Simpsons Season 9 DVD Contains Several Classic Episodes

The first cool thing you will notice when you open the Simpsons Season 9 DVD package-regardless of whether you for the Lisa head box or the traditional box-is the fact that all the individual DVDs inside are packaged so as to resemble 1960s-era records. They bring to mind not only those classic records, but also the design of the soundtrack CD for the Tom Hanks movie That Thing You Do. These designs are in keeping with the overall theme of the Simpsons Season 9 DVD: Season Nine Rocks.

Whether that is true or not depends on your point of view. While there is no question that season nine of the Simpsons is hardly among the show's best-and certainly not worthy of a place in the Golden Era of the show-it nonetheless is leagues beyond what you would get from the ninth season of any other sitcom. In fact, if you didn't know anything about the Simpsons and watched the episodes on the Season 9 DVD you would probably place this around season four or five. That, after all, is around the time most classic television sitcoms starting noticing a slight drop in quality. As a point of reference, compare the ninth season of the Simpsons to the ninth season of MASH and you tell me which "best show on TV" suffers from the most glaring drop in quality by its ninth season.

But back to the issue of the musical theme of the Simpsons Season 9 DVD. The packaging insert is designed like Rolling Stone magazine, featuring a photo of Lisa Simpson and Bleeding Gums Murphy on the cover. On the inside you will find a top nine song list, some music-related faux advertising and other fun stuff. The DVDs themselves feature a menu screen showing various characters interacting with each other as they wait in line to get into a club.