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Overview
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Writers:
James Fritzell (writer)
Everett Greenbaum (writer)
Tagline:
He's an ASTRO-KNOTT turned ASTRONAUT in the Maddest Mixup in Space History!!
Plot:
Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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(5 articles)
Composer Vic Mizzy Dead At 93; Created Classic Themes For "The Addams Family" And "Green Acres"
(From CinemaRetro. 20 October 2009, 8:19 AM, PDT)
Obituary: Composer Vic Mizzy Dies at 93
(From The Wrap. 19 October 2009, 4:32 PM, PDT)
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Another Exhibition for the Likeable Don Knotts. more (8 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Don Knotts | ... | Roy Fleming |
 | Leslie Nielsen | ... | Major Fred Gifford |
 | Joan Freeman | ... | Ellie Jackson |
| Jesse White | ... | Donelli |
| Jeanette Nolan | ... | Mrs. Fleming |
| Frank McGrath | ... | Plank |
| Arthur O'Connell | ... | Buck Fleming |
| Joan Shawlee | ... | Blonde in Bar |
| Guy Raymond | ... | Bert |
| Nydia Westman | ... | Aunt Zena |
| Paul Hartman | ... | Rush |
| Robert F. Simon | ... | Cervantes (as Robert Simon) |
| Robert Pickering | ... | Moran |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Pat Colby | ... | Scientist |
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Canada:102 min | USA:101 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the beginning scene, Roy announces a "Meteorite shower". A Meteroite is a chunk of rock from space that strikes the surface of Earth. Roy should have said "Meteor shower". more
Quotes:
Donelli:
Fleming, you've been here two weeks now, and I don't think your mind has been on your work for one second!
Roy Fleming:
Uh, um, well to tell you the truth, sir, my heart really isn't in this.
Donelli:
We are not interested in your heart, Fleming! We want your elbow grease!
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Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more
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Small-time carnival operator Don Knotts gets enlisted to work for NASA by his father. Of course the job Knotts has gotten is to be a janitor in Houston. Now Knotts must lie to all his friends and relatives to make them think that he is a real astronaut. NASA is in need of funds though and they show their confidence in their program by coming up with an idea to send a non-astronaut into outer space. Get the picture? A funny little film that is once again an exhibition of Knotts' talents. Leslie Nielsen is priceless as the astronaut assigned to be Knotts' primary instructor. A film that plays more like a long television show rather than an actual motion picture. Fair in the end. 2.5 out of 5 stars.