Product Description

The entire ninth season of the animated television show, The Simpsons.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 19-DEC-2006
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34587 in DVD
• Brand: CASTELLANETA,DAN
• Released on: 2006-12-19
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: AC-3, Animated, 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: 4
• Running time: 570 minutes

Customer Reviews

"Hey, they have the interenet on computers now..."
This Simpsons are my favorite show of all time, and this season is no exception. My parents gave me this season for Christmas, and it's downright great. Like the previous 8 seasons, it's filled with celebrity guests (one of them happens to be U2), funny one-liners, and plenty of "D'ohs" from Homer. In this episode, we get to see Homer's beef with New York, Lisa finding an angel in a construction site (which turns out to be a publicity stunt), Homer entering the navy, and even Apu getting married (who eventually cheats on later in the series)! This season also introduces Dufman and Gil, 2 of the best "side" characters in the series. In the Halloween episode, we what Homer does when he finds out he's the last person on Earth (which is dancing around nude), what would happen if Bart's body got switched to a Fly's, with his body having a fly's head after a failed experiment in teleportation devices Homer bought at Professor Frink's yard sale ("I'll teach you to mess with my machine!"), and we're finally taught that Marge IS a witch ("Well I'll be a son of a witch!")! My favorite episode on the season, though, would have to Simpson Tide, where Homer becomes in charge of a nuclear sub ("it's pronounced nukular!"), and uses Bart's ear piercing to plug the leak in the sub (Bart: "Didn't you ever do anything outragous when you were a kid?" Homer: "Well, when I was 10 I pierced my ear, but this is completely different!").

Overall, get this if you're a Simpsons fan. It doesn't top my all-time favorite Simpsons season (Season 3, but of course, nothing will), but it's still awesome.

P.S. Can't wait for Season 10.

One of the last great seasons of the long running show
As the Simpsons reached it's landmark ninth season, by the time the last few episodes came around, it was clear that perhaps there was a decline happening in the series' quality. The season starts out great however with the classic "City of New York VS Homer Simpson", as Homer and the family go to New York to recover Homer's illegally parked car. That episode is followed by the somewhat controversial "Principal and the Pauper" in which it is revealed that Principal Skinner isn't Principal Skinner, but an imposter, when the real Skinner (voiced by Martin Sheen) returns to Springfield. The "Treehouse of Horror" episode this season is a bit disappointing (it just doesn't have those laugh out loud moments that previous ones had), and also throughout this season, Bart tries out for the Homer coached Pee-Wee football team, Apu (Hank Azaria) worries over his arranged marriage, Bart accidently burns up the presents and blames it on made up burglars, and Mr. Burns takes a trip to Cuba with a trillion dollar bill. The standout episodes of this season are undoubtadly "Bart Carny" where Homer and Bart get scammed by carnies (one of whom is voiced by the late Jim Varney), and "The Little Wiggy" in which Ralph gets set up on a "play date" with Bart. The landmark 200th episode, "Trash of the Titans", features Steve Martin and U2, but this where you can notice a decline in the show's quality. The season closer, "Natural Born Kissers", isn't all that great either sadly, but the good does outweigh the bad here with this season set. All in all, for the most part the ninth season of the Simpsons is the same kind of tongue in cheek humor that you would come to expect, and it's worth picking up for longtime fans of the long running show.

One of the best seasons
Season Nine of the Simpsons is possibly the best season after Season 4. The entire "Cartridge Family" episode is hilarious, and well worth the price of the entire set alone. ("Five day waiting period??! But I'm mad NOW!")

But nearly every episode on here is just as good, even though there are one or two that aren't up to the high standard of the rest of the season. While it's true that the show is no longer as funny as it used to be, the decline didn't start with Season 9. I'd describe this season as the time when the show peaked for the second time.