Videos: Richard Heene, Balloon Boy’s dad, invents crazy stuff, makes crazier infomercials

Ever wonder what happened to Balloon Boy? As explained in this week's feature, "What's Up?," nine-year-old Falcon Heene and his family are now living an hour north of Tampa. Falcon and his two older brothers are in a metal band called the Heene Boyz and their hyperactive father is still...
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Ever wonder what happened to Balloon Boy? As explained in this week’s feature, “What’s Up?,” nine-year-old Falcon Heene and his family are now living an hour north of Tampa. Falcon and his two older brothers are in a metal band called the Heene Boyz and their hyperactive father is still inventing crazy stuff. (Remember the Bear Scratch?) See his two most recent infomercials below. Warning: One of them involves excessive air humping.

More from our Follow That Story archive: “Balloon Boy vomits on the Today Show: How much weirder can this story get?

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