On the television show Law & Order in 2000, in the first scene introducing Nora Lewin, the District Attorney who immediately precedes Fred Thompson’s Arthur Branch, she was introduced to Sam Waterston’s character, Jack McCoy by… Rudy Giuliani, playing himself.

Too bad they never taped a scene with Rudy and Fred. Rudy’s term as mayor ended in early 2002, while Fred’s first episodes aired in fall 2002.