Law & Order
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Law & Order is a television police procedural and legal drama set and shot in New York City. The award-winning Law & Order and its several spin-off series ("Special Victims Unit", "Criminal Intent", "Trial by Jury") are broadcast on the NBC network and syndicated on other networks. The franchise totals more than 700 hour-long episodes, with three series still on the air.
Several Law & Order franchise cast members (such as Christopher Meloni and Richard Belzer) have appeared in Henson/Muppet productions. Additionally, the format of the shows and the large number of episodes require a substantial amount of non-recurring and incidental characters per episode (witnesses, judges, attorneys, etc.) The show is filmed and produced in Kaufman Astoria Studios, the same studio Sesame Street is filmed in. As a result many Sesame Street cast members have played guest roles in episodes, often returning as different characters. When Sonia Manzano appeared as a trial witness in a 2004 episode, she remarked that "the sound guy kept calling me Maria and telling me he grew up watching me. It was funny." [1]
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Muppet Mentions
In the Law & Order episode "American Jihad" (first aired on October 2, 2002), Detective Lennie Briscoe retorts with the sarcastic wisecrack "I guess I missed that day on Sesame Street" after a suspect makes an overly technical remark about medical research.
References
In Season 37, Sesame Street added its own spoof of the Law & Order franchise, "Law and Order: Special Letters Unit." The sketch featured Anything Muppet caricatures of Special Victims Unit characters, style and infamous "Chung-chung". In a TV Guide interview, producer Carol-Lynn Parente expressed interest in taping more segments for Season 38, possibly featuring the voices of the original actors.
In Episode 4148 from Season 38, Christopher Meloni from Law & Order: SVU appeared in a "Word on the Street" segment. He was introduced with the Law & Order series' "chung-chung" transitional sound, and appeared behind an SVU police report to discuss "mail."
Connections
Law & Order
Cast Members:
- Sam Waterston as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
- Josh Pais as Assistant M.E. Borak (15 episodes, 1990-2002)
Guest Appearances:
- Sesame Street regulars/Muppet performers
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- Other guests:
- Sônia Braga played Helen ("Genius," 2003)
- Bob Gunton played Gil Hines ("Happily Ever After," 1990)
- Russell Horton played Markham ("Prescription for Death," 1990)
- James Earl Jones played Horace McCoy ("Profile," 1993)
- Kelly Karbacz played Jenny Snyder ("Dazzled", 2002)
- Lonny Price played Dr. Lieber ("Sonata for Solo Organ," 1991) and Frank Hoover ("Prince of Darkness," 1991)
- Rex Robbins played Steinman ("Intolerance," 1992) and Kettering ("L.A.: Turnaround," 1997)
- Sam Rockwell played Randy Borland ("Intolerance," 1992) and Weddeker ("Manhood," 1993)
- Louis Zorich playedJudge Milton Erdheim ("Indifference," 1990) and Judge Edgar Hynes ("Jeopardy," 1995)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Cast Members:
- Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler
- Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
- B. D. Wong as Dr. George Huang
Guest Appearances:
- Sesame Street regulars/Muppet performers
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- Other guests:
- Shirley Jones played Felicity Bradshaw ("Choice", 2003)
- Kelly Karbacz played Jill Foster ("Runaway", 2001)
- John Bedford Lloyd played Mike Tucker ("Outcry," 2004)
- Sean Sanders played Caleb ("Appearances", 2003)
- Tyler James Williams played Kyle McGovern ("Parts", 2005)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Guest Appearances:
- Sesame Street regulars/Muppet performers
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 "Prisoner", 2005
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- Other guests:
- Kelly Karbacz played Renata Virgini ("Unchained", 2005)
- Liza Minnelli played Bethany Harner ("Masquerade," 2006)
Video Games
Several actors in Muppet/Henson productions have also been heard in the Law & Order video games.
- Julianne Buescher provided the voices of Nicole Beaumont and Claire Thomas in "Justice Is Served" (2004) and Jenna Kirkwood, Jennifer Lee, Carla Meyers, Stephanie Novitsky, Barbara Rodriguez, Rosa Sanchez and Rachael Warren in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2005).
- Barry Dennen voiced a crime scene tech, George Bennett, Frederick Grant, Tom Kirkwood, Tony Piovani, and Gerald Stokes in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2005).
- Sam McMurray voiced Jack Foster and Henry Haskins in "Justice Is Served" (2004)
- Kevin Michael Richardson voiced Mark Rawlins in "Dead on the Money" (2002) and "Double or Nothing" (2003)
- Florence Stanley voiced Judge Emily Greenwood in "Dead on the Money" (2002) and "Double or Nothing" (2003), also playing Mrs. Yost in the latter
Sources
- ↑ Madden, Mekeisha. "Sesame Street Celebrates 35 Years of Teaching Kids." The Detroit News. 2004
