Product Description

Season 7 of this beloved animated series includes the famous "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" episode and Tree House of Horror VI. Chock full of extras, this season is a tremendous asset to any DVD collection

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #267 in DVD
• Brand: TCFHE
• Released on: 2005-12-13
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: English, French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 571 minutes

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One of the hallmark seasons of The Simpsons, season 7 features some of the strongest episodes produced during the show’s run. Considering that this is The Simpsons we’re talking about here, that’s saying a lot, but this collection deserves the accolades.

Broadcast in 1995, season seven features several signature episodes, including Part II of "Who Shot Mr. Burns," "Bart Sells His Soul," and "Two Bad Neighbors" where former President George Herbert Walker Bush moves into the neighborhood (an episode gamely playing on the former President’s open dislike for the show). One of The Simpsons’s most definitive episodes, "Treehouse of Horror VI" famously broke the third wall by using the then-groundbreaking CGI technology to render Homer first in a 3-D world, then in real life, (despite the evolution in his form, he naturally ends up in an erotic cake shop). As the producers openly note on the commentary, it was a big deal at the time, and super expensive, which is why they could only do a few minutes of footage in CGI (some fans will particularly enjoy the revealing commentary on this one, as the producers explain the many visual puns and math jokes appearing in the background of the 3-D world). It’s a great example of how The Simpsons continued to play with its visual style and take creative risks years into its run. In fact, one of the best episodes on this collection, "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" proves just how far the look and style of the show really came during that time. Hosted by actor Troy McClure (voiced by the late comic great Phil Hartman), it presents never-before-seen outtakes and original footage from the show’s debut days on The Tracey Ullman Show, while taking a few self-referential digs at show creators Matt Groening, James Brooks, and Sam Simon. Other gems include "Homerpalooza" where Homer thanks guests The Smashing Pumpkins for their gloomy music because it has made his kids "stop wishing for a future I can’t possibly provide," and "Bart the Fink" where Bart inadvertently gets Krusty the Klown busted for tax "avoision."

Along with the 25 episodes there are extensive commentaries, featurettes, and deleted scenes all of which add immense value to the set and will give die-hard fans another excuse to spend more hours in front of the TV. It’s another benchmark collection from a show that, up to this point, doesn’t seem to know its own limits. --Dan Vancini

DVD Features
Audio:
English: Dolby Surround 5.1 / Spanish & French: Dolby Surround 2.0
Language: Dubbed: English, Spanish, & French / Subtitled: English & Spanish
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Disc 1:

**COMMENTARIES
*** Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two): Matt Groening, David Mirkin, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Wesley Archer, & David Silverman
***Radioactive Man: Matt Groening, David Mirkin, Susie Dietter, & David Silverman
***Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Jon Vitti, & Susie Dietter
***Bart Sells His Soul: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Greg Daniels, Wesley Archer, & David Silverman
***Lisa the Vegetarian: Matt Groening, David Mirkin, David S. Cohen, & Mark Kirkland
*** Treehouse of Horror VI: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, David S. Cohen, Bob Anderson, & David Silverman
**Deleted Scenes:
*Featurettes:
**3D Homer Narrated by Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, David Mirkin, David S. Cohen, David Silverman, & Tim Johnson
**Matt's Intro
*Soups On with Paul & Linda
*Art & Animation:
*Animation Showcase:
** Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily - Animatic/StoryBoard Compare
1)-Storyboard/Animatic/Episode
2)- Animatic/Episode/Storyboard

Disc 2:
**COMMENTARIES
***King-Size Homer: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Dan Greaney, Jim Reardon, & David Silverman
***Mother Simpson: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Richard Appel, & David Silverman
***Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, & Dominic Polcino
***The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Jon Vitti, & George Meyer
***Marge Be Not Proud: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Mike Scully, Steve Dean Moore, & David Silverman
***Team Homer (Commentary extends :45 after episode (David Mirkin's Farewell): Matt Groening, David Mirkin, Mike Scully, & Mark Kirkland
***Two Bad Neighbors: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Ken Keeler, & Wesley Archer
**Deleted Scenes:

Disc 3:
**COMMENTARIES
***Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, & Susie Dietter
***Bart the Fink: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, David S. Cohen, Jim Reardon, & David Silverman
*** Lisa the Iconoclast: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Jonathan Collier, Yeardley Smith, Mike Anderson, & David Silverman
*** Homer the Smithers: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, & Steven Dean Moore
*** The Day the Violence Died: Bill Oakley, & Josh Weinstein
***Fish Called Selma: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Jeff Goldblum, & David Silverman
*** Bart on the Road: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Richard Appel, & David Silverman
**Deleted Scenes:

