Cartoon Island - A Surreal Comedy of Survival

Day 25 - A Boon for Balloons (feat. Waleed Mansour as Bailey, the consciousness of 5000 balloons.)

October 29, 2025·1h 15m
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Remember Balloonfest '86 ?! The ill-conceived fundraising event in Cleveland in 1986 that released over 1.4 million balloons into the sky and was immediately deemed to be a self-inflicted, man-made disaster? Neither does Bailey, the collective consciousness of approximately 5000 of those original balloons. Apparently, it takes several weeks for a balloon consciousness to form. But he's seen the footage of his "birth" I guess we'll call it? Anyway, on his life's journey to find and regro...

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