Where are people finding this coupon? It's posted in this thread in the Bargains forum, but where does one find the original coupon? Is it a physical item you get in the B&M, or is it available only for download? Does printing it from the Bargains forum make it legitimate?

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Back when the set first came out you could order this "box" from Fox for a couple $$$ shipping/handeling... atleast the box I have is just something you unfold and you can put the DVD binder inside of it.

it was originally packaged in a demo disc given out to customers who purchased a home theater installation. depending on the store, if you asked for one in the home theater department, they would usually just give one to you. most stores in my area were overflowing with copies, so they handed them out no problem. technically, the printed-out versions are not supposed to be accepted. it wasn't something made available online. i scanned the coupon over for another forum i frequent before i joined dvdtalk. as far as i know, that's pretty much the same scan that has been passed around at various forums. as evidenced in previous threads, the deal is YMMV. people had no troubles using it at first, but when people starting coming to registers with 30 copies of the coupon for use on one sale, certain stores began refusing to use the coupon at all. but it's worth a shot to try it out.

Hungry Hungry Homer is hilarious I love that episode.
Trilogy of Error is remarkable, a ridiculously funny episode.
Which season is Treehouse of Horror XII in, the one with the "House of Whacks" segment?

Man, the commentaries on this season are so disappointing. Mike Scully and some of these newer writers just don't entertain and share anecdotes like David X. Cohen (who is actually on two of them this season, to be fair), Al Jean, Mike Reiss, and others. I'm through the first disc so far, and it seems like they just laugh at their own work and crack jokes with one another... and no excuses yet for why Mike Scully was so obsessed with cramming guest stars into these episodes. And yeah, some sort of explanation would be nice (even if you enjoy all the guest stars, it'd be interesting to hear why he wanted to go in that direction).

^^^ I hate when writers/creators think that their work is so great & think laugh at the joke they wrote like it's the funniest thing in the history of television. Don't get me wrong, I am happy when actors/creators/etc... take pride in their work but they don't have to go overboard.

Thats my only problem with the Seinfeld "Inside Looks" feature as well. Jerry, Richards & Jason were alright but Julia Louis-Dreyfus saying "That was so funny" every 10 ten frickin' seconds was starting to grate on the ole' nerves abit after awhile.

Anyways, I picked up the tenth season (bart head) at future shop. I'll get around to watching it after I finish Roseanne-Season Eight. Mike Scully will have to wait...

I agree. If done occasionally it's sort of endearing. But constantly, especially when they're laughing at a show that was clearly in the midst of a disappointing downward spiral - annoying.

One of the reasons I liked the commentary for an episode like "The Principal and the Pauper," even though it is a frustratingly crappy episode, is that the writer commented on why he did what he did and defended it despite fan objection. He legitimately seemed proud of his work, and provided at least respectable points about why he did what he did with it.

Mike Scully took the show in a drastically different direction almost immediately after becoming show runner (I am really amazed, so far, at the stark contrast between Season 10 and and any season before it, even Season 9 - I guess I never noticed just how drastic it was when I was watching it in its original run), and I'd like to hear why he felt that stuffing the show to the breaking point with [shameless and unfunny] celebrity guest star appearances and more surreal and disjointed "humor" was the right way to go. Some of the episodes at this stage of the show are described as "Schwartzwelder-ian," if they take a turn into some surreal moment or ending that makes absolutely no sense that totally takes you out of the feeling that you're watching a real family... but John Schwartzwelder wrote some of the best episodes ever prior to this... It'd be interesting to hear whether this is because John just lost his fucking mind, or because Scully and the room were way more open to this kind of crazy stuff, and didn't change things very much.

Yeah, I've seen it, it should be readily available now.

I've only seen a few of the commentaries on Season 10 so far, but have to agree about what's been said so far - too much laughing at their own jokes, not enough content.

