THE SIMPSONS (SEASON 8)

'''The Simpsons''' eighth season' originally aired between October 1996 and May 1997, beginning on October 27, 1996 with "Treehouse of Horror VII". The show runners for the eighth production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein.^[1] The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season seven, which Oakley and Weinstein also ran. It also contained two episodes for which Al Jean and Mike Reiss were the show runners.
Season eight won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards: "Homer's Phobia" won for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in 1997,^[2] and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with the song "We Put The Spring In Springfield" from the episode "Bart After Dark".^[3] Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious".^[4] "Brother from Another Series" was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special".^[5] For "Homer's Phobia", Mike Anderson won the ''Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production'',^[6] and the ''WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series'' at the 1998 World Animation Celebration.^[7] Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awarded the episode the GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV - Individual Episode".^[8]
The DVD box set was released in Region 1 on August 15, 2006, Region 2 on October 2, 2006, and Region 4 on September 27, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a Maggie-shaped head to match the Homer and Marge shaped heads of the previous two sets and also a standard rectangular shaped box. Like the seventh season box set, both versions are available for sale separately.^[9]

Contents

List of episodes

References

See also

External links

List of episodes

#	Original title (top) Alternative title (bottom)	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Prod. code

References

★ The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family, , Ray, Richmond, Harper Collins Publishers, 1997, ISBN 0-00063-8898-1

1. Richmond, pp. 210-211
2. 1996–1997 Emmy Awards
3.
4. Every show, every winner, every nominee
5. Associated Press, "49th Annual Primetime Emmy Nominations," ''The Globe and Mail'', July 25, 1997, pg. C.9.
6. 25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners
7. The World Animation Celebration: Pasadena's Festival Kenyon, Heather
8. Leaving Springfield: 'The Simpsons' and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture, , John (ed.), Alberti, Wayne State University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8143-2849-0

9. The Simpsons - Looking for this? Season 8 Date, Specs, Extras and Box Art Lacey, Gord

See also

★ List of The Simpsons episodes

External links

★ Season 8 at The Simpsons.com

★ Season 8 at the BBC

★ Season 8 at TV.com