DVD Review: The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott, Marcia Mitzman Gaven, Joe Mantegna, Bob Anderson, Chuck Sheetz, Dominic Polcino, Jen Kamerman, Lance Kramer, Lauren MacMullan, Mark Kirkland, Matthew Nastuk: Movies & TV
DVD Review: The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott, Marcia Mitzman Gaven, Joe Mantegna, Bob Anderson, Chuck Sheetz, Dominic Polcino, Jen Kamerman, Lance Kramer, Lauren MacMullan, Mark Kirkland, Matthew Nastuk: Movies & TV
Product Description
Audio: English: 5.1 Dolby Surround / Spanish & French: Stereo
Language: Dubbed: English, French & Spanish / Subtitled: French & Spanish
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen: 1.33:1
Disc 1: 110 Minutes
**Treehouse of Horror XI
**A Tale of Two Springfields
**Insane Clown Poppy
**Lisa the Tree Hugger
**Homer vs. Dignity
**Commentary:
*Treehouse of Horror XI - Matt Groening, Mike Scully, Rob Lazebnik, John Frink, Don Payne, Carolyn Omine, Matt Selman
*A Tale of Two Springfields - Matt Groening, Mike Scully, George Meyer, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Don Payne, Matt Selman, Dan Castellaneta, Shaun Cashman, Roger Daltrey, David Silverman
*Insane Clown Poppy - Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, John Frink, Don Payne, Tom Martin, Matt Selman, Dan Castellaneta, Joe Mantegna, Bob Anderson, Joel Cohen
*Lisa the Tree Hugger - Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Don Payne, Tom Gammill, Tim Long, Yeardley Smith, Steven Dean Moore
*Homer vs. Dignity - Matt Groening, Mike Scully, Rob Lazebnik, Carolyn Omine, Don Payne, Matt Selman, Max Pross
**Deleted Scenes
**Featurettes:
*A Comic Moment with Matt Groening
*Illustrated commentary - Lisa The Tree Hugger
**Animation Showcase: - Treehouse of Horror XI
**Animatic/StoryBoard Compare
*Storyboards: Storyboard with episode PIP
*Animatic: Animatic with episode PIP
**2 Easter Eggs
Disc 2: 132 Minutes
**The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
**The Great Money Caper
**Skinner’s Sense of Snow
**HOMR
**Pokey Mom
**Worst Episode Ever
**Commentary
*The Computer Wore Menace Shoes - Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Don Payne, John Frink, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Mark Kirkland, Joel Cohen
*The Great Money Caper - Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Carolyn Omine, Don Payne, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Chuck Sheetz
Skinner’s Sense of Snow - Matt Groening, Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Tim Long, Matt Selman, David Mirkin, Max Pross, Lance Kramer
*HOMR - Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Mike B. Anderson
*Pokey Mom - Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Tom Martin, John Frink, Don Payne, Matt Selman, Dan Castellaneta, Joe Mantegna, Bob Anderson, Joel Cohen
*Worst Episode Ever - Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Larry Doyle, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Hank Azaria, Chris Kirkpatrick
**Deleted Scenes
**Featurettes:
*Comic Book Guy: Best. Moments. Ever.
