The Simpsons, Season 2, on DVD

Arguably the most creative sitcom to hit TV in many a year, The Simpsons' second season is now available in a special collector's DVD set.

The box includes all 22 of Year Two's episodes, and quality of the full screen picture and Dolby Digital surround sound does justice to the series - as well as to the DVD format. In fact, while the show has always been billed as having surround sound, the audio finally comes through properly on the DVD, something it has never really done when we've watched the show on satellite and/or cable TV.

Season Two, which originally ran in 1990-91, comes on four discs, the fourth of which also includes a bundle of extra material. You get interviews with James L. Brooks and Matt Groening, Bart on the American Music Awards (with commentary), "Do The Bartman" video (with optional commentary), "Deep, Deep Trouble" video (with optional commentary), "Do The Bartman (Director's Cut)" - video, and director David Silverman on the creation of an episode. There's also footage from the Emmy Awards, 3 Butterfinger commercials, and some early drawings.

The only real downside to the set is the annoying menu that comes up when you first insert the disc. It's a screen of four Simpsons characters, with an "enter" button in the center. To get to the episodes themselves, you have to press the button and watch the heads spin around, mixing and matching them with the different bodies until the correct combination comes up. It's a pain in the butt.

Disc One:

• Bart Gets an F
• Simpson and Delilah
• Treehouse of Horror
• Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish
• Dancin' Homer
  Dead Putting Society

Disc Two:

• Bart Vs. Thanksgiving
• Bart the Daredevil
• Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
• Bart Gets Hit By a Car
• One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish
• The Way We Was

Disc Three:

• Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
• Principal Charming
• Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Bart's Dog Gets an F
• Old Money
• Brush With Greatness

Disc Four:

• Lisa's Substitute
• The War of the Simpsons
• Three Men and a Comic Book
• Blood Feud
• Special Features

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