Balloonfest 1986 - The Colorful Deadly Disaster

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@shirlysmilesmusic6919 Ай бұрын

The 80's were a whole different world!

@CharlesJones-wi7tz Ай бұрын

A much BETTER world.

@jasontipton8430 Ай бұрын

I’m glad I grew up in the 80s it was an amazing childhood we had so much fun we did things kids just can’t do now I feel blessed to have experienced it

@richardkronberg4925 Ай бұрын

@@shirlysmilesmusic6919 still round!😃

@ksavage681 Ай бұрын

Almost as bad as the live turkey drop in Cincinnati.

@michelled5037 Ай бұрын

Omg they drop live turkeys!? That's so sick!

@LT-kq4bg Ай бұрын

"Oh, the humanity!"

@MJM804 Ай бұрын

As God as his witness, Les thought turkeys could fly.

@jjcaron72 Ай бұрын

As God is my witness, We all thought turkeys could fly!

@markdanielczyk944 Ай бұрын

The Big Guy: "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!".

@Wild1995 Ай бұрын

You have the best channel on youtube. If anyone deserves to be monetized its you and your channel. You teach history and make us remember what we should.

@sunnyscott4876 Ай бұрын

'We would never do anything like this now in modern times..." No, we'll just find something stupider to do like Tic Toc pranks going viral.

@nj2033 Ай бұрын

Eat Tide capsules...

@Ganiscol Ай бұрын

The scale of stupid of this event seems to escape you yet still - pranks on tiktok may be stupid, but the negative effect is limited to a few people. This thing here was an immediate and longterm environmental disaster, an immediate safety hazard to people and a colossal waste of resources: Helium is a critically important noble gas for many technical applications, far too precious and rare to put it in 1.5 million balloons and throw it away. Helium has to be extracted from natural gas or from nuclear reactors used to produce Plutonium where Helium appears as a byproduct of the alpha-decay of Uranium. There have been several Helium shortage periods in the last 4 decades that caused prices to go up considerably.

@Slim_Vervenet Ай бұрын

Or doing something even worst then that like voting for Trump

@NoNO-tl8fg Ай бұрын

@@Slim_Vervenet and YOU keep crying about it!!!

@Nmdixon-cu7vm Ай бұрын

@@Slim_VervenetKamala’s campaign is 20 million in debt after spending it on celebrities. Think about how she would’ve ran the country.

@j.j.guerrieri5257 Ай бұрын

Being a Clevelander I can tell you the Deshaun Watson trade was more devastating to the city than the balloons

@IQD4me Ай бұрын

As a Houston Texan fan. Thank you! I also feel your pain!

@resurrectionsunday Ай бұрын

Silent browns fan here

@j.j.guerrieri5257 Ай бұрын

@@IQD4me Yeah, we did you some favors 🤦🏻‍♂️

@justicegusting2476 Ай бұрын

What about the Dolan’s treasonous name change of the Cleveland MLB team for the sake of paying homage to the latest woke fad.

@j.j.guerrieri5257 Ай бұрын

@@justicegusting2476 yeah, that was bad but I stopped watching the Indians after they blew it in 2007

@bushman979 Ай бұрын

This reminds me of the Turkey Drop skit from WKRP however this was no skit

@michelled5037 Ай бұрын

Omg they drop live turkeys?! Wth 😢

@jjcaron72 Ай бұрын

Michelle, the key word is Skit.

@nikkigardiner9426 Ай бұрын

Thank you, Chris! ❤

@RonKosey Ай бұрын

Ah, Big Chuck and Lil John. Balloon releases were the thing in the 80s, and I remember this event. We did balloon releases quite a few times in elementary school and I always remember picking up the remnants from the fields and yards, or there would be deflated ones hanging from bushes and trees. I think the realization that this was dumb came in the 90s and it died out. Love the videos and thanks for the memory!

