The Simpsons - The Complete Second Season
by David Silverman, Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland, Rich Moore, Rob Oliver
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Actor: Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley SmithDirector: David Silverman, Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland, Rich Moore, Rob Oliver
Writer: Al Jean
Writer: Brian K. Roberts
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 298 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-08-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of The Simpsons - The Complete Second Season
DVD Review: The Simpsons Comes Into Its Own
Summary: 5 Stars
By the times The Simpsons hit Season 2, it was fast-becoming a massive hit in America. Worldwide success would follow in this season and also the next season, but it's not hard to see why when you look back at the number of classic episodes. Season 2 isn't my favourite of, say, the first five, but it's still a near-perfect collection of episodes which just work brilliantly back to back. That's one of the main reasons for buying this DVD box set; the episodes are best watched in their entirety. Matt Groening's creation was in the early stages of being fully realised in Season 1, but with Season 2, we can actually see the progression of the show's transition through these 22 episodes. If there was one main character in the first season, it was Bart, but with the second season each character becomes truly defined with episodes revolving around each character.
The first episode is "Bart Gets An F." Bart is forced to study for a test even though a snow day tempts him to indulge in the street activities. "Simpson And Delilah" is a great episode where Homer grows a healthy head of hair. When he meets Karl, a gay male assistant, his career reaches dizzying heights. "Treehouse Of Horror" is the first ever in this now-classic series of episodes. There are three mini-horror stories in this episode told by Bart and Lisa to try and scare each other. "Two Cars In Every Garage And Three Eyes On Every Fish" is a truly classic episode in which Mr. Burns runs for local governor and employs a team intent on portraying him as the all-loving citizen he really isn't. In "Dancin' Homer," Homer becomes a famous mascot for the Springfiled Isotopes. He soon realises that a move to Capital City isn't such a wise move when his new career collapses. "Dead Putting On Society" sees Homer at war with Flanders. Their sons, Bart and Todd, show an interest in miniature golf, which prompts Homer to bet Flanders that his son will beat his. The father of whoever loses must mow their lawn in a dress. The boys tie, Homer and Flanders have to both mow the lawn in a dress, Flander's enjoys it, Homer is disgusted!
In "Bart Vs. Thanksgiving," Bart destroys Lisa's thanksgiving centrepiece, causing the whole family to say he's ruined thanksgiving. He runs away from home, but soon realises the true meaning of family. "Bart The Daredevil" is a great episode in which Bart becomes obsessed with performing death-defying stunts after seeing Lance Murdock. He becomes intent on jumping Springfield Gorge, but Homer stops him just in time, only to go toppling down the gorge himself. In "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge," Maggie clubs Homer over the head. Marge is horrified and forms a massive protest against violence in cartoons. In "Bart Gets Hit By A Car," Bart is hit by a car that Burns and Smithers were driving. Homer sees the potential to make money, and employs a phoney law suit. In "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish," Homer eats a poisonous blow fish. He has one day to live, so embarks on a quest to do all the things he needs to before he dies. When he doesn't die, Marge is delighted, and Homer vows to live every day to the fullest - before watching a pro bowling match over the credits.
"The Way We Was" is the first flash back episode of the show, in which we see how Homer and Marge got together. It was a long and rocky road, but they got there eventually! "Homer Vs. Lisa And The 8th Commandment" sees Lisa concerned about people stealing to the point where she vows not to watch cable, which Homer has bought illegally. In "Principal Charming," Marge urges Homer to set her sister Selma up with a man. Homer thinks Principal Skinner would be the perfect guy, but when he falls for Selma's sister Patty, Patty is forced to put her sister first over Skinner's feelings. In "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" Homer tracks down his long lost brother, who is a rich and powerful businessman. Getting involved with the Simpsons leaves him penniless and ruined, though, showing the effect that this troublesome family has on anyone! In "Bart's Dog Gets An F," Santa's Little Helper grows out of control. Homer wants to give him away when he eats his large cookie and destroys a blanket Lisa has been working on while she has the mumps.
