The Best of the Simpsons: Volume 5 DVD Information Release date Number of episodes Ratings The Best of the Simpsons: Volume 5 is a VHS tape that was released on February 3rd, 1998 in North America, and contains a collection of two Simpsons episodes and one Tracey Ullman short. This is the second tape to be released in Wave 2 of The Best of the Simpsons, the second tape in The Best of the Simpsons: Wave 2 boxset, and the fifth tape to be released in the series as a whole.