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'Richard Always Involves The Heene Boys In His Experiments!!' Balloon Boy And Family Were On WIFE SWAP’s 100th Episode!!
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A six-year-old named Falcon Heene was discovered safe and hiding in his family’s attic -- five hours after his older brother told authorities the tyke had floated away in a huge, leaky helium balloon.
The balloon crashed with no kid aboard three hours after it began its 50-mile journey, and the missing kid was discovered alive and well in the attic two hours after the crash.
Now comes word that the balloon boy’s family has been on “Wife Swap” - twice!
The first Heene episode was the fifth-season premiere aired just over a year ago, on Oct. 3, 2008. The second Heene-family installment, marking the show's 100th episode, aired March 13 of this year.
According to the Associated Press:
When they first appeared last fall, the Heenes were described as storm chasers who lived on the edge and were matched with a Connecticut family whose father had a child-proofing business designed to make things as safe as possible for children.
The balloon boy's father, who believes himself the spawn of extraterrestials, said the balloon incident was not a publicity stunt.
Find all of the AP’s story here.
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and then the dad needs his ass beat too
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They're creepy AND they're kooky!
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Wife Swap has had 100 episodes?
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They're packing Manhunter in with the other Hannibal Lecter films? Isn't that to Silence of the Lambs, etc. what Never Say Never Again is to the rest of the Bond franchise?
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oh, reality whores... never mind
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Manhunter is the From Russia With love to Silence of the lambs' Licence to kill.
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I bet they planned the whole thing.
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You guys are H\hitting rock bottom now.
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and he sees that video how fucking embarrassed he is going to be.
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I sincerely hope we don't discover this asshat going Shane Vandrell on the mail order bride and tykes by morning.
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I am really glad that this little guy had toys and snacks up there in the garage attic to keep him occupied.
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if you people are pretty much in charge of it...
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Could you elaborate because the media isn't reporting on that yet that i can find.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI6UONWCq7A
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I'm not usually a big fan of Devin Faraci, but he hit the nail on the goddamn head in his article comparing this incident to Ace in the Hole. Everyone should go back and watch that movie to remember just how much of a fucking joke the news media has become.
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...that the family was on Wife Swap twice before--not after the 'crash,' as is inferred by Herc's statement...
"The balloon crashed with no kid aboard three hours after it began its 50-mile journey, and the missing kid was discovered alive and well in the attic two hours after the crash.
Now comes word that the balloon boy’s family has been on “Wife Swap” - twice!"
Breaking 'news', after the 'crash?'
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but check out the Parks and Recreation talkback, I posted this around...10 Central time
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"Maaaaan" *deep sigh*. Sounded to be like a reaction of guilt when the boy basically tells the world it was his dad's publicity stunt? :)
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If the police find out this guy deliberately staged this whole thing for attention, then he's either going to do jail time or at least pay a hefty fine. The "publicity stunt" assumption seems likely considering how much these parents are acting like attention whores, not just with their appareances on Wife Swap but also the numerous Youtube clips of the family's "crazy adventures".
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How did this crap show get 100 episodeS? American viewership is such a toilet.
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thinks he's the spawn of aliens, he should be locked up in a mental home, and his kids taken into care. The guy is clearly certifiable.
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Guess not much happening this week
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Up is obviously aangerous influence on our children! when will this madness end!?
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What's with the exotic hobbies? You can get the same effect of a balloon flight without leaving Earth!
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That's how interesting this story is. Now eric the midget flying with balloons, that i'd pay to see.
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I know how much Herc loves housewife TV, but this story is seriously a new low for him.
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The dad concocted the whole thing so he could sell 'his' story to the highest bidder. Don't believe me? Well, in the UK, some vile chav faked the abduction of her own daughter in a pathetic attempt to fleece money from the public. Some people will do anything for money - even saying their kid climbed into a hot air balloon they just happened to have tethered to their house!!!!! 'Cos we all keep 50 foot hellium balloons in our back garden. D'Oh!
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I thought this was the Dollhouse talkback...
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Couldn't be. Media Messiah isn't flailing away at anything in this talkback.
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They need something to fill those 24 hours with, well they got it last night. Hook, line, and sinker.
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On the radio this morning, and thanks to The Soup i knew what they were talking about. Fucking nut job dad.
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for a second and a half, the camera actually started to focus on the kid as he was spitting up, then somebody thought better of it. Sometimes TV is awesome.
