Open Letter to Richard Heene

Richard Heene, 

We completely understand your situation. We know how it feels to watch people on the television, acting like total asses, doing things that you would like to do, going places that you want to see, all the while thinking, Damn it I could do that!

Some out there in the real world don't get how frustrating it is to build really cool stuff like weather balloons and no one cares. Or to do really cool stuff like ride a motorcycle into a tornado and not get noticed. Or have your kids fly with you into a hurricane. Its a problem that we all can relate to. But don't despair. 

And no one knows better than we that the World is Full of Idiots and they are really easy to trick, but we also know something else.

NEVER TELL YOUR 6 YEAR OLD STUFF YOU DON'T WANT REPEATED. THEY ARE CRAPPY SECRET KEEPERS.

I have to hand it to you, the drama you created and your performance therein was pretty spectacular. When you came running around the balloon as it landed like you were the Road Runner or something with the cloud of dust kicking up around you I thought, "Man I hope that friggin kid is OK. His dad is freaking out."

Then I thought, "Hmm Uh oh, no kid. Whole Shit he fell out!" I never once thought, "I bet he's hiding in the garage because HIS GODDAMN DAD PUT HIM UP TO IT!"

Well done, but you really should have just knocked the little creeper out or something because he really blew it for you. Yet you still entertained me, like when Falcon says " because you said it was for the show" and you looked like you just crapped in your pants, but then pulled it together with a great bit of herumphing and mumbling. I couldn't stop laughing.

At you.

Or when Falcon puked on the Today show and you went on with the interview. Priceless. Now I have to admit the babble that you came up with after the "is this a hoax" question was a little Off Broadway.

I guess its like they say, The Show Must Gone On, right Rich?

We here at WFI were wondering though, could you give us a few pointer on how we can get our 15 minutes too? And if you have any suggestion on how to parlay that into a realty TV show that would be great.

With all due respect,

The Chief