The "papers want to know what shirts he wears", and he is "sitting in a tin can".
This character is alluded to in a Flight of the Conchords skit where Jermaine tries to help Brett's self esteem. Jimmy Fallon combined this character with Tim Tebow in a skit where this character is talking to Jesus Christ. A sequel to the song that this character appears in notes that this character is a "junkie, strung out in (*) heavens high, hitting an all time low." This character appears in "Ashes to Ashes" and a Peter Schilling song subtitled "Coming Home". The "papers want to know what shirts he wears", and he is "sitting in a tin can". After a malfunction on his spaceship, he sings to ground control "tell my wife I love her very much- SHE KNOWS!" For 10 points, name this doomed astronaut from David Bowie's "Space Oddity."
This character is alluded to in a Flight of the Conchords skit where Jermaine tries to help Brett's self esteem.
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