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awesome! I'm not the only one who thought of Flight of the Navigator when I saw this thing floating around
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Imply is what *I* do while making a statement. For instance, I could imply that someone is too stupid to know the difference between the two words. It's a sort of message that the SPEAKER/WRITER gives to the words.Infer is what the LISTENER does (in his head), a judgment, a conclusion drawn, a reasoning based on someone else's WORDS or ACTIONS, i.e. "I inferred he was mad because of the way he stormed out of the room."If someone gets the idea from your behavior that you are a fool, then he is inferring that you are a fool. But if he is subtly letting you know that he thinks so, then he is
implying that you are a fool. You, of course, can infer from his implication that he thinks you are a fool.Herc's statement implied something or you inferred it, but his statement can't infer anything. -
Balloon boy just vomited on liveTV. Check TMZ.com for the clip. They need to get child services in there before this goes any further and the media should see what's happening here and stop participating in the exploitation (and probably abuse) of this kid. The parents most likely put him through the ringer overnight after he ratted Daddy out on Larry King last night, and that's why he's so nervous and afraid to say the wrong thing.
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He thinks humans were originally aliens. I'm actually skeptical of the whole thing being a hoax, but they deserve all the shit they get for doing the talk show circuit the next day. They should slink home and never show their faces to the media again.
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Never mind the kid ratting him out, or the families insane need to get hits on Youtube, or the puking on live TV.
The father claims to be a half-breed alien. He is *clearly* insane. Any competent judge could have him locked up in the nut factory within minutes. -
I didn't see your post.
So the father is not claiming to be a half-breed? Okay, maybe a competent judge might need an hour or two. I still think he needs locking up. -
'tis true. But they can sometimes be more entertaining than the show itself. I wonder what the holdup is?You know, I only have an inkling about what this TB is really about, but no desire to go any further. There are already far too many attention whores getting their 15 minutes in today's world.
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And what a fortunate day it was to be out of the loop. What a farce.
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And what a fortunate day it was to be out of the loop. What a farce.
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That would be cruel to them. But the Dad should be locked up for 6 months and 2 years probation and they should have a social worker check on the kids every week for a few years.
And being crazy isn't a crime unless you are hurting others. It's not like he's making Twilight films. ;) -
So no talkback, and presumably no triple question marks, open letters to Whedon, marriage proposals to Eliza, lists of historical figures who had disabilities, challenges to all and sundry to "best" him, accusations of M.E. employment, lamenting of his ex, discourses on the wonders of lapdancing clubs, rambling thoughts on the popularity of rape fantasies in women, tales of links to the secret groups which run Hollywood, musings on the evil secret groups which run the world.... Geez and that's just off the top of my head. Have I missed any of his fucking crazyness?
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Why?
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Oct 16, 2009 10:24:25 AM CDT
THIS JUST IN: Balloon Boy crash lands on Jon & Kate, World cheer
by mrmysteryguest
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"I want trash bags!" UP also stole from Murdock.
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It was actually pretty funny. I work at a local tv station, was lhalf asleep in my office, heard people yelling in the newsroom, popped my head in & saw a raw feed of it shot at a distance with no banners or anything around it explaining it, with our reporters running around yelling at each other like it was the damned apocalypse. So the first thing I thought was "OH SHIT! Those UFO nuts were right!" then someone told me there was a kid in it, so then Flight of the Navigator came up. But for about 3-4 seconds there, I was trying to figure out where the nearest guns & ammo store was at, lol!
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If it was prior to the 70s and he really was in the balloon they'd have shotguns aimed at him yelling "get out of that ufo you damned dirty asian!"
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coffin.
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Seriously, media coverage on every network, previous reality tv cheese, black hawk helecopters, a kid vomiting...what else could you want?
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and now I'm ashamed of that fact.
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Oct 16, 2009 1:35:14 PM CDT
This most definitely will become an episode of South Park
by chakraborty
So much material to work with...AND it's in Colorado.
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specifically the family oriented ones like Kate and Jon, Wife Swap, The Nanny one. They break up families and make people pull crazy shit like this. If people want to act like boobs and whore themselves for reality tv, do it on survivor, just don't bring your kids along. it's so irresponsible.
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plain and simple. dad need to pay the bill for the search effort. what a douchebag. im sick of people using their kids to get famous. whores
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Other than that, who cares?
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Oct 16, 2009 3:15:07 PM CDT
The balloon boy's father said the balloon incident was not a pub
by snowpuff
And you believe him? Someone who was already on a reality TV show and thinks he's an alien. And people believe this?
Plus his kid said something on live TV that sounded an awful lot like he was hiding in the attic because they told him to. -
Agreeing with Nerd_Rage.
