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Topic: Astronaut TV and movie cameo appearances
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music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 10-18-2007 08:29 PM
   
Quoted from the Internet Movie Database: Much to director Ron Howard's surprise, Conrad auditioned for a part in "Apollo 13", genuinely wanting to be in the film. Howard couldn't find a part for him, but was overjoyed to meet him anyway. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 10-18-2007 11:36 PM
There was another episode of Home Improvement where Ken Bowersox, Steve Hawley and one other astronaut are on 'Tool Time'. It's the one where Tim and Al go into training for a shuttle flight. |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 10-19-2007 09:11 AM
I was just wondering if any astronaut cameos were made in The Six Million Dollar man or not? They had some pretty strong NASA and Air Force backing on that show. I do recall in one episode "The Rescue of Athena One" that Jules Bergman made a cameo as his normal ABC News Science Editor self, describing a space mission. But I don't recall seeing any astronauts in the show (it has been years though).One trips to Edwards, they would show some interesting hardware in the background as in one episode I spied NASA 905, the Shuttle SCA but from the days before it got converted over to the carrier aircraft. So except for the yellow NASA band on the tail, it looked like an ordinary 747. |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-19-2007 09:52 AM
Found this from Tom's link on Pete Conrad, some other cameos: - Stowaway to the Moon (1975) (TV) .... News Commentator
- "The Planets" (1999) TV Series .... Himself (unknown episodes)
- Space Shuttle Discovery: John Glenn Launch (1998) (TV) (as Pete Conrad) .... Himself/coanchor
- "Beverly Hills, 90210" .... Himself (1 episode, 1996)
- Nancy's Choice (1996) TV Episode (as Charles 'Pete' Conrad Jr.) .... Himself
- Plymouth (1991) (TV) (as Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr.) .... Himself
- For All Mankind (1989) (voice) (as Charles P. Conrad Jr.) .... Narrator (Apollo 12)
- Spaceflight (1985) (TV) (as Pete Conrad) .... Himself
Was a watcher of the earlier 90210. I am blank on his appearance. Guess was part of the blend in large crowd. |
KC Stoever
Member Posts: 1012
From: Denver, CO USA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 11-02-2007 03:13 PM
I was told this past week of a John Glenn appearance on Frazier, supposed to have been very funny. Glenn is in the booth with his first take, recalling the high point of his mission. Meanwhile, Ros and Frazier are arguing outside, unaware of Glenn's antics, which included an elaborate pantomime of seeing aliens. Frazier returns to the booth, and says basically, "So where were we?" and Glenn says he wants to do it over, never mind. Done with a lot of comic elan. But this is a second hand report. I never saw the episode myself. |
hlbjr
Member Posts: 475
From: Delray Beach Florida USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 11-03-2007 10:33 AM
Pete Conrad did commercials for McDonnell Douglas after the DC10's were grounded in the late '70s (I believe it was 1979). I remember the commercials and he discussed how safe the jet is and how comprehensive their safety culture is. He was clearly the right "voice of experience" and credibility for McDD at that very trying time. |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-03-2007 01:35 PM
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Originally posted by KC Stoever:
I was told this past week of a John Glenn appearance on Frazier, supposed to have been very funny.
I happen to be channel surfing when I caught Glenn talking so I watched that scene when it was aired before.Really thought Mr Glenn acting was like natural to him. |
spaceman
Member Posts: 1104
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 11-04-2007 05:49 PM
Going back many years I seem to remember Scott Carpenter doing an ad for 'Philadelphia' (the cheese type product) not the location. |
skippy in space
Member Posts: 251
From: Aberdeen Scotland
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-09-2008 05:37 PM
What we need is someone to find and post all these on YouTube! |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 02-09-2008 07:50 PM
Some of the ads mentioned are on YouTube - Personally, I find this Actifed one with Schirra, Gordon and Bean hilarious... And this one with Wally and Donn is interesting - how often do you ever see footage of Eisele speaking later in life? |
Kirsten
Member Posts: 536
From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 02-10-2008 06:07 AM
Don't know if this counts as a cameo but in the German movie "Good-bye Lenin" which is set in East Berlin of the years 1989 and '90, the mission of Sigmund Jähn is of significance for the story and some TV footage of the mission is shown.
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skippy in space
Member Posts: 251
From: Aberdeen Scotland
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-11-2008 03:47 PM
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Originally posted by skippy in space:
What we need is some one to find and post all these on YouTube!