Disc 4:
**COMMENTARIES
***22 Short Films About Springfield: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Richard Appel, David S. Cohen, Rachel Pulido ,Yeardley Weinstein, Jonathan Collier, 3F20 Much Apu About Nothing: Matt Groening, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, David S. Cohen, & Susie Dietter
*** Homerpalooza: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Brent Forrester, Wesley Archer, & Ken Keeler
*** Summer of 4 Ft. 2: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, David Silverman, Dan Greaney, & Yeardley Smith
**Deleted Scenes:

**More Extras:
***Deleted Scenes Intro by Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, & David Mirkin
***Deleted Scenes Gallery with optional commentary.
***Sketch Gallery (10 Images)
***Super Illustrated Color Commentary: Summer of 4 Ft. 2
***Special Language Feature 4 extra Languages. @ 2.0 Audio: on episode 22 Short Films About Springfield: Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, & German

Episode Description:
Disc 1:
* Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)
* Radioactive Man
* Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
* Bart Sells His Soul
* Lisa the Vegetarian
* Treehouse of Horror VI

Disc 2:
*King-Size Homer
*Mother Simpson
*Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
*The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
*Marge Be Not Proud
*Team Homer
*Two Bad Neighbors

Disc 3:
***Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
*Bart the Fink
* Lisa the Iconoclast
*Homer the Smithers
*The Day the Violence Died
*A Fish Called Selma
*Bart on the Road

Disc 4:
* Short Films About Springfield
*Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"
*Much Apu About Nothing
*Homerpalooza
* Summer of 4 Ft. 2

Customer Reviews

These are some terrific Simpsons classics.
Full episode lists are available in several reviews here already, so I'll just say that The Simpsons was at its peak of creativity around this time (Season's 6 and 8 are also terrific) and there are some very fine, hilarious, and joke-dense episodes on this set. Treehouse Of Horror VI, King Size Homer, The Simpson's 138th Show Spectacular, Team Homer, Bart Sells His Soul, and 22 Short Films About Springfield are just some of the 25 terrific episodes on this set. Extra features, including the commentary, have been funny and informative on recent sets and add new dimensions of appreciation to the humor in these shows. All Simpsons fans will want to own this set. By the way, Fox Video, some of us would like a FULL SET of the shorts from the Tracy Ullman show on one of these sets.

"The Goggles they do nothing" -Radio Active Man
I think each season of the Simpsons got better and then peeked with season 7. When you think of classic episodes most of them are here in this season. Some episodes include Who Shot Mr. Burns (part 2), the Radio Active Man movie,the episode where President Bush moves in across the street (Two Bad Neighbors), Bart Sells his Soul, and my personal favorite: King-Size Homer. Homer wearing a moo-moo for the entire episode was hilarious.

If you buy only one season of the Simpsons, this is the one to get.

Definitely worth it.
If you've looked through the reviews for Season Six, you'd find a lot of complaints about the box design. On the plus side, it was innovative, on the minus side...it wasn't very practical. They've gone ahead and remedied this by releasing the set in both styles.

Wanting to be able to stack my boxes, or at the very least, line them up on a shelf, I opted for the plain box. If you got the alternate box for Season Six, Season Seven's box follows suit in design, with a hole cut out for an eye to peek through (in this case, Marge).

A lot has improved. The case's style is better, and is less prone to loose DVDs like Seasons 1-5. The booklet now sports scenes from the actual episodes, as opposed to just a character shot or two. Very easy to just glance through the booklet, and know what episodes are there.

As far as the DVDs interface is concerned, it's nice. When you select an episode, and the menu comes up, a scene plays in the background. Nice touch. Special features aren't as plentiful as previous seasons, though that's not really terrible, just not as much as before. I really enjoyed the animatics from previous seasons, and I was a bit disappointed to not find one here. Commentary is great.

Episode-wise, this has some gems. King Sized Homer, where homer purposely gains 61 pounds to get on disability for obesity, the conclusion to Who Shot Mr. Burns, which has some great commentary on what happened with the contest. My favorite episode, 22 Short Films About Springfield, is also here, and the 138th episode spectacular, which is a great clip show (not many series can even boast a good clip show) It's got quite a few classics.

You really will enjoy this if you're a Simpsons fan. If you haven't been watching the series since season 1, and this may be your first time viewing season 7 material unedited, do pick this up. It's a great showing of the Simpsons at its prime