The Simpsons: Christmas with the Simpsons [DVD]

Description

Contains the following episodes The Simpsons have never been as big on Christmas as they have on Halloween and while Christmas with The Simpsons contains five episodes, one of them, "Mr Plow", is only seasonal insofar as it contains snow. Fortunately, it's also a cracker, with Homer resorting to low-budget screen advertising to launch his snowploughing business ("It may be a lousy channel but the Simpsons are on TV!") before a pep-talk he gives to inebriate buddy Barney encourages the latter to set up as a rival. This compilation also contains "The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", the very first Simpsons episode broadcast, in which their dog Santa's Little Helper is introduced. Years on, this episode looks ancient and a little average by later, stratospheric standards. "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" is a slightly downbeat parody of It's a Wonderful Life , in which the town turns on the Simpsons after helping them out when Bart lied about their presents being burgled. "Grift of the Magi" features luckless ex-sitcom star Gary Coleman reprising his real-life job as a security guard as an unscrupulous toy company aggressively merchandise a faddish new toy in time for Christmas ("If you don't have Funzo, you're nothing".) The plot is very similar to "She of Little Faith"--uncharacteristic repetition for this show--but that's forgiven as Lisa is forced to become a Buddhist following the commercialisation of the church in another episode that's as un-seasonally un-cosy as you'd expect from the greatest TV programme ever made. On the DVD : Christmas with The Simpsons contains one extra feature: a short montage of evil power plant boss Mr Burns' finest comedic moments, including his tussle with baby Maggie over ownership of teddybear BoBo and a money fight with the servile Smithers. -- David Stubbs Review: The Simpsons Christmas - I purchased this DVD mistakenly thinking it was a feature length movie. Silly me.It's a mixed bag of early Simpson episodes. It's still good but it's just like sitting down for a TV episode. I bought it for my 4 year old daughter as she's a huge fan. She likes it so I guess my 2 star review is slightly unfair.She is now standing beside me with her sister Éabha and they made me change the rating! So, I guess it's a 5 star review for Bart and the family!! Eugene Brosnan Review: Christmas with the Simpsons - This DVD, The Simpsons: Christmas with the Simpsons, is more for the hardcore fans who love The Simpsons & who enjoy collecting all The Simpsons DVDs. As you really only get 5 episodes and it would be better to buy the complete seasons for only a few quid more. The 5 episodes you get are: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (from series 1) Mr. Plow (from series 4) Miracle on Evergreen Terrace (from series 9) Grift of the Magi (from series 11) She of Little Faith (from series 13) You also get 1 or 2 extra's, but due to the very badly done set-out of the DVD menu screen i was not able to click on them.