# A connection question \[about The Simpsons and a Jimmy Cagney movie\]

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 31, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-connection-question-about-the-simpsons-and-a-jimmy-cagney-movie/431797 "2007-12-31T14:08:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![garymv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9dc877/32.png) [@garymv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garymv)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-connection-question-about-the-simpsons-and-a-jimmy-cagney-movie/431797/1 "2007-12-31T14:08:33Z")

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I would like to know the connection between James Cagney’ film “white heat” and “the simpsons”

thanks.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-connection-question-about-the-simpsons-and-a-jimmy-cagney-movie/431797/2 "2007-12-31T15:23:31Z")

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Could you expand upon that question, please?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-connection-question-about-the-simpsons-and-a-jimmy-cagney-movie/431797/3 "2007-12-31T15:35:42Z")

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I’m moving this to CS, and editing the title so it’s a bit clearer.

**garymv,** your questions are more likely to be answered if you give them titles that better indicate what the subject is.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-connection-question-about-the-simpsons-and-a-jimmy-cagney-movie/431797/4 "2007-12-31T16:23:02Z")

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Well, Bart (mis) quoted “Top of the World Ma” in “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrrace” episode.

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**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-connection-question-about-the-simpsons-and-a-jimmy-cagney-movie/431797/5 "2007-12-31T17:24:01Z")

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According to [The Oracle of Bacon](http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/oracle/movielinks?game=0&firstname=james+cagney&secondname=Dan+Castellaneta&start_year=1850&end_year=2050&dir=0&using=1&use_genres=1&g0=on&g4=on&g8=on&g16=on&g20=on&g1=on&g5=on&g9=on&g13=on&g17=on&g21=on&g25=on&g2=on&g6=on&g10=on&g14=on&g22=on&g26=on&g3=on&g11=on&g15=on&g23=on&g27=on), Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson) was in “All Dogs Go to Heaven 2” (1996) with Ernest Borgnine, and Ernest Borgnine was in “Run for Cover” (1955) with James Cagney (the star of “White Heat,” natch). Does that answer the question?