American Beat: Moon Stalker

Make that ex-astronauts. According to Aldrin's lawyer, Robert O'Brien, Sibrel has been stalking many former Apollo astronauts. Neil Armstrong cursed him out once. Al Bean had to throw him out of his house. Even Al Worden, whom I like to consider "The Forgotten Moonwalker," got the Bible treatment.

Pull out the list of men who have walked on the moon and Sibrel has stalked them all, said O' Brien.

He even had a prior run-in with Aldrin. "He said things I can't repeat," said Aldrin's wife, Lois. "He was not a nice man, and it really upset Buzz a lot."

Hey, you want to upset Neil Armstrong, be my guest. That guy has a serious attitude problem. But don't mess with Buzz Aldrin (whose mother's maiden name was Marion Moon--a coincidence? I wish).

You may remember Sibrel from last year's groundbreaking Fox TV special, "Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?" a telecast of such stunning idiocy that even the network (and, remember, we're talking about Fox here) distanced itself from the broadcast with a disclaimer admitting that "the theories expressed [in the show] are not the only possible interpretation."

That's a nice way of saying, "It's hard for us to distinguish this show from an episode of MADTV."