"Sir did you have any idea that the outcome would not be 'Up'?"

"You made it on TV daddy!. Just like you wanted"

Outta our way you creeps, or we'll miss our balloon flight.

Hey Mr Wolf Blitzer, did you hear Heene made a court appearance today
Who the hell is Heene?

not quite what i had in mind when i cooked this thing up for press ..... damn

Get the keys honey...start the balloon!!!

Get a picture of the good side guys!!

Wish we were aboard a ballon right now....

Beam us up Scottie!

"How could your son NOT know who Wolf Blitzer is!? What kind of parents are you!?"

"Are you happy now Richard!? You got what you wanted!"

Richard Heene & wife in court, charged with making the worst song in history

Sir?..........Sir?............What the heck were you thinking?

nobody can take a joke anymore..

Richard Heene indicted today for writing " Richard Heene Science Detective"

*I really wish we were in that balloon right now...

Well, at least the balloon flew well even though the story crashed and burned!

Hmm! I'm getting so much more publicity than I hoped for!

Please beam me up!!!

"I think I inhaled too much of that helium...no on said anything about jail time as a part of the new reality show"

You see hun, I told you give me one chance and bam! wez gonna be on TV, I just didn't calculate the cops being smarter than ME!

I don't think Andy Warhol had these two in mind when he said: "Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."

Anybody have a balloon I can borrow?

We wouldn't be here if Falcon hadn't spilled the beans on National TV, for heaven's sake!

This is great !! Surrounded by paparazzi, how cool this must be... now I need my plan B for biggest part of the hoax. Can't wait !!

You see hun, I told you give me one chance and bam! wez gonna be on TV, I just didn't calculate the cops being smarter than ME!

Sherelda Jones
Pelahatchie MS

Oh well, I guess Jon & Kate's drama was better for TV than ours!

The Heene's announce their new television show , " whodoo with the Heeneys".

Richard and Mayumi wait for their next opportunity from Wolf Blitzer

If she can deal with this haircut , she can deal with anything..

We wanted to get back on TV again, but this isn't quite what we had in mind.

Richard Heene takes a moment to calculate the probability of a balloon suddenly carrying him far, far away...

Sir, is it true that Falcon will get a free hot air balloon ride each year for life for telling the TRUTH?

The press & media surround Heene as he prepares to accept the Nobel Peace Prize for Ballooning

Richard Heene learns that respect, like a balloon, is a tricky thing to grasp.

I was kind of hoping that this court thing was a hoax.

"I knew we should've just tried to one-up octomom...with nine babies we would've been bound to get one that could act..."

Paparazzi catch up with the Heene's standing in line for H1N1 shots

If ordered to pay a fine, would they be balloon payments?

"Just our dumb Friday the 13th luck! The judge foung us guilty of blowing hot air!"

Larimer County Courthouse?
No, no, this is not working for me... I wanted Judge Judy, Judge Alex or at least the Street Court!

The Heene's leave the courtroom disappointed. They were hoping to appear on Judge Judy.

Mandy
Nashville, TN

I told you this would make us more famous then Jon and Kate!

Richard Heene "I really wonder why they want us here..." Mayumi " oh, I think I know why... oh..."

Up, up and away in your beautiful balloon...goes your hope to be a star!

Honey, have we collected appearance fees from all these reporters yet? I didn't dress up and gel my hair for nothing!

Cnn: " Will you appear on Larry King tonight"?
Heene: that would be very inapropiate!

This is not quite what we had in mind for a reality TV show.

My God!!! I will not lie again, but it was fun all media after my creation

Sigh, I think I prefer Reality TV with a script.

On the next episode of "Leave it to Heene".

Media inflation again!

See all the publicity…. Told ya!!

Ratings...ratings..

I could use a balloon for a getaway right about now.

I ment no harm, I got the idea from watching V.

Heene today...gone tomorrow!

