Balloon Boy’s dad wants you to scratch his back

Remember Richard Heene, the guy who fooled the world into thinking that his son was floating away on a homemade science project? Now he’s conjuring up Billy Mays in a commercial because he has a product that he wants you to buy – it is called the BearScratch and it looks more than a little bit ridiculous.

From the New York Times:

“If you itch like a son of a twitch, than you need my latest invention,” shouts a wild-eyed Mr. Heene before rubbing his back feverishly against the Bear Scratch.

“Arrrrgh!” he yells, while a twangy country jingle playing in the background praises the device.

And Mr. Heene’s Web site promises that hundreds more “very cool gadgets” are coming in the future, for those people — most predictably, the news media — that can’t help but scratch an itch for Mr. Heene’s misadventures.

I’m not sure that there is much of a market for people who want to stick tree branches on the walls of their home with bear trap steel brackets, but you can’t blame the guy for trying.

[Geekologie]