In "Old Money," Grandpa Simpson hits it off with Beatrice, an elderly widow at Springfield's retirement home. She leaves him $100,000 when she unexpectedly drops dead, and it's up to him to spend the money wisely. "Brush With Greatness" is a great episode where Marge is urged by Lisa to take up her childhood hobby of painting. She wins an award for painting Homer on the couch in his underwear. Mr. Burns is intrigued and commissions her to paint the real him. When Marge realises the true nature of his bad attitude, she paints the REAL Montgomery Burns! In "Lisa's Substitute," Lisa becomes smitten with Mr. Bergstrom, a cool, sexy substitute teacher. In "The War Of The Simpsons," Marge and Homer go for marriage counselling while Grandpa looks after the kids at home. Typically, things go awry.
In "Three Men And A Comic Book," Bart, Milhouse and Marten combine their earnings to buy a $100 classic first edition of Radioactive Man. In the final episode of the season, "Blood Feud," Mr. Burns needs a blood donor. He has a rare blood type, and only Bart can donate his blood. The transfusion takes place, but Bart receives nothing in return but a thank you note. Homer finds this unacceptable because he expected a massive pay out. He writes an angry letter to Burns, which is accidentally posted. Burns vows revenge, but is warned by Smithers to think twice. Instead, he buys them a rare of Olmec Indian Head which fills their living room!
The many characters that also infiltrate this classic show become more defined in Season 2. Mr. Burns is a particular favourite of mine, and Smithers is the perfect balance between his humour. Selma and Patty are two timeless additions to the show, and their blunt humour is something I found hilarious time and time again. Apu, Flanders and his family, Reverend Lovejoy, Principal Skinner, Mrs. Krabappel, Moe, Barney, Milhouse, Comic Book Guy and of course Krusty are fully developed in this season which is another one of the reasons why it is so essential! The opening credits are a bit messed up in this season with many of the family-gathering-around-the-TV-set moments from each episode repeated a few times. All in all, this is another truly essential DVD box set of The Simpsons. Then again, which box set isn't truly essential?
Description of The Simpsons - The Complete Second Season
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 08/15/2006"A Simpson on a T-shirt. I never thought I'd see the day." So remarks Marge Simpson in "Dancin' Homer," just one of 22 mostly classic episodes that comprise this series' brilliant second season. The Simpsons by that time was already a pop culture phenomenon, but instead of suffering a sophomore slump, this iconoclastic animated series was just hitting its stride. Series milestones include: first Oscar®-winning guest voice (an unbilled Dustin Hoffman in "Lisa's Substitute"), first Beatle guest voice (Ringo in "Brush with Greatness"), first "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween episode, first flashback episode ("The Way We Was," in which Homer meets Marge), and the first episode to make me cry (Bart's last frolic with obedience school washout Santa's Little Helper in "Bart's Dog Gets an F"). It's in this season the The Simpsons really finds its voice. The writing is sharper, and the upending of sitcom convention more subversive. "Perhaps there is no moral to this story," observes Lisa at the end of "Blood Feud." "Exactly," agrees Homer. "Just a bunch of stuff that happens."
In the first season, Bart was the series' breakout star, but in the second, The Simpsons established itself as a true ensemble series. Each character came into their own with career-best episodes. Marge, the family's long-suffering voice of reason, crusades against cartoon violence in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge." Lisa, the heart and tortured soul of the series, develops an ill-fated crush on her new teacher in "Lisa's Substitute." Bart desperately tries to raise the money to buy Radioactive Man No. 1 in "Three Men and a Comic Book." Homer's stock rises when he grows hair in "Simpson and Delilah." Joining the Simpsons roster of scene-stealing supporting characters are Dr. Hibbert ("Bart the Daredevil"), shyster lawyer Lionel Hutz (voiced by the late, great Phil Hartman in "Bart Gets Hit by a Car"), the Ahnold-esque action hero McBain ("The Way We Was"), slobbering aliens Kang and Kodos ("Treehouse of Horror"), and "nutty professor" Frink ("Old Money"). This essential, extras-laden DVD set is illustrative of why The Simpsons is, in the parlance of Comic Book Guy, funniest show ever. --Donald Liebenson
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