Writer:	John Swartzwelder
Director:	Rich Moore
Star:	Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson),  Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others),  Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier),  Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others),  Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others),  Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others)
Recurring Role:	Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel),  Phil Hartman (Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure and Additional Voices),  Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others),  Jo Ann Harris (Additional Voices)
Guest Star:	Neil Patrick Harris (Himself),  Joe Mantegna (Fat Tony and Himself)

What was originally intended to be a one-time guest appearance for Joe Mantegna would become a recurring role later on in the series' run. According to the Season 3 DVD commentary track, Joe Mantegna liked the character and wanted to voice him again. (edit) Several elements of the plot, such as a child working for the mafia, and the cigarette heist, are similar to the film ''Goodfellas''. However, this episode did not knowingly parody the movie - the episode was written before it was released, but aired after. (edit) The Fox censor had a problem with Homer holding a sign saying "Kill My Boy." The creators were able to get it in. (edit) Itchy & Scratchy: "The Sounds Of Silencers"
With his Thompson submachine gun, Itchy pumps hundreds of bullets into seven tough-looking cats lined up against the wall. He fires his gun, spelling out the words "The End" against the wall. (edit) First Appearance: Fat Tony, Legs (edit)

Chief Wiggum: You wouldn't happen to know anything about a cigarette truck that was hijacked outside of town, would you?
Fat Tony: What's a truck?
Chief Wiggum: Don't play dumb with me! (edit) Chief Wiggum: (to Fat Tony) I'm not gonna stop until one of us is in jail. (pause) You! (edit) Lionel Hutz: I'm here defending you on the charges of . . . (looks at sheet) Murder One!? Even if I lose I'll be famous! (edit) Chief Wiggum: You're all under arrest for the murder of Seymour Skinner!
Fat Tony: What's a murder?
Chief Wiggum: Don't play dumb with me! (edit) Homer: How much does it pay?
Bart: Thirty bucks a week!
Homer: Pfft! I make more than that. (edit)

When the Blue Haired Lawyer asks Fat Tony who is the "cappo di tutti capi", he is actually saying the Italian wording for "Head of all Heads". (edit) Barts cereal of choice is Chocolate Frosted Frosty Krusty Flakes, which boasts, "Only Sugar Has More Sugar!" (edit) The cereal Lisa is eating is called "Jackie O's." A note on the box says: "Free Stretch Pants Inside!" (edit) Fat Tony's prisoner number is 8F03, the episode's production code. (edit) We learn that Principal Skinner use to be a fourth grade teacher. (edit)

The French Connection
When Bart is running beside the bus trying to get on, Lisa smiles and waves from inside the bus just like Fernando Rey does to Gene Hackman in the subway sequence of the 1971 film The French Connection. (edit) Itchy & Scratchy: The Sound Of Silencers
The title of the cartoon is taken from the Simon and Garfunkel song "The Sound Of Silence." The cartoon itself is a scene taken from the film, St. Valentines Day Massacre. (edit) Cleveland Indians
The Native American, in the chocolate factory film, is a parody of the Cleveland Indians' mascot Chief Wahoo. (edit) MacGyver
Principal Skinner's method of escape from his garage--A model rocket, a vacuum cleaner cord and cord retraction switch, and a support beam--is a parody the same kind of clever devices and gadgets devised with odds and ends and everyday products in the show MacGyver. (edit) Goodfellas
Elements from this episode's plot--A juvenile used as a gofer for mobsters, the kid mixing their drinks, the bad guys threatening his principal when the kid begins missing school--are taken from the 1990 film Goodfellas. (edit)