The eleventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox Network in the United States between September 26, 1999 and May 21, 2000, starting with "Beyond Blunderdome" and ending with "Behind the Laughter". With Mike Scully as the showrunner for the eleventh season,[1] it has twenty-two episodes, including four hold-over episodes from the season 10 production line. Season 11 was released on DVD in Region 1 on October 7, 2008 with both a standard box and Krusty-molded plastic cover.
Towards the end of the production of season 10, voice actress Maggie Roswell, who voiced Helen Lovejoy, Maude Flanders and Miss Hoover, among others,[citation needed] left the show because of a contract dispute.[citation needed] She returned to the show in season 14. As a result of Roswell's leaving, Marcia Mitzman Gaven was brought to voice many of her characters, but it was decided to kill off Maude Flanders in the episode "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" to open new storylines for that episode.[2] Gaven started voicing Roswell's characters in hold-over season 10 episode "Brother's Little Helper".
Jim Forbes as the narrator ("Behind the Laughter")
Release
Reception
One of the most controversial moments in the show among fans was the kill-off of Maude Flanders, which was met with strong criticism but was decided by the show's producers to open new story lines for the series.
Awards
Aside from winning several awards in 2000, The Simpsons family themselves were awarded on January 14, 2000, their own star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. The 11th season itself gathered an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program,[4] as well as an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Primetime or Late Night Animated Television Program,[5] and a British Comedy Award for Best International Comedy TV Show.[6]Alf Clausen also received a 2000 Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Television Production for his work on the episode "Behind the Laughter".[5] In the same year, "Treehouse of Horror X" won the CINE Golden Eagle Award.[7]
In 2000, music editor Bob Beecher was nominated for the Golden Reel Award for "Treehouse of Horror X".[8] At the Prism Awards, "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" received a commendation in the Comedy Series Episode category in 2001 for its frank depiction of alcoholism and drug rehabilitation.[9] The show was also nominated for a Blimp Award in the Favorite Cartoon category at the 2000 Kids' Choice Awards,[10] as well as for the Teen Choice Award in the category Choice TV Show — Comedy.[11]
Episodes
DVD release
The Simpsons season 11 DVD digipak, special Krusty head edition
The DVD boxset for Season 11 was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the United States and Canada on October 7, 2008, eight years after it had completed broadcast on television, in the UK on October 6, 2008, and in Australia on November 5, 2008. The special features include deleted scenes, storyboards/animatics, and commentaries.
The set was released in two different packagings: a standard rectangular cardboard box featuring Krusty the Clown on the cover, and a "limited edition" plastic packaging molded to look like Krusty's head. This is first time that a character-themed packaging doesn't feature a main character from The Simpsons family.[63] Unlike the previous seasons, the Collector's Edition packaging is a removable molded face attached to a cardboard sleeve, as opposed to a fully plastic clamshell. Both versions have changed from a digipak style of disc tray in previous seasons, to an accordion-style series of cardboard sleeves into which the discs slide. Following the release of the set, there were a number of complaints regarding the style of packaging due to the fact that the cardboard packaging may scratch the discs; David Lambert of TVShowsOnDVD.com described the set as "functionally defective."[64]
References
Specific
^Groening, p. 12.
^ a bGroening, p. 34.
^Seifert, Andy. "Indiana Man says no to the White Sox T-shirt cannons". The A.V. Club. 2009-04-26. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
^Jean, Al (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Mr. Plow" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
^ a b"28th Annual Annie: Award Nominees and Winners (2000)". Annie Award. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
^"The British Comedy Awards — Past Winners 2000". The British Comedy Awards. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
^Scully, Mike (2008). Commentary for "Treehouse of Horror X" (DVD). The Simpsons: The Complete Eleventh Season. 20th Century Fox.
^"Past Golden Reel Awards". Motion Picture Sound Editors. Archived from the original on March 5, 2007. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
^"PRISM Commendations". Entertainment Industries Council. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
^"Kids Choice Awards USA 2000". IMDb.com. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
^"Teen Choice Awards 2000". IMDb.com. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
^"The Simpsons — The Complete 11th Season (Lisa Head)". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2008. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
^Lambert, David (October 21, 2008). "The Simpsons — Editorial: Season 11: Worst... Packaging... Ever!". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
^ a b cLambert, David. "Here's Krusty... The Simpsons: The Complete Eleventh Season DVD collection". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2008.
Notes
^ a b c d e f g h(HH) denotes that the numbers listed are the number of households the episode was viewed in.
General
Groening, Matt; McCann, Jesse Leon (2002). Simpsons: Beyond Forever!: a Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Still Continued. Bt Bound. ISBN 9780613621601.