http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/ira-glass-makes-balloon-animal.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/ira-glass-makes-balloon-animal.html#comment-1563637 oasisob1 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189285#comment-1563637 WTF does he means when he says 'there's no such thing as magic'? Just WTH is that? I am scared and confused. WTF does he means when he says ‘there’s no such thing as magic’? Just WTH is that? I am scared and confused.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/ira-glass-makes-balloon-animal.html#comment-1563590 chellberty Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189285#comment-1563590 Judging by the questions maybe he should have instead been making balloon animals out of condoms. Judging by the questions maybe he should have instead been making balloon animals out of condoms.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/ira-glass-makes-balloon-animal.html#comment-1563390 Antonio Carrasco Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189285#comment-1563390 Cease and desist letter from Jeff Koons is already on the way... Cease and desist letter from Jeff Koons is already on the way…

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/ira-glass-makes-balloon-animal.html#comment-1563381 ChickieD Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189285#comment-1563381 There's a subculture around balloon animal making. I learned about it from a guy who was a "balloon artist" who was hired by local businesses that catered to kids, back when my daughter was that age where we'd hang out at such places. This guy was amazing and very serious about his craft. He could make a jillion kinds of animals (he actually knew the exact number of different animals he had mastered), including many of the Pokemon. I learned from him that there are balloon animal making conventions and it's a whole thing that people get into. I guess it makes sense that people who are into it gather together and talk shop, and that the people who are trying to make a business at it would seek support from each other, but it was a little strange how "professional" about it this man was. It's like when you learn that clown people are really really really into the esoterica of the types of floppy shoes and face paint.  There’s a subculture around balloon animal making. I learned about it from a guy who was a “balloon artist” who was hired by local businesses that catered to kids, back when my daughter was that age where we’d hang out at such places. This guy was amazing and very serious about his craft. He could make a jillion kinds of animals (he actually knew the exact number of different animals he had mastered), including many of the Pokemon. I learned from him that there are balloon animal making conventions and it’s a whole thing that people get into. I guess it makes sense that people who are into it gather together and talk shop, and that the people who are trying to make a business at it would seek support from each other, but it was a little strange how “professional” about it this man was. It’s like when you learn that clown people are really really really into the esoterica of the types of floppy shoes and face paint. 

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/ira-glass-makes-balloon-animal.html#comment-1563366 awjt Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189285#comment-1563366 Ira Glass is awesome. Ira Glass is awesome.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/23/ira-glass-makes-balloon-animal.html#comment-1563357 kmoser Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=189285#comment-1563357 Is it my imagination or is he looking more and more like Anthony Bourdain? Is it my imagination or is he looking more and more like Anthony Bourdain?

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