[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SHOW FOR 
MANY, MANY YEARS, AND BELIEVE IT
OR NOT, THERE WAS A TIME BEFORE 
THE PRESIDENT WAS A LUNATIC THAT
THE CABLE NEWS CHANNELS HAD TO 
COVER OTHER STUFF.
THEY HAD WALL TO WALL COVERAGE 
OF WEIRD STORIES, CELEBRITY 
TRIALS, HIGH-SPEED CHASES, 
CHILDREN TRANNEDPPED IN WELLS,  
TEN YEARS AGO YESTERDAY, THE 
BALLOON BOY HOAX.
A MAN IN COLORADO MADE A BOGUS 
911 CALL, CLAIMING HIS 
6-YEAR-OLD SON CLIMBED INTO A 
WEATHER BALLOON AND FLEW AWAY.
>> MY 6-YEAR-OLD BOY, HE GOT 
INSIDE AND IT TOOK OFF.
>> WHERE'S HE AT?
>> HE'S IN THE AIR.
>> HE'S IN THE AIR?
>> YEAH.
HE'S ONLY, HE'S ONLY 6.
>> Jimmy: TURNED OUT, THE FACT 
THAT THE KID WAS ONLY 6 WAS THE 
ONLY TRUE PART OF THE CALL.
AT FIRST EVERYONE WAS PANICKED.
IT MADE NO SENSE.
THERE'S NO WAY BALLOON LIKE THAT
COULD LIFT A 60-POUND KID.
THEY CLOSED DOWN AIRPORTS IN 
DENVER.
THE KID WAS IN THE ATTIC.
TURNS OUT HIS FATHER TOLD HIM TO
HIDE IN THE ATTIC SO HE COULD 
PLAY DUMB ABOUT THE BALLOON 
STUNT, GET A TON OF COVERAGE AND
HOPEFULLY A REALITY SHOW OUT OF 
IT.
UNFORTUNATELY, FOR RICHARD 
HEENY, HIS SON SPILLED THE 
BEANS.
>> DID YOU HEAR US CALLING US 
DIDN'T?
>> MM-HM.
>> WHY DIDN'T YOU COME OUT?
>> YOU SAID THAT WE DID THIS FOR
A SHOW.
>> NO.
>> Jimmy: SO RICHARD HEENY HELD 
A PRESS CONFERENCE TO SAY IT 
WASN'T A HOAX.
>> COULD YOU JUST SAY ONCE AND 
FOR ALL, WAS THIS SOME SORT OF 
PUBLICITY STUNT?
WAS IT A HOAX AND WILL YOU TALK 
TO THE POLICE TODAY?
>> ABSOLUTELY NO HOAX.
I WANT YOUR QUESTIONS IN THE 
BOX, I'LL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU,
OKAY?
>> Jimmy: IN THE OLDEN TIMES, 
WHEN THE REPORTERS HAD QUESTIONS
THEY'D PUT THEM IN THE BOX.
HE DID SOME JAIL TIME.
HERE TO SPEAK TO US ON THIS 
SPECIAL OCCASION, THE BALLOON 
BOY HIMSELF, FALCON HEENY.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M GREAT.
THANKS FOR ASKING.
>> Jimmy: HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> I'M 16, JIMMY.
>> Jimmy: IF YOU DON'T MIND MY 
ASKING, WHY DO YOU LOOK SO -- 
>> FUNKY FRESH?
THIS IS HOW TEENS DRESS NOW.
>> Jimmy: WHERE HE ARE YOU?
>> I'M STUCK IN A BALLOON.
I'M OVER DENVER.
>> Jimmy: I THOUGHT YOUR PARENTS
MADE IT UP.
>> THEY DID, BUT THIS TIME IT'S 
REAL.
HERE COMES A CLOUD, AH!
>> Jimmy: LOOKED LIKE COTTON 
GLU
GL
GLUED TO A PIECE OF CARDBOARD.
>> I'M SORRY, ARE YOU A SKY 
SCIENTIST?
>> Jimmy: NO.
>> IT'S A BIRD, GO, GO, SCAM, 
SCAM.
>> Jimmy: IS THAT A BOOM MIC?
>> PAY ATTENTION.
>> Jimmy: IS THIS ANOTHER HOAX?
IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE 
FAKING THIS AGAIN.
>> I'M INSULTED YOU WOULD ASK 
THAT.
MY LIFE IS IN DANGER HERE.
GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
YOU'RE IN DANGER.
THIS BALLOON CAN'T HOLD US BOTH.
>> Jimmy: FALCON, YOU'RE QUITE 
OBVIOUSLY NOT IN A BALLOON.
I'M GOING TO CUT THIS A LITTLE 
SHORT.
>> I WANT YOUR QUESTIONS IN A 
BOX.
I'LL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU, 
OKAY
