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Old 10-17-2009, 03:44 PM   #46
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Re: Anyone watching this flying saucer 6 year old kid story?

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So I'm guessing all of this is to land a reality-TV show a la John and Kate? The sham of it all is that cable TV higher-ups will fall all over themselves to make it happen.
I'm thinking the exact opposite.
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Old 10-17-2009, 04:14 PM   #47
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I think they'll get their shot. Networks can wait half a year or a year then "dust off" the story and make a reality show about the failed hoax and how the family is living afterward. Right now they'd get fried for it since the public are already getting their reality fix through the news and it affords them to ride their moral high horse, but in a year, curiosity and boredom will convince a lot of people to come down from yonder horse to see what happened to this family.
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Old 10-17-2009, 06:02 PM   #48
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maybe it is his middle name
You mean like Joey Falcon Votto?
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Old 10-17-2009, 07:16 PM   #49
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Re: Anyone watching this flying saucer 6 year old kid story?

Here's the article from the guy that was working with Balloon Dad on the various ideas including a balloon hoax for publicity.

http://gawker.com/5383858/exclusive-...a-balloon-hoax
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Old 10-17-2009, 07:22 PM   #50
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Re: Anyone watching this flying saucer 6 year old kid story?

It's all fun & games until the National Guard gets called out.
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Old 10-17-2009, 08:34 PM   #51
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Re: Anyone watching this flying saucer 6 year old kid story?

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You mean like Joey Falcon Votto?
or Robert Falcon Scott
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Old 10-17-2009, 09:35 PM   #52
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Here's the article from the guy that was working with Balloon Dad on the various ideas including a balloon hoax for publicity.

http://gawker.com/5383858/exclusive-...a-balloon-hoax
With his balloon:
Didn’t he play a role in inducing panic, and didn’t he play a role in releasing that floating object with no ability to control it or what outcome it might have played in potentially injuring others? I don’t see how this man escapes some sort of consequences.
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Old 10-17-2009, 10:00 PM   #53
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Sheriff nows says he's going to file charges

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...loon-boy_N.htm
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Old 10-17-2009, 10:35 PM   #54
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Sheriff nows says he's going to file charges

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...loon-boy_N.htm
Looks like they don't believe the man either and are looking for more to charge him with.
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Old 10-18-2009, 09:30 AM   #55
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Re: Anyone watching this flying saucer 6 year old kid story?

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Sheriff nows says he's going to file charges

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...loon-boy_N.htm


Good. What a jackass
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Old 10-18-2009, 04:36 PM   #56
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Re: Anyone watching this flying saucer 6 year old kid story?

Colo. sheriff calls balloon saga a hoax
He says ordeal was staged to generate publicity for a reality TV show

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33340547/ns/us_news-life
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Old 10-18-2009, 05:31 PM   #57
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FOX NEWS reports that the wife of the "Jiffy Pop" craft builder has announced she's preggers again--BUZZARD is the chosen name (it will be an unhappy child)-Several TV producers are studying the concept of a show of an ever growing family named on bird species-who knows-it could just fly! Of course, Jiffy Pop has expressed interest in sponsoring the show... Any ideas on names for the show?
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Old 10-18-2009, 06:04 PM   #58
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Any ideas on names for the show?
Um, how about

“30-60 Days In Jail & The Cost Of Fabricating A Crisis”

Starring Mr. Tin Foil Dad.
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Old 10-20-2009, 04:50 PM   #59
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Several TV producers are studying the concept of a show of an ever growing family named on bird species-who knows-it could just fly! Of course, Jiffy Pop has expressed interest in sponsoring the show... Any ideas on names for the show?
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Old 10-20-2009, 05:26 PM   #60
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Back in the day, this guy would have rightly been written off as a kook. Now, he is no doubt being considered for entertainment value. TVLand is more than Barnum & Bailey could have ever imagined. Their big tents are nothing compared to the TV & Movie entertainment industries. The circus comes to town every night in every corner of the world through the airwaves, cable, and the internet, making bearded ladies and midgets look like child's play.
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