Fifteen Balloons Falcon Was Also Not In

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Poor Falcon Heene. You gotta feel for the kid who made news headlines on Thursday and Friday, even vomiting on live television, simply for not being in a balloon. But rather than dwell on the fact that his life has probably been irrevocably changed by a silly event it’s pretty clear his almost-certainly-skeezy parents cooked up to rekindle the special kind of fame one gets from appearing on Wife Swap, let’s try to look at this from a positive point of view. For instance, did you ever notice how much balloon-themed art there is in the world? It’s crazy! Here are 15 balloons from years past that Falcon also wasn’t in:

Don Hertzfeldt’s “Billy’s Balloon”

Joanna Newsom’s “Bridges & Balloons”

Donald Barthelme’s The Balloon

Nena’s “99 Luftballoons”

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