Heene family-related stories
Posted Oct 24th 2009 8:07PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Watercooler Talk
Well, you sort of knew that this was coming, didn't you? The
mother of balloon boy, Mayumi Heene, has admitted it was a hoax. The Heenes knew that Falcon wasn't in the balloon, that he was hiding in the garage. The entire boy in the
balloon fiasco was a hoax from the get-go. Her court affidavit confirms what
everyone has suspected.
So, this was just another desperate attempt by the family to get on television. Honestly, have you ever heard anything so ridiculous?
I say that because if these parents have even a scintilla of sense, couldn't they have projected what was going to happen when the balloon came down? Couldn't they have seen that there was no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
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Posted Oct 21st 2009 10:05AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, TV Squad Polls
All this talk about the Heene Family and Balloon Boy and their hoax to get a reality show (and their appearances on
Wife Swap) got me to thinking about something: would we watch a Heene Family reality show?
I'm sure that they are going to get
some sort of deal from someone for a show, and there's a good chance they wouldn't have gotten it if it wasn't for this hoax, so maybe they'll have the last laugh. I think all of us, if asked, would say "there's no way I'll watch a show with that family!" but here you can vote anonymously. So tell me: would you watch it?
Posted Oct 20th 2009 6:32PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities
I was thinking the other day that someone has to write a folk song about the
Heene family and Balloon Boy. I'm sure someone is working on one right now.
But a few years ago, Heene and others wrote a couple of theme songs for the TV shows he was pitching to networks,
The Contractor and
The Psyience Detective (Heene's site is
The Science Detective).
TMZ has both theme songs.
The Heenes have a big
TV connection. Not only did they appear on
Wife Swap twice and pitch the above shows, but Richard also
asked Jimmy Kimmel for $25,000 a few years ago and
lied to Extreme Makeover's producer last month.
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