--- title: Watch John Glenn Lampoon the UFO Crowd in a 'Frasier' Cameo description: The astronaut and statesman, who passed away on Thursday, once made a comic appearance in 'Frasier' to discuss the existence of aliens. canonical: https://time.com/4596199/john-glenn-on-frasier/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-08T23:31:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:19.628Z og:title: Watch John Glenn Lampoon the UFO Crowd in a 'Frasier' Cameo og:description: The former astronaut once appeared on the show to discuss extraterrestrial life. og:url: https://time.com/4596199/john-glenn-on-frasier/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch John Glenn Lampoon the UFO Crowd in a 'Frasier' Cameo twitter:description: The former astronaut once appeared on the show to discuss extraterrestrial life. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch John Glenn Lampoon the UFO Crowd on a Classic Episode of _Frasier_  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 8, 2016 11:31 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Dec 8, 2016 11:31 PM UTC Astronaut and American hero John Glenn [passed away Thursday](http://time.com/4594658/john-glenn-dead/?iid=sr-link2) at 95, but he left behind [a legacy of statesmanship](http://time.com/4408820/john-glenn-mike-massimino-astronaut/?iid=sr-link4)—and even a few classic television cameos, taking advantage of his expertise in all things outer space. The former senator made a guest appearance on an episode of [90s classic sitcom _Frasier_](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989183,00.html?iid=sr-link3) back in [2001](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0582384/), and—while Frasier and coworker Roz were busy arguing in another room acted the part well. “Some people ask, ‘You know, were you alone out there?’ We never gave the real answer,” Glenn [muses on the show in character](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0582384/). “And yet we’ve seen things out there. Strange things.” Meanwhile, Frasier and Roz are too busy arguing to listen to Glenn’s faux confession as a part of the comedy’s scripted episode. It’s a true delight to see him step into his silly side. Watch above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4596199/john-glenn-on-frasier/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4596199/john-glenn-on-frasier/"},"headline":"Watch John Glenn Lampoon the UFO Crowd on a Classic Episode of Frasier","datePublished":"2016-12-08T23:31:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:19.628Z","description":"The legend starred in the comedy in 2001","url":"https://time.com/4596199/john-glenn-on-frasier/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4596199/john-glenn-on-frasier/","name":"Watch John Glenn Lampoon the UFO Crowd on a Classic Episode of Frasier"}}]}] ```