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Simpsons, The - The Complete Season 02

The Simpsons

Simpsons, The - The Complete Season 02

20th Century Fox (1990)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
024543037156
TV Series | Animation
USA | English | Color | 06:40

"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
Season 2
14. 2-1 7F03 11-Oct-1990 Bart Gets An F
15. 2-2 7F02 18-Oct-1990 Simpson And Delilah
16. 2-3 7F04 25-Oct-1990 Treehouse Of Horror
17. 2-4 7F01 01-Nov-1990 Two Cars In Every Garage And Three Eyes On Every Fish
18. 2-5 7F05 08-Nov-1990 Dancin' Homer
19. 2-6 7F08 15-Nov-1990 Dead Putting Society
20. 2-7 7F07 22-Nov-1990 Bart vs. Thanksgiving
21. 2-8 7F06 06-Dec-1990 Bart The Daredevil
22. 2-9 7F09 20-Dec-1990 Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
23. 2-10 7F10 10-Jan-1991 Bart Gets Hit By A Car
24. 2-11 7F11 24-Jan-1991 One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
25. 2-12 7F12 31-Jan-1991 The Way We Was
26. 2-13 7F13 07-Feb-1991 Homer vs. Lisa And The 8th Commandment
27. 2-14 7F15 14-Feb-1991 Principal Charming
28. 2-15 7F16 21-Feb-1991 Oh, Brother, Where Are Thou?
29. 2-16 7F14 07-Mar-1991 Bart's Dog Gets An F
30. 2-17 7F17 28-Mar-1991 Old Money
31. 2-18 7F18 11-Apr-1991 Brush With Greatness
32. 2-19 7F19 25-Apr-1991 Lisa's Substitute
33. 2-20 7F20 02-May-1991 The War Of The Simpsons
34. 2-21 7F21 09-May-1991 Three Men And A Comic Book
35. 2-22 7F22 11-Jul-1991 Blood Feud


Episodes View details

1 Bart Gets an F 30 min | Oct 11, 1990

Mrs. Krabappel, fed up with Bart's lackadaisical approach to his studies, gives him an ultimatum: shape up or repeat the fourth grade.

2 Simpson and Delilah 23 min | Oct 18, 1990

Homer lies on a medical insurance form in order to obtain a miracle hair restoring drug.

3 Treehouse of Horror 30 min | Oct 25, 1990

The Simpsons move into a cursed house, then are abducted by aliens, before Homer is ensconced in a tale by Edgar Allen Poe.

4 Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish 23 min | Nov 01, 1990

After the power plant experiences bad publicity and is threatened with closure, Mr. Burns decides to run for Governor in order to have power over the law.

5 Dancin' Homer 30 min | Nov 08, 1990

Homer's heckling of the Springfield Isotopes baseball team during one of their games inadvertently leads to his appointment as the new team mascot.

6 Dead Putting Society 30 min | Nov 15, 1990

In an attempt to show up Ned Flanders, Homer pits Bart against Ned's son, Todd, in a miniature golf competition.

7 Bart vs. Thanksgiving 23 min | Nov 22, 1990

On Thanksgiving, Bart runs away after refusing to apologize to a distraught Lisa for accidentally destroying her cornucopia.

8 Bart the Daredevil 23 min | Dec 06, 1990

After seeing a motorcycle daredevil at a monster truck show, Bart becomes a death-defying daredevil skateboarder.

9 Itchy & Scratchy & Marge 23 min | Dec 20, 1990

Marge becomes a crusader against cartoon violence after an episode of "Itchy and Scratchy" seemingly inspires Maggie to attack Homer.

10 Bart Gets Hit by a Car 23 min | Jan 10, 1991

After Bart gets hit by a car driven by Mr. Burns, Homer is manipulated by ambulance-chaser Lionel Hutz into bringing an outrageous lawsuit against his boss.

11 One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish 23 min | Jan 24, 1991

After apparently consuming poison blowfish, Homer is told that he only has 24 hours to live and sets to tie up all the loose threads in his life in one day.

12 The Way We Was 23 min | Jan 31, 1991

Homer and Marge tell the story of how they met and fell in love in high school.

13 Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment 23 min | Feb 07, 1991

Homer gets a crooked cable guy to install free cable in the Simpson home, and as a result, Lisa faces an ethical crisis over her family's stealing.

14 Principal Charming 23 min | Feb 14, 1991

Homer tries to set Selma up with Principal Skinner, only for him to fall for Patty instead.

15 Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? 23 min | Feb 21, 1991

Homer meets his half-brother Herb Powell, an automobile tycoon who zealously bonds with the family and tasks Homer with designing a car for the average American.

16 Bart's Dog Gets an F 23 min | Mar 07, 1991

After an uncontrollable Santa's Little Helper destroys several important Simpson possessions, Homer announces that he will be thrown out of the house unless he completes obedience training.

17 Old Money 23 min | Mar 28, 1991

After Grampa's new girlfriend dies and leaves him $106,000 in her will, he tries to decide what to do with it.

18 Brush with Greatness 30 min | Apr 11, 1991

After rekindling her artistic talents, Marge is commissioned to paint a portrait of Mr. Burns; Homer vows to lose weight after getting trapped in a water slide.

19 Lisa's Substitute 30 min | Apr 25, 1991

Lisa has a crush on her substitute teacher; Bart decides to run for class president.

20 The War of the Simpsons 30 min | May 02, 1991

Homer must decide whether he should complete marriage counseling or skip out to catch a legendary catfish; Bart and Lisa take advantage of Grampa's ignorance of the house rules.

21 Three Men and a Comic Book 30 min | May 09, 1991

Bart, Milhouse and Martin each pitch in to buy an highly-collectible "Radioactive Man" comic book, which soon has a disastrous effect on their friendship.

22 Blood Feud 30 min | Jul 12, 1991

After Bart saves Mr. Burns' life with a donated blood transfusion, Homer vows revenge when they receive only a "thank you" card as compensation.

Cast View all

Dan Castellaneta Homer Simpson
Harry Shearer Marty
Yeardley Smith Lisa Simpson
Julie Kavner Marge Simpson
Nancy Cartwright Bart Simpson
Hank Azaria Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
Maggie Roswell Mrs. Spencer
Pamela Hayden Jack's Girlfriend
Russi Taylor Martin Prince
James Earl Jones Moving Man
Phil Hartman Lionel Hutz
Marcia Wallace Edna Krabappel
Frank Welker Santa's Little Helper
Tress MacNeille Kim
Jon Lovitz Professor Lombardo
Jo Ann Harris Chuck
Danny DeVito Herb Powell
Dustin Hoffman Mr. Bergstrom
George Takei Akira
Cloris Leachman Mrs. Glick
Larry King Larry King
Alex Rocco Roger Meyers Jr.
Daniel Stern Narrator
Harvey Fierstein Karl
Sab Shimono Master Chef

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Edition details

Edition Special Edition
Packaging Custom Case
Nr Discs 4
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [French]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Subtitles English | English (Closed Captioned) | Spanish
Distributor 20th Century Fox
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Aug 06, 2002
Regions Region 1

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