YouTube clips: |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 02-11-2008 04:06 PM
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Originally posted by skippy in space:
Commodore Amiga Commercial (1986) (Aldrin)
Not just Aldrin, but Carpenter and Cooper too in that one! Hadn't seen that one before - thanks! |
star61
Member Posts: 294
From: Bristol UK
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 02-11-2008 04:15 PM
I just love the Armstrong piece. Bits of film like that just transport me to that time and send goose bumps down my back. What an incredible thing to be doing in the early sixties! Getting a new job that entailed GOING TO THE MOON!! If NASA was given the budget and told, "Get to Mars in 10 years", I think that feeling might just be felt again.
Thanks for finding those clips, just brilliant! |
mzieg
Member Posts: 72
From: Seneca, PA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-11-2008 06:43 PM
In the Armstrong clip I was amused to see how much son Neil has grown to look like father Stephen over the years. |
rocketJoe
Member Posts: 103
From: Huntsville, AL USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 02-12-2008 08:23 PM
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Originally posted by capoetc:
Incidentally, here is the link to the Buzz and Ali G show.
Buzz is awesome in that clip! |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-26-2008 01:28 PM
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Originally posted by FFrench:
Never Say Never Again... the last Connery one. His name is in the onscreen credits. I'd love to hear his recollections of that sometime (perhaps a little article on his website?)
A year later, I finally remembered to ask Scott Carpenter about this when he was in town last night. Indeed, he consulted for the underwater sequences - didn't do any diving or have screen time - said he was quite honored to be asked to help with a Bond movie, particularly a Connery one, as Connery was the best Bond in his opinion - though he's very impressed with the new Bond, Daniel Craig, too. |
golddog
Member Posts: 210
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 10-26-2008 03:02 PM
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Originally posted by Max Q:
Here in Australia we had a TV commercial where Buzz appeared in a Holden car add apparently the car and the Space program had the same name.
It was for the Holden Apollo, GM's rebadged Toyota Camry, in the very early 90's. Aldrin appeared in a full space suit and extolled the "power of Apollo". It didn't run long. |
BobbyA
Member Posts: 147
From: Northern Virginia
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 02-01-2009 09:05 AM
I just watched the episode of 90210 that Pete Conrad "starred" in. Using my netflix subscription I got Season 6 Disk 4. I think it was the 1995-1996 season. Conrad was playing himself and giving away an award at the college. He only had a couple of lines, and he tried to crack a joke. I think he was on screen for less than two minutes. I never had the chance to meet Pete Conrad. It made me think that if he were alive today I think he would really enjoy all the autograph shows. All of his crewmates have been attending them (Gordon, Bean, Weitz, Kerwin, even Gordo Cooper before he died). |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 02-06-2009 01:57 PM
Pete Conrad was a guy to meet! His sense of humor was infectious. If there had never been a space program, he could have made it as a standup comedian. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-11-2009 09:37 PM
I was reminded of the Scott Carpenter role in "Never Say Never Again" discussed in this thread when browsing through Buzz Aldrin's new book today. On P.182, he mentions shooting underwater shark B-roll footage for the Bond movie "For Your Eyes Only." I am beginning to wonder if there was an early-80s Bond movie that didn't have an astronaut involved... |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-30-2009 01:37 PM
Here's an unusual one - over a decade before he became an astronaut, Al Worden was in the 1955 movie The Long Gray Line, set at West Point and filmed there using cadets like Al as extras. Al appears in at least two scenes - a mess hall scene, and as this image shows where he plays Omar Bradley on graduation day. |
minipci
Member Posts: 365
From: London, UK
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 10-01-2009 10:08 AM
I wish I had known this before. I would definitely have asked Al Worden about his experiences with Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara during the filming of that movie. It would have made for even more interesting stories at the lecture he gave at Autographica 14. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1587
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 10-06-2009 12:19 AM
In the early 1970s, I remember seeing Al Worden on 2 episodes of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-18-2009 02:25 PM
Buzz Aldrin was recently a surprise showcase presenter on The Price is Right (highlights clip courtesy Space Camp): |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 11-29-2009 11:51 PM
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Originally posted by Fra Mauro:
In the early 1970s, I remember seeing Al Worden on 2 episodes of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
Until you see Al "Meyow-Meyow" Worden on the show accept the award of the orrery from King Friday of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, while the puppets all sing to him... you just haven't lived. Al even gets to make a second trip to the moon, in the company of a purple panda, on the way to Planet Purple... |
Jay
Member Posts: 82
From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 11-30-2009 12:15 AM
Worden on Mr. Rogers is a definite. I have it in the video library. I believe he is also wearing the official show gear - a sweater. |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 12-03-2009 09:12 AM
