A new Christmas-themed DVD will be released in the USA and Canada on November 2.
Even if the final title is not yet available, it's already available to pre-order at
Amazon.com.
According to TV Shows on DVD, the disc contains these
four episodes:
- Homer vs. Dignity (CABF04)
- Skinner's Sense of Snow (CABF06)
- Dude, Where's My Ranch? (EABF13)
- 'Tis the Fifteenth Season (FABF02)
In the UK, the planned release date for "Christmas 2" is October 25.
Kenneth White of Simpsons-L reports
that in New Zealand he came across copies of
The Complete Third Season
that were in two dual disc jewel cases rather than the usual
fold-out method usually associated with the sets. The third season
was released last year in New Zealand in the standard fold-out
style, but it seems these new issues are like this instead.
In Finland, the release of
The Complete Fourth
Season has been pushed to July 23.
Star Tribune
reports that The Simpsons DVD boxed sets 1-3 have sold 5.3 million copies in the USA alone,
coming #1, #3 and #6 in the all-time TV on DVD chart.
Here is the full list of top-selling television DVDs of all time in the USA (in millions of units):
- "The Simpsons" (first season), 2.35
- "Family Guy" (first volume), 1.71
- "The Simpsons" (second season), 1.65
- "Chappelle's Show "(first season), 1.61
- "Sex and the City" (first season), 1.32
- "The Simpsons" (third season), 1.30
- "Sex and the City" (second season), 1.21
- "The Sopranos" (first season), 1.13
- "Family Guy" (second volume), 1.12
- "Friends" (first season), 1.10
Those of you who are still without the first three seasons might be interested to know that
Amazon.com is selling seasons 1-3 together at a reduced price. Or, if that's not enough and you want the first three Futurama sets with the Simpsons sets,
click here instead.
Our Wesley Mead's in-depth review of the 4th season DVD set has
been posted to our main news page. Other recent reviews you might want to check out:
"The Simpsons Gone Wild" will be released in the USA on September 14.
It includes four episodes ("Homer's Night Out," "Sunday Cruddy Sunday", "The
Mansion Family" and "Homer The Moe") and a Krusty
the Clown clip featurette on one disc. Note that the cover art in the recent
European edition is
different.
The Complete Fourth
Season will be released in Australia on August 25. However,
"The Simpsons Gone Wild" becomes available on July 7.
Final note: Apparently many fans haven't come across the second commentary track for
Marge vs. the Monorail that features Conan O'Brien, as only the main
one appears on the on-screen menu. To turn the Easter egg track on, press the "audio" button your DVD player's remote
control while playing until you find the second commentary, right after the first one.
Here are some of the first reviews of
The Complete Fourth
Season:
DVDFanatic.com is hosting a giveaway for
The Complete Fourth
Season on DVD. Contest ends June 23.
Zap2it.com is also
giving away season 4 sets. Entries accepted through June 25.
Unfortunately both giveaways are for residents of the United States only.
First update in a long while! A member of DVD File has received the season 4 set already, and has posted various images of the boxart and several menus shots. Click the link to see more, but note that registration is required. The set is due on June 15, and can be pre-ordered from Amazon.com and other major DVD stores.
"The Simpsons Gone Wild", the latest R2 compilation disc, is now due out in the UK next Monday, the 7th.
Volumes 6 to 10 in the "Classics" series of re-issues have been confirmed by Amazon and Play as being released on August 16th in the UK. The five are:
"Heaven and Hell"
"Against The World"
"Sex, Lies and the Simpsons"
"On Your Marks, Get Set, D'oh!"
"TheSimpsons.com"
All five have different cover art to their VHS counterparts.
Also, the Season 4 boxset now has a listed UK release date of August 2nd. Pre-order it here.
And finally, the release date for Finland has been set to July 16. Fans in France will have to wait until September 29.
Thanks to
Wesley Mead
The next five discs (Vols 6-10) in "The Simpsons Classics" series will be released in
the UK on June 15, reports DVD Review magazine.
Previously announced
"The Simpsons
Gone Wild" is the sixth Simpsons DVD title to hit the stores on the same day.