I thought Oakley/Weinstein commentaries of seasons 7,8, and a couple of episodes of 9 were some of the best in terms of content. They were funny and informative, and they didn't shy away from talking about episodes where the reaction was mixed/negative (like "Principal and the Pauper", the George Bush episode, the Frank Grimes episode, etc.), or episodes with bad guest star experiences (like the great commentary track about Lawrence Tierney on "Marge Be Not Proud"). To go from those tracks to the ones on Season 9/10 is kinda disappointing.

I love, on the Season 3 "Homer at the Bat" commentary, when Mike Reiss is saying that all the baseball players were very nice to direct, except for someone whose name rhymes with "Manseco." Stuff like that is almost as funny as the jokes in the episodes themselves, which always made the commentaries a joy to listen to.

This season - ehhhh. Here's a good example: On the commentary for "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace," someone says something along the lines of, "I love this, when Homer notices the legs on Edison's chair..." - well, wow. What a great observation. The unnecessarily slapsticky zoomed cut to the picture in the poster didn't give that away, so I'm glad you mentioned it.

Also, all five copies of the Bart box at my Best Buy had paint wear on the spines. Apparently the seams of the case rub against the paint on the inside of the sleeve, so both sides of each had holes in the black paint. Especially around Rupert Murdoch, which may or may not be a coincidence.

I finally settled on the one with the least wear on the left spine, since saving $10 with the BB coupon was more important to me than perfect paint.

I always enjoyed when they had guest stars on their commentaries. Conan was very funny on his two (or was that three?) commentaries he did.

I noticed that too. Must have looked through 8 of them at Target before just picking one and accepting that all of them are like that.

The Best Buy I got my set from had a ton of copies that were cut on the spine. It took me a few minutes to find one that didn't have a gash.

The $10 coupon worked just fine. I used it to get both boxes

I picked this up today at Best Buy with the $10.00 coupon I printed off from the Internet.

I forgot that this season was so enjoyable. I forgot how many episodes I enjoyed this season until I read the titles on the back of the box. IMHO, this was NOT the season the series started to take a downward spiral. This season had some several episodes, episodes I would pair up with any classics from earlier seasons.

I noticed it too. Out of about eight sets remaining, only one had true vibrant colors. It was most noticable in Bart's shirt. On the copy I selected, it was a deep red, as opposed to more orange on the remaining sets.

I also used the shrunk-down version of the coupon for an easy $10 off. Sticker price: $42, Sale price: $30, Purchase price: $20.

I mentioned this in another thread, but I'll mention it here as well. In the intro to the season ten DVD set, Matt Groening confirms that the Bart head season 10 is the last one to be released in the head packaging.

How many of you guys actually bought both the standard, and head packaging?

Anyone know why 'Lard Of The Dance' aired a month early? I remember at the time thinking it was weird having a new episode in August, and then having to wait a month before the rest of the season started, but I never read an explanation.

I thought it might be mentioned in the commentary track, but it ain't.

As long as you trust it, here's what it says on Wikipedia:

Going by its production code, it looks like it was a holdover from Season 9.

Never knew that fact about the Simpsons and That 70s Show

Will be getting the standard packaging, thus starting my Simpsons collection. Have read too many comments on the heads, revealing them to be cheaply constructed and likely to degrade with extended use. I'll be putting good money on these sets, and I want them to last.

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I've found sometimes the writers laughter makes a poor episode funnier (if you see what I mean) - eg "Lisa on Ice".
I really don't like the Marge Be Not Proud episode much. The store clerk at the Try n Save is a bastard. What Bart did was wrong, but he feels remorse and offers to pay for the game, and when he DOES, why on earth doesnt he get to keep it?

Even through Digipacks arn't the most user friendly DVD cases they are alot easier then the "Head" packaging for The Simpsons. I'd get the standard packaging version if you want your DVDs in the player fast & without much of a hastle.

I have bought the head packages for seasons 6-10 but I do like the look & easier use of The Simpsons seasons 1-5 sets. At least they are going back to the standard packaging for the 11th & so on... season sets & are doing away with the heads altogether.