Watch Balloon Boy's Dad Pitch His $17,000 Robot Lifter 8.42K Remy Stern 06/21/11 10:30AM Filed to: fameballs fameballs Republished byline=Jalopnik Freepost Richard Heene gained infamy as the father who faked the story of his son being lifted away by a balloon as a TV show pitch. Now Heene wants to lift you and your stuff with his $17,000 robot. [Jalopnik]