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Topic: Astronaut TV and movie cameo appearances
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DJS
Member Posts: 23
From: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 07-26-2011 09:44 PM
   
Buzz Aldrin played himself in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Mike Collins played an old man in Youth in Revolt. |
Rusty B
Member Posts: 239
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 07-27-2011 12:00 AM
Astronauts on TV as found in the Google newspaper archive. - May 22, 1966
Paul Anka has astronaut Wally Schirra on his "Careerathon" ABC-TV Special. Discussing the show, which is devoted to the problem of school drop·outs, Anka suggested to the space man, "Just tell them how fatal a drop-out can be." - May 22, 1967 - NBC Meet the Press
Apollo Astronaut Thomas Stafford said Sunday he cannot foresee any immediate possibility of Russian and American spacemen flying in the same space capsule. Stafford said the language barrier and difficulties in transposing the American mathematical system and the Metric System probably would rule out the exchange of astronauts and hardware between the two countries. "It might be possible in the future," he said, "but the effort at present is on the exchange of technical information. Stafford and two other astronauts engaged in the manned moon landing program, Walter Schirra and Frank Borman, were interviewed on television (Meet the Press)... - Aug 18, 1967 - ABC network Actor James Stewart narrates 1-hour coverage of the World Boy Scout Jamboree and is joined by Astronaut Scott Carpenter.
- Jan 11, 1968
Astronaut Makes Debut In Tv Series. John Glenn will retrace the paths of other famous explorers in Great Explorations a 90 minute travelogue. This is his first venture into a television series. In the first episode John Glenn retraces by foot, car, and railroad, the search by journalist Stanley for Dr. Livingstone in Eastern Africa. - Nov 6, 1968, Wednesday. 9-pm NBC Network
Bob Hope Special. A big hour on our space heroes. Bob, along with Barbara Eden, flew down to NASA headquarters last weekend to tape a lengthy interview with Apollo VII‘s crew, Schirra, Eisele, and Cunningham. In addition, Hope is expected to include astronaut training film on the show. If there’s time, Barbara Eden will appear in a flashy dance number and Hope will join guest star David Janssen in a slapstick sketch about two spacemen, Sgt. Swine (Hope) trying to get along with Mr. Neat (Janssen), an "Odd Couple" takeoff in orbit. - Dec 29, 1969 - Sunday
Bob Hope's Christmas Tour Show for 25,000 U.S. Troops in the audience in South Vietnam was broadcast live on military TV from 15 miles south of the capital Saigon to a potential military TV audience of 300,000. Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong made a live appearance on stage at the U.S. Army Headquarters base and was given a standing ovation.
A final word about astronauts and TV. Remember, on the moon during Apollo 12 Alan Bean hit the defective TV camera with a hammer. On splashdown a movie camera hit him. There must be a moral there somewhere.  |
Rusty B
Member Posts: 239
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 07-27-2011 03:08 AM
- Jan 3, 1970 - Pittsburg Press newspaper
H. Ross Perot, then 39, was at the time a millionaire head of his own computer company. He gathered Christmas gifts and supplies and tried to deliver them to U.S. POW's in North Vietnam. He started the "United We Stand" campaign and ran ads of support for President Nixon's Vietnam policy in 100 newspapers. Following that, Perot bought television time on 52 U.S. TV stations across the nation and astronaut Frank Borman appeared in the program and appealed for support for the administrations war policy. - May 20, 1970
Astronaut Frank Borman hosted for ABC news, the last of a series of three environmental programs titled, "Mission Possible".
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