Here is the website of a man who writes fan fiction about wrapping Roy Orbison up in clingfilmThe lesson - The internet is full or cranks, nitwits, and loose screws.
It said that on the show John Glenn looks right into the camera and addresses it as if it is the audience.
Was I watching the same show?
Because that would have looked weird.
If it were true, and this were John Glenn's sneaky way of getting the truth out, i'm sure the security office concerned could have put a stop to the episode under some rule or regulation.
If John Glenn was filled with a burning desire to tell the truth to the world, i'm sure he could have found a more creadable platform than a sitcom, no?
I don't know who approached who about John Glenn being on the show, and i've not seen any evedence.
Somneone saying on a website it was John Glenn that approached the Frasier team means nothing at all.
A few options...........
KG, one of the brass on the show, or even one of the writters, meets John Glenn (perhaps at a dinner). In conversation John Glenn mentions that he's a big fan of the show. The person from Frasier says that they'd love it if he would make a cameo. John Glenn agrees, they write the script. Job done.
The writters decide to turn the tables a little on Roz by giving her control of a show. They decide space would be a good theme. It's just a good a subject as any for a one off show, and perhaps one of the writters has an interest in space.
They decide they need someone to upstage Frasier, ask a few guys. Buzz Aldren is busy, Neil Armstrong is contracted to appear on Will & Grace, finally they get a yes from John Glenn.
Job done.
The producers of the show tell the writters that they feel the show could benefit from a cameo appearance from a heavyweight well known name. See who is a fan and would want to do it, or if you have to throw a shed load of cash at them, do that.
Job done.
That's three theories off the top of my head that (IMHO) are much more plauseable than saying John Glenn in defiance of NASA, Homeland security, and god knows how many more secret and shadowy orginizations that exist to keep a lid on "the truth", chooses a sitcom to try and communicate with the world that we are all going to die by alien holocaust.
OR............ am I a member of one of these shadowy secret organizations, and i've joined this site to make sure nobody works this shit out?
There is a history of alien/phycic related humour.
Daphne being phycic and Frasier telling her he'd be in touch through the toaster.
The candidate who believed he was kidnapped by aliens.
Noel's obsession with Star Treck.
Daphne telling the mayor that she was an alien.
And if nothing else in this post makes sense, consider this..............
Frasier is witty and inteligent, but it's also very quirky at times.
Look at the list of guest callers, and you'll see some pretty respectable names. Names who say the most ridiculous things on the show. You really wouldn't expect some of these people to touch a sitcom (never mind say those lines), but they line up to guest on Frasier because it has a reputation as a good show, and many of these people are fans.
So John Glenn was not the first big name to guest on Frasier and say something silly in the name of comedy. He was just the first one to do it on screen.
Others followed.
As far as i'm aware, it's not Elvis Costello's wish to go into banking
So, in closing, John Glenn going on Frasier to expose the truth?
I think i'll go with the Roy Orbison clingfilm dude