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The Complete First Season is the home video release of Season 1 of The Simpsons. It was released on DVD on September 25, 2001 in Region 1, and on September 24, 2001 in Region 2,3 and 4, and contains all thirteen episodes from the first season, remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Although the video quality is generally of a high standard, it is from a broadcast tape and not an original film print, as the show was edited on video. The first season DVD quickly became the best-selling television DVD in history, although it was later overtaken by the first season of Chappelle's Show.

The outer packaging is of the family sitting on the couch with Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II sitting upright with them (used a couple of times in Season 1), whereas the inner packaging and the discs feature the family spinning inside a vortex. The spine features Bart and Lisa on the outer casing, and Homer, Marge and Maggie on the inner casing.

Disc Features

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

"Some Enchanted Evening"

Special Features

Audio commentaries for all 13 episodes
America's First Family, an extract of five minutes from this BBC special
"Good Night" short from The Tracey Ullman Show
Outtakes from the original/early prototype version of "Some Enchanted Evening"
Audio outtakes from "Life on the Fast Lane" with Albert Brooks
A short animatic from "Bart the General"
The Life in Hell comic strip, "The Los Angeles Way of Death" from 1982
Production sketches
Original scripts for the following:
- "Bart the Genius"
- "Bart the General"
- "Moaning Lisa"
- "Some Enchanted Evening"
Five foreign language clips from "Life on the Fast Lane" in the following languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese

Easter Eggs

Bart T-shirt controversy news report from ABC News (accessed by pressing left to highlight Bart's t-shirt in the second page for the "Extra Features" menu on Disc 3)
Still gallery of magazine covers featuring The Simpsons that were printed during the 1989-1990 season (accessed by pressing left to highlight the comic book Bart is holding in the "Art of The Simpsons" menu on Disc 3)

Gallery

Episode Cuts

"Bart the General": The opening shot of the Simpson house is missing some of the opening credits. (The original credits remain intact on the Amazon Video and iTunes releases of this episode)
"The Telltale Head": The most notable edit comes from this episode, which removed a part of Bart's speech to the mob about "taking the town's heritage for granted". (See the references of this episode for more information)

Notes

In the Region 2 and Region 4 releases, the episode "Moaning Lisa" is on Disc 2 and the episodes "The Crepes of Wrath" and "Krusty Gets Busted" are on Disc 3. There is also no commentary on the "Some Enchanted Evening" deleted scenes.

The Region 2 box art has The Simpsons trademarked logo written in yellow rather than red in Region 1. The spine also features the whole bodies of Bart and Lisa rather than just their heads.
The episodes "There's No Disgrace Like Home" and "Krusty Gets Busted" feature the original 20th Century Fox Television logo when the episodes originally aired, while the others have the 1989 20th Television logo.
In Region 2, "Moaning Lisa" is on Discs 2 and 3. The reason why this occurs is unknown.

Video

The_Simpsons_-_Season_1_DVD_Trailer_(2001) — The Simpsons - Season 1 DVD Trailer (2001)

