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The Simpsons - The Complete Third Season Customer Reviews (10 - 12 of 12 Reviews)

The Greatest Show in TV History
I have always said, even in the lean years (season 10-13) that a bad Simpsons episode is still better than anything else on television. The 3rd season is a collection of great episodes, and a trove of some of the greatest humor in the history of television. The format of this DVD is fantastic as well as the content. The audio commentary is very entertaining as well. This is a must for any Simpsons fan. You can finally get rid of all those VHS tapes!

Great set!
This season is when the Simpsons really start getting good. Classic moments throughout. Nice packaging. Can't wait for the next volume!

Great episodes, so-so special features
As other reviewers have stated, the third season is where the show really took off, with both the animation and the writing. Some of the best episodes of the show were made in this season. However, the reason why I'm only giving the DVD 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the organization of the DVD. I love the episodes themselves, I love the commentaries, and I love the new couch gags featured in the main menu. My only complaint is with the special features.

The DVDs for the previous two seasons had the special features grouped together, usually on the last disk. I liked this because they were easier to find and view. The third season DVD is different in that there is a Special Features menu for each episode. It usually just has the option to play the commentary or not (this option was in the Language Selections menu on earlier DVDs). A few episodes contained Scene Specific Sketches. However, I didn't like this feature because you don't know when in the episode they will appear. You have to watch the episode carefully for a pencil icon to appear on the screen, and then press Play to see the sketches. This did not work on at least one of the episodes, and you can't have the subtitles turned on at the same time, either. I think it would have been better to have a separate slide show of all of these sketches grouped together. I also would have liked to see more featurettes and interviews with the staff (i.e. Matt Groening, producers, directors, etc.) to learn more about the people who work on the show. Finally, there is a special feature that I was never able to find on the DVD, namely, Audio Outtakes from the cast and guest stars. If it's hidden in an Easter Egg somewhere, I haven't come across it yet.

Overall, though, this is a wonderful DVD that I encourage every Simpsons fan to get. I just hope that the creators of upcoming Simpsons DVDs will read this, take my comments into account, and make it easier to find and access all of the special features, and have better organization of the menus.

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