The Simpsons: Season 9

I bought this season 9 box via amazon.com although i am living in Berlin, Germany, because it will be out i Europe later and the original voices. In my opinion season 9 includes many treasures of the 18 (ok, season 18 is still running) Simpsons seasons: Recently the episode "The city of New York vs. Homer Simpson" was voted number 1 episode out seasons 1-16 in Germany. Do You remember "Fly vs. Fly" taken from the fabulous Treehouse of Horror episode of this season - that is one of the best horror stories, or Homer using the teleport device to pee or get beer from the couch? Also great: The Cartridge Family, when Homer waits for his revolver and all the shootable "objects" appear, i like Patty and Selma best. The Simpsons loose their home in Bart Carny and Homer has to get it back with his frisbee skills, the joy of sect shows a taste of simp-entology, "das bus" sends the kids into the wilderness and Moe finally finds his big love (Helen Hunt). Take a good look at the male Simpsons in "Lisa the Simpson", especially their jobs. Don't miss the trillion dollar episode, Krusty's porn collection, and all the places Homer and Mage make love in the final episode of this great season. This box includes the following episodes: 9- 1 4F22 The City Of New York vs. Homer Simpson 9- 2 4F23 The Principal And The Pauper 9- 3 3G02 Lisa's Sax 9- 4 5F02 Treehouse Of Horror VIII 9- 5 5F01 The Cartridge Family 9- 6 5F03 Bart Star 9- 7 5F04 The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons 9- 8 5F05 Lisa The Skeptic 9- 9 5F06 Realty Bites 9-10 5F07 Miracle On Evergreen Terrace 9-11 5F24 All Singing, All Dancing 9-12 5F08 Bart Carny 9-13 5F23 The Joy Of Sect 9-14 5F11 Das Bus 9-15 5F10 The Last Temptation of Krust 9-16 5F12 Dumbbell Indemnity 9-17 4F24 Lisa The Simpson 9-18 5F13 This Little Wiggy 9-19 3G04 Simpson Tide 9-20 5F14 The Trouble With Trillions 9-21 5F15 Girly Edition 9-22 5F09 Trash Of The Titans 9-23 5F16 King Of The Hill 9-24 5F17 Lost Our Lisa 9-25 5F18 Natural Born Kissers

Here is another 25 episode season of The Simpsons that won 3 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program, Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, and the Outstanding Music and Lyrics award. This season also had a few more Emmy nominations as well as nominations from the Saturn Awards and the Golden Reel Awards. Notable episodes from this stellar season contain such favorites as "Simpson Tide" Where Homer joins the Navy after losing his job. Homer takes command of a sub and gets into some hot water. "Das Bus" The school kids are on a field trip and are in a tragic accident that leaves them stranded on an island. "Natural Born Kissers" Homer and Marge spice up the bedroom by taking the bedroom out in public places! Works great until they get caught. "Bart Carney" Homer and Bart become carnies and get scammed by the very same carnies that took them under their wing. "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" The Cristmas episode in where Bart wakes up early to open gifts early. He gets what he wants which was a toy firetruck which he ironically sets the tree on fire along with everyones gifts. Bart then decides to get rid of the evidence and create a false story of a burglarer stealing Christmas. "The Cartridge Family" (One of my personal favorites) Homer buys a gun for protecting his family. Unfortunately, Homer isn't the best person to own a gun and it drives the family away. Great season to own! Although this does have a few of my top favorite Simpson episodes, it does have the one episode of the SImpsons that I don't like. "All Singing, All Dancing" is my least favorite episode. It's basically a clip show, but of all the musical scenes in the Simpsons rolled into one episode. This is the only one I personally skip ahead. Other than that, Season 9 of The Simpsons is a great addition to any collection.

