Look at those morons. I paid my taxes over a year ago!— Homer
Look at those morons. I paid my taxes over a year ago!— Homer
The Season 5 DVD, aside from the great episodes (it's my favourite Season), looks very well made. Great interactivity and special features.
The Season Five DVD case & menu design
This - the Fifth Season Jumbo Special Edition Boxed Set of The Simpsons on Digital Versatile Disc (or "DVD") - may be the finest one yet. We've loaded this thing with all the time-wasting extras that fans demand, like interactive, multi-angle views of our crude animatics and storyboards; fully animated, never-before-seen, deleted-for-good-reason sequences; illustrated commentaries by directors that allow them to visually point out all sorts of sneaky details; and a number of downright shameless TV commercials. We also continue our proud Simpsons tradition of providing garrulous audio commentaries for each and every episode, including brief moments when we actually pay attention to what's happening on screen.
Season 5 (1993-94) contains many of our snappiest or most disturbing sequences. You'll get to see Grampa and Mr. Burns wooing Marge's mom, Homer eating potato chips in outer space, Lisa inventing the Lisa Lionheart doll, Bart getting an elephant, Marge going on the lam, and Maggie beginning her lifelong feud with the One-Eyebrowed Baby.
You also get Sideshow Bob explaining that his "Die, Bart, Die" tattoo is actually just German for "The, Bart, The." And The Romanes playing at Mr. Burns's birthday party. And a field trip to a cardboard-box factory. And Homer happily pulling a pig's tail until the pig viciously bites him. And the historic first appearance of Cletus, the Slack-Jawed Yokel.
And of course we've larded the whole season with healthy dollops of Bumblebee Man, Apu, Milhouse, Dr. Hibbert, Mrs. Krabappel, Principal Skinner, Kent Brockman, Rod and Todd Flanders, Itchy & Scratchy, Comic Book Guy, Moe, and Ralph Wiggum. Our guest stars include James Brown, George Harrison, Albert Brooks, David Crosby, Kathleen Turner, Kelsey Grammer, Werner Klemperer, Pamela Reed, Gerry Cooney, Sam Neill, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Goulet, James Taylor, James Woods, Michelle Pfeiffer, Buzz Aldrin, and former Simpsons writer/producer Conan O'Brien.
So sit back and enjoy this high-velocity season of classic Simpsons shows. On behalf of the hard-working writers, animators, musicians, producers, and actors, we thank you for your enthusiastic letters, drawings, and gifts, and remind you of our standard policy: No Refunds.
Your pal,
Matt Groening
Note: episode commentaries are not listed here, but they are available for every episode.
 1. On Disc 3, go to the
Extras menu for Deep Space Homer. Highlight the "Play with
commentary" and then press Right. An icon will appear on the right
- a picture of Bart's ear (see left). Press Enter and you can listen to
audio outtakes from James Taylor. |
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 2. On Disc 4, go to the
main Extras menu (press Left then Enter). Select "Art &
Animation". Selecting "Animatic with commentary" plays
part of the animatic for Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song, with
commentary by Matt Groening, David Silverman, Bob Anderson, Mike
Anderson and Lance Kramer. However, if you highlight the
"Animatic" option on the menu instead, then press Left you
will highlight the 100th Episode ribbon. Press Enter to play the
animatic with a different commentary: this time by Matt Groening,
David Silverman, Bob Anderson, Mike Anderson, Lance Kramer, Lance
Wilder, Paul Weed and Wes Archer. This is also accessible using the
audio button. |
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| There are semi-secret animations in each of the main menus: if you
highlight the "EXTRAS" option and press Up, you will highlight
an object in the room (Left or Right will highlight a second object if
there is one). Pressing Enter plays another animation or sound.
Disc 1: You can highlight the gramophone and the lever on the
right: the gramophone plays some music, while the lever activates an
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containing items from the episodes on that particular disc. There are a
total of six animations for each menu, in three pairs: a random one of
the three will play each time you start the menu.
The episode menus themselves use original couch gags, like they did for the Season 3 DVD.
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Special Features menuOn each disc there is a "Special Features" menu which houses some animation features; This can be reached by selecting the large button to the left of the screen on the main menu. The menu features Burn's train from the episode Burns' Heir, with Bart watching over it. Several characters come past on the train (the animations are in groups of two passes).
1. Itchy & Scratchy ride past on the train. The second time they come through, Itchy throws Scratchy onto the track, runs over him, and drags him behind the train.
2. Maggie passes on the train, waving a hat. Then Smithers passes, doing the same. I'm not entirely sure what the connection is here.
3. Homer rides the train carrying a glowing carbon rod; when he passes again there is no rod, but Homer is glowing all over.
4. Snake is on the front of the train, and Wiggum on the back, trying to catch him. When the train returns, Snake has tied Wiggum up.
5. Milhouse passes. The second time, he is covered in snow: this was referred to in Burns' Heir.
6. Captain McCallister comes past and says "Arr". When he passes again, he is fighting the squid (from Homer's Barbershop Quartet).
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Language Selection menuThis menu features Bart spray painting various things on the school wall. A digruntled Groundskeeper Willy comes by after and washes it off. The phrases Bart spray paints are in several different laguages.
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DISC 1: Homer's workstation
1. Mr. Burns, as a vampire, comes in and bites his neck, but doesn't
like the taste and spits his blood out. The three other Be Sharps
enter and sing which makes Mr. Burns melt.
3. The gremlin enters and starts taking bits out of Homer's
workstation; Bart runs in and tries to wake Homer - we see that
Sideshow Bob is after him.
5. A bunch of monkeys enter and roam around the office, then run off.
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DISC 2: Bart's room
1. Homer appears at the window, guided by Colonel Klink. Mindy in the
clam, held by Lenny and Carl as cherubs also appears. Homer screams
and falls. Burns' monkeys fly past after.
3. The walking house from Homer The Vigilante walks past, after which
Molloy reaches in for the TV. Bart frowns at him and he disappears.
5. Several characters appear at the window as if on the trampoline:
Lisa, Otto, Wndell and Brad Goodman. |
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DISC 3: The Kwik-E-Mart
1. Homer in space gear floats in, tied to a rope. He leaves with a
bag of potato chips.
3. Homer enters, wearing the oversize novelty hat. He staggers about
and buys some expired ham then leaves.
5. A wave enters the store, and the Flanders-es-es ride in on their
boat, buy something, and ride out. |
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DISC 4: Mrs. Krabappel's classroom
1. Sideshow Mel tries to get the monkeys to play, but they don't play
much at all.
3. Superintendent Chalmers enters and Santa's Little Helper comes out
of the vent, knocking him to the floor. Then Willie comes out and
lands on him.
5. Bart pokes his head up from behind Mrs. Krabappel's desk. Skinner
enters and points at him. Then the French waiter staggers in, covered
in mouse traps. They all run off. |
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COUCH GAGS |
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Cape Feare
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Homer's Barbershop Quartet
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Marge on the Lam
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Homer Goes to College
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Rosebud
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$pringfield
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The Boy Who Knew Too Much
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Bart Gets An Elephant
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Bart's Inner Child
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The Last Temptation of Homer
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Deep Space Homer
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