Simpsons DVD Update

[James Harvey]

Here's a shot of the DVD menu, courtesy of www.dvdsewer.com



And FOX's ofifical Press Release:


THE SIMPSONS

AY CARUMBA!
GRAB THE REMOTE AND PULL UP A COUCH --
AMERICA'S FAVORITE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS COMING TO DVD
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN
THE LONG-AWAITED, HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED
FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT WORLDWIDE RELEASE OF:

THE SIMPSONS
SEASON ONE COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD BOX SET
Specially Packaged Three Disc Set Featuring All 13 Episodes From The Premiere Season Plus Exclusive Bonus Features Available Only On DVD September 25, 2001
CENTURY CITY, Calif. (July 11, 2001) - Don't have a cow, man! On September 25, the longest running sitcom currently in primetime makes its DVD debut as Fox Home Entertainment announces the global release of THE SIMPSONS SEASON ONE COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD BOX SET featuring every episode from the premiere season. FOX's Emmy¨ Award-winning hit series debuted on December 17, 1989, and went on to build an extremely loyal and dedicated fan base. Tuning in each week, these viewers get their fill of "D'oh!" and experience the wild adventures of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, plus all the citizens of Springfield.
Now fans can see how it all began for this animated sensation with the specially packaged, three-disc THE SIMPSONS SEASON ONE COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD BOX SET, featuring all thirteen episodes from the show's groundbreaking first season. Highlighted by outtakes from an un-aired version of the first 22-minute episode, THE SIMPSONS SEASON ONE COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD BOX SET is jam-packed with exclusive bonus features including original scripts and audio commentaries by Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, writers, producers and animation directors. Also included are early sketches, foreign language clips, magazine covers and stills, Easter Eggs and numerous undisclosed surprises. Available beginning September 25 for the suggested retail price of $39.98 US/$49.98 Canada ($29.95 MAP), THE SIMPSONS SEASON ONE COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD BOX SET is a must own for any Simpsons fan or fanatic. Pre-book is August 29, 2001.
Marketing Support
Fox Home Entertainment will support the debut release of The Simpsons Season 1 DVD Box Set with a large marketing and advertising campaign, generating over 50 million targeted consumer impressions. The extensive advertising will span entertainment and general interest magazines as well as national television and online campaigns.
The Simpsons Season 1 DVD Collector's Edition Box Set Special Features And Content Specifics:
All of the first season episodes of The Simpsons are compiled on 3 dual-layered disks (full frame, aspect ratio 1.33:1). Each episode is presented with English 5.1, English Dolby Surround and French Dolby Surround Sound and English and Spanish subtitles. In addition, the following special features are exclusive to each specific disk:
Disc One:
Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire
Bart The Genius
Homer's Odyssey
There's No Disgrace Like Home
Bart The General
Moaning Lisa
Additional Bonus Features:
á Original scripts featuring notes by Matt Groening for Bart The Genius, Bart The General, and Moaning Lisa. All episodes are accompanied by commentary.
Disc Two:
Call Of The Simpsons
The Telltale Head
Life On The Fast Lane
Homer's Night Out
The Crepes Of Wrath
Krusty Gets Busted
Additional Bonus Features:
á All episodes are accompanied by commentary.
Disc Three:
Some Enchanted Evening
Additional Bonus Features:
á Original script notes by Matt Groening
á Outtakes from un-aired version of an episode
á Animatic of an episode with commentary by Matt Groening and David Silverman
á The making of The Simpsons "Americas First Family"
Disc Three (Continued):
Additional Bonus Features (Continued):
á Easter Egg ABC News Special on a reported controversy
á Tracey Ullman Show: 1st ever Simpsons short to air on Tracey Ullman Show
á Foreign Language Clips (5)
á Early Sketches Still Gallery
á Magazine Covers

ABOUT THE SIMPSONS
Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie take traditional comedy and family life and turn them upside down in FOX's critically acclaimed series, THE SIMPSONS. Voted the best show of the 20th Century by TIME magazine, THE SIMPSONS exploded into a cultural phenomenon in 1990 and remains one of the most visible and marketable properties both domestically and internationally. This Emmy Award¨-winning series successful entry into syndication only added to its appeal, reaching a whole new generation of fans. THE SIMPSONS is also famous for featuring celebrity guest voices such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Mel Gibson, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito and musical guests 'NSYNC, Britney Spears and Aerosmith. THE SIMPSONS is currently in production on its Thirteenth Season.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, along with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising comprise the retail-oriented strategic alliance of Fox Consumer Products (FCP). FCP is dedicated to being a forward-thinking, one-stop shopping source for all entertainment products related to Fox film and television properties, Fox Video and Fox Interactive products as well as an array of third-party programming and products. Fox Consumer Products is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a Fox Entertainment Group Company. Visit Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment at www.foxhome.com.

