Editing Fat Tony (The Simpsons) (section)

===Voice===
The writers originally wanted [[Sheldon Leonard]] to voice Fat Tony. When they were unable to get him, they cast [[Joe Mantegna]].<ref name=murderer/> It is his longest-running role.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kelly|first=Liz|title=Catching Up with Joe Mantegna|work=washingtonpost.com|date=2007-05-25|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2007/05/catching_up_with_joe_mantegna.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519105302/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2007/05/catching_up_with_joe_mantegna.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2011|access-date=2008-12-10}}</ref> Mantegna said, "You feel honored that they asked you to do a voice. The fact that they bring you back and keep writing for the character, it is very satisfying."<ref>{{cite web|last=Jacobs |first=Jay S. |title=joe mantegna one of us |publisher=PopEntertainment.com |date=2004-02-10 |url=http://www.popentertainment.com/mantegna.htm |access-date=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117192252/http://www.popentertainment.com/mantegna.htm |archive-date=2008-11-17 }}</ref> Mantegna based his raspy voice for Fat Tony on his Uncle Willy,<ref>Mantegna, Joe (2009). Commentary for "[[Insane Clown Poppy]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/baoNkfGPRkw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140803051259/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baoNkfGPRkw&list=PLX1PbMST51hh_geuGYXupDtVGhDSg72VP Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite episode |title="Criminal Minds" Star Joe Mantegna|series=[[The Queen Latifah Show]]|date=2 April 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baoNkfGPRkw|network=CBS|season=1|number=122}}{{cbignore}}</ref> a long-standing cigarette smoker.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bernardo|first=Mark|title=Not Your Average Joe|publisher=Smoke Magazine Online|date=Fall 2004|url=http://www.smokemag.com/0904/cover.htm|access-date=2009-08-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720142001/http://www.smokemag.com/0904/cover.htm|archive-date=2008-07-20}}</ref> He insists that the producers must "not let anyone else do his noises," even going so far as to say, "If Fat Tony sneezes, I want to be there." This is adhered to in the [[The Simpsons (season 20)|season 20]] episode "[[Sex, Pies, and Idiot Scrapes]], where the script required only grunting. Despite this, [[Phil Hartman]] voiced the character in the [[The Simpsons (season 7)|season 7]] episode "[[A Fish Called Selma]]".<ref name=murderer/><ref>Goldblum, Jeff; Oakley, Bill; Silverman, David; Weinstein, Josh (2005). Commentary for "[[A Fish Called Selma]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> Mantegna voiced Fat Tony in a scene in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' that almost got cut.<ref>Anderson, Mike B.; Moore, Rich; Moore, Steven Dean; Silverman, David (2007). Director's commentary, ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> Of the Fat Tony episodes, Mantegna favors "Bart the Murderer" and "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer", because they are the character's first appearance and a season premiere.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rabin|first=Nathan|title=Joe Mantegna|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]| date=2009-04-21|url=https://www.avclub.com/joe-mantegna-1798216310|access-date=2009-08-03}}</ref>