Ten Reasons To NOT Buy This Set:

1. Despite usually being a talking point for Matt Groening in his DVD introductions, this set does not have a commentary for every single episode. How many commentaries do you get, I hear you ask? Zero. Big. Fat. Zero. What’s Matt Groening got to say about that in his intro? Oh yeah that’s right — he isn’t given one on this set.
2. Okay I lied, you get one special feature. A sneak peek of the 20th Anniversary Special. In 3D! On Ice! What’s that, you watched the entire thing last night? You and 13 million other people who now have no reason to own this ‘complete set’!
3. Despite them being readily accessible due to the time since these episodes were produced, no deleted scenes have been included on this set. No deleted scenes! What they kept in must have been pure gold!
4. You watched these episodes already in the last twelve months. Were they really that great that you must see them all again, today? Over Season 13?
5. Free cast poster! If you’re lucky. Some have already reported that their set has omitted this bonus feature.
6. The cover does not match the rest of the series at  all.
7. The Blu-Ray version does not contain a booklet detailing the episodes. Just a one-page slip with the episode titles on it. Handy, considering you paid more for this set!
8. The discs are contained within everybody’s favorite drink-coaster creator — the same cardboard packaging used in Seasons 11 and 12. Why purchase your drink coasters when you can instantly turn your Simpsons DVDs into instant scratch-heavy coasters simply by inserting and removing your discs from the box for general usage!
9. The disc menus are a plain black screen with single-color line-drawings. Further emphasizing that Fox rushed this release out to make a quick buck, without a care in the world about what true fans want out of a season release.
10. The *proper* release in 2014 will have everything it was supposed to have.

You can purchase this box set at Amazon or any good retailer, but remember you’re only purchasing it for the episodes in Season 20, which wont cost you a cent if you download them.

The Simpsons made its series debut in the Winter of 1989, making it 20 years old this December. The series was renewed by Fox this year for a further 2 seasons, which will make it the ripe old age of 23 in 2012.

A release date is still not know, but a December or Late November release now looks more likely than ever. We’ll keep you posted as soon as we know more.

So is it just a rumour? That seems not to be the case after a KFC promotion for The Simpsons Ride is giving away the Twentieth Season DVD as runner up prizes. And when is that contest drawn? November 2009. So it seems as if Fox have been keeping this one under their hats, but a Christmas release is almost certain. We’ll give you more details as soon as we ‘re told!

Watch “The Simpsons” characters come alive on your desktop. Join your friends in downloading the app and sending virtual pranks to each others’ computers. Gain levels and win trophies in your quest to create the most digital havoc.

This accompanies a small design update on the website to boot.

The Simpsons returns with all new episodes for Season 21 in September 2009.

We’ll be running a series of polls over the coming weeks in order to rate the best and worst Season 20 episodes. You may cast your votes for the top 3 episodes of the season below. From this we’ll narrow the poll down to the top 5. Then we’ll do the same with the worst episodes.

When nearby Ogdenville’s economy crumbles due to tainted barley discovered in Krusty’s veggie burgers, the unemployed workers of Ogdenville flock to Springfield. After Mayor Quimby closes Springfield’s borders and enlists private citizens to help patrol them, Homer organizes a border patrol group.

Family Guy had 6.47 million viewers at 9:00, keeping it as the number one performer for Fox on Sunday nights. King Of The Hill had 4.10 million viewers and American Dad 4.95 million, which, compared to The Simpsons at 8:00 in a more accessible timeslot is actually impressive.

Low ratings have been blamed on lots of things before, but there’s no question about it: people do not like these ‘storytelling’ episodes. They alienate the casual Simpsons viewer, who are likely to turn off or just not tune in to begin with if the stories do not interest them. Even I did not want to watch it, but for the purposes of this website I forced myself to. The show would be doing itself a favor in dropping these episodes entirely and having the season cut short one episode.

Rate the episode below, and try not to give it an ‘excellent’ grade just because Simpsons R da kewlest.

We’re also running an additional poll this week, where you can have your say on these types of episodes.

Marge and Lisa visit the nail salon where they engage in a spirited debate as to whether a woman can be smart, powerful and beautiful all at the same time. To prove their point, they spin four tales of famous women featuring famous Springfield faces: Selma as Queen Elizabeth I, Lisa as Snow White, Marge as Lady Macbeth and Maggie (guest voice Jodie Foster) as the idealistic architect protagonist from Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead”.

The ratings for Sunday night’s episode Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D’oh are finally in after some delays with the Nielsen figures. A total of 6.66 million viewers tuned in, which are relatively good numbers compared to the last few months.

The show even beat Family Guy, which had 6.566 million viewers at 9:00. Reinstated to it’s post-Simpsons slot, King Of The Hill drew 5.14 million viewers, while American Dad ended the night’s schedule on 5.53 million.

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