The Simpsons - Complete Season 4 [DVD]

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Dobson, Hugh (January 18, 2006). "Mister Sparkle Meets the Yakuza: Depictions of Japan in The Simpsons". The Journal of Popular Culture. 39 (1): 44–68. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00203.x. Archived from the original on January 5, 2013 . Retrieved September 3, 2008. Conan O'Brien has said that of all the episodes of The Simpsons he wrote, this is his favorite. [4] Homer's lines "I call the big one Bitey" and "Donuts, is there anything they can't do?" are among series creator Matt Groening's favorite lines. [29] O'Brien and Hank Azaria performed the monorail song live at the Hollywood Bowl from September 12–14, 2014, as part of the show "The Simpsons Take The Bowl". [30] When The Simpsons began streaming on Disney+ in 2019, former Simpsons writer and executive producer Bill Oakley named the episode as one of the best classic Simpsons episodes to watch on the service. [31] Leonard Nimoy's appearance as himself has been praised as being one of the show's best guest appearances. [5] In a list of the 25 greatest guest voices on the show, released September 5, 2006, IGN ranked Leonard Nimoy at 11th. [27] Nathan Ditum ranked his performance as the 13th-best guest appearance in the show's history. [28] Nimoy made a second guest appearance in season eight's " The Springfield Files". [27] Partly false claim: a 1993 Simpsons episode predicted the new coronavirus outbreak". Reuters. March 14, 2020 . Retrieved March 17, 2020.

After someone steals the Honda "H" off Superintendent Chalmers' car, Principal Skinner tries to find the culprit. Nelson is found guilty and Lisa soon falls for his rebellious ways, causing her to develop a crush on him. Meanwhile, Homer obtains a telemarketing machine, which ends up driving the town mad. This was the final association of Klasky Csupo with The Simpsons as it produced the Ullman shorts and Seasons 1-3. However, two holdover episodes from Season 3, " Kamp Krusty" and " A Streetcar Named Marge", were aired in the succeeding season, i.e., Season 4, with Season 3's production code, 8Fxx. Production then shifted to Film Roman, which produced episodes starting in Season 4. Film Roman's first Simpsons episode was " Homer the Heretic", as indicated by the first use of the production code 9Fxx. Homer receives a better job offer by Globax Corporation and he decides to move the family to the town of Cypress Creek. Homer's new boss, Hank Scorpio, is soon to be revealed to be a villainous man for world domination as Homer is intensely oblivious of his employer's plans.Troy McClure presents three Simpsons spin-off spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.", Chief Wiggum becomes a detective and moves to New Orleans with Principal Skinner as his assistant. Next, Grampa Simpson's soul is trapped inside Moe's Love tester machine in " The Love-Matic Grampa". Finally, the Simpson family host a '70ish variety show in " The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour". Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1sted.). New York: HarperPerennial. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M. . Guest starring: Jon Lovitz as Llewellyn Sinclair and Ms. Sinclair and Phil Hartman as Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz The Simpsons: 20 Seasons, 20 Episodes". IGN. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007 . Retrieved January 15, 2022. Oakley, Bill. (2004). DVD Commentary for "Marge in Chains", in The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

Jim Reardon. After its initial airing on Fox, the episode was later included as part of a 1997 video release titled The Simpsons: Crime and Punishment. It was released again on the 2005 edition of the same set. The episode is included on The Simpsons– The Complete Fourth Season DVD box set released on June 15, 2004. Haring, Bruce (February 18, 2021). " 'The Simpsons' Hit A Little Too Close To Home For One Fan, AKA Ted Cruz". Deadline . Retrieved March 6, 2021. Did Uncle Don Call Kids 'Little Bastards' on the Air?". Snopes. February 7, 2020 . Retrieved May 12, 2020. Carrington, Michael (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Cape Feare" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. Production [ edit ] Johnny Carson objected to his original role, which depicted him as a mooch, so the writers instead made him extremely versatile.

Frishberg, Hannah (May 6, 2020). " 'Simpsons' episode predicted coronavirus — and murder hornets". New York Post . Retrieved May 7, 2020. This season's production run (9F) was the first to be animated by Film Roman, after Gracie Films opted to switch domestic production of the series from Klasky Csupo. [11] [12] Sharon Bernstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Gracie executives had been unhappy with the producer Csupo had assigned to The Simpsons and said the company also hoped to obtain better wages and working conditions for animators at Film Roman." [12] Klasky Csupo co-founder Gábor Csupó had been "asked [by Gracie Films] if they could bring in their own producer [to oversee the animation production]," but declined, stating "they wanted to tell me how to run my business." [12] Simon commented that: "There won't be any change in the quality or look of the show. We're not going to compromise the quality of the show, and key creative personnel will continue on the show." [12] Season 4 was released on DVD in its entirety as The Complete Fourth Season Boxset on June 15, 2004 in Region 1, August 2, 2004 in Region 2 and August 25, 2004 in Region 4 by 20th Century Fox. While primarily containing the original 22 episodes, the boxset also consists on bonus features such as storyboards. When prohibition hits the town of Springfield, and with Bart's help, Homer gets into the booze-making business.

Marge's, Patty's, and Selma's Aunt Gladys passes away, and in her video will, Gladys admonishes Patty and Selma to raise families rather than die alone as she did. Selma takes the advice to heart, investigating and discarding several possibilities for having a child. Fed up with Homer's neglect, Bart signs up with "Bigger Brothers," a mentor program, and is matched with a hip, cool, and caring young man named Tom. Homer finds out, and for revenge he joins Bigger Brothers as a mentor and is matched with an orphan boy named Pepe.

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a b c d Silverman, David. (2004). DVD Commentary for "Krusty Gets Kancelled", in The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. For an April Fool's Day prank on Homer, Bart shakes a can of Duff Beer in a paint shaker, then leaves the beer in the refrigerator for Homer to find. When Homer opens the beer, the resulting explosion blows the roof off the house and puts Homer into a coma. During his coma, the family reminisce by way of clips from previous episodes. Homer shows some signs of life during the stories, but when Bart confesses to the shaken beer prank, Homer immediately wakes up and begins strangling Bart. The rest of the family are glad to see that Homer has recovered. Andreeva, Nellie (March 3, 2021). " 'The Simpsons', 'Family Guy' & 'Bob's Burgers' Renewed For Two Additional Seasons Through 2024-25". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 26, 2023.