The Simpsons - Season 13 - Complete [DVD]

The 13th season of The Simpsons is definitely worth checking out. The golden age of The Simpsons ended a few years ago but its OK because there are some pretty darn good episodes to enjoy as well as some interesting commentary and features for The Simpsons' geeks! The design for this package is game-themed. There's a nice picture of Ralph who stars on the cover this time and he and the game theme follows suit through the DVD's with the features I will mention later. Once again we have the amazing cardboard packaging and the plastic coated backings for the DVD's to rest on. Not fabulous but that's the way it is!

Some interesting episodes are Treehouse of Horror XII where Homer gets cursed by a gypsy, The Simpsons' house tries to kill them when they install new technology (guest voiced by Pierce Brosnan and a quick part from Matthew Perry), and Mr Burns becomes a dragon in a Harry Potter parody. The parent rap features a new evil judge and sentences Homer to be shackled to Bart 24/7! , Homer the Moe has Homer taking over Moe's bar while he's away at college, A hunka, hunka Burns in love (the title is an obvious rip-off of a popular Elvis song!) where Mr. Burns finds a woman! The blunder years has Homer screaming constantly after being hypnotised which uncovers a repressed memory, Homer's Vegas wife shows up again in Brawl in the family, Jaws wired shut sees the return of Artie Ziff, The Bart wants what it wants features guest voicing by Reese Witherspoon where Bart begins dating Rainier Wolfcastle's daughter, Tales from the public domain has parodies of classic stories, Blame it on Lisa sees the family heading to Brazil, Weekend at Burnsie's sees Homer addicted to medical Marijuana in a controversial episode, I am furious yellow has Bart creating a popular cartoon based on Homer and The sweetest Apu has the Quickie Mart owner cheating on his wife!

The special features have as usual commentaries on every episode (Matt Groening appearing in 8 of them - double the amount as in series 14!), sketch galleries featuring original drawings, animation showcases, a language feature, Ralphisms which is recycled clips of some of the best Ralph phrases, The people ball which shows how the design was created for Sweet and sour Marge, The 13th crewman which is about a design for the sail of a boat which has Bart on it!, Blame it on the monkeys is about the controversy that Blame it on Lisa created with Brazil having a very negative reaction towards the episode! Al Jean tells us that the Marijuana episode was fine and had high ratings but the Brazil episode caused many complaints! The games is an interesting feature which takes us through every Simpson's game created up to now and gives an insight into the development of gaming technology. The sweet life of Ralph shows the development of Ralph as a character with more old footage taking us up to this season. There are deleted scenes on many episodes which can be enjoyed during the episodes, after and features commentary as usual.

Weekend at Burnsies - Homer gets high from Medical Marijuana and tries to get it legalised.

I am Furious Yellow - Bart makes Homer into a famous cartoon "Angry Dad"

These are the only good episodes of this season.

Don't waste your money. Just buy these 2 episodes from iTunes.

As you can tell, The Simpsons are making less and less funny episodes every season.

Matt, Listen to your old fans and just give it up already...

I remember the days of classic Simpsons on BBC2 and coming in from school to watch them.

Please end this awful cartoon known as The Simpsons Season 24. It is terrible and everyone knows it. Even you, Matt.

I love the simpsons and have all the series on dvd. It's a shame we had to wait so long for this series to be released.
My personal favourite episodes include:
Treehouse of Horror XXI
The Parent Rap - Homer and Bart get tethered together
The Blunder Years - Homer gets hypnotised which releases a childhood trauma
Brawl in the Family - After a game of monopoly gets aggressive, the Simpsons get a social worker, and Homer and Ned get some suprising visitors
Jaws Wired Shut - Clues in the title, Homer gets his jaw wired shut and becomes a better listener
Weekend at Burnsies - Homer gets high on medical marijuana, and tries to get it legalized
I Am Furious Yellow - Bart creates a comic book, Homer tries to deal with his anger problem
The Sweetest Apu - Homer finds Apu cheating on Manjula
The Frying Game - Homer suprises Marge, and ends up doing community service
Papa's Got a Brand New Badge - Homer starts a security company, everything goes well until they have to deal with Fat Tony
Little Girl in the Big Ten - Lisa befriends some College Students and Bart becomes the boy in the bubble