*Illustrated commentary - HOMR
3 Easter Eggs
Disc 3: 132 Minutes
**Tennis the Menace
**Day of the Jackanapes
**New Kids on the Blecch
**Hungry, Hungry Homer
**Bye Bye Nerdie
**Simpson Safari
**Commentary:
*Tennis the Menace - Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, John Frink, Don Payne, Matt Selman, Max Pross, Phil Rosenthal
*Day of the Jackanapes - Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tim Long, Yeardley Smith, Michael Marcantel
*New Kids on the Blecch - Matt Groening, Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Tim Long, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Hank Azaria, Steven Dean Moore, Chris Kirkpatrick
*Hungry, Hungry Homer - Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, John Frink, Don Payne, Matt Selman, Max Pross, Phil Rosenthal, Ben Rosenthal
*Bye Bye Nerdie - Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Don Payne, Matt Selman, Tim Long, Tom Gammill, Yeardley Smith, Lauren MacMullan, Steven Dean Moore
*Simpson Safari - Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tim Long, Yeardley Smith, Mark Kirkland, Michael Marcantel
**Deleted Scenes
**Animation Showcase: Day of the Jackanapes
**Animatic/StoryBoard Compare
*Storyboards: Storyboard with episode PIP
*Animatic: Animatic with episode PIP
**Easter Egg
Disc 4: 132 Minutes
**Trilogy of Error
**I’m Goin’ to Praiseland
**Children of a Lesser Clod
**Simpsons Tall Tales
**Commentary:
*Trilogy of Error - Matt Groening, Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Rob Lazebnik, Matt Selman, Tim Long, Max Pross, David Mirkin, Mike B. Anderson
*I’m Goin’ to Praiseland - Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Carolyn Omine, Don Payne, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Chuck Sheetz
*Children of a Lesser Clod - Mike Scully, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Mike Polcino, Mike B. Anderson
*Simpsons Tall Tales - Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, John Frink, Don Payne, Matt Selman, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Bob Anderson, Joel Cohen
**Deleted Scenes
**Easter Egg
**The Commercials
*Nestle USA “Butterfingeritis”
*Nestle USA “Bart’s Nightmare”
*Burger King International “Spaced Homer”
*Red Rooster “Loungearama”
**Deleted Scenes Intro by Mike Scully
**Deleted Scenes Gallery W/ Commentary
**The Global Fanfest
**Sketch Gallery
**Illustrated commentary - I’m Goin’ to Praiseland
A chance for Fox to redeem themselves… plus a great season!,
By C. R. Swanson “wilybadger.wordpress.com” (Phoenix) -
We all know the many, many problems with season eleven’s packaging. To this day I almost never watch that season cause I’m afraid of a: scratching the disks when taking them out of the sleeves and b: ripping the sleeves. It makes me tempted to copy them onto different DVDs so I can watch them when I want to, but of course, Fox doesn’t want us to make copies.
We don’t know what the packaging will be like this time around, though I am guessing it’ll be similiar to the last design, with comic book covers instead of midway scenes, but what we do know is that there are some very good episodes in season twelve! The complete list:
“Treehouse of Horror XI” - The yearly Halloween insanity!
“A Tale of Two Springfields” - A personal favorite! Gotta love the badger at the begining!
“Insane Clown Poppy” - Krusty has an illegitimate child. Only one?
“Lisa the Tree Hugger” - Lisa goes green!
“Homer vs. Dignity” - Homer becomes Burns’ prank-monkey.
“The Computer Wore Menace Shoes” - Any resemblence between this episode and a certain 1960’s British TV series is completely in your imagination, Number Six.
“The Great Money Caper” - Homer becomes an artist. A CON artist! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Ah, I slay me.
“Skinner’s Sense of Snow” - Imagine a snow day where you’re trapped in the school. Sucktacular situation, but a fun episode!
“HOMR” - Homer has a crayon lodged in his brain. Messy.
“Pokey Mom” - Marge kicks it with a fun-loving criminal.
“Worst Episode Ever” - Comic Book Guy falls in love… with Skinner’s mom! Terrifying!
“Tennis the Menace” - Lots of tennis. Yeah, that’s about it here.
“Day of the Jackanapes” - Sideshow Bob and his boy-bomb attempt to destroy Krusty!
“New Kids on the Blecch” - Yeah, it’s got NSYNC, but it’s still a fun episode!
“Hungry, Hungry Homer” - When the owner of the Isotopes tries to move them to Albuquerque, Homer rises to the occasion! Pft. Imagine the idea of Albuquerque having it’s own baseball team. It is to laugh!
“Bye Bye Nerdie” - Eh, not one of the best. It’s a Lisa episode, but kind of, well, lame.
“Simpson Safari” - The Simpsons are goin’ to Africa!
“Trilogy of Error” - Three stories meet up together to make for one good episode!
“I’m Goin’ to Praiseland” - Flanders tries to create an amusement park devoted to God and Maude!
“Children of a Lesser Clod” - Lisa takes up gymnastics and Homer tries to run a day-care center!
“Simpsons Tall Tales” - a fun “anthology” episode centering around old folk stories and legends.