@DianeC. Ай бұрын

Hi!!! Im 25 minutes away from Cleveland. My Sister is 5 minutes away!!!...Big Chuck and Little John...WoW!!! That sure was alot of 🎈 balloons. Nice Video!!!...🦋

@dennisneo1608 Ай бұрын

Cleveland had to be remembered for something!!!

@richardkronberg4925 Ай бұрын

Mistake on the lake.😅

@DuraheLL 23 күн бұрын

MISINFORMATION! LIES! Do your research. These are all urban myths and lies that manifest due to nobody doing any research and copy pasting previous stories. Provide ANY evidence balloonfest was a disaster, it did in fact: 1: NOT cause the death of the 2 fishermen, and had no impact upon those tragic deaths. 2: It did NOT cause damages or chaos in any way 3: The balloons are bio degradable and were dealt with quickly and left no chaos behind These lies need to stop. And more stupid videos are made like this one that keep spreading the lies further.

@robertgaddis8947 Ай бұрын

Dick Goddard should of predicted the timing on that cold front coming into the city - Miss ya Dick - Best weatherman ever!!!

@bobbibaker4685 23 күн бұрын

And a great animal activist!

@dankolbenschlag2188 Ай бұрын

At least the Browns were really good that season of '86 😁

@paulsmodels Ай бұрын

Pride always goes before a fall.

@beacee Ай бұрын

Why would they think that was a good idea? Shameful. They know better now. Terrible consequences for humans and wildlife.

@MobileInstinct Ай бұрын

I agree. I'd like to think we all know better now

@guernica4262 Ай бұрын

Many rules are written in blood. In aviation, there's a tragedy behind almost every major rule. You can find this phenomena just about anywhere. What seems obvious to us, may only be obvious in hindsight. Seatbelts only became widely available in the 70s and it took another 20-30 years for most states to make them mandatory.

@dezznutz3743 Ай бұрын

No one from this current time has an right to judge peoples actions from the past, especially the 1980s. After what Ive seen from humanity just from the over-response, fear-mongering, and bending of the knee, to the coronavirus in 2020, we should ALL be hanging our heads in shame.

@schumifannreins295 Ай бұрын

@@dezznutz3743 Ok, you are one of those...

@kless001 Ай бұрын

@@dezznutz3743you’re right it was absolutely shameful.

@wooderdsaunders4640 Ай бұрын

We did ( in Maryland) balloon releases every year at elementary school as a fund raiser. About 1$ a balloon paid by sponsors and parents, tickets were attached to the balloons ,each child released what they sold( or parents sold). Children shared with kids that hadn't sold any or just a few. Prizes were awarded to the balloons going thr furthest. It stopped because of latex effecting the wild life.

@MrRmstitanicof1912 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. I live in Massillon which is an hour and a half from Cleveland. I was 6 when this happened and my parents took me to this to watch

@robertgaddis8947 Ай бұрын

Awesome - Tiger town resident myself

@MrRmstitanicof1912 Ай бұрын

@robertgaddis8947 sweet

@MrRmstitanicof1912 Ай бұрын

@robertgaddis8947 are you family? I am related to gaddis

@MrRmstitanicof1912 Ай бұрын

@robertgaddis8947 are you related to Johnny Gaddis?

@robertgaddis8947 Ай бұрын

@@MrRmstitanicof1912 We might be - roots run from S.E. side by Cameo

@michelemiller1700 Ай бұрын

Ty,for this a forgotten event. Great video. Take care

@MoeLarrycurly1 Ай бұрын

I really thought turkeys could fly.. this is WKRP signing off

@oaklandish-metalboy1194 Ай бұрын

10¢ Beer Night, The Cuyahoga River Fire, and Balloonfest, three of Cleveland’s disasters.

@Mike-x9h5f Ай бұрын

certainly 10% beer is not a bad thing

@Gfysimpletons Ай бұрын

Why don’t I have a cent sign? Hmmmmmm🤔

@Gfysimpletons Ай бұрын

@@Mike-x9h5f10%?

