Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony and himself playing Fat Tony
Phil Hartman as Troy McClure, Mobster and Lionel Hutz
Neil Patrick Harris as himself playing Bart Simpson
Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel
Episode features
Chalkboard gag
(first) "High explosives and school don't mix"/(second) "I will not bribe Principal Skinner" (during the episode)
Couch gag
The family forms a human pyramid with Maggie on top.
Commentary
Matt Groening James L. Brooks Al Jean Nancy Cartwright Rich Moore
Episode chronology
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"Bart the Murderer" is the fourth episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 10, 1991. In the episode, Bart stumbles upon a Mafia club after having bad luck at school. The owner of the bar, mobster Fat Tony, hires Bart as a bartender. When Principal Skinner goes missing after punishing him at school, Bart is put on trial for his murder.
The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Rich Moore. This episode marks the first appearances of recurring characters Fat Tony (Joe Mantegna) and his henchmen, Legs and Louie. The episode features cultural references to songs such as "Witchcraft" and "One Fine Day", the American television series MacGyver and the movies The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and Goodfellas.
Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 13.4 and was the highest-rated show on Fox the week it aired.
"BarttheMurderer" is the fourth episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network...
bartender at Fat Tony's social club in "BarttheMurderer" (season three, 1991); as Krusty the Clown's assistant in "Bart Gets Famous" (season five, 1994);...
police officer Rick Orlowski approached the vehicle, the driver, identified as 57-year-old Polish electrician Bart Allen Ross (born Bartilomiej Ciszewski)...
of mob boss Fat Tony on the animated series The Simpsons, beginning with the 1991 episode "BarttheMurderer", as well as The Simpsons Movie (2007). Mantegna...
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1990). "Bartthe General". The Simpsons. Season 1. Episode 5. Fox. Richmond & Coffman 1997, p. 44. Groening, Matt (20 November 1988). "TheBart Simpson...
22-year-old African-American man who was killed in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009 by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California...
Castellaneta based the voice on actor Joe Pesci, one of the several references to Goodfellas used in the episode "BarttheMurderer". Louie says that tear...
Simpsons. In "BarttheMurderer", he represented Bart when the latter was suspected of the supposed murder of Seymour Skinner, and the charges were dropped...
Kompowsky; Kipp Lennon provided the vocals ("Stark Raving Dad") Neil Patrick Harris as TV Bart Simpson (himself; "BarttheMurderer") Jackie Mason as Hyman Krustofsky...
after the episode "BarttheMurderer", this episode marks a regression, saying it was almost inevitable that it would not match up to the previous episode...
(2005). The Simpsons The Complete Seventh Season DVD commentary for the episode "Bartthe Fink" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. Groening, Matt (2001). The Simpsons...
; Jean, Al; Cartwright, Nancy. (2003). Commentary for "BarttheMurderer", in The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season [DVD]. 20th Century Fox. "No raise...
Golden Globe. After the show's four-season run ended in 1993, Harris played a number of guest roles on television series, including Murder, She Wrote. From...
teacher Mrs. Krabappel. In the 1991 episode "BarttheMurderer", a difficult day for Bart begins with Santa's Little Helper, the family dog, eating his homework...
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Simpsons episode "BarttheMurderer" first airs, where Fat Tony, Legs and Louie make their debuts. October 11: Gertie the Dinosaur is added to the National Film...
feels guilty. He helps the store flourish by telling all of Springfield's left-handed residents to patronize it. Meanwhile, Bart takes karate lessons but...
digging a grave in the backyard, saying "I'm a murderer!" Bart is skeptical, until Flanders says "I'm a mur-diddly-urdler!" The next day, Bart overhears Ned...
hairstylist, and so Bart spent much of his early childhood on television sets such as The Brady Bunch, Mork and Mindy, and Charlie's Angels. At the age of 15,...
homeless before the attack. In five days, three unrelated homicides, including Wilson's murder, occurred at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations. Hours...
its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield, and lampoons American...
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