It'd be easy enough to praise the boxed set of The Simpsons - Season Nine if there were just the episodes themselves to consider. But as with previous seasons, there is a lot more to enjoy. Let's start with the box itself: each of the four discs look like a mock LP, with such names as Cowabunga Records and Atomic Records (with three-eyed fish logo). Then there are the six postcards, each with different art, including parodies of the album covers for Abbey Road and Nevermind. The music theme continues in the program booklet which includes ads for a Disco Stu CD and King Toot's Music Store. Then there are the episodes. I won't review them all, but a few of note include the season premiere episode, "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" which pokes fun at the Big Apple; this episode would be temporarily put out of circulation after 9/11 due to its depiction of the World Trade Center. In "Lisa's Sax", we learn how Lisa got her sax and Bart got his attitude. In "The Joy of Sect", the family joins a UFO cult. "Girly Edition" satirizes TV news when Bart's shallow human interest stories trump Lisa's fact-filled news. "Trash of the Titans" (the 200th episode) features Steve Martin and U2 and has Homer becoming Sanitation Commissioner; other guest stars this season include Jay Leno, Brendan Fraser, Martin Sheen, Joe Namath, Jim Varney, Helen Hunt, Bob Denver, Alex Trebek and Phil Hartman. There's a reason that the Simpsons have lasted nearly 20 years, namely because it's so well-written. Even the so-so episodes are better than most comedies at their best. But this season has all good-to-great episodes, each with commentary. There are also plenty of deleted scenes and a few other extras. If you're a Simpsons fan, this set is a delight that you must own.

Personally, I belive season 8 is the breaking point. Season 7 still has the funny-yet-belivable mix that made the Simpsons so great. Season 8 has some moments, but this one, in my opinion, just doesn't. It is still really really funny, but without the ocasional warm "real" moment, it's just not the same; there's a lack of "depth" to the epiodes. The price for the set is great, the extras are good, and if you like the Simpsons, you are going to want to see them like this, without interruptions for comercials etc. (Also, if you live outside of the US, you can't always get them with the original voices, and subtitled, making the DVDs the ONLY way to enjoy the jokes lost in translation...One small detail, though, the spanish subtitles have been getting worse since DVD season 7. Not one song is subtitled!! and they do sing a lot, sometimes the subtitle is out of synch with the voice!!, and every little sign in the background is subtitled - even if it is completly unimportant, not part of the story or a joke, just background!!)

A good season with lots of laughs. Had to get a replacement issued as disc one of the first set was a complete wreck. The Season 7 and Season 10 sets that I ordered from HPB were in perfect shape. I've attached an image of disc one to show what a mess it was.

Great item for anyone who's a fan of The Simpsons

I don't really have much to say because this season speaks volumes on it's own. If you have made it this far with your collection of Simpsons dvds you already know what you are getting...great, quality entertainment without the commercials and other fillers you would have to deal with trying to watch it on regular TV. For me, this will be my last dvd for The Simpsons (I have seasons 1-9) because I feel like the quality starts to slowly go downhill from season 10 on out. Even though this will be my last, it's a great dvd to end with. Most of what I could say has already been reviewed by others but if you like U2, meeting Homer's side of the family (learning about "The Simpson gene" that affects the male Simpsons), the kids being washed ashore on a deserted island (aka. The Lord of the Flies spin-off), and other well thought out masterpieces then this is the dvd for you!

Season 9 is, as far as I'm concerned, the second to last truly great season. After season 10 it started to go downhill, and while I probably will buy seasons 11 and 12 I probably won't go farther than that. Season 9, however, features one of my all-time favorite episodes, The City of New York VS. Homer Simpson, an episode which was temporarily pulled from sindication following 9/11 and heavily edited even when it returned to TV. Other favorites include Simpson Tide, although that could actually be a seaon 8 episode, and King of the Hill, where Homer is asked by the makers of the Power Sauce bar to climb Springfield's highest mountain, the Murderhorn. We also have such greats as Girly Edition, where Lisa attempts to start a children's news program only to get sidelined by Bart, who starts a popular segment called Bart's People, all while Homer buys and horribly overfeeds a helper monkey named Mojo. All in all, Season 9 features just as many laughs as the previous ones.

