The Best of the Simpsons: Volume 2 DVD Information Release date Number of episodes Ratings The Best of the Simpsons: Volume 2 is a VHS tape that was released on September 16th, 1997 in North America, and contains a collection of two Simpsons episodes and one Tracey Ullman short. This tape is the second volume to be released in Wave 1 and also the second volume in The Best of the Simpsons: Wave 1 boxset.