Here’s my favorite Belzer/Munch thing. So. The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis is a theory that exists. The basic concept boils down to the idea that a huge number television shows belong to a single connected universe, which exists in the mind of a child, Tommy Westphall.
Tommy Westphalia was the autistic child who imagined *all* of the TV program St. Elsewhere, as revealed in the series finale, in which the camera pulls back to see Tommy staring into a snow globe of the hospital. Thus, all of the show was imagined by him.
So here’s the issue. Characters from St. Elsewhere appeared as their characters on *other*shows. Which means Tommy must have imagined them, too. But you can touch one show to another. Example:
A character from St. Elsewhere appeared on Trapper John, M.D. But he was a character on MASH. I high means MASH and it’s spin-off After MASH (which ran two seasons) are also in Tommy’s mind. This goes on.
Turns out Belzer’s character Munch appeared in something like 22 properties. Homicide, all the Law & Orders, The Simpsons, X-Files, the list goes on. But Munch can be connected to St. Elsewhere, also. And thus, thanks to Belzer, there are a ton of shows in the Tommy Universe.
Ain’t that something?
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