According to DVD Times,
The Complete Fourth
Season will finally include deleted scenes, taken from
"Homer's Triple Bypass" (x4) and
"The Front (x6). Here's the full rundown
of special features (R1 language selection):
- 1.33:1 Full Frame
- English DD5.1 Surround
- French and Spanish DD2.0 Stereo
- English and Spanish subtitles
- Audio Commentary with cast and crew on all 22 episodes
- Optional audio features on episode Kamp Krusty
- Bonus commentary tracks (easter eggs) on two episodes: Homer's Triple Bypass and
Marge vs. the Monorail
- Deleted scenes with optional play feature on two episodes: Homer's Triple Bypass (x4) and
The Front (x6)
- Bonus sketches for two episodes: Homer's Triple Bypass and Krusty Gets Kancelled
- Animation Showcase:
- 3 animatics (two with optional illustrated commentary)
- 11 multi-angle sequences
- Storyboards for 4 episodes
- 1 colour animation
- 4 commercials
- The Cajun Controversy
- A word from Matt Groening
- Promotional Syndication reel
- Bush vs. Simpsons featurette
Amazon.com is now
taking pre-orders for the 4th season set ($32.49).
Fox Home Entertainment has released the cover art of
The Complete Fourth
Season. (Click the image above to enlarge)
In other news, the release of the next European single-disc title,
"The Simpsons
Gone Wild," has been pushed to June 15.
TV Shows on DVD site has
posted a press release announcing
The Complete Fourth
Season, according to which
it will be released in the USA and Canada on June 15, 2004.
Break out the Kwik-E-Mart Squishies and pull up a couch -- on June 15, 2004, "THE SIMPSONS"
SEASON FOUR DVD COLLECTION debuts from Fox Home Entertainment. Following the record-breaking
Season One, Two and Three DVD releases, selling over five million DVDs to-date, "THE SIMPSONS"
SEASON FOUR DVD COLLECTION features all 22 episodes from the
fourth season (1992-1993) from
the longest-running comedy series in primetime. Featuring exclusive bonus material including
commentary on each episode, an introduction by Matt Groening, a voiceover featurette with
James L. Brooks, an Animation Showcase multi-angle feature, animatics, commercials, deleted
scenes and more, the four-disc collection arrives at a suggested retail of $49.98 US / $69.98
Canada.
More...
The next single-disc title,
"The Simpsons
Gone Wild," will
be released in the UK on May 3. As usual, it contains four episodes from both classic and
more recent seasons. Included on this disc are "Homer's Night Out," "Sunday Cruddy Sunday", "The Mansion Family" and "Homer The Moe," and possibly a short collection of character clips.
Thanks to
Wesley Mead
According to an unconfirmed
Internet rumor,
after his show in Canada, Conan O'Brien had said he'll be doing season 4 commentaries.
"Hey are you doing the Simpsons Season 4 commentaries?"
"Yeah, we recorded it last week."
"Monorail?"
"Yeah, Monorail!"
Time will tell whether this is true and if Conan will also be commenting on
"New Kid on the Block", the other 4th season episode he wrote.
Mike Reiss talked to DVDFanatic.com
about the Simpsons (and "The Critic") DVDs:
I'm going in, in a couple hours to do more commentary and Jon Lovitz will be there.
We could not get Jon Lovitz, he just wasn’t available to do "The Critic" commentary
and he's in town so he'll be doing some "Simpsons" commentary on the episodes he
appeared in.
[...]
You know, I own these DVDs, I comment on them but I never watch any of them! I don't
know what bonus material they have but they always seem to deliver. They take these
DVDs very seriously so there is certainly a lot of commentary. There is commentary
on every episode and we're getting the cast in more to do commentary so that's
something.
The old news regarding
The Complete Third Season and other titles released at the time have now been
archived. This page is all set for news on
The Complete Fourth
Season, and other new Simpsons DVD titles.
Unfortunately, as Fox Home has neither revealed nor hinted practically anything about their
plans for the 4th season, there's nothing solid to report about it yet.
In the meantime, Fox TV DVD in the UK
has announced that in addition to the season 4 boxed set, a single-disc DVD called
"The Simpsons Go Wild" and an unspecified number of new titles in
"The Simpsons Classics" series will be released later this year
in the UK (and possibly elsewhere in Europe and in Australia). The "Classics"
series currently consists of 5 discs available in the UK, each carrying 4 episodes from
various seasons (more info).
Thanks to
Wesley Mead
For details on the previous sets, see the archived DVD news:
Season 1
| Season 2
| Season 3
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This document lists archived official news, as well as some unconfirmed rumors, regarding
The Complete Fourth Season
and other Simpsons DVD titles released at the time.
These will be special features of
"The Simpsons Christmas 2", available on November 2 in the
USA,
and on October 25 in the UK.
Five new "Simpsons Classics" discs (parts 6-10) are now available in the UK:
