Former viral sensation and aspiring heavy metal sensation Balloon Boy (a.k.a. Falcon Heene) has officially announced his willingness to accept the position of Justice of the Supreme Court in an email to Gawker.

Former viral sensation and aspiring heavy metal star Balloon Boy (otherwise known as Falcon Heene) has officially announced his endorsement of Donald J. Trump in an email to Gawker.

Richard Heene and his clan of fame chasers appeared on Friday's episode of Oprah: Where Are They Now? He thinks he and his family are known best for the two episodes of Wife Swap that they appeared on, but like much of what came out of his mouth during this bizarre interview, that's bullshit.

Richard Heene did not mean to utter the words. The 51-year-old manager of the Heene Boyz, an unsigned metal band comprising his three home-schooled sons, was recounting how one Christmas years ago, he was so broke that he'd had to design an ingenious sort of wooden building system, fabricated from $35 worth of materials, for his children's present.

Richard Heene, the man who plotted the Balloon Boy hoax last year, is doing his best Billy Mays impersonation to sell the Bear Scratch, a wall-mounted back scratcher, on the internet. His career trajectory is the same as his balloon.

Remember Richard Heene, father of the ill-fated (but not really) Balloon Boy? Well, he's back, and with an all new invention! Here's the ridiculous infomercial for Heene's back-scratching product, Bear Scratch, starring—who else?—the man himself. Sigh. Sigh. Siiiigh.

How much do we hate Chris Brown? This much: An "insider" says he used eyedrops for his recent onstage sob-fest. This is what happens when you're hell-bent on getting America to forgive you: We turn you into our whipping boy.

Laurence Sunderland, the father of teenage sailor Abby Sunderland, who almost got lost at sea trying to sail around the world by herself, had a reality show in production the whole time. Is it called Balloon Boy: The Sequel? [AP

Balloon Boy's parents are finally getting their balloon back. The county sheriff had it, apparently.

The Heene family, of "balloon boy" fame, will shell out $36,000 in restitution.

Today at Gawker.TV, Stephen Colbert wants to breed the elderly, Law & Order's version of Balloon Boy, an Army Engineer fakes it though Good Day New York's levee demonstration, and a time-line of fat guys with hot television wives.

Substitute the mylar balloon for a yellow dinghy and the quest for a reality show with an international custody battle and, voila! Law and Order's Boat Girl is born! Unfortunately for us, she never makes a gaffe on Larry King.

Balloon dad Richard Heene reports to jail today. He's still insisting the whole thing wasn't a hoax. Pitiful. Man up, Richard; you're the greatest sci-fi hoaxer since Orson Welles did War of the Worlds. You're just less popular. [CP]

Richard Heene, manufacturer of hoaxes and believer in reptilian humanoids, graced Larry King Live with his presence tonight for an ~*~EXCLUSIVE~*~ interview. How did Heene fare when faced with hard-hitting questions from Lar Bear? Well, he cried—a lot.

They weren't necessarily the best, just the most popular. You saw our least popular posts before getting trashed on New Year's Eve. Before you stop caring, here are the 20 most clicked on posts of 2009.

The years from 2000 to 2009 were unified by fakeness — high-profile charlatans penetrated virtually every area of life (as Frank Rich also pointed out). From fake celebrities to fake journalists, here's a top ten of our favourite* frauds.

Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene got sentenced to 90 days; rapper T.I., though, is free.

Richard and Mayume Heene, better known as the parents of balloon boy, will be sentenced today. They are facing 90 and 60 days incarceration respectively. And the judge may prevent them profiting from the incident. Reality TV producers weep. [AP]

Operation: Balloon Boy Rescue cost an estimated $43,000. There goes Falcon's college tuition.

2009 will be remembered for a lot of things. Those things will probably be remembered better if we mash 'em up and autotune them.