So, you have $20,000 to spend on recreating a classic scene from an equally classicPixar film — just to promote your burgeoning cleaning products business. What do you pick? I think the obvious choice here is the supremely underrated existential masterwork Wall-E, though the determined Canadian man in the video above clearly disagrees.
Taking a page or three out of the Up playbook, Daniel Boria fastened his $20 lawn chair (luxury, am I right?) to 120 balloons filled with $12,000 worth of helium. With a handmade sign for his cleaning products business in tow, Boria quickly took flight over Calgary — and just as quickly regretted every decision even remotely related to the doomed stunt. Speaking with CBC News, Boria detailed his experience:
However, as the stunt progressed — the cost of a traditional billboard quickly seemed like the easier choice. Boria, a skydiver, had planned to parachute himself into the Calgary Stampede. Weather prevented this, rendering Boria's landing less-than-desirable. Boria was briefly detained and charged with "one count of mischief causing danger to life," according to CBC News.
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