The Simpsons Collection: Bart the General DVD Information Release date Number of episodes Ratings The Simpsons Collection: Bart the General is a VHS tape that was released on October 1st, 1991 as part of "The Simpsons Collection" VHS series exclusively in the United Kingdom. This is the first tape to be released in the series as a whole, one of the "The Simpsons Collection" tapes to be released on October 1st, 1991, and the first Simpsons VHS tape to be released only in the UK and not in the United States.