Episode 396: Balloons! Menace from Above!

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Show Notes Episode 396: BALLOONS! Menace from Above! This week, Host Dave Bledsoe ducks his bill collectors by huffing helium and pretends to be a child when he answers the phone. (He could let it go to voicemail). On the show this week we examine the existential threat of the most dangerous flying object ever devised: The Balloon! (Someone tell the Montgolfier Brothers they finally made it!) Along the way we discover that Dave had no friends as a child. (Shocker, we know) Then we provide you with three tales of perfidy and panic all created by the diabolical auspices of the BALLOON! Beware listeners, you cannot know how heinous these latex harbingers of doom truly can be!  From the deserts of New Mexico, to the sunny skies of Southern California all the way to the shores of Lake Eerie, the Balloon Threat has terrorized and intimidated innocent Americans guilty of nothing more than living their lives! Why do these inflated horrors hate us with such unmitigated passions, we may know never. All we know is that Balloons are an existential threat! (Trust us, we did the research) Our Sponsor this week is Helium, so much more than a way to make your voice sound silly. We open the show with a dangerous toy from the 1980’s and close with Kaye and Rob attempting to lure you into their death machine!  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/RvnjKIbLRKw We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: In 1947, A High-Altitude Balloon Crash Landed in Roswell. The Aliens Never Left https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1947-high-altitude-balloon-crash-landed-roswell-aliens-never-left-180963917/ Lawn Chair Larry 1982 Honorable Mention Confirmed True by Darwin https://darwinawards.com/stupid/stupid1998-11.html Late Night with David Letterman July 12, 1982 https://youtu.be/FtdLo1Mug8A Wikipedia: Lawnchair Larry flight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight Cleveland marks 35 years since 1.5 million balloons fell on city in disastrous balloonfest https://www.wivb.com/news/cleveland-marks-35-years-since-1-5-million-balloons-fell-on-city-in-disastrous-balloonfest/ Wikipedia: Balloonfest ‘86 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_%2786 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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