#detective munch

[tulpa51]

#r.i.p. #richard belzer #detective munch #law and order svu #the x files

[itsdansotherblog]

1994 Munch wasn’t wrong- except for the no phones part.

#homicide #homicide life on the street #hlots #tv #television #john munch #munch #richard belzer #internet #detective munch #90s #1990s

[lawandordersource]

RICHARD BELZER (1944-2023) as DETECTIVE JOHN MUNCH

HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET 1.1 “Gone for Goode”

LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT 15.5 “Wonderland Story”

#john munch #richard belzer #special victims unit #law and order #law and order svu #svuedit #lawandorderedit #law and order special victims unit #homicide life on the street #detective munch #cinematv #filmtvsource #cinemapix #tvarchive #singinprincess #fourteenthofaugust #userthing #smallscreensource #filmtvcentral #dailydickwolf #ours #SVU S15 #by holly #rip richard belzer

[patrickwilson]

LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT ( 1999 - ) Stalked

#law and order #svu #detective munch #tvfilmgifs #tvedit #tvgifs #userbbelcher #televisiongifs #svuedit #svugifs #filmtvcentral #mine: gifs

[beardedmrbean]

Belzer died at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer on February 19, 2023, at the age of 78, from complications of unspecified circulatory and respiratory conditions. According to his friend, novelist Bill Scheft, his last words were "Fuck you, motherfucker".

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#richard belzer #detective munch #law and order #the x files #homicide life on the street #may his memory be a blessing

[tyrantisterror]

Gonna have a normal one today, gang. Anyway, do you remember Detective Munch?

He debuted in Homicide: Life on the Streets, which was basically a heavily compromised first draft of The Wire that was hobbled by being on NBC instead of HBO, and thus had a much lower budget and much stricter executive control. It's still pretty good in a lot of the ways The Wire is good, but parts of it hold up pretty badly for being kinda corny and/or the kind of explicit copaganda that The Wire usually avoided being. Notably, the earlier seasons of Homicide show shades of the criticism of cops as an institution that would come to define The Wire, only to lose them completely in the later seasons as the executives retooled it to be more like its contemporaries, Law and Order and NYPD Blue.

(It's not a genre I normally dabble in, but I heartily recommend The Wire. Though like all shows it's not faultless, it does a far better job of critiquing institutions than any other show about crime I can recall seeing, trying to show how crime is a result of societal pressures and how police are woefully incompetent at truly solving it, instead only perpetuating the cycle we're told they're here to stop. Each season focuses on different institutions that contribute to crime, with the fourth season being one of the most honest and well-informed critiques of the American education system I've ever seen in media - painfully so, at times.)

Anyway, Munch! Munch is one of the main ensemble of Homicide, and begins the series as kind of a loser piece of shit, a cynical and downright incompetent detective who's constantly putting his foot in his mouth and annoying his colleagues. He is, of course, a joy to watch - he's got that George Costanza charm, that Larry David rizz, where you know he's a human trainwreck but you can't help but want to see him get into messes and try to talk his way out of them. He proved popular enough to get some nice character arcs as the series went along, and played fairly big roles in the show's crossover episodes with Law and Order.

And that might have sparked some recognition in your brain, because while Munch debuted on Homicide, when it ended, he was given a second chance at a cop show - Law and Order: SVU. That show's a little too sensational for my enjoyment, but it's arguably what pushed Munch to fame... and to more crossovers.

Through 22 seasons of television, Munch made cameo appearances in The X Files, The Beat, Arrested Development, Sesame Street, The Wire, and more. That means that through Munch, all of these events canonically happened in the grim and gritty universe of The Wire:

(Side note: Leech Man and Grover both struck up friendships with Bubbles at rehab. Grover was Leech Man's sponsor.)

Unfortunately, the passing of Munch's actor means his prolific career has come to an end, though he has been namedropped in a few shows, so perhaps his legacy can live on still. So I ask you, friends: do you remember Detective Munch?

#Detective Munch #Do You Remember Munch #covid brain #Did You Remember Muncher?

[spookysexy]

You are a true XPhile if you know that The X-Files and Law & Order SVU are in the same universe!

Detective Munch and yes he introduced himself as Munch

#david duchovny #fox mulder #gillian anderson #dana scully #txf #the x files #tlg xfiles #the lone gunmen #xfiles #richard belzer #detective munch #l&o: svu

[iressails]

Frank: "I'm out there wearing this stuff and I'm thinking to myself 'Hey, we could be decoyed as nuns'."

Homicide: Life on the street | 0613

#homicide: life on the street #hlots #detective munch #john munch #frank pembleton #tim bayliss #detective falsone #mine #crimeshowsource

[x-files-scripts]

The X-Files - “Unusual Suspects”

Written by Vince Gilligan

August 15, 1997 (PINK)

Detective Munch, one of television’s most prolific characters, makes a crossover appearance...

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#RIP Richard Belzer #the x files #x files #scripts #txf #season 5 #txf s5 #txf bts #unusual suspects #script #vince gilligan #munch #detective munch #John munch #richard belzer #lone gunmen #screenwriting #tvwriting

[thehappysorceress]

Detective Munch - may his memory be a blessing.

#Richard Belzer #Detective Munch #Homicide: Life on the Street

[maxiemartmanager]

Shit. RIP Richard Belzer. Iconic stand up who became an iconic TV cop that appears on a huge number of shows. Detective Munch appeared on Homicide, Law & Order, SVU, X-Files, The Wire, Verónica Mars, Arrested Development, American Dad, 30 Rock, and more I’m certainly missing.

#richard belzer #homicide life on the street #detective munch #stand up

[fandomsearcher]

I should not be attracted to Detective Munch yet here I am thirsting over an old man yet again

#bim rambles #law and order svu #detective munch

[itsdansotherblog]

Munch mentions the X-Files in 1995 and later appears in The X-Files in a 1997 episode that takes place in 1989.  So Munch exists where The X-Files is a TV show and where the characters from The X-Files are real people?

#homicide #homicide life on the street #hlots #the x files #x files #munch #detective munch #John munch #Richard belzer #tv #television

[lawandordersource]

LAW & ORDER and HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET cast & crew remember RICHARD BELZER (1944-2023)

#richard belzer #law and order svu #law and order special victims unit #homicide life on the street #john munch #law and order #svu #detective munch

[thekarleffect]

Rewatching svu from the pilot, and i love the dynamic between Munch and Jeffries, kinda suprised they never ended up dating

#mine #svu #detective munch #law and order svu #monique jeffries

[vannajamma]

#richard belzer #detective munch #law & order: special victims unit #SVU #rip