It appears his plan was not very effective
For Richard Heene – Psycience Detective!

I may be guilty.... but my plan to get media attention still worked! Win-Win situation!

I may be guilty... but my plan to get media attention still worked! Win-Win situation! (San Antonio, TX)

Barbara DiBernardo
Stony Brook, NY

"The Heenes are heinies!"

Wolf Blitzer ask the Heene's,"WHAT'S GOING ON"!

Well, at least we are on TV again....

Excuse me sir, I hate to burst your bubble, but you are an idiot.

AW–Shucks honey, what the hecks the difference,--around the world in 80 days or around San Quentin in 90 !!!!

Where do I post my caption?

The conspiracy started at birth when they named the kid Falcon.

After this is cleared up we can announce our $4 million reality TV show deal.

Wolf Blitzer tweets at the news of the Heene's court appearance, "who the hell is Heene?"

Unable to get their own reality show, the Heenes settle for an appearance on Cops.

Honey...lets make a run for it in our balloon

Having called the media in advance, Richard Heene was disappointed that there was not more coverage of his court appearance.

Philadelphia, PA

"Well honey, it looks like your 15 minutes just went up in hot air!"

Science Detective hit a snag.

"So Mr and Mrs.Heene, How is your Friday the 13th going so far?"

Richard and Mayumi Heene finally get the reality TV show they've wanted for so long.

Sure hope we're not going to be appearing before Judge Judy!!

Lights. Camera...and ACTION !

Richard Heene practices his sorry little boy look for his lead role in the upcoming film "How Not To Raise A Child".

Teddi Burgess
Loves Park, IL

"Oh!Mayumi...!"

Richard tries to think of a new song before he gets locked in the pit

"Honey, this is big...bigger than that balloon!"

"Will you be appearing on 'The Worlds Dumbest Criminals'?"

"Richard Heene psyence prisoner!"

See honey...maybe if we HAD placed Falcon in the balloon, We'd of been a sure "hit" for the "fall" season...

"I did not know becoming famous can along with a package..!"

As part of their plea deal, the Heenes are not allowed to smile in front of cameras.

Richard Heene, ever the Oportunist, asked the Judge if these Proceedings would affect the Balloon Payments on his Mortgage

Where is a helium balloon when you need one?

Richard Heenever got his reality show and his wife, Shamyumi, pictured here, receiving their award for "Parents of the Year."

No, I don't extract helium from my thought balloon.

Richard Heene, ever the Opportunist, asked the Judge if these Proceedings would affect the Balloon Payments on his Mortgage (sp)

Reality bites

Walmart's pull Richard & Mayumi Heene dolls from shelves, deemed as very inappropiate!

That is a totally inappropriate balloon question!

"Ugh–I think I'm gonna throw up..."

Karima is from Philadelphia, PA

The inking of a deal to appear on the reality TV show COPS doesn't bring the excitement that the Heene's thought it would.

What do you want from us? For one October afternoon we got everyone's mind of the Swine Flu didn't we?

Honey, Southwest Airlines called, they want us to star in their next "want to get away" ad campaign. You were right, it worked, we are going to be famous!

If we keep up this look, we can use the "The-helium-went-to-our-heads defense."
Mary Louise, Little Falls, NJ

What the hell is Beat 360-I'm looking for TMZ or JMZ

My hair is slicked back dashingly. You have your new dress on. Smile! Reap what we had sown.

Focused, sincere and rational are adjectives to disguise my pure selfishness.

Richard!...Mayumi!...Mr. Heene!...Mrs. Heene!...How does it feel to be famous?

Send them to the moon to find the water!

At least we're on TV!

We did it! We are in every news on TV!

Who the hell is Richard, and his wife Mayumi?

Your fidteen minutes are up.

Richard & Mayumi Heene outside courtroom awaiting moderation!

How long should we wait until we pitch our new reality show idea: Kids Orphaned by Jailed Parents?

