Another collection of great episodes! (The Simpsons - The Complete Season 7 (DVD))

Member Name: johnsy32

Product:	The Simpsons - The Complete Season 7 (DVD)
Date:	02/05/06 (330 review reads)
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Advantages: A great season for the Simpsons!

Disadvantages: None...more special features?

This is the latest DVD offering from Fox of the Simpsons, and this collection includes 24 episodes from Season 7. This is one of the seasons when the Simpsons was at its peak, these collection of episodes are still over ten years old, but some great classics are included, and any fan will be able to spot these! The thrilling conclusion to the Who Shot Mr Burns is included, which was the biggest mystery of the summer and had everyone wondering who done it. 22 Short Films About Springfield is also available, which gives an episode never before done in a cartoon, including it's parody of Pulp Fiction, and what about the episode entitled Homerpaloza which features a massive line up of pop stars. This box set comes in the shape of Marge's head, and continues the theme of the previous one of Homer, and the other family members are to follow in future releases of the Simpsons.

Episodes
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There are a total of 24 episodes that originally aired in the USA starting on the 17th September 1995 and ending on the 19th May 1996. Here is an overview of the episodes that are included

[2F20] - Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two
[2F17] - Radioactive Man
[3F01] - Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily
[3F02] - Bart Sells His Soul
[3F03] - Lisa The Vegetarian
[3F04] - Treehouse of Horror VI
[3F05] - King-Size Homer
[3F06] - Mother Simpsons
[3F08] - Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
[3F31] - 138th Episode Spectacular
[3F07] - Marge Be Not Proud
[3F09] - Two Bad Neighbours
[3F10] - Team Homer
[3F11] - Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
[3F12] - Bart The Fink
[3F13] - Lisa the Iconoclast
[3F14] - Homer the Smithers
[3F15] - A Fish Called Selma
[3F16] - The Day the Violence Died
[3F17] - Bart on the Road
[3F18] - 22 Short Films About Springfield
[3F19] - Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in "Return of the Flying Hellfish"
[3F20] - Much Apu About Nothing
[3F22] - Summer of 4 ft 2
[3F21] - Homerpalooza


Here are my personal episode descriptions

[2F20] - Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two
Mr Burn's is still alive and now it's up to Chief Wiggum to apprehend the murderer. Smithers is the prime suspect but he is now in the clear because of a DNA link to the Simpsons.

[2F17] - Radioactive Man
A Hollywood film crew decide to film a new Radioactive Man movie in Springfield. All they have to face is a greedy mayor, a reluctant child star and a once-only special effects shot involving flesh-stripping acid.

[3F01] - Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily
While Homer and Marge are away on a three hour trip to the Mingled Waters Health Spa, the Child Welfare Board swoop. Bart, Lisa and Maggie are taken to a foster family, the Flanderses.

[3F02] - Bart Sells His Soul
Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for $5. Soon he finds that automatic doors won't open for him, the pets hiss at the sight of him and that he doesn't find Itchy and Scratchy funny any more. Meanwhile, Moe's had a brainwave. To boost trade he's converting his tavern into Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag.

[3F03] - Lisa The Vegetarian
Homer is planning a barbeque but this isn't like by Lisa after her visit to the Storeytown Kid's Park and has forsaken to eat all meat.

[3F04] - Treehouse of Horror VI
'Attack of the 50ft Eyesores' sees Springfield menaced by advertising hoardings brought to life by celestial energy. 'Nightmare On Evergreen Terrace' sees Groundskeeper Willy haunting the dreams of the kids at Springfield Elementary. 'Homer ^3' sees Homer lost in a mysterious dimension.

[3F05] - King-Size Homer
Homer needs to gain 61lbs in order to be classified as disabled and so he can work at home.

[3F06] - Mother Simpsons
Homer fakes his own death to avoid work. At his graveside he meets a woman who claims to be his mother. A woman who has been hiding from Mr Burns since she attempted to destroy his experimental germ warfare plant in the sixties.

[3F08] - Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
Sideshow Bob convieces a fiendish plot to get rid of his second greatest enemy, television when on a day trip from Springwood Minimum Security Prison to an air base. He also plans to get rid of his first greatest enemy, Bart and his sister Lisa, whom he's fairly indifferent.

[3F31] - 138th Episode Spectacular
Troy McClure presents another cip show devoted to America's favourite non-prehistoric cartoon family, 23% original footage. This time there is unreleased material from previous episodes in the gag bag.


[3F07] - Marge Be Not Proud
Marge won't buy Bart Bonestorm for Christmas, so Bart ends up nicking the game and up enstranged from his own mother.

[3F09] - Two Bad Neighbours
The Simpsons have new neighbours, ex-president George Bush and his wife Barbara. But, George and Bart don't get on.

[3F10] - Team Homer
Homer puts together a bowling team. All is going well until Mr Burns demands to join the side. Principal Skinner decides to introduce school uniforms.

[3F11] - Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
Original Air Date: 4 Feb 96
Marge buys a bargain Chanel suite, kocked down to $90 from $2800 and she gets an invite to join the career woman of the Springfield Glen Country Club - Proud Home of the Tippling Gadabout.

[3F12] - Bart The Fink
Bart lands Krusty the Klown in deep, dep trouble with the tax authorities, who rename his show, Herschel Krustofky's Clown Related Show. Krusty fakes his own death and starts life again as a yachtsman.

[3F13] - Lisa the Iconoclast
Bicentennial celebrations are nearing to celebrate Jebidiah Springfield and Homer gets a job as the Town Crier and Lisa makes a dreaded discovery about the town founder, was Jebidiah Sprinfield really the murderous pirate Hans Sprungfeld?

[3F14] - Homer the Smithers
Smithers blames himself for neglecting Mr Burns and is sent on a vacation. A temporary replacement is needed and not wanting to be outdone, Smithers chooses Homer.

[3F15] - A Fish Called Selma
Troy McClure career is looking up at last, all he has to do is satisfy Hollywoods casting agents to quah the speculation about his personal life and that means marriage, marriage to Selma.

[3F16] - The Day the Violence Died
It's the 75th Anniversary of Itchy and Scratchy, but one person not celebrating it is bum Chester J. Lampwick. He tells Bart that he created Itchy in 1919, so there's a latter of $800,000,000 in outstanding royalties to be settled.

[3F17] - Bart on the Road
A fake ID gives Bart the chance to take to the road, joined by Milhouse, Nelson and Martin. They are heading for Knoxville, Tennessee, home of the fantastic Sun Sphere.

[3F18] - 22 Short Films About Springfield
This is an episode showing 22 short films about Springfield, which include Herman planning to set off a bomb, Homer trapping Maggie inside a newspaper vending machine and Lisa getting gum caught in her hair.

[3F19] - Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in "Return of the Flying Hellfish"
In World War II, Grampa was the commander of the Hellfish, a crack commando unit whose loot of Nazi treasure has laid undisturbed for fifty years. But now all the hellfish have died apart from Grampa and Mr. Burns, and its time to get the treasure.


[3F20] - Much Apu About Nothing
Homer starts a new anti-bear vigilante group, when a bear is found in Springfield. When the problem of the bears is sorted out, a new scapegoat is needed and illegal immigrants fit the bill, which includes Apu.


[3F22] - Summer of 4 ft 2
Flanders offers the Simpsons the chance to use his beach house in Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport, the perfect setting for Lisa's attempt to shrug off her dorky reputation and become a cool kid with her new friends Erin, Rick, Dean and Ben.

[3F21] - Homerpalooza
Homer is feeling out of touch with the youth of today, so he takes Bart and Lisa to Hullabalooza, the biggest alternative music festival, and ends up as a start attraction in the freakshow.

Special Guests
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This was another great season for special guests, you can see who guest stars in the list below. There are many American known celebrities but there will be names that you will recognise. In the modern day episodes famous celebrities are queuing up to do a voice over for a character.

Tito Puente, Mickey Rooney, Paul & Linda McCartney, Paul Anka, Glenn Close, Harry Morgan, R. Lee Emrey, Buzz Aldrin, Liz Georges, Lawrence Tierney, Tom Kite, Bob Newhart, Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Suzanne Somers, Kirk Douglas, Jack Sheldon, Cypress Hill, Peter Frampton, Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth.

Conclusion
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I'm a big fan of the Simpsons as you might be able to tell from all my previous reviews of the dvd box sets and videos, so I'm probably giving a review on the plus side all the time, but I suppose if you're a fan of any sort of television program you can strongly suggest releases to other fans. Someone, who has never watched the Simpsons, probably wouldn't enjoy this collection of over eight hours of simpsony goodness, not including the special features available to browse! There could have been more special features, but like any DVD offering special features its always going to be more than you could ever get on a VHS.

This box set is literally contained in Marge's head, which is the basis for the previous and next few releases. The previous box set was of Homer, and the future ones will be contained within the faces of the rest of the family. It's fun, and looks good when you start building a collection.

The Simpsons is currently in their seventeenth season, so this is going pretty far back, but also means there are some more great episodes to be released and collected. I recommend this is any Simpsons fan!

Summary: A must have for any Simpsons fan!