[The Mad Hatter]

Commentary on _all_ the episodes?

Happy....

And it looks like the "unaired episode" will be an alternate cut of the first episode. Interesting.

[Failure]

Thanks for the info DG! I was just wondering about this.

[James Harvey]

No problem, Failure. I am slowly getting more and more excited for this set. There's a review up of the first 2 discs and they say the commentaries are just one of the best they've heard and there are tonnes of in joke sin the premiere 13 eps. Me wanna see!

[Calhoun07]

What I'd like to see in the box set....a booklet with all the little hidden visual jokes listed. They have such a thing at the Simpsons website, it would be nice if they included it in print for the DVD. If they don't, I will have to go to the website and print them off for personal use.

[James Harvey]

I hope so. I hear that there is so much that viewers miss and I'd like to also get all the stuff I may causally overlook.

[Calhoun07]

Have you seen the site I am talking about, DG? They list these things under "freeze frame moments." Oh, yeah, I will be using my freeze button quite often on these Simpsons episodes!

[PlopKat]

The Simpsons site you're referring to is the fabulous Simpsons Archive.

Click on the episodes capsules, and then on a specific episode to see what you may be missing.

-PlopKat

[James Harvey]

I gone through the section but not as indepth. I should sometime, really. But I don't have any eps on VHS or even taped off the TV. I'll just do it when the DVDs come...

[Calhoun07]

One day, when I have the ambition, I will make little booklets on the computer with the info in it to put in with my DVD. I think it would be a nice addition! It just makes me look forward to the DVDs all the more! I think I will ask off from my second job on the 25th just so I can be sure to be home to watch these!

[James Harvey]

I plan to get it as early as possible that day, maybe skip an afternoon class or something so I can pick it up. Even though the first season does sorta suck, it'll makea nice addition to the collection.

[Keith]

I think the ideal thing to do as far as referencing all the hidden jokes in The Simpsons would be a pop-up video type of thing where you could watch the show and have a pause when something funny appears in the background - then the little pop up thing would point to it and note why it is of interest.

To me - that would add more value to the set than a booklet (but a booklet beats nothing)

[Calhoun07]

I like that idea, Keith! And the "Pop Up Video" people did several episodes of Brady Bunch for Nick at Nite. It would be a nice bonus feature for future sets. Fox posted a poll of what people would like to see on the first set as far as special features go (I voted, did you?) so if they put up a similar poll for season two, we have to be sure to get this idea in there.

[Keith]

Hmmm...I didn't know they even had a poll running!

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by Keith
Hmmm...I didn't know they even had a poll running!

DVDfile.com had a link up to it at one point. I think it was at the main Fox site. I tell ya, Fox does sure seem to care what their viewers and customers have to say. I have gotten personal responses from askfox@fox.com before, and in the times I hadn't recieved an email back from them, I would see my question or concerned taken care of (such as the time a Family Guy episode I wanted was pre empted by something else and I wrote to them to complain, because it was one I had been wanting to get taped, and they re ran it a couple weeks later. Maybe my email alone wasn't what made them re run it two weeks later, but I would like to think it was one of many they paid attention to and acted upon.) So if they post a poll up about season two for the Simpsons, I will be sure to post the link here.

[James Harvey]

A pop-up feature would be nice. New Line is doing that for their new line of Infinifilm DVDs.

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by DickGrayson
A pop-up feature would be nice. New Line is doing that for their new line of Infinifilm DVDs.

There is also something like that on Bring it On, which when I run it with the director's commentary, it certainly slows the disc down just a tad!

So how does the pop up feature work on the Infinifilm releases? Like the Bring it On DVD?

[James Harvey]

Not sure. I didn't watch the director's commentary on BIO. And icon will pop up in the lower corner and you can click on it to see footage from behind the scene, news, stills, etc...

[Calhoun07]

Oh, on Bring it On, it's called "Did you know that? Unversals Animated Anecdotes." It was a pop up video kind of thing (but not the same format, of course) that gave additional info and facts and etc about the movie as you watched it. That kind of feature would be so cool on the Simpsons DVD.