The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : "We Did This For The Show"

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"Balloon Boy" Falcon Henne (who I suppose should really be called "Attic Boy") created controversy on "Larry King Live" when he seemed to admit that yesterday's bizarre episode was an elaborate hoax. "We did this for show," the 6-year old said, though his father later angrily denied the suggestion that it was a publicity stunt. Yesterday, our resident Wife Swap expert Shawn Macomber wrote of the reality show the Henne's starred in, "trust me when I tell you that when you see either of this family's Wife Swap episodes, you will have absolutely no problem understanding how this happened."

Well, one of those episodes has now been posted on YouTube in five parts, and having scanned through them, I'd have to concur with Shawn. Interestingly, one sublot in the episode is the father's attempts to build a flying saucer. Here is part 1 of the show, you can click on if you want to watch more:

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Tim| 10.16.09 @ 10:14AM

Contemplating American pop culture makes me yearn for the arrival of a planet wrecking comet.

Campy| 10.16.09 @ 12:46PM

Second, Tim. It was excruciating even to make it through the clip....GOGO.

Dixie Pixie| 10.16.09 @ 10:16AM

What a great lark. “Balloon Boy” should be congratulated on his escapade. After all the bad news on the political front, a madcap chase of a “Flying Saucer” balloon across two states is just the humorous lark the public needs.