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The Best of The Simpsons, Vol. 9 - Three Men and a Comic Book/ Lisa's Substitute [VHS]

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3 Men...Comic Book: Notable for the first big role of the hysterical Comic Book Guy (ten years later and we still don't know his name). Bart's last line is classic. Pretty funny overall. Lisa's Sub: The reason I bought this video. "The Simpsons" transcends just being a cartoon with this one. You'd be hard-pressed to find a better half-hour of drama anywhere on TV, even live-action. (Actually, especially live-action.) A fascinating character study of the most complex little person in prime time. She doesn't quite fit in with the family that she loves and is underappreciated and often ignored by the society she's growing up in. As she searches for some semblance of meaning and purpose, a compassionate, cultured teacher enters her life. Dustin Hoffman is impressive as her ideal lover/father figure. Not only is this the first (and probably best, running neck-and-neck to the future "Lisa's Wedding") in the long line of the troublesome Homer/Lisa relationship episodes, but watch closely in the first scene between Marge and Lisa. They reach some sort of understanding ("You have to understand that I feel that way about your father too!") that's subtly and realistically written. Bart's sub-plot is the standard (in other words, brilliant) satire from the early years. He is the outright funnier character, but Lisa's the star in this episode, and a very worthy one at that.

3 Men and A Comic Book is a really funny episode (with a Wonder Years parody that is inspired and hilarious). Lisa's Substitute, though, is one of the best things ever to appear on television. It's not the funniest Simpsons, but it is far and away the best. The reviewer below pretty much summed it all up, but I just have to second it here. It's really touching and insightful, and just perfect.

When Bart, Milhouse and Martin put togather to buy a comic book they don't know what trouble it leads to. Lisa's class gets a part-time teacher and Lisa ends up getting a crush on him! Buy this video now! I really recomend it!

Bart, Milhouse and Martin all put there money together to buy a special editon comic book of "Radio Active Man." Without thinking there will be problems ahead.Like who gets to keep it at whos house.Many problems come about when Bart seems to think that Millhouse and Martin are teaming up against him to take the book away from him. Millhouse and Bart tie Martin up in the tree house so he cant go to the bathroom because Bart thinks he is trying to steal the comic."I have to go to the bathroom Bart"Martin Says."So do I but you dont see me getting up"Bart replys.In the aftermath of a battle between Bart and Millhouse the comic book flys to the ground and then santas little helper tears it appart and then lightning stikes it.making it unrepairable.In the end they learned they ruined the book because they couldnt share with eachother.

The ninth edition of The Best of The Simpsons is overall a pretty good one. I'll tell you what happened in each episode and what I rate them overall.
Three Men and a Comic Book: Bart goes to a comic-book collection and sees the very first issue of Radioactive Man for $100. Seeing he doesn't have enough money, he decides to get a job. When he only gets 50 cents for working really hard, Bart tries to get the issue for $35. But, when he sees Milhouse and Martin at the Android's Dungeon, they decide to put their money together and buy it. But chaos stirs after all of the 3 kids think the others are trying to steal the comic book. It ends up with Milhouse dangling by the edge and the comic book blowing away. Will Bart choose poor Milhouse and let the comic book blow away or will he choose the priceless comic book and let Milhouse fall to his possible death? Get the video to find out. Three Men and a Comic Book is an overall good episode and I'll give it a 10/10.
Lisa's Substitute: When Lisa's teacher comes down with Lyme Disease, a substitute teacher named Mr. Bergstrom comes in. Meanwhile, Bart's class has to pick a class president. Nominated are Bart and Martin. Lisa starts to have a crush on Mr. Bergstrom. Lisa sees her substitute teacher and Homer makes her feel like a fool. When Mr. Bergstrom sees that Lisa and Homer don't have a very good relationship, Bergstrom talks to Homer and says he should be a better role model. Looking forward to talking to Mr. Bergstrom and saying she likes him, she goes into her classroom to find Ms. Hoover back and fine. Meanwhile, Bart is sure of his victory, but everybody but Martin and his friend Wendell forgets to vote. Lisa is devastated by Mr. Bergstrom's leaving and blames it on Homer, calling him a babboon. So Lisa's mad and sad and Bart's sad because he lost the election. What will happen to the family? Will Homer continue to be despised by Lisa? Find out by watching Lisa's Substitute! Overall, Lisa's Substitute is a good episode and deserves a 8. That means out of a possible 20, The Best of The Simpsons, Vol. 9 gets an 18, scoring a 5 star rating! Buy it and you'll love it.

I'm sort of a Simpsons fan by default; my boyfriend is a fanatic, which means I've seen every episode multiple times. One Friday night, we decided to put together a list of our top 25 episodes, and "Three Men and a Comic Book" came out #4. Bart, Milhouse, and Martin pool their money to purchase Radioactive Man #1, but when they begin fighting over the comic, hilarity ensues. "Lisa's Substitue" is also a great episode (#23 on our list), but in many ways, it's more poignant than funny. Lisa's regular teacher, Mrs. Hoover, is out with an extended illness, so Lisa's class gets a young, hip substitute who actually cares about teaching. Lisa quickly develops a crush on the teacher (voiced by Dustin Hoffman in an uncredited appearance) and strikes an unfavorable comparison between the substitute and the other male role model in her life, her father.

This is also a great set for introducing others to The Simpsons. My boyfriend's father was very skeptical, but when we showed him these two episodes, he really enjoyed them. If you're a fan of the show yourself, this set is a must-have.