The Best of the Simpsons: Volume 3 DVD Information Release date Number of episodes Ratings The Best of the Simpsons: Volume 3 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 was the last volume to be released in Wave 1 of The Best of the Simpsons, is the last volume in The Best of the Simpsons Wave 1 boxset, and is the third volume to be released in the VHS series.