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Fun in Balloon Land
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Wikipedia article
'Fun in Balloonland' is a 1965 American short film directed by Joseph M. Sonneborn Jr. and produced by Giant Balloon Parades Inc.[https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/rifftrax-a-guide-to-holiday-riffing/ RiffTrax: A Guide to Christmas and Holiday Episodes|Den of Geek][https://366weirdmovies.com/the-weird-world-of-childrens-grindhouse/ THE WEIRD WORLD OF CHILDREN'S GRINDHOUSE|366 Weird Movies]
Summary
A young boy named Sonny visits a magical place full of balloon people and animals (with fairy tale, farm, underwater and cowboy related themes) while the mother who read him a story fell asleep. The second half consist of footage of a Christmas parade in Philadelphia.[https://mubi.com/films/fun-in-balloon-land MUBI][https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4aip1OKgI0 Something Weird Fun in Balloonland - SomethingWeirdDotCom on YouTube]
Production
The theme song is by Frank E. Conner while the story is written by Dorothy Green Brown. Filming took place in Davenport, Iowa.[https://thebedlamfiles.com/film/fun-in-balloonland/ The Bedlam Files][https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2019/12/24/fun-in-ballonland-1965/ B&S About Movies]
Availability
It was released by Something Weird Video alongside 'Polly Pockets', a 1964 unsold TV pilot, on DVD-R.[https://www.somethingweird.com/product_info.php?products_id=43989&osCsid=l668gjmmf3rcq8o4l33h9n90s1 FUN IN BALLOONLAND/POLLY POCKETS - DVD-R, Something Weird Video]
It is also available as a download.[https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/rifftrax/rifftrax-star-raiders-10th-anniversary/ FUN IN BALLOONLAND - Download, Something Weird Video]
In other media
It was spoofed by RiffTrax November 24, 2014.[https://www.rifftrax.com/balloonland RiffTrax][https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=03Ttzco07yg RiffTrax preview on official YouTube channel]
See also
*List of films in the public domain
*'The Owl and the Pussycat' - balloon float based on the poem in the film
*Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
References
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