* January 13 – New York mafiosi Anthony " Fat Tony " Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering.

Marion Anthony " Fat Tony " D ' Amico is a recurring character in the animated sitcom The Simpsons.

Fat Tony is a gangster and the underboss of the Springfield Mafia and his henchmen include Legs, Louie and Johnny Tightlips, and he answers to Don Vittorio DiMaggio.

" Fat Tony " D ' Amico was behind several of Springfield's criminal enterprises.

Fat Tony took out a hit on mayor Joe Quimby in " Mayored to the Mob " in retaliation for a raid on their rat milk facility, which Quimby opposed, as they had promised him " dog or higher ".

Fat Tony puts out a contract on Homer after his private security business interferes with the mob's interests in " Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge ".

Fat Tony's son Michael is first mentioned by Fat Tony as he is talking to Marge in " The Seven-Beer Snitch ", saying she drove him home from school sometimes.

" Fat Tony and his associates meet in what is known as the " Legitimate Businessman's Social Club ".

Fat Tony played the violin in " Insane Clown Poppy ".

Fat Tony dies in the twenty-second season episode " Donnie Fatso ", only to be replaced by his slimmer cousin " Fit Tony.

" By the end of that episode, Fit Tony's weight gain causes a change of nickname to " Fat Tony ", essentially restoring the original character.

In " The Real Housewives of Fat Tony ", he marries Selma, but the marriage falls apart when Selma discovers Tony only married her to be his goomar and is already married to another woman.

In the third-season episode " Bart the Murderer ", Fat Tony is referred to in a news report given by Kent Brockman as William " Fat Tony " Williams, presumably an alias.

In the eighth-season episode " The Homer They Fall ", the announcer at Homer's boxing match against Drederick Tatum refers to Fat Tony as Anthony D ' Amico, which he is called later as well, for example, by the FBI.

Joe Mantegna was cast as Fat Tony as Sheldon Leonard was unavailable. Fat Tony's visual appearance was modeled after actor Paul Sorvino.

Fat Tony first appeared in the third season episode " Bart the Murderer ".

Fat Tony was modeled on Paul Sorvino.

The end of the episode portrays a TV movie about the events depicted in the episode, in which Joe Mantegna will play Fat Tony ( this was before it was decided that Fat Tony would be a recurring character ).

Cullen actually originated the role in the early episodes of the show, with Cummings ( who had already been voicing Fat Cat, Professor Nimnul, and other characters on the show ) taking over the role in later episodes.

Several artists even guest-starred in episodes, including Phil Collins, Miles Davis, The Power Station, Glenn Frey, Suicidal Tendencies, Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, Frank Zappa, The Fat Boys, Sheena Easton, and Gene Simmons.

In most of the episodes in the Spring 2006 series, there was an intro or outro sketch where Phill, Bill and Athelston Williams ( a frequent member of the lineup in the Identity Parade round ) played in a pub band called " Fat, Gifted and Black " ( a play on Young, Gifted and Black ), or " Athelston, Lake and Palmer " ( a play on Emerson, Lake & Palmer ).

He appeared in two animated television series as himself: in the Futurama episode " The Lesser of Two Evils " in 2000, followed by the Family Guy episodes " Screwed the Pooch " in 2001, " The Fat Guy Strangler " in 2005, and " Tales of a Third Grade Nothing " in 2008.

* Chip ' n Dale Rescue Rangers – Monterey Jack ( in the five-part pilot and in season 2 ; Peter Cullen voiced Monterey Jack in the earlier episodes ), Fat Cat, Professor Nimnul, Wart the Lizard

In 2005, MTV2 began airing episodes from Pimp My Ride UK hosted by DJ Tim Westwood, which features cars being customised in the UK, and Pimp My Ride International, featuring cars in central Europe, hosted by hip hop artists Fat Joe and Lil ' Jon, as well as the related CMT series Trick My Truck.

* In a few episodes of the Smosh video series, the character Teleporting Fat Guy sports a Power Glove to teleport and even travel through time.