Richard Heene gets busy writing his theme music for his new upcoming reality show "Inmate Swap"

It was just a balloon! We could not imagine it would make such a mess!

The reality of Reality shows are that they are not reality.

It just took a couple of minutes of explaining and two or three examples for everyone to get the message that we just wanted to appear!.

Once they got the bit between this teeth, nothing could stop them.

Honey, See all the cameras. OUTSTANDING. How's our makeup? Let's not forget our lines, O.K.? Tell the kid to keep hiding under the judge's role until we tell him to come out.

What the hell???????????? By hook or crook we got our publicity!

Okay, it’s time for me to get on my soapbox for a few minutes... too bad!

Whoa! We didn't have this many guests at our wedding.

Laws, rules, justice... I’m not sure I can get my mind around a place like this.

"Now,Do you really think we can fly around the world in 80 days?"

The Heenes perfectly on the "destination" of their balloon adventure.

Richard "This is where I belong...in front of the cameras...I hope producers are watching."

"Mission Accomplished"

I cant even respond to this picture–being a retired public school teacher, all I ask is ,"what kind of role models are these parents?"

Riverview,Mi

Mayumi,honey,I am scared for my freedom! The media is after us wherever we go!Honey,we kaked the cake,we have to it eat. Everything is for the show!

these dumb looks, might get us off.

"Honey, turn your face a few degrees to the left...":The Heenes maneuvering the perfect landing on the "destination" of their lil' balloon adventure.

Be very careful what you ask, boys and girls. You might just get it!

"Calgon, take me away!"‎

-Wyatt Knight

It looks like somebody's balloon just burst.

Soon I`m going to throw up!

Honey, I hope the producers from Tru TV is watching us

"And we would have gotten away with it, if it weren't for those meddling kids."

-Wyatt Knight

And then there's Richard, feeling like his bubble's just been burst.

We frankly don’t see why people got their knickers in a twist over this.

Richard Heene pleads guilty and gives the real version of "Falcon and the Snowman".

WOW ! This reality series feels so.....uh,real.

Fame... since I’ve been unable to get my cookies with something similar, this’ll have to do.

How does one look remorseful on the outside when they're enjoying all this attention so much on the inside?

Oh, if I only had a brain!

Note to self: don't use helium for any of the kid's future science projects.

Huh? No, she's not Ono Yoko!

Just what this Couple needs..More Air Time

I don’t believe anybody would be nervous about such a trivial case.

We've decided to write a book instead!

Beam me up, Falcon!

"Well that didn't work...maybe Kate and John have room for us on their show...."

Daddy,,,next time can we just have Jiffy Pop

This is wonderfull, look at the paparazzi! I told you that we are going to be in the spotlight.

Would you star on my reality show called " And Up Goes the Balloon" ?

There's a rumor you named your balloon "Going Rogue" – care to comment?

Beam me up,Falcon!

Richard and Mayumi Heene face justice with spirits deflated.

This probably wouldn't have happened if my kid knew who Wolf Blitzer was!

Ebay bidding open for helium inflated balloon used once & viewed by millions!

It would have been easier to avoid immigration if we had gotten in the balloon.

San Quentin, The Heene Family on location.

Tim Gibson
San Diego, CA

Well Richard....Fine mess you got us in this time...Whats your next move ?

By hook or by crook, the Heenes got another fifteen minutes of fame...

Richard Heene for congress, going to new heights.

Tim Gibson
San Diego, CA

Wolf Blitzer's camera crew follows the Heenes: "Does your son know who the hell Wolf Blitzer is NOW?"

I also play for fun in the Beat, as the live blog. Sometimes I get angry with them, but I can't live without the blog!

What did you expect, a pat on the back and an attic boy?

Much adeiu about nothing.

When asked what they had done with all that duct tape, Richard responded, "A mylar sew."

Psst. Honey. Remorsefuler.