@dancingtrout6719 Ай бұрын

@@Gfysimpletons me too wuts up

@crazidirtbiker Ай бұрын

Every new years when the ball drops in time square they release all that confetti. It’s supposed to be biodegradable and they actually have people clean it up after. Seems like a lot of extra work for no reason. Wouldn’t it be easier to just not drop confetti every year. I’m sure it gets everywhere. On rooftops in sewer drains and who knows where else.

@flashy5150 Ай бұрын

I guess when all the helium was releasing out of the balloons, everyone in Cleveland were talking like munchkins😂😂😂

@UCanHaveHim Ай бұрын

Odd. You do remember we were driving around without seat belts, allowed kids to ride in back of trucks, etc.

@susanb2015 Ай бұрын

And we all survived

@danisaurrus 22 күн бұрын

😅😅😅😅 nah not all.....

@vihtoripuurola3775 Ай бұрын

Very cool. Miss the 80s. Now we eat Tide Pods and call it fun.

@Nick_B_Bad Ай бұрын

Big Chuck & Little John ❤

@douggreen639 Ай бұрын

So, we see/hear about the outcome from this in Cleveland. But they got the idea from Disneyland doing the same thing. What was the outcome from the Disneyland balloon launch? Did they pay to cover it up? Their balloons had to end up somewhere as well

@scottlin777 Ай бұрын

Big Chuck and Lil John were hilarious.

@justicegusting2476 Ай бұрын

Very good mini documentary of my hometown which I left 30 years prior to this event.

@DuraheLL 23 күн бұрын

@Slim_Vervenet Ай бұрын

I still think calling it a deadly disaster is a bit exaggerated, sure it caused chaos and a huge cleanup, some people died at the same time, it happened because of indirect causes, but I don't know if you have noticed, but people DIE ALL THE TIME.

@MyKingdomForAK9 Ай бұрын

Ballons come down as Litter (in our waterways, trees, ground...). Balloons Entangle, Choke, and Kill, all wildlife. They are a Deadly-Disaster Hazard, when released.

@glockensig Ай бұрын

The mistake by the lake!! For real!

@dannskottj45 Ай бұрын

While you're here, Chris, check out Danny Greene stories! Might be something you'd do a vid on! Welcome to Cleveland!!

@onrycodger Ай бұрын

That was Wild, Crazy, annd Very Irresponsible Man! 😎👍Rock On!!!✌️

@JohnShinn6078 Ай бұрын

Up up and away! 👍🤠 And when folly fails. 🤕

@empressvogt Ай бұрын

I was just a newborn infant when this happened! I was two weeks old! Asking my mom if she remembers this incident.

@soniagalindo7589 Ай бұрын

To think people don't realize they actually come down at some point and kill animals.

@CharlesJones-wi7tz Ай бұрын

What animals got killed?

@larryshipley7645 Ай бұрын

I never heard this story until you brought it to my attention good story

@ShannonStanley31 23 күн бұрын

I was 9 years old, We lost a great friend and Insurance agent, in that boat accident that day. His name was Bernie . 😢

@timmurphy479 Ай бұрын

I don't remember this I was in Colorado springs at the time but it's good to see Big Chuck and Little John again

@anibalbabilonia1867 Ай бұрын

You weren’t lying when you said “an environmental disaster!” Can you imagine that happening today?! Yikes 😳

@richardkronberg4925 Ай бұрын

No,you see the price of balloons?😅

@pleasestopscreaming Ай бұрын

People still do balloon releases. Not on the scale of millions, but at things like memorials for a child. Maybe they truly don't know, or just think their pain takes precedent. But they still happen.

@greatpyr3245 Ай бұрын

I'm guessing there was no thought of the current helium shortage in the eighties.

@paso193 Ай бұрын

What genius even thought this could work !

@TheLmende Ай бұрын

Thanks Chris!

@Jared_Wignall Ай бұрын

I remember hearing about this a few years ago and this whole thing is quite puzzling as to why they thought this would be a good idea without thinking about any sort of consequences that could happen. I mean, I get wanting to have a world record and all, but there are better ways to go about getting a world record.