Simpsons DVD Boxsets

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-{{DVD Boxset
+{{Template:DVD Boxset
 |name = The Complete First Season
 |image = [[File:Simpsons_Season1.jpg|300px]] The regular box art
-|release date = September 21, 2001
+|release date = {{USA|September 25, 2001}}<br>{{UK|September 24, 2001}}<br>{{AUS|September 24, 2001}}
 |number of episodes = 13
+|ratings = {{USA|Not Rated}}<br>{{UK|PG}}<br>{{AUS|G}}
-}}
+|distributor = [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]}}
-[[File:Simpsons s1.png|thumb|300px|Alternate Box Art]]
-[[File:menu.gif|thumb|300px|The menu for Disc 1]]
+[[File:Simpsons s1.png|thumb|300px|Alternate boxart]]
+'''The Complete First Season''' is the home video release of [[Season 1]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It was released on DVD on September 25, 2001 in Region 1, and on September 24, 2001 in Region 2,3 and 4, and contains all thirteen episodes from the first season, remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Although the video quality is generally of a high standard, it is from a broadcast tape and not an original film print, as the show was edited on video. The first season DVD quickly became the best-selling television DVD in history, although it was later overtaken by the first season of {{W|Chappelle's Show}}.
+The outer packaging is of the family sitting on the couch with [[Santa's Little Helper]] and [[Snowball II]] sitting upright with them (used a couple of times in Season 1), whereas the inner packaging and the discs feature the family spinning inside a vortex. The spine features Bart and Lisa on the outer casing, and Homer, Marge and Maggie on the inner casing.
-'''"The Complete First Season"''' was released on September 25, 2001 in North America, and September 24, 2001 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It contains all 13 episodes from the [[Season 1|first season]], remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Although the video quality is generally of a high standard, it is from a broadcast tape and not an original film print, as the show was edited on video. For a list of boxsets, see [[List of The Simpsons boxsets]].
-The outer packaging is of the family sitting on the couch with [[Santa's Little Helper]] and [[Snowball II]] sitting upright with them (used a couple of times in Season 1), whereas the inner packaging and the discs feature the family spinning in a vortex. The spine features Bart and Lisa on the outer casing, and Homer, Marge and Maggie on the inner casing.
 == Disc Features ==
 === Disc 1 ===
 *"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"
 *"[[Bart the Genius]]"
 *"[[Homer's Odyssey]]"
 *"[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]"
+*"[[Bart the General]]"
+*"[[Moaning Lisa]]"
-=== Disc 2 ===
+===Disc 2===
+*"[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"
-* "[[Bart the General]]"
+*"[[The Telltale Head]]"
-* "[[Moaning Lisa]]"
+*"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"
-* "[[The Call of the Simpsons]]"
+*"[[Homer's Night Out]]"
+*"[[The Crepes Of Wrath]]"
+*"[[Krusty Gets Busted]]"
-=== Disc 3 ===
-* "[[The Telltale Head]]"
-* "[[Life On The Fast Lane]]"
-* "[[Homer's Night Out]]"
-=== Disc 4 ===
-* "[[The Crepes Of Wrath]]"
-* "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]"
-* "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"
+===Disc 3===
-== Bonus features ==
+*"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"
-*''America's First Family'', an extract from a 2000 BBC special.
-*"[[Good Night]]" short from ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''.
-*Selected clips of the unaired version of "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]".
-*Audio outtakes from "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]".
-*A short animatic scene from "[[Bart the General]]".
-*''[[Life in Hell]]'' comic strip, "The Los Angeles Way of Death" from 1982.
-*Still gallery of animators' sketches.
-*Scripts for:
-:"[[Bart the Genius]]"
-:"[[Bart the General]]"
-:"[[Moaning Lisa]]"
-:"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"
-*Five foreign language clips from "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]" in:
-:*French
-:*Italian
-:*Spanish
-:*Japanese
-:*Portuguese
-=== Easter eggs ===
+== Special Features ==
+*Audio commentaries for all 13 episodes
+*''America's First Family'', an extract of five minutes from this BBC special
+*"[[Good Night]]" short from [[The Tracey Ullman Show]]
+*Outtakes from the original/early prototype version of "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"
+*Audio outtakes from "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]" with Albert Brooks
+*A short animatic from "[[Bart the General]]"
+*The ''[[Life in Hell]]'' comic strip, "The Los Angeles Way of Death" from 1982
+*Production sketches
+*Original scripts for the following:
+**"[[Bart the Genius]]"
+**"[[Bart the General]]"
+**"[[Moaning Lisa]]"
+**"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"
+*Five foreign language clips from "[[Life on the Fast Lane]]" in the following languages: French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese
+== Easter Eggs ==
