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Det. John Munch on the Simpsons?
I KNOW that I have seen an animated Det. Munch on the Simpsons - but Wikipedia is now claiming that is an error - but I've seen it!
It was some time in season 17 or 18, can someone with a good memory help me correct Wikipedia and IMDB?
PLEASE don't quote Wikipedia or IMDB to me, since I KNOW that they are wrong. Which episode of The Simpsons featured Richard Belzer as Det. John Munch?
This character holds the record for appearing on the most different series - including Arrested Development, X-Files, The Beat, Homicide, and several Law + Order shows - but the Simpsons episode should be added to the record!
EDIT: I said, please DON'T quote me what you find on-line, unless it confirms the character's appearance on "The Simpsons". Most online sources now say his bio got confused with that of Norm + Cliff from "Cheers" - but this is INCORRECT.
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- darreltdyLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Nickname
The Belz
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Mini Biography
A social misfit, was kicked out of every school he ever attended, due to his uncontrollable wit. His mother (Frances) died of breast cancer when Richard was 18. His father (Charles) committed suicide when he was 22. A dedication is written to him in Richard Belzer's "UFO's, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Believe" (Ballantine Books, 1999).
IMDb Mini Biography By: Tom Myers
Spouse
Harlee McBride (1985 - present)
Dalia Danoch (1976 - 1978) (divorced)
Gail Susan Ross (1966 - 1972) (divorced)
Trivia
Wrestler Hulk Hogan hurt him while demonstrating a wrestling move on a 1986 TV show called "Hot Properties" (1985). He was knocked unconscious and required stitches on his head. He sued Hogan for $5 million, but later settled out of court.
Is a frequent guest on "The Howard Stern Radio Show" (1998).
Became the third person to play the same character in six different prime-time TV series, playing Detective "John Munch" in "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) (originating series), "Law & Order" (1990) (crossover), "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005)(crossover), "The X Files" (1993) (crossover), "The Beat" (2000) (guest appearance in the short-lived UPN series), and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999). He followed John Ratzenberger and 'George Wendt', who played "Cliff Clavin" and "Norm Peterson" in "Cheers" (1982), "St. Elsewhere" (1982), "The Tortellis" (1987), "Wings" (1990), "The Simpsons" (1989), and "Frasier" (1993). Belzer upped his record to seven series with a cameo appearance in the 4th-to-last episode David Simon's HBO series "The Wire" (2002)_ (Episode 5.7: "Took" originally airing February 17, 2008); the appearance brought the character of Munch full circle as the character was born out of Simon's first series, Homicide, and in the scene he is hanging out in a police bar commenting on his experience owning a bar, which he did in Homicide.
- Anonymous5 years ago
He was never on the Simpsons according to any source I can find. For one, his IMDB page says he wasn't, even the page that got linked a few posts up.
