The characters from nearly all of your favorite TV shows, from The Simpsons to Lost to Seinfeld , can be traced back to Detective Munch of Law & Order: SVU . He knows everyone .
If you've been watching cop dramas over the past 20 years, then you've run into Detective John Munch at some point, played by Richard Belzer.
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The character started his law enforcement career on "Homicide: Life On The Street" back in 1993, and currently appears on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", but he's shown up on a LOT of other shows as well.
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From "Arrested Development" to "The X-Files" to friggin' "Sesame Street", Munch is the thread that ties a multitude of worlds together.
Which means all of your favorite characters know a guy who dated a girl who worked with a guy who met a girl who worked a bar that once served some people who know him. And other, far stranger connectons...
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