Writer:	Bill Odenkirk
Director:	Michael Marcantel
Star:	Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others),  Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson),  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),  Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier),  Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others)
Recurring Role:	Karl Wiedergott (Additional Voices),  Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others),  Tress MacNeille (Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others),  Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others),  Joe Mantegna (Fat Tony)
Guest Star:	Joe Pantoliano (Dante),  Michael Imperioli (Dante Jr.),  Kirk Hammett (Himself),  James Hetfield (Himself),  Robert Trujillo (Himself),  Lars Ulrich (Himself)

This episode marks Fat Tony's 20th speaking appearance. (edit) Blackboard Joke: None.
Couch Gag: The family enters the living room, where the couch has been replaced by four chairs with music playing in the background. They play musical chairs and when the music stops, everyone has a chair except Homer. (edit)

(Homer is amazed at Fat Tony's home.)
Homer: Wow, your paintings have brush marks. (Gasps) And your statues have weiners! (edit) (On the way to school, Otto stops the bus and offers Metallica a ride; their tour bus has broken down.)
Otto: So what are you waiting for? Hop in.
James Hetfield: (Chuckles) Hop in what?
(The school bus peels away with Bart at the wheel.)
Bart: Look at me, I'm Otto! I'm a hundred years old and I drive a school bus!
Otto: Oh, man. Maybe me and Metallica can go splitsies on a cab.
(Hans Moleman slowly drives by in a pickup truck, with Metallica and their gear in the bed of the truck.)
Kirk Hammett: Hey, loser, we got a ride from a real fan!
Hans Moleman: I used to sleep with Lars' grandmother.
Robert Trujillo: Never listen to our music again!
(Hans Moleman pulls away as Metallica plays an instrumental from the song, "Master of Puppets.") (edit) (Bart, Legs and Louie pay a vist to Krusty the Clown at Krusty Burger.)
Bart: Krusty, Fat Tony hasn't received his weekly payment for keeping McDonald's and Burger King out of town.
Krusty the Clown: Well, I'm a little short this week. Could I just pay you $5 to keep out Hardee's? (edit) (Fat Tony drives the school carpool home.)
Fat Tony: Milhouse, may I borrow your three-ring binder?
(Milhouse holds up two binders.)
Milhouse: Garfield or Love Is...?"
Fat Tony: Uh, I prefer the cat. He hates Mondays. We can all relate. (edit) (Michael and Fat Tony invite the Simpson family over for dinner.)
Marge: We'd love to! You know, I've never met you wife.
Fat Tony: Sadly, my Anna Maria was whacked by natural causes.
Marge: Oh, you're a widower.
Fat Tony: I bring flowers to her grave every Sunday.
Marge: Ooh, flowers every week! I wish I was dead. (edit)

Fat Tony's son, Michael, first appears in this episode but was mentioned in episode 16-14, "The Seven-Beer Snitch". (edit) In this episode, Lunchlady Doris has a speaking role for the first time since episode 7-13, "Team Homer." (edit) Music From This Episode
"Master of Puppets" by Metallica (Metallica plays this song as they ride away in the back of Hans Moleman's truck.)
"Woke Up This Morning" by Alabama 3 (Also the theme song to The Sopranos, this song is heard while Fat Tony drives the school car pool.) (edit) Headline seen in the Springfield Shopper newspaper: "Local Man Thinks Wrestling Is Real." Homer is pictured beneath the headline. (edit) According to this episode, Metallica played a concert at the Springfield Arena in 1997. Otto attended the concert and sat in Row XX Seat 64 (edit)

Fat Albert
When Homer compares Fat Tony's Italian toast to "that guy from Fat Albert", he's referring to Mush Mouth (voiced by Bill Cosby) who had the habit of adding an extra syllable in his words. (edit) Sir Walter Raleigh
When Willie lays in a puddle of puke so that Michael can walk on him, it's a reference to Sir Walter Raleigh's gesture to Queen Elizabeth I of laying his coat on a large mud puddle so she wouldn't soil her shoes. (edit) Otto: Real songs are about deals with the devil, far-off lands, and where you'd find smoke in relation to water.
Otto's description of "real" songs is alluding to, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels Band and "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple. (edit) The Godfather
Much of this episode is an allusion to the 1972 film The Godfather, such as the mob boss son’s name being Michael. A woman trying to help Michael follow his own ambitions, instead of the family business. Also, the end is very similar, Michael telling Lisa to never ask him about his work and closing the door on her is exactly how The Godfather ends (minus the Hot Wheels). (edit) The Cook, the Thief, His wife, & Her Lover
The title of this episode is a play on the title of the 1989 film, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. (edit)