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People are getting the torches and pitchforks out for this guy based on this (hearsay) statement, but I don't think it's really that shocking to consider the possibility that life on earth could have been seeded from material that has extraterrestrial (not necessarily little green men, but extraterrestrial, as in "not from earth") origins. I think that's entirely more plausible than an eternally missing "link" or a 7-day creation myth, but nobody is kicking down fundamentalist home-schooler's doors. I know that tarring and feathering people based on a snippet of third-hand info is a long and cherished AICN TB tradition, but I don't think the dad's musings on this subject are evidence enough to take his children away from him. Leaving your children unsupervised so that they could jack your weather balloon for a joyride is another matter entirely... not to mention engineering the whole ordeal as publicity for your wacky attention whore antics. And naming your kid "Falcon" is almost child abuse. -
It's my hometown. Why be ashamed because of a couple nutcases? They are actually everywhere ya know. Not that Ft. Collins is the apex of civilization, but still...
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I just hate to see the reasonable niceness of the place spoiled.
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sounding like this was staged and he involved the authorities. This like filling a false police report, a false fire report and scrambling several search and rescue units.
There were helicopters, air traffic was diverted, god only knows how many agencies had to drop what they were doing and focus attention and resources to this.
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I just realized that dad is EXACTLY what a real life Randy Marsh would be.
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boy in weather ballon, all kinds of rescue searching for the kid who happened to be "hiding" in the attic..we searched all over but not the attic how can a boy be in the attic, its inconceivable, its preposterous, its ridiculii, its Letterman and a whole bunch of money..its jail time..
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he being a reality show addict and crazy dad has spent his life trying to be famous
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It's a scheduled pre-empt for baseball. It'll be back on Oct 23rd for a Sierra-centric ep. I hear they are sending out screeners because it has as much of an impact on the season as 'Man on the Street' did for Season 1 & they are hoping it has the same effect as last year ie: favorable reviews from reputable TV Critics.
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Yeah. You know what I am talking about.
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And with the moral decay of society, we are probably heading in that direction within the next 10 years or so as far as reality TV goes.
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That pretty much sums up every patheticpiece of shit show that airs on TV these days.
That dad looked like a fool, he got owned!! -
Richard Heene
5434 Fossil Ridge Dr W
Fort Collins, CO 80525
(970) 204-0482
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Just sayin...
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Oct 17, 2009 6:06:35 AM CDT
I love that just after the kid says "We did this for the show"
by henrydalton
you can LITERALLY hear the dad shitting himself. Have a listen!
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and send him up in a balloon.
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What, the kid was supposed to breathe helium while trapped in the balloon? How fucking Stupid (yes, capital S) and gullible ARE people these days? Oh... right.
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You guys fail to cover the biggest Letterman related story on this site, but then turn around and post a story on balloon boy?
What's next, a story about a domestic spat the 2 lesbians from the amazing race go into? -
Mayumi named her kids Ryo and Falcon from City Hunter
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Worst. Movie. Ever. The Blair Witch was better, and it was crap.
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How typical. The mother was there too. She should take some of the blame for this mess.
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...is apparently an abused spouse; there have been three 911 calls this year and Mayumi was seen with a bruised face and bloodied eye, but the cops didn't arrest Richard.
Mayumi was taken away from her abusive husband today by a "victim's advocate" and Sherrif's deputy.
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WRITE. LIKE. THIS. It ranks just below FIRST! as the most annoying way of expressing yourself online.
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I also hate LOL, FTW!, the word "kudos", dog-worshippers, and people who call children our most precious resource. Have they never heard of oil?
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I really, really, hate women who shave their pussies. It's time for bush to make a comeback.
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for an upcoming episode of "Lie to Me".
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I'm with you on shaved pussies. The last girl I dated with a shaved pussy felt like a prickly pear down there. Ouch! I think it should be trimmed just enough so that it's still a soft bush, but not an unruly jungle. It's all about finding that balance and the middle way.
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No more pussy extremism.
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It's good to know someone agrees with me on at least one thing.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8313439.stm
Looks like mommy and daddy might be losing the kiddie-widdies somewhere down the line...... -
to outlaw reality shows forever.
I think it could be possible to pass a law that prevents children from appearing in reality shows. That would at least eliminate the most obnoxious ones. (Like Jon & Kate types) -
Proper grooming is always a good thing, but if I wanted to go down on a little girl, I'd... well, actually I wouldn't. Bring back the late 70's early 80's Penthouse bush pleeze!
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I'm cool with a nice trimmed patch or totally smooth. Variety is good.
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Talkbackers need to learn to use it. Or, at the very least, put in some gawdamn spaces. Otherwise, your posts containing "links" to your bullshit are absolutely 100% useless.
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