Yeah, there was little thought in terms of longevity, it seems. My HDTV shows so many problems via the DVD, it stuns me.

Yeah, didn’t think it was Klasky related - not sure what happened there, likely a telecine issue. Rugrats episodes have the same issue (albeit, only specific episodes). Surprised they haven’t gone back to the film material for a complete upgrade with Simpsons (similar to Shout Factory and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse); would absolutely kill to see that.

Then again, who knows if they sill have all the film + reels… Rugrats, on the other hand… Nickelodeon’s gigantic archive PROBABLY holds em all, haha.