-*Bart T-shirt controversy clip from [[Wikipedia:ABC News|ABC News]] (accessed by highlighting Bart's T-shirt in the "Extra Features" menu).
-*Still gallery of magazine covers printed during the 1989-1990 season (accessed by highlighting the comic book Bart is holding in the "Art of ''The Simpsons''" menu).
+*Bart T-shirt controversy news report from [[Wikipedia:ABC News|ABC News]] (accessed by pressing left to highlight Bart's t-shirt in the second page for the "Extra Features" menu on Disc 3)
+*Still gallery of magazine covers featuring The Simpsons that were printed during the 1989-1990 season (accessed by pressing left to highlight the comic book Bart is holding in the "Art of ''The Simpsons''" menu on Disc 3)
 == Gallery ==
+<gallery>
-<gallery captionalign="left" orientation="none">
-Menu.gif|Season 1 - Disk 1 Title Menu
+The Complete First Season (Disc 1 Menu).png|Season 1 - Disc 1 Title Menu
-vlcsnap-2010-08-26-21h54m57s249.jpg|Season 1 - Disk 2 Title Menu
+vlcsnap-2010-08-26-21h54m57s249.jpg|Season 1 - Disc 2 Title Menu
-vlcsnap-2010-08-26-21h56m59s139.jpg|Season 1 - Disk 3 Title Menu
+vlcsnap-2010-08-26-21h56m59s139.jpg|Season 1 - Disc 3 Title Menu
+px-Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire_Chapter_Selection_The_Complete_First_Season.png|Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-Bart_the_Genius_Chapter_Selection_The_Complete_First_Season.png|Bart the Genius - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-Homer's_Odyssey_Selection_The_Complete_First_Season.png|Homer's Odyssey - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-There's_No_Disgrace_Like_Home_Selection_The_Complete_First_Season.png|There's No Disgrace Like Home - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-Bart_the_General_Selection_The_Complete_First_Season.png|Bart the General - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-Moaning_Lisa_Selection_The_Complete_First_Season.png|Moaning Lisa - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-The_Call_of_the_Simpsons_The_Complete_First_Season.png|The Call of the Simpsons - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-The_Telltale_Head_The_Complete_First_Season.png|The Telltale Head - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-Life_on_the_Fast_Lane_The_Complete_First_Season.png|Life on the Fast Lane - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-Homer's_Night_Out_The_Complete_First_Season.png|Homer's Night Out - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-The_Crepes_of_Wrath_The_Complete_First_Season.png|The Crepes of Wrath - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-Krusty_Gets_Busted_The_Complete_First_Season.png|Krusty Gets Busted - Chapter Selection Menu
+px-Some_Enchanted_Evening_The_Complete_First_Season.png|Some Enchanted Evening - Chapter Selection Menu
+SimpsonsSeason1InsideFrontCover.jpg|Inside front cover
+SimpsonsSeason1InsideBackCover.jpg|Inside back cover
+Season1-Disc1.jpeg|Disc 1
+Season1-Disc2.jpeg|Disc 2
+Season1-Disc3.jpeg|Disc 3
 </gallery>
+== Episode Cuts ==
+*"[[Bart the General]]": The opening shot of the Simpson house is missing some of the opening credits. (The original credits remain intact on the Amazon Video and iTunes releases of this episode)
+*"[[The Telltale Head]]": The most notable edit comes from this episode, which removed a part of Bart's speech to the mob about "taking the town's heritage for granted". (''See the [[The Telltale Head/References|references of this episode]] for more information'')
 == Notes ==
-*In the Region 2 and Region 4 releases, the episode "Moaning Lisa" is on Disc 2 and the episodes "The Crepes of Wrath" and "Krusty Gets Busted" are on Disc 3. There is also no commentary on the "Some Enchanted Evening" deleted scenes.
+*In the Region 2 and Region 4 releases, the episode "[[Moaning Lisa]]" is on Disc 2 and the episodes "[[The Crepes of Wrath]]" and "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]" are on Disc 3. There is also no commentary on the "Some Enchanted Evening" deleted scenes.
-*The Region 2 box art has The Simpsons' logo written in yellow rather than the red of Region 1. The spine also features the whole bodies of Bart and Lisa rather than just their heads.
+*The Region 2 box art has The Simpsons trademarked logo written in yellow rather than red in Region 1. The spine also features the whole bodies of Bart and Lisa rather than just their heads.
+*The episodes "[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]" and "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]" feature the original [[20th Century Fox Television]] logo when the episodes originally aired, while the others have the 1989 20th Television logo.
+*In Region 2, "[[Moaning Lisa]]" is on Discs 2 and 3. The reason why this occurs is unknown.
+==Video==
-*In Region 1 on the outside case, it just shows Lisa's and Bart's heads. But on Region 2, It has their whole bodies.
+[[File:The Simpsons - Season 1 DVD Trailer (2001)|thumb|center|340 px]]
-*In Region 2, "[[Moaning Lisa]]" is on Discs 2 and 3.
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 [[Category:Season Boxsets|01]]
-[[Category:Season 1|-]]
+[[Category:DVDs]]
+[[Category:Home media]]
+[[Category:Home video]]