He also has appeared in various episodes of network television series based in Hawaii, including Hawaii Five-O, Magnum P. I, Jake and the Fat Man, One West Waikiki, and Tour of Duty.

Channel 4 recently made full episodes of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year available to view on YouTube.

In July 2012, DreamWorks Animation won a $ 155 million bid to acquire Classic Media, an owner of over 450 family entertainment titles and over 6, 100 episodes of animated and live-action programming, including Casper, Lassie, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Underdog, Gumby, Fat Albert, Frosty the Snowman, VeggieTales, and Where's Waldo ?.

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids ( 114 episodes )

* Gemberling – The original episodes were re-aired on Fuse TV, and a new version premiered Adult Swim as Fat Guy Stuck in Internet

* My Big Fat Greek Life ( 7 episodes, 2003 )

He would also go on to direct a number of television programs ( including two episodes of Gunsmoke ), to become " The Narrator " for the original television series of The Fugitive ( 1963 – 1967 ) and star in two television series, Cannon ( 1971 – 1976 ) and Jake and the Fat Man ( 1987 – 1992 ).

In 2008, Universal HD added reruns of Jericho, Friday Night Lights, Kidnapped, Threshold, Touching Evil, Philly, Big Apple, Battlestar Galactica, Andy Barker, P. I., My Big Fat Greek Life, 3 lbs., South Beach and Sex, Love & Secrets, with some of those series having episode premieres on Universal HD, as they were canceled by their respective networks with episodes never aired.

In October 2004, the Comedy Central website held a poll to determine the top 27 South Park episodes for a television marathon ; " Mr Hankey, the Christmas Poo " came third, just behind " Good Times with Weapons " at number two and " Fat Butt and Pancake Head " at number one.

" Mantegna based his raspy voice for Fat Tony on his Uncle Willy, a long-standing cigarette smoker.

" Mantegna voiced Fat Tony in a scene in The Simpsons Movie that almost got cut.

Since the 1991 episode " Bart the Murderer ," Mantegna has had a recurring role on the animated comedy series The Simpsons as mob boss Fat Tony, reprising the role in The Simpsons Movie ( 2007 ).

Mantegna has a recurring role in the animated series The Simpsons as the voice of mob boss Anthony " Fat Tony " D ' Amico.

It features American actor Joe Mantegna as recurring character Fat Tony, and includes references to Dragnet, High Noon and The Sopranos.

Joe Mantegna ( pictured ) portrayed Fat Tony in the episode.

American actor Joe Mantegna guest-starred as Fat Tony in the episode.

The episode features a guest appearance from Frankie Muniz as Thelonious, while Joe Mantegna reprises his role as recurring character Fat Tony.

Joe Mantegna guest-stars in the episode as Fat Tony.

The episode features guest stars Jay Mohr as Christopher Walken, Stephen King as himself, Amy Tan as herself, John Updike as himself and Joe Mantegna as recurring character Fat Tony.

The episode was written by John Frink and Don Payne and features guest stars Jay Mohr as Christopher Walken, Stephen King as himself, Amy Tan as herself, John Updike as himself and Joe Mantegna as recurring character Fat Tony.

The episode features several guest appearances ; Tim Robbins as Jim Hope, Gary Coleman as himself, Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony, and Clarence Clemons as a narrator that tells the viewers at the end of the episode how the story ends.

Guest stars in the episode include Tim Robbins as Jim Hope, Gary Coleman as himself, Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony, and Clarence Clemons as a narrator.

Joe Mantegna returned as Fat Tony in the episode.

The episode features guest appearances from Don Cheadle as Brother Faith and Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony.

" The episode also features Joe Mantegna, who plays a young Fat Tony.

Joe Mantegna returned as Fat Tony, while Dick Cavett and Johnny Unitas guest starred as themselves.

Joe Mantegna returned as Fat Tony.

Dave Thomas guest stars as Rex Banner and Joe Mantegna returns as Fat Tony.