Suddenly I'm in the mood for rootbeer with icecream.

I sentence you to six months each at light labor.

Sad, to see another family unable to make their mortgage payment due to inflation.

Mayumi tells Richard, if your directing was as good as you are acting now, Falcon would not have gotten us in trouble.

Heene, about to get it on the hinie. For the show !

Shown Exhibit A, the couple seemed to reflect guiltily upon their misdeed.

We may as well plead guilty, Your Honor. We're sunk either way.

LOL! someone stop me...i could do captions on this one all night!

What goes up must come down. What goes down gives us hope for the future.

Richard Heene "Make sure the producers of Law and Order get a copy of this"

Meanwhile, back at the trailer, Balloon Boy has been grounded for life.

I think someone misheard us. We said we wanted to be on a reality show..not be shown reality.

This isn't what I had in mind for reality tv.

"Oh....... we may have taught our sons to LIE , however, we are not, NOT, full of hot air."

"Damn it! I blew it..."

I only do what my husband tell me to do. He the boss!

Another hoax by the satirical Botox and Brain Freeze.

The couple is doing their bit for Hams Across America.

Is mental health care part of the Public Option?

"Richard Heene- someone claiming to be Moe Howard called, and he wants back his hair."

@ballobbozos
I'm twitting form th crtroom. 10:00

I'm twitting from the booking dsk. 10:02

OMG, They are taking away my wallet. 10:07

OMG, they cantrealy tak my iphne how will i twit without m 10:08

Can't believe our attorney sold the judge with "No flight risk."

all these allegations against us are so inflated!

Latest contestants on "Brain Swap."

This is the look Richard Heene and his wife, Mayumi had after finding out the judge said they could not profit from the scandal in any way!

"Maybe this balloon thing wasn't such a good idea."

Beam them up, Scotty

Do you think they are getting our "good side"?

Not the reality TV you were hoping for is it, honey?

"Wouldn't it be funny if I threw up right here in front of the judge and all these cameras? Like father, like son!"

Yet another blow to their plans for becoming famous, Southwest Airlines turned down the Heene family for their "Wanna get away" ad campaign....

Richard Heene! Psyience Detective!!

the Heene's pull off their lastest hoax, acting guilty and hoping the charges get blown away.

Ohh Mayumi....!

The one time you wish Kayne would interrupt...

It's all ABC's fault! They wouldn't give me a third shot at Wife Swap

I guess Americans can't take a joke. We should move to Japan.

Have you seen my son – he was with me a minute ago

reporter: hi, Richard can you tell us how u came to court today?
Richard: lady i'm still high on the helium is that proof enough?

This time it was no hoax we only used the balloon to beat the traffic.

"May I borrow your tupperwear? My husband's about to barf."

sir , do u have any thing to say?

well at least my wife is flying high

the heene's find out that the not all Tv is good Tv.... where the hell is Wolf??

Reporter to Heene family, "is it true that Falcon was grounded
for telling the truth"?

Richard Heene takes a moment to calculate the probability of a balloon suddenly taking him far, far away...

The Heene's finally get to star in the own reality Tv series "courthouse drama" seen only on balloon Tv.

Richard Heene takes a moment to ponder the sum of his deflated dreams...

"After winning a conntract with MTV the Heene family got there owen reality called 'the worlds greatest parents'."

"Who the hell is Wolf? I never found out."

"Im getting paid for this right?"

After the ballon boy incdent Carry Ms. Ex California started writing a book about how she was never there and her brain went up there with the heenes

I just want to click my heels three times, and go home, home, home.

Gee, I wish I were lost in that balloon myself now.

Honey, please remember to keep your head out of the clouds when answering these questions.

The Heenes coming out of the movie "UP, UP and AWAY" realizing balloons and boys are better left for Disney.

Kelly, Boca Raton, FL

The Federal Reserve's new spokesman speaks on the strong dollar policy

"We're ready for our close-up now!"