# José Jiménez, the reluctant astronaut

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 26, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jose-jimenez-the-reluctant-astronaut/548109 "2010-07-26T22:12:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jose-jimenez-the-reluctant-astronaut/548109/1 "2010-07-26T22:12:28Z")

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It’s not PC, since Bill Dana plays a worried Hispanic. But Don Knotts was a reluctant astronaut too. Anyway, here’s the classic Bill Dana bit:

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7aEKo-tbs0)

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jose-jimenez-the-reluctant-astronaut/548109/2 "2010-07-26T22:20:09Z")

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I loved that routine back in the 60s. Still pretty funny.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jose-jimenez-the-reluctant-astronaut/548109/3 "2010-07-26T22:24:35Z")

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Before my time, but I was born in the Space Age and I’m a huge fan of the early missions. (And I was an extra in _The Right Stuff_ – though I didn’t make it into the final edit.)