Author Archives: smartyadmin
Batman vs. Joker!
While much of our summer is spent performing the Big Balloon Show at public libraries in Wisconsin and Illinois, Miss Dena and I do also perform our show at birthday parties. My favorite part of a Smarty Pants birthday party …
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The Smarty Pants Big Balloon Diner Show is open!
Smarty Pants has been performing the Big Balloon Show regularly since 2006 – perhaps one-hundred shows a year, multiplied by six years… that’s a lot of shows! Every year I create an all new edition of the Big Balloon Show …
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Smarty Pants on WGN Morning News Behind the Scenes!
This morning Smarty Pants appeared on WGN-TV’s morning news to promote The Big Balloon Diner, a brand new edition of the Big Balloon Show coming to Illinois public libraries this summer! Miss Dena and I had a great time visiting …
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Smarty Pants Celebrates Easter with Balloons in Oak Park!
This past Saturday, March 31st the Park District of Oak Park had a very special birthday – their 100th anniversary! To celebrate, Oak Park invited Smarty Pants to perform his Big Balloon Show not once, not twice – but a …
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Smarty Pants St Patrick’s Day Balloon Surprise on WGN
In celebration of St Patrick’s Day in Chicago, WGN-TV’s morning news broadcast their show live from the Emerald Loop in downtown Chicago. When WGN asked me to appear on the program, I jumped at the chance. Hey – who wouldn’t …
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A special 175th birthday party – for the city of Chicago!
Smarty Pants has been invited to perform his award-winning balloon twisting at a lot of birthday parties in his career for guests of honor of every age. Yup, lots of 1st birthdays. A few 70th birthdays, a handful of 80th, …
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Smarty Pants Big Balