Balloonatic

Started by phoenix, May 23, 2013, 01:20:50 PM

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phoenix

I learnt something interesting today :o

Does anyone know the origin, and first use of the term "Balloonatic"....without using Google !!!!

(I'll tell you later....It's stopped raining now so gotta go to the post office)
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I think Buster Keaton was in a film could Balloonatic, but not sure if this was the first use of the word.
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phoenix

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Yes, that's right  :D

It was a short silent film in 1923, which he wrote, directed, and stared in. He got carried away in a hot air balloon
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