Not a direct astronaut appearance, but I caught a clip of the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice" last weekend. The film involves disappearing US and Soviet spacecraft and cuts to the Soviet Union for a view of their mission control. With the Russian anouncement of liftoff, they cut to the rocket launch and showed a Gemini vehicle departing the pad.  I did not stick around for the credits. Does anyone know which launch it is? |
perssj
Member Posts: 73
From: Sweden
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-08-2010 06:18 AM
In Sweden we always have the movies with the original sound, and subtitles. But in films targeted at younger children there is also a dubbed version with Swedish artists, actors and other famous people/voices. In the coming days the new cartoon "Planet 51" has premiere and in the voice-over you can also find the Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang. If Sweden only has one astronaut - of course this is the movie for him!  |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-08-2010 07:21 AM
Michael Collins appears in the new film "Youth in Revolt" (Dimension Films). From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Politics may make strange bedfellows, but there is nothing like a movie to attract an Apollo 11 astronaut, an author with a devoted following and the man known as Dr. Death.Actor Michael Cera was so stunned by the sight that he cannot recall what they talked about, but he remembers writer C.D. Payne visiting the "Youth in Revolt" set the day Michigan resident Jack Kevorkian wandered by and astronaut Michael Collins filmed a bit part as a man selling a broken-down trailer. "I was just so baffled that it was happening," Cera said of the conversational convergence. Kevorkian, who made physician-assisted suicide a national issue and himself a household name, lived nearby while Collins had been offered a small role in "Youth" after director Miguel Arteta watched "In the Shadow of the Moon." The 2007 documentary blends the stories of surviving crew members from every Apollo space mission with archival NASA material to paint a portrait of America's space program in its early years. "It was amazing being around him," Cera said of command module pilot Collins. "I didn't have the nerve to ask him anything." |
Darron
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From: Port Salerno, FL, USA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 01-08-2010 07:58 PM
I recall Scott Carpenter being a host and commentator on a Disney TV special for their opening of the Living Seas in Orlando- about 1980 (?)And- Gordon Cooper did a number of comedic remotes for David Letterman when he was still doing the Late, Late Show on NBC. |
dbeigie
Member Posts: 160
From: Seattle, WA USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-09-2010 06:12 PM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Michael Collins appears in the new film "Youth in Revolt"
I was surprised to see Apollo 11's Mike Collins appearing this weekend in the new move "Youth in Revolt." Collins has a small part where he sells a dog to the lead character in the film. Apparently the director saw Collins in a recent NASA film and thought he would be excellent for the part.Anyway, be sure to look for Collins on the big screen. Editor's note: Threads merged |
Duke Of URL
Member Posts: 1316
From: Syracuse, NY
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 02-04-2010 07:05 PM
I've got one even KC Stoever didn't mention: Scott Carpenter for Chevron Gasoline. There were balloons attached to automobile tail pipes to show how clean Chevron burned. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-05-2010 10:03 AM
From Buzz Aldrin's tweet: In NYC today taping w/Tina Fey for upcoming 30 Rock episode set to air 5/11. Fun times. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 05-14-2010 03:02 PM
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned (or knew about?) Buzz Aldin's recent appearance on the NBC sitcom "30 Rock."Editor's note: Threads merged. |
NC Apollo Fan
Member Posts: 261
From: Belmont, NC USA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 05-14-2010 03:03 PM
It was mentioned (or at alluded to) in the 'WWE' thread. I thought that his appearance and the story line leading up to it was quite funny. |
Paul23
Member Posts: 836
From: South East, UK
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 06-10-2010 06:59 AM
I got all excited when I saw Neil Armstrong was appearing in the new Adidas advert based around the Cantina scene from Star Wars.Turns out the Neil Armstrong in the advert is a DJ who just happens to have the same name. Felt a bit silly after that! |
TRS
Member Posts: 721
From: Wellington, New Zealand
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 06-12-2010 07:10 AM
Aldrin on "The Pub Landlord" AKA the Al Murray Show in the UK was hilarious - I'll see if there's a link somewhere - the look on his face when he was asked to autograph a teflon frypan (one of the scientific advances from the moon missions he was told) was priceless! |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 07-20-2011 10:42 PM
John Glenn got a few mentions on the TV Land series 'Hot In Cleveland' tonight. The episode, "Dancing Queens", will repeat six times through next Wednesday. |
Rusty B
Member Posts: 239
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 07-26-2011 08:15 PM
In 1968 the Apollo 7 crew, Wally Schirra, Don Eisele and Walt Cunningham appeared on a Bob Hope special along with Barbara Eden (from I Dream of Jeanie) at the the time.The following was obviously scripted, but still funny. Bob Hope asked some silly question about spaceflight and Don Eisele responded with some wry quip. To which Bob Hope responded, "Hey, no one likes a smart astronaut!"  In 1971, around the time of Apollo 14, Gordon Cooper did a cameo appearance on "The Courtship of Eddie's Father". Kate Collins (daughter of Mike Collins) has played characters "Natalie" and twin "Janet" on the daytime soap "All My Children" for over 15 years. |
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