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It's very, very hard for me to pick my favorite overall season of the Simpsons, considering every season has offered its own unique charm and fair share of good episodes. There are legitimate reasons why either seasons 4 or 5 could instead be considered the best seasons The Simpsons had to offer, but when it all comes down to it and the dust settles, season 3 still gets my vote. This is when the show was at its peek. The episodes were excellent, the jokes were funny and clever, and you just instantly fall in love with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie every time you watch. There's so many memorable episodes and lines from this season, that being a fan and not owning this set can almost be considered a sin. If you love the show, then there's no need for me to really prove to you why you should buy this set, you should just click "add to cart" right now.
Like I've said many times before, I still think that Season 3 offers the best selection of episodes the show has every produced. Not just that, the episodes are all great. Some of my personal favorites like "Bart The Murderer" (where Bart gets a job for the mafia), "Flaming Moe's" (Homer creates a new idea for a cocktail, and Moe steals it), and "When Flanders Failed" (Flanders creates a store for lefthanders) are all found here, as well as seminal Simpsons' episodes including "Like Father, Like Clown" (Krusty's religious past is revealed) and "Mr. Lisa Goes To Washington" (Lisa wins an essay contest and a trip to Washington). The "Treehouse Of Horror" episode is also the best the series has done besides the one found in season 7. As with most of the earlier seasons, much of the show revolves around Bart and his adventures, which is one of the reasons I instantly fell in love with the show, since I started watching the Simpsons as a kid. Later the show would shift to more of a focus on Homer, but at this moment you're going to get a lot episodes like "Radio Bart", "Bart's Friend Falls In Love" and "Bart The Lover" which are all classics (and most are well out of syndication). I don't want to waste too much time describing episodes, because if you want a plot synopsis for each one, you can check one of the reviews at the top of the page. These are just my favorites. The extras included on the set are on par with any season released so far, as you get commentary on every episode, and occasional sketches, art work, deleted scenes and other treats like Butterfinger commercials, Bart's Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance, and The Simpsons Jukebox. Only die hard Simpsons' fans are going to appreciate what's found extra on the set though. However the episodes themselves are enough to make this a necessary purchase for any fan who has ever watched the show.
Overall season 3 still stands out the most, because every episode found here is excellent. Later seasons would start to have some less than stellar episodes here and there, and this remains one of the only seasons that doesn't fall short. The packaging is great, and the extras included are great additions to the already hilarious episodes. Seasons 4 and 5 are also honorable mentions for the Simpsons best overall season, but they just don't compare to season 3. If you're a die hard, then you must own this set, because it will please you in every way possible. Casual fans should also check this set out, as it has some of the most memorable episodes of the show, which are no longer aired on television. Long live the Simpsons!
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Love The Otto Show,where Homer says,This isn't Happy Days,and he isn't the Fonz. Homer At Bat,where that one baseball player getting the baby,and all the stuff out of a burning building reminds me of "Fire Dogs" on The Ren and Stimpy Show. that Woman didn't care about her furniture or material possessions,just her Baby,her horse[Hm.No sir,I didn't like it.] her walrus her elephant and herself. out the window of an apt building.
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I would consider season three as a bit of a "transition" for the simpsons - the animation was greatly improving (though sometimes not quite on-model), the stories were getting better, particularly the endings, but not quite up to par with season four. It's a fantastic season, don't get me wrong, and there are some moments which are simply priceless (Homer in the land of chocolate, anyone?) -but the best was yet to come. An excellent chunk of TV history.
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There's a reason why many people loved the Simpsons back then: it was funny, touching, satirical and even political sometimes all at once. Just re-watching the episodes reminded me of so many hilarious moments that still make me laugh. It's not that recent episodes are bad, it's just the level they had here is noticeably missing. This is some of the season highlights.
Michael Jackson provides the voice of someone who pretends to be Michael in the season opener Stark Raving Dad. It's quite funny(the message of conforming to the white shirt only idea that workplaces has is quite universal). Bart on a really bad day, through a bit of luck gets a job at Fat Tony's hangout as a bartender. Only when Skinner turns up missing, all eyes are on Bart and his new crew in Bart the Murderer. Krusty, after finally having dinner with the Simpsons since first season episode Krusty Gets Busted, he tells the news: he's jewish and his father hated that he became a clown and disowned him. Bart and Lisa try to reunite them, only proving it's more difficult than they thought.
Homer through sheer accident(or sheer dumbness) invents a drink which includes booze, cough syrup and for some odd reason, works well when lit on fire. Only teaching it to Moe, Homer gets the short end when Moe markets his new drink under the name Flaming Moe. That Cheers parody still makes me laugh. In another flashback episode detailing Homer and Marge's early life, Homer tells the story of I Married Marge. Bart gets a am/fm radio with a microphone and places it down a well and pretends he's a boy trapped at the bottom which is fine until he realizes a "Property of Bart Simpson" label is on it. Trying to take it back, he ends up falling in which doesn't sit well with townfolk.
In Colonel Homer, Homer gets embarassed at the local theater by Marge so he decides to drive really far and ends up at a low-key bar, only to discover possible country superstar Lurleen which doesn't sit well with Marge. After a Spinal Tap concert(Harry Shearer, regular voice actor reprises his role from the film as well as Christopher Guest and Michael McKean), Bart decides to be a rock star which gets him even more friendly with Otto, only Otto gets fired making him live with the Simpsons. In season finale(well not really since it was in August but it ends this disc), Danny DeVito reprises his role as Homer's half-brother Herb who decides to get back his fortune through a baby translator. Homer's out of body experience on that chair is classic.
There's many other classic moments in the film as well as oddly touching ones. I love that scene where Lurleen kisses Homer and the flashbacks play of girls rejecting him only to have Marge at the end kissing him lovingly. The later seasons had even more classic episodes but it's here where the show really started its prime.
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The third Simpsons boxset is great because it has full-episode foreign language audio on TOH2 and the jukebox.
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