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I've been a dedicated Simpsons fan for about ten years. I have the first seven seasons on DVD, and I've seen every episode that aired during the first 12 or 13 seasons or so. If you've kept up with the show at all, then you'll probably agree with my opinion that the new episodes just suck compared to the old ones.
The Simpsons had a golden age that began at season 3 and lasted through season 9. All of the episodes on my list aired during those seasons. Season 10 really marked the beginning of the downfall that has lasted through the current 17th season, meaning that the past eight years of the Simpsons has only deluded the concentration of great episodes that aired long ago.
Even before watching these episodes again as I bought the DVDs (the first day they came out like a true Simpsons fan), I already knew every joke of every episode frontwards and backwards. These are the episodes that were in syndication during my elementary and middle school years, and haven't really been seen for a while. Yet, as I watched them again years later, I still knew every episode by heart. These episodes just don't get old. They are classics in every sense of the word. And the beauty of the Simpsons is that they don't resort to crude humor (as they've done in recent years), but rather showcase how clever writers can be.
Complete Season DVDs Available On Amazon
If you are going to buy a Simpsons DVD, make sure it's a complete season DVD. Currently seasons 1-7 are available, and can be bought below.
The Simpsons - The Complete First Season
Amazon Price: $21.49 (as of 10/07/2008)
The Simpsons - The Complete Second Season
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The Simpsons - The Complete Third Season
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The Simpsons - The Complete Fourth Season
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The Simpsons - The Complete Fifth Season
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The Simpsons - The Complete Sixth Season
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The Simpsons - The Complete Seventh Season (Collectible Marge Head Pack)
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- Simpsons Complete Fifth Season DVD
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- Simpsons Complete Seventh Season DVD
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#25: "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
Season 4 - Aired May 13, 1993
When the Gabbo show causes Krusty to get cancelled, Krusty quickly hits the skids. However, Lisa and Bart vow to help Krusty out by organizing a comeback special.Guest stars: Bette Midler, Elizabeth Taylor, Hugh Hefner, Johnny Carson, Luke Perry and the Red Hot Chili Peppers
#24: "Trash Of The Titans"
Season 9 - Aired April 26, 1998
When his crude insults persuade the local garbage men to terminate his trash pick-up service, Homer enters the race for sanitation commissioner, banking on the laziness of his fellow townspeople as the key to victory.
Guest stars: Steve Martin and U2
Guest stars: Steve Martin and U2
#23: "Treehouse Of Horror VII"
Season 8 - Aired October 27, 1996
In "The Thing and I", Bart discovers the 'evil twin' brother he never knew he had, locked away in the Simpsons' attic. Next, Lisa's tooth-desolved-in-soda science experiment develops into a higher form of life, who eventually see Lisa as God and Bart as the Devil in "The Genesis Tub". Finally, as the election draws near, the aliens Kang and Kodos kidnap and assume the roles of Bob Dole and Bill Clinton. It's up to Homer to expose their evil plot for world domination in "Citizen Kang". #22: "The Last Temptation Of Homer"
Season 5 - Aired December 9, 1993
Homer falls in love with a new female employee at the nuclear plant who is just like Homer. Homer, however, feels guilty.Guest Stars: Michelle Pfieffer and Werner Klemperer
#21: "Burns, Baby Burns"
Season 8 - Aired November 17, 1996
Burns discovers his long lost 60-year-old illegitimate son, Larry, is insulting and lazy, and wants nothing to do with him. Homer thinks a good kidnapping is all that's needed to change Burns' mind.Guest Star: Rodney Dangerfield
#20: "Homer The Smithers"
Season 7 - Aired February 25, 1996
Smithers takes a much needed vacation and to insure his position at the nuclear plant, he hires Homer as his temporally replacement. #19: "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"
Season 7 - Aired September 17, 1995
With Burns shot, Chief Wiggum follows a trail of DNA that leads to the Simpsons front door step. Homer is charged for the shooting and before Homer can be jailed, he escapes. It's a race to see who reaches Burns' hospital room first.Guest Star: Tito Puente
#18: "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
Season 5 - Aired September 30, 1993
We flashback to 1985, where Homer, Apu, Principal Skinner, and Chief Wiggum (replaced with Barney) were the hit barbershop quartet known as the "Be Sharps".Guest Star: George Harrison
#17: "A Streetcar Named Marge"
Season 4 - Aired October 1, 1992
Marge takes a part in the musical version of "A Streetcar Named Desire", a musical which has a strange resemblance to the Simpsons' own home life. #16: "You Only Move Twice"
Season 8 - Aired November 3, 1996
Homer moves the family to a new town after he receives a better job offer, at a better nuclear power plant, but Homer is oblivious to the fact that his new boss is a Super Villain who is out to rule the world.
