homer becomes mayor. The members of New Springfield arent happy with what hes doing, and move to Olde Springfield, leaving only the Simpsons in the New Springfield. To combine the Springfields into one, Homer gets The Who to play in his half of the city.
Year: 2001
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
But it is the writers and the core ensemble cast who exhibit, to quote "Deep Space Homer," "the right... What's that stuff?" Series milestones include the first appearance of yokel Cletus in "Bart Gets an Elephant," and Maggie's infant nemesis, The Baby with One Eyebrow in "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Badasssss Song," which also happens to be The Simpsons' 100th episode. Add in a very good "Treehouse of Horror" episode, (which outs Ned Flanders as the Devil and Marge as the head vampire), and one Emmy-nominated musical extravaganza ("Who Needs the Quick-E-Mart" from "Homer and Apu"), and you have a Simpsons season that's not just great, it's DVD-...
Year: 2001
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird, David Silverman, Alan Smart, Carlos Baeza, Jeffrey Lynch
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright
Available Quality: DivX
The FOX networks most successful series to date was a spin-off from The Tracey Ullman Show . Originally appearing on that series as a 1 minute filler, the executive producers of that series, James L. Brooks & Sam Simon decided that these characters could support a half hour series. So they did it and started the longest running animated series in primetime network television.
Genres: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Year: 1999
Country: USA
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Christopher McDonald, M. Emmet Walsh, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel
Available Quality: DivX, DVD, iPod
What if a gun had a soul? A gigantic mobile weapon from another planet is sent to destroy Earth, but is damaged on arrival and loses its memory. It is soon befriended by a young boy, Hogarth, who is an outcast at school and relishes the chance to have a real friend. However, soon the paranoid government agent Kent Mansley arrives in town, determined to destroy the giant at all costs.