I saw him open for the Monkees late 80s I believe He went over incredibly well I was kind of stunned dare I say , he went over better then the 3 "fake" bands in 1986
In last week's episode of Law and Order SVU, Ice-T'S character Fin talks about his ex-partner a couple of times during the episode. He never mentions his name but clearly is talking about Munch referring to his skinny ex-partner with a million punch lines who returned to Baltimore to run his cop bar and marry an ex Jewish priest. Given the lead time of when this was filmed as opposed to when it aired, I wonder if it's a coincidence or if they knew he was in ill health?
Timing is everything. If it was planned, it was a brilliant tribute that got viewers thinking about a great person.
At the end of Law & Order SVU tonight they posted a message: In Memory of Richard Belzer . Brought a tear to my eyes .
At the same time, Munch was underused on SVU, especially as the show wore on. There was that season when Fin got a new partner, Chester Lake, which resulted in Munch only appearing in every other episode. This is from Wikipedia: A 2007 news item notes that the character of Munch "has slowly disappeared from [SVU's] plotlines", and quotes Belzer as saying "it's mystifying to me", admitting his feelings to be "slightly hurt". Following season nine, in which Munch appeared in just over half of the episodes, Belzer reiterated his mystification at the development but also seemed to want to tone it down: "It's like yanking the tonsils out of the gift horse if I complain too much. I've been lucky over the years ... c'est la vie: I'm not starving."