Product Description

The adventures of the Simpson family in a collection of holiday themed episodes.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 2-NOV-2004
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15679 in DVD
• Brand: SIMPSONS
• Released on: 2004-11-02
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: Albanian, Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 128 minutes

From the back cover
Homer vs. Dignity: To make money, Homer lets Mr. Burns hire him to perform increasingly degrading acts. Finally, Homer is forced to choose between wealth andself-respect when Burns orders him to spoil a holiday parade.

Dude, Where's My Ranch?: Homer's attempt to write a Christmas carol turns into an anti-Flanders ballad that goes to the top of the charts. To escape it, the family heads to a dude ranch, where Homer battles beavers and Lisa falls in love.

Skinner's Sense of Snow: A freak blizzard traps the students of Springfield Elementary inside their school. Their lives at stake, they are at the mercy of the rescue efforts of a woozy Homer and Ned.

'Tis the 15th Season: Homer spends his entire Christmas bonus on an extravagant gift for himself. But when he watches "Mr. McGrew's Christmas Carol" on TV, he sees the error of his ways. He becomes the nicest guy in town, leading to a battle of good vs. goody-good with Ned Flanders.

Customer Reviews

freedom of choice
For my part, I'm a little puzzled at the people who rail against Fox for releasing this kind of themed compilation. Speaking as both a die-hard Simpsons fan and the father of two small kids, I'm pleased as punch that these compilations are out there, because I flat out don't have the money to buy all the complete season box-sets. Rather than accusing Fox of being greedy (let's grow up people, they're a for-profit business whose purpose it to make money), I think they actually deserve some credit for realising that there are customers looking for smaller portions to feed our habit and hopefully get some of our favorite episodes. And, hey, if I don't like the episodes they put on a particular set, the wonderful thing is that I have the choice to say, no I'm not going to buy this. Maybe it is the greatest TV show ever, but it is still just a TV show, and a little perspective never hurt anyone (except maybe that Tron-like computer-ish perspective Homer got in that one Treehouse of Horror segment, that is).

"It's like a class three kill storm!"
The Simpsons--Christmas 2 has four Christmastime episodes despite the fact that not all of these four episodes focuses on Christmas. However, the episodes are well thought out and funny with the exception of "Dude, Where's My Ranch" which has cute moments in the latter (and longer) part of the episode only after the real laughs are over. The quality of the print is very good and the sound is fine, too. The plots move along very well and they will entertain fans of The Simpsons as well as newcomers. You don't need to know too much background information about the characters to enjoy these four episodes; and that's a definite plus. The characters are nicely developed in an incredibly short period of time for the maximum amount of humor and action.

Here is an outline of the four episodes; and no, I won't spoil it for you!

"Homer vs. Dignity:" The Simpsons become financially destitute--to the point where a financial counselor tells them they may have to declare bankruptcy--several times. Desperate to raise much needed cash (he even sold the back seat of the car for money), Homer takes advantage of Smithers' vacation time to do increasingly humiliating acts for the money he and his family have to have. How far will Homer go to satisfy Mr. Burns? Will Homer ever draw the line or does something else happen that makes Homer's stunts for Mr. Burns go bad? And, how does this story line tie into Christmas? Watch and find out!

"Skinner's Sense of Snow:" Watch for a hilarious spoof of Cirque de Soleil when it comes to Springfield! It's not soon after that an incredible blizzard snows the kids into Springfield Elementary. How do Skinner and the kids get along--or will there be a tug-of-war between them? Homer and Ned Flanders set out to rescue the kids, but their car is stuck in the snow and ice so it looks hopeless. What happens to Nibbles the hamster? This episode has practically nothing to do with Christmas except for the very end where Lisa wishes the audience a Merry Christmas--what gives? It's good; but not tied into the holiday theme here.

"Dude, Where's My Ranch:" When The Simpsons go Christmas caroling, things don't exactly go as planned. However, Homer writes a new Christmas carol--and it gets noticed! However, what happens when the song gets produced? The answer may surprise you. When the family later on goes to a dude ranch, Lisa falls in love with young Luke Stetson. Will he return her love? What happens when Lisa overhears the boy talking on the phone with Clara--could there be a rival for the boy's affections? The laughs come mostly before Homer and his family gets to the ranch and it's not a bad episode; but it's also not much of a Christmas episode. Sigh. Watch and find out!

"`Tis the Fifteenth Season:" We see The Simpsons hanging out their holiday lights; and then the holiday season gets underway for real when Mr. Burns' nuclear power plant has "secret Santa." Homer gets a bad reputation fast for being selfish and spending his $500 bonus on a fancy present for himself--but what happens when he watches "Mr. McGrew's Christmas Carol?" Homer gets remarkably generous and kind--will he be able to keep it up? Will Flanders be pushed out of the spotlight and what might happen if Flanders IS outdone by Homer? There's plenty more action to this one; so watch and find out!

There's also a bonus feature complete with storyboards from "`Tis The Fifteenth Season." It's good for people who want to have a taste test of how these animated episodes are produced.

Overall, The Simpsons--Christmas 2 is very good; but I can't give it five stars because these four episodes don't always tie very well into the Christmas holiday. While I still recommend this for newcomers to The Simpsons and Simpsons fans who don't already have these episodes, please remember that not all of this material is as holiday oriented as the title would have you believe.

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I love this dvd. The reason why I gave it a 4 is because in tis the 15th season, right at the end of act 2 my dvd skips to the end credits. Has any one else seen this problem?