Here in one box set are all twenty five episodes of the ninth year of the Simpsons. Spread across four dvd's. Episodes are as follows: The city of New York Vs Homer Simpson. The Principal and the Pauper. Lisa's Sax. Treehouse of Horror VIII. The Cartridge Family. Bart Star. The two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons. Lisa the Skeptic. Realty Bites. Miracle on Evergreen Terrace. All singing, all dancing. Bart Carny. The joy of sect. Das bus. The last temptation of Krust. Dumbbell indemnity. Lisa the Simpson. This Little Wiggy. Simpson Tide. The trouble with trillions. Girly Edition. Trash of the Titans. King of the Hill. Lost our Lisa. Natural born Kissers. 'The city of new york vs homer simpson' and 'the cartridge family' weren't shown by sky for a long time, for various reasons of sensitivity. So your best bet to see them is here. Some of the celebrity guest stars in this season, such as Bob Denver in 'Simpson Tide' may not be familiar to British audiences as they are famous for shows that haven't been quite so well known over here. Opinions on this season as a whole will vary but in general it is a very strong one. Although 'the Principal and the Pauper' which sees Principal Skinner replaced when the truth about his past comes out wasn't a very popular episode at the time. And it isn't really as funny as the rest. But the writers do make some good points about it on the commentary which will make you appraise it in a whole new light. Although Matt Groening, the Simpsons creator, does list it as one of his least favourite episodes on the season introduction. He might be joking. Or then again... Every episode has a commentary from production staff. Or the cast. Or a mixture of both. Every episode, if there are scenes deleted from it, allows you to watch it with them put back in. Each disc allows you to watch all episodes on it in a row, or individually. Every episode has the following language and subtitle options: Languages: English. Subtitles: English. Disc one begins with a short preview of the Simpsons movie [the dvd having come out before that hit the cinemas] but it can be skipped via the next button on the dvd remote. The disc also has the aforementioned season introduction. Plus the usual 'animation showcase' which lets you see one episode in particular at various stages of the production process. Disc two has 'a bit from the animators' which is a eight minute long commentary from some of them, plus Matt Groening and Yeardley Smith [who voices Lisa] on the episode 'all singing, all dancing.' This is a fun listen although it's all about how to draw the characters than the episode itself. Mostly. Disc three contains another 'animation showcase' plus a very short feature showing some original character sketches. It runs for no more than a few seconds if you watch it with automatic movement between the pictures on. Disc four has a special language feature, which allows you watch 'trash of the titans' [the 200th episode of the show] in either Polish, Portugese, German, and one other language that I can't identify because it doesn't say what it is on the menu. You'll know what it is if you speak said language, though. There's another 'bit from the animators' on the episode 'lost our lisa' which runs for just under twelve minutes. And is also pretty good. All the deleted scenes from the entire season - that as mentioned are available on each individual episode - can be watched on this disc in one long batch. Of fifteen minutes in total. As usual some are unfinished so are in black and white, and one is an animated storyboard. You can also choose to watch these with a commentary which explains why they were cut. Usually for timing reasons. There's a short section of tv commercials the Simpsons producers made for a candy bar called Butterscotch. These run for five minutes in total and can be watched in a row or individually. Epileptics and those who don't like strobe lighting be warned that one of them has flashing images in it. There's 'a bit with u2' which mixes footage of the pop group recording their voices for Trash of the Titans along with clips from the episode, plus voiceover from Yeardley Smith and Dan Castallaneta [the voice of Homer] telling their memories of the recording session. In addition the discs contain some very funny menus with lots going on in the sections above the option screens. And the booklet that comes with the dvd contains lots of little extras which also catch the eye and amuse. It's another great package for a very strong season of a great tv show.

Perfect! It is exactly what I was looking for. Brand new, never been opened, wrapped completely and has the original artwork. Simpsons is increasingly hard to find as far as new copies go. I got my last season 9 on sale for $10 at a store but, out of stupidity I didnt realize they were no longer being made or sold again in the future. I gave it away.... I wont do that again. These are collectables basically now. Thank you!

日本人レビューが無かったので心配で買ったのですが、案の定商品のパッケージは悪く 出品者との連絡も全く取れず、詐欺なのかなと心配になりました。 海外製のDVDになっているためプレイヤーにいれても観れないのでご注意ください⚠️

This is just arriving today for me-but I can safely review it, as seasons 1-10 are all shows I've watched far more than any other tv shows all put together. Simpsons...Oh, you used to be sooooo good! (sorry to those who've enjoyed it past 2001-2002). I just haven't thought it has been even close to as good since it's 'heyday' but this is just my opinion. This season is full of some classics in my mind. The Cartridge Family (one of my all time faves "If I had my gun right now, i'd shoot you!" "Yeah well, ya don't. See you in a few days"). New York vs Homer (No bowl, stick! Stick!). Lost our Lisa ("I'm not usually a praying man, but if you're up there, please! Save me...Superman!") The Last Temptation of Krust ("Hey Krusty, don't you hate pants?") This Little Wiggy, The Joy of Sect... I could go on and on. This reminds me of a time when me and all my friends would get into spirited Simpson Quote Offs. Something I think the show has been very lacking in providing for many years. Thankfully, I can just watch these over and over Says something about a show when it can be enjoyed on multiple viewings-another thing that I just don't see anymore. 9 stars out of 5!

Great season with a really great and Intresting 200th episode