Lots of good episodes here, I just hope that Fox gives us good packaging this time around! They won’t, of course, but I can dream. I can dream.
Listing Of Episodes & Special Features,
By Reconnecting To My Childhood “Time Won’t Let … -
The twelfth season of the Simpsons will soon finally be on DVD. If you still love the Simpsons or still loved this particular season then you will be very excited at the chance to further complete your Simpsons collecton and the opportunity to own the following 21 episodes spread across 4 discs as follows:
Disc One
249 Treehouse of Horror XI: G-G-Ghost Dad/Scary Tales Can Come True/Night Of The Dolphin.
250 A Tale Of Two Springfields
251 Insane Clown Poppy
252 Lisa The Tree Hugger
253 Homer Vs. Dignity
Disc One Special Features Include:
Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, A Comic Moment with Matt Groening, Illustrated Commentary: Lisa The Treehugger, an Animated Showcase: Treehouse Of Horror XI, Animatic/Storyboard Compare, Storyboards with episode PIP (Picture in Picture), Animatics with episode PIP and 2 supposed Easter Eggs for viewer’s to find.
Disc Two
254 The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
255 The Great Money Caper
256 Skinner’s Sense of Snow
257 HOMR (Great Episode)
258 Pokey Mom
259 Worst Episode Ever
Disc Two Special Features Include:
Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Comic Book Guy: Best. Moments. Ever., Illustrated Commentary on ‘HOMR’ and 3 Easter Eggs.
Disc Three
260 Tennis The Menace
261 Day Of The Jackanapes
262 New Kids On The Blecch
263 Hungry, Hungry Homer
264 Bye, Bye, Nerdie
265 Simpson Safari
Disc Three Special Features Include:
Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Animation Showcase: Day Of The Jackanapes, Animatic/Storyboard Compare, Storyboards with episode PIP, Animatics with episode PIP and 1 Easter Egg.
Disc Four
266 Trilogy Of Error (I enjoy this episode)
267 I’m Goin’ To Praiseland
268 Children Of A Lesser Clod
269 Simpsons Tall Tales
Disc Four Special Features Include:
Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, 1 Easter Egg, 4 Commercials, A Deleted Scenes Intro by Mike Scully, Deleted Scenes Gallery with Commentary, The Global Fanfest, a Sketch Gallery and Illustrated Commentary: I’m Goin’ To Praiseland.
This set will have a running time of approximately 506 minutes. Video is standard Full Screen. Audio Options are English 5.1 Dolby Surround, Spanish Stereo and French Stereo. French and Spanish Subtitles are also available.
Aforementioned commentaries will, as usual, be available on all episodes with the ever interchanging group of writer’s producers and others who worked on the show. Matt Groening himself only appears on certain episodes nowadays opting not to spend all his spare time in commentaries. Some more noticable appearances are made by commentator’s Joe Mantegna, Chris Kirkpatrick and Hank Azaria as well as Yeardley Smith (Lisa) and Dan Castellaneta (Homer) again making several commentary appearances.
The packaging will most likely be the same as the fan hated packaging for the eleventh season, here’s hoping that FOX will respond to fans outrage by making the packaging for this set different. It would be nice to have a DVD boxed set that actual protects your DVD and makes them easily accessible but I wouldn’t get my hopes up. Artwork on these sets is always well done though.
Anyways, no matter how anyone may individually feel about the Simpsons long run the twelfth season will be out on DVD soon. I’m not yet sure if I’ll personally be buying this season but I do recommend it as 5 stars to fans of the show from the early millenium era and certainly to fans of the show today but probably 3 stars to anyone else. They’d better start releasing these sets faster if they ever want to catch up with themselves. Thanks For Your Time.
easy solution for the packaging issue,
By S. hare “music fan” (san francisco, ca) -
I know I am not alone when it comes to the way season 11 and probably season 12 will be packaged. In those almost immpossible sleeves the discs are crammed into. Once out of that tight fitting slot, just use some of those two sided sleeves or envelopes you get at office depot.They fit back in between the accordian type booklet just fine. It’s a quick low cost solution to the problem. Just thought i’d share that with everybody.
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