Munch My Benson: A Law & Order: SVU Podcast Munch Casts

A DIY renovation leads to a kidnapped daughter which leads to yet another case referencing the Ariel Castro and Josef Fritzl kidnapping cases. This one introduces us to notorious welder, Elias Olsen, who we at Munch My Benson first met in his final appearance in "Bad Things" (S24E21). Can Grace Muncy's colorblindness and Fin's Eric Adams impression save us from Graziano fatigue?Music:Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybensonBe sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcastsFollow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)Join our Discord: Munch Casts ServerCheck out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at ZazzleCheck out our guest appearances:Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (Adam and a href="http://www.lawandorderpodcast.com/podcast-episodes/plastic" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer...

***We wanted you to check out our new podcast, Unkind Rewind, so we've dropped the newest pair of episodes into the feed. They are a real blast. We have another couple cycles of movies that we've done which are just as awesome--Labyrinth with Kay from F**k My Work Life and Night of the Creeps with one of Josh's industry buddies from L.A., Leon Henderson Jr.--so there's more Unkind Rewind out there to take in immediately if you're digging what you hear. We won't be dropping new eps in the Munch My Benson public feed often, so if you like what you hear, please subscribe to the podcast on its own page in your podcatcher or you can watch on our YouTube Channel! Firstborn is conveniently streaming on Netflix in the U.S.***

We sat down with LA Weekly/Village Voice film reviewer Chad Byrnes and dove into the borderline traumatic childhood viewing experience that was seeing Firstborn--a cautionary tale about letting pinball, cocaine, Coleman grills (and Big Charcoal, by proxy), and Peter Weller into your single-parent home--in the movie theater with his divorcée mother. We also celebrate the creative forces that were Peter Weller, Michael Apted, Teri Garr, and Corey Haim, while wondering what happened to Christopher Collet, all of whom were great in this 1984 heightened family trauma drama. Come for the discussion of seeing a movie with your mom that traumatized you both, stay for tons of talk praising Corey Haim, speculation that RoboCop derailed Peter Weller's acting career, and the offer of unequivocal proof that Sam was lying about his baseball-playing past.

Chad can be found online at: Instagram
Chad's work can be found at: The Village Voice and LA Weekly. His most recent review as of the release of this episode was of Alex Garland's Civil War and can be read here.

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave.

Josh Duggan and Adam Schwitters can also be heard on their seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

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***We wanted you to check out our new podcast, Unkind Rewind, so here's the newest pair of episodes, which are a real blast. We have another couple cycles of movies we've done--Labyrinth with Kay from F**k My Work Life and Night of the Creeps with one of Josh's industry buddies from L.A., Leon Henderson Jr.--so there's more Unkind Rewind out there to take in immediately if you're digging what you hear. We won't be dropping new eps in the Munch My Benson public feed every week, so if you like what you hear, please subscribe to the podcast on its own page in your podcatcher or you can watch on our YouTube Channel! The film we're watching with Chad is conveniently streaming on Netflix in the U.S.***

We are joined by Chad Byrnes, film reviewer at The Village Voice and LA Weekly and all-around righteous dude, to discuss his personal history with a mostly forgotten cautionary family drama that reaches a fairly terrifying fever pitch by the end, which he's not seen in ages. As a child of divorce at the time, the movie we'll be watching for next week may not have been the best movie to see with his mother, but that's what happened to Chad, which we dig into a bit here before we head off to watch the film before next week's Main Event.

Chad can be found online at: Instagram 
Chad's work can be found at: The Village Voice and LA Weekly

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave.

Josh Duggan and Adam Schwitters can also be heard on their seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

You can follow Unkind Rewind on: BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Threads, Twitter, and YouTube

Josh's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Substack
Sean's Social Media: BlueSky, Twitter, Letterboxd
Adam's Social Media: Twitter and a href="https://bsky.app/profile/atschwitters.bsky.social" target="_blank"...

Getting kicked back into the Pre-History of SVU could have been jarring for the Munchie Boys, but Nocturne had them speculating that it might have served as a blueprint of sorts for the Neal Baer years that episode.lol seems dead-set against ever letting them revisit. Despite not having guest stars who Adam or Josh knew, this episode really ticked all the boxes, landing a tragic story of long-term abuse begetting another cycle of abuse. We were also thrown into a somewhat lengthy discussion of the McMartin preschool trial fed by the Satanic panic of the mid-'80s (and prosecutorial misconduct, overzealous investigators, bunk leading interviewing of hundreds of children, and wildly unprofessional behavior of people in the media who were literally in bed with the prosecution) thanks to a throwaway line from Cragen.

Alt Episode Title: Snappies Don’t Make Me Happy

Sources:

The McMartin Preschool Trial - Wikipedia

The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial: An Account - Famous Trials by Professor Douglas O Linder

Music:

Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"

Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!

Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson

Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts

Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)

Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server

Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle

Check out our guest...

Saddle up as we discuss the fourth part of a five-part mega-crossover event between Laws & Orders Organized Crime and SVU. This week, we wonder if part-time adjunct professorship confers magical powers, while Josh becomes CBS-show curious. We also see Chief McGrath turn the flummoxed dial up to 11, and we see the last time SVU is graced with the presence of Detective Muncy as she's poochied off to the DEA, or DAs office, or something.

Sources:

Muncy and Velasco's Deleted Goodbye Scene - via Wolf Films on X

Music:

Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"

Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Adina G, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!

Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson

Be sure to check out our brand spanking new second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts

Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Post, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)

Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server

Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle

Check out our guest appearances:

Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are There Stories (a...

The Randomizer (episode.lol--use it!) decided that we didn't have enough on our plate already and gave us a FIVE-PART ORGANIZED CRIME CROSSOVER EVENT to unpack, starting with the second of the five installments (and first of the SVUs), S24E21 Bad Things. Often these unwieldy offerings aren't particularly fun, but despite the fact that a dark story arc keeps getting darker and darker, there's a lot of fun to be had throughout this sprawling ep of SVU. We also talk about the first part, which happened over in Organized Crime, Season 3, Episode 20 "Pareto Principle," so completists can track that one down over on Peacock.

ALTERNATE EPISODE TITLE? They Are Eiffel Towering This Case

ALTERNATE EPISODE TITLE 2? Necrotic Junk Wound

Sources:
There are welders, and there are dobbers - Marty Rice, March 13, 2003 - The Fabricator

Music:

Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"

Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Adina G, Lily, Lucy, and Sarah L - y’all are the best!

Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson

Be sure to check out our second podcast: Unkind Rewind on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts

Follow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Post, and Reddit (Adam’s Twitter/BlueSky and Josh’s Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)

Join our Discord: Munch Casts Server

Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle

Check out our guest appearances:

Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), a...