DVD Review: Season 10 offers classic “Simpson's” episodes

I love it that we're getting closer to some of the later seasons of “The Simpsons,” because during the last three to four years, I don't have time to be plopped down in front of the tube at 8 p.m. every Sundays.

Fortunately, I have caught most of the episodes in Season 10 when they originally aired, but it's still nice to have that DVD picture quality and 5.1 mix of the audio where it makes the episodes come to life even more. If you have seen all the episodes included in this box set, you may have only seen them in syndication and could have missed some excellent jokes or scenes.

This season doesn't have quite the bang for me as many others. We're starting to see some changing of the writers and struggles coming up with 22 minute long entertaining episodes that just don't rely on Homer hurting himself (which still to this day is funny).

Some of the better episodes that you have to check out are:

“Mayored to the Mob” where Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker, people) makes a guest appearance that leads to Homer taking the job of personal bodyguard to Mayor Quimby. Worth sitting through to hear the song, “Luke Be a Jedi Tonight.”

“Sunday Cruddy Sunday” has Homer leading the Springfield men to the Superbowl only to find out that they can't get in.

“They Saved Lisa's Brain” is actually a good episode that focuses around Lisa and her involvement with the other intelligent people of Springfield in an attempt to make Springfield a utopia.

The bonus fun on this set include: audio commentaries on all episodes by Matt Groening (I still have yet to watch any of the boxed sets with this feature on), deleted scenes (usually the best part on any boxed set, especially how you can integrate them back into the episodes), animation showcases, a collection of crank calls, Butterfinger commercials and more. There is a special look at “The Simpsons Movie” DVD, but I'll save that for you to check out.

Speaking of “The Simpsons Movie,” if you are a fan and haven't seen it yet based on the quality of most of the last few seasons, make sure you do go see it. I laughed most of the way through (without any booze in me) and think it's worth to see them on the big screen. I'll go more into the movie when the DVD is released later on this year.

Sometimes I wonder if it's worth doing a review of a Simpsons' box set. Fans will probably have picked it up right away, while others just download their favourites onto their computer. I think giving props to a package set for $35 and encouraging fans to buy it is fair for so many years of quality entertainment that the series has given us — not to mention the bonus features above that are only available on this set.