#15: "Stark Raving Dad"
Season 3 - Aired September 19, 1991
Thanks to Bart leaving his lucky red hat in the load of washed white shirts, Homer wears a pink shirt to the nuclear power plant. He is promptly committed to a mental institution, where he meets up with a white man (Leon Kompowski) who walks and talks like Michael Jackson.Guest Star: Michael Jackson (credited as John Jay Smith)
#14: "Deep Space Homer"
Season 5 - Aired February 24, 1994
After seeing their ratings decline, NASA decides to send Joe Average to space. In this case, Joe Average is Homer Simpson.Guest Stars: James Taylor and Buzz Aldrin
#13: "Flaming Moe's"
Season 3 - Aired November 21, 1991
Homer helps invent the hottest drink in Springfield. However, when Moe steals the recipe and turns Moe's Tavern into the hottest spot in Springfield, Homer vows revenge.Guest Stars: Aerosmith
#12: "Bart Vs. Australia"
Season 6 - Aired February 19, 1995
The government of Australia isn't impressed with Bart's prank phone call and demand that he apologizes in person. #11: "Rosebud"
Season 5 - Aired October 21, 1993
When Mr. Burns was very young, he gave up his teddy bear, Bobo, for a life of riches. Now growing old, he desires for his teddy bear, which Maggie loves dearly.Guest Stars: The Ramones
#10: "Last Exit To Springfield"
Season 4 - Aired March 11, 1993
Homer becomes a Union boss and negotiates a new contract with the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, mindful that Lisa needs braces. #9: "Lisa's Wedding"
Season 6 - Aired March 19, 1995
Lisa attends the Springfield Renaissance Faire, where a deck of fortuneteller cards spells out future wedding plans. #8: "Homer Vs. The Eighteenth Amendment"
Season 8 - Aired March 16, 1997
When Prohibition hits the town of Springfield Homer goes into the booze making business with Bart's help. #7: "Bart The Murderer"
Season 3 - Aired October 10, 1991
After having a very lousy day of school, Bart accidentally stumbles into The Legitimate Businessman Social Club, a mobster front. He becomes a bartender, but when he shows up late at work and blames Principal Skinner, Skinner disappears. #6: "Lisa The Vegetarian"
Season 7 - Aired October 15, 1995
A trip to a local petting zoo leads to confrontations at the dinner table when Lisa decides to become a vegetarian.Guest Stars: Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
#5: "Cape Feare"
Season 5 - Aired October 7, 1993
Sideshow Bob is paroled from prison, and he has only one thing in mind for Bart: revenge. #4: "Homer At The Bat"
Season 3 - Aired February 20, 1992
Mr. Burns bets $1,000,000 that his company team can beat a competing plant's team. In order to do so, he replaces the regular company team with new security guard Roger Clemens, new janitor Wade Boggs, lunchroom cashier Ken Griffey Jr., and other new employees like Steve Sax, Don Mattingly, Ozzie Smith, Darryl Strawberry, Jose Canseco, and Mike Scoscia (who runs the solid contaminate encapsulator). #3: "The Springfield Files"
Season 8 - Aired January 12, 1997
Homer witnesses something out of this world in Springfield woods, but no one believes him, not even FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (from The X-Files), who came to investigate the incident.Guest Stars: Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny and Leonard Nimoy
#2: "Marge Vs. The Monorail"
Season 4 - Aired January 14, 1993
After getting $3 million from a fine due to Mr. Burn's illegal disposal of nuclear waste, the town decides to spend money on a needless monorail ....built from shoddy materials.Guest Star: Leonard Nimoy
#1: "Homer The Great"
Season 6 - Aired January 8, 1995
Homer joins a secret sociality called the Stonecutters, where his greatness is revealed, but only after he destroys the secret parchment and stripped of his membership.Guest Star: Patrick Stewart
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Notable Simpsons Sites
- The Simpsons Archive
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- The Simpsons Gallery
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