@patbrown463 Ай бұрын

Interesting... I was unaware this took place.

@DuraheLL 23 күн бұрын

@florentinomercado9470 Ай бұрын

Very amazing review God bless you be Safe Brother

@MADDcartman Ай бұрын

I’ve never heard of this. At first I thought a spark was going to light the collection of balloons in a ball of fire. Maybe that would have been better than the release lol. Damn

@Steven_Will 9 күн бұрын

I am from Pittsburgh and think Cleveland is a beautiful city and i think its outrageous we all hate each other simply because of football. I remember driving through Cincinnati hating it because of the Bengals. Then i realized its a beautiful city structured near the river like Pittsburgh . How incredibly infintile of me

@cozixs2911 Ай бұрын

Hey I think you should make a video on the schuch family murders 1929 in waseca Minnesota

@JC42023 Ай бұрын

This reminds me of the "Salute to Fireworks" event on that one episode of 30 Rock, except worse.

@mattggonzz Ай бұрын

It’s stories like this that remind me why I’m not rich and powerful. It’s not from lack of desire, ideas, or drive. It’s cause I have to much respect for earth, people, and myself.

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 Ай бұрын

I never even head of this…. Thank you !

@richardkronberg4925 Ай бұрын

They didn’t teach you about balloons in school?😅

@RobsNeighbor Ай бұрын

I was 6 when this happened, unreal how that turned out. Underpants Gnomes Step one....

@123456789lmlmlmlm Ай бұрын

The number of wildlife killed as a result must be staggering 😢

@coyoteodie4458 Ай бұрын

Caused the inland saltwater stork to go extinct.

@richardkronberg4925 Ай бұрын

1 bird, 2 skunk.

@markwestervelt9708 Ай бұрын

Great information. I don’t remember that event but I’m sure somebody got fired. Lol. This is what happens when us Americans have to much free time on our hands.

@Annielee2023 Ай бұрын

It affected a lot of farmers whose crops couldn't be harvested with mechanized machinery and ended up going bad due to the balloons.

@KirkLangford-nf8bs 21 күн бұрын

What was the littering fine back then ?

@vaccumsealed Ай бұрын

Chris, have you ever heard of the Hammond Circus Train Accident in Indiana in 1918? That might be an interesting recommendation for a video. Always a fan. Have a blessed day, and wheres that cubs hat?

@monkeybusiness1999 Ай бұрын

Thinking, what went so wrong this day? Until I saw the netting. Oh no... Figured people became entangled in it & pulled up to the sky. Thankfully that didn't happen. But possibly drowning amidst a sea of colorful balloons? How weird & surreal, your last view a... clown's send-off...? 😢

@lulumoon6942 Ай бұрын

80s didn't think of consequences, it was WILD.😮

@enidankavon Ай бұрын

Big Chuck & Little John! Great tv personalities of Cleveland.

@castlebravocrypto1615 Ай бұрын

Ten cent beer night was epic fun😂😂😂 let's give honorable mention

@richardkronberg4925 Ай бұрын

Roll out the barrel!🍺

@EGSBiographies-om1wb Ай бұрын

Didnt *WKRP* cover this?

@MonicaLitman Ай бұрын

Born and raised in Canton. That was Big Chuck and Little John in the beginning. Well the name fits mistake by the lake lol. I wonder how the got all those balloons out of Lake Erie 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Naturenerd1000 Ай бұрын

A Dark eree historical event where everything goes wrong disaster. 😬😱

@bajabret60 Ай бұрын

3:20 Love the quote from Jurassic Park :)

@dianebaugher3919 Ай бұрын

Im a Clevelander and remember this well....why they didnt think this through is beyond me 🙄

@tcwhite0104 Ай бұрын

Word has it that they are still finding balloons to this day in 2024

@pedanticmrpender Ай бұрын

Just heard about this on the 'Everything 80's' Podcast

@andreamarin4296 Ай бұрын

Never ever hear of this! Wow. How can anyone not think this through. How did Disney handle everything after their release?

@person.X. 8 күн бұрын

This type of batshit crazy idea is quintessential 1980s 😆

@chadlindsey8971 Ай бұрын

That still picture of the balloons behind the building looked like a mballon monster

@julienielsen3746 Ай бұрын

I was 26 then. Why don't I remember seeing anything about this? Seems like a dumb idea in the first place.

@southernman5839 Ай бұрын

The balloon salesmen didn’t think so.

@richardkronberg4925 Ай бұрын

Just a lot of hot air!

@jdssurf Ай бұрын

Too bad they all had to listen to that guy yelling all the time

@mats7492 Ай бұрын

CLEEEVELAND! CLEEEVELAND! We've even managed to ruin balloons! At least we're not Detroit!

@michaelbruno1666 Ай бұрын

So where did the Disneyland balloons land?

@richardkronberg4925 Ай бұрын

On Mickey and Minnie’s house!😅

@michelled5037 Ай бұрын

Why in tf would you do that!!! Great for oceans and wildlife.

@rickschwab3963 Ай бұрын

I bet there are left over balloons remaining scattered across the globe from that disaster

@somelikeithot444 Ай бұрын

Thank u for sharing this terrible disaster 😔

@annetterohla8932 Ай бұрын

I am so upset that these balloon releases are still being done in Memphis ,Tennessee . Big corporate sponsors organize it , and my friends do these things to memorialize passed relatives . The churches need to actively discourage and teach people the disasterous effects on wildlife and aquatic life , instead of participating in illiterate behavior . The release of birds at celebrations has to be vocally discouraged too !😢

@brandoncherry1651 Ай бұрын

I was 5 years old I vaguely remember that

@DanWick26 Ай бұрын

Anyone that lives there, Are people still finding pieces of balloons to this day?

@richardkronberg4925 Ай бұрын

Just a lot of condoms does that count?😅

@shibbymiyah6614 Ай бұрын

How can anyone think this was a good idea. What goes up must come down. Basic law of gravity

@SWExplore Ай бұрын

It never ceases to amaze me just how dumb humans can be. So sorry for the two fishermen.

@linh8997 Ай бұрын

Omg. I cringe to think of the innocent animals that died long, slow, miserable deaths because of this. And they are still doing it! How can it still be legal??

@sadedash 9 күн бұрын

nobody had a brain to think about all these problems it would have caused… common sense my goodness

@forrestunderwood3174 Ай бұрын

This is such a jack-ass idea, only the mistake by the lake could come up with it.

@katemaloney4296 Ай бұрын

I remember Hands Across America, but I don't remember this. That might be a good thing.

@pghshops 12 күн бұрын

😢 Great ideas sometimes are Infamous

@gokathygo Ай бұрын

Those balloons had everything to do with the fishermen’s death, they obviously couldn’t find them

@guernica4262 Ай бұрын

They were probably dead by the time the balloons launched. The lake was 65 degrees on Sept 26-27, 1986. That means roughly 2 hours for hypothermia to set in and subsequent death. They went out on the 26th, and presumably their boat capsized sometime during the 26th. A SAR was not launched until the next morning. If they had been in the water that entire night, they would not have been found alive, balloons or not.

@gokathygo Ай бұрын

@ 😟 oh no

@dezznutz3743 Ай бұрын

How do you make such a demonstrative statement after listening to some random guys video on the internet. This is how the media got some people to actually believe that Trump is a "socialist from 1930s Germany."

@CharlesJones-wi7tz Ай бұрын

No they didn’t.

@timfeeley714-25 Ай бұрын

All that plastic released into the environment. Those were the days!😂

@GullibleIgnorantGreedyIndiffer Ай бұрын

The balloons would have provided a floating device for someone struggling in water.

@daviddunn773 Ай бұрын

The Browns are a Mistake lol Go Bengals

@LewieLeway Ай бұрын

You will find that many ‘ordinary’ folk would have had the common sense to know it was a bad idea. Unfortunately, as is usually the case, those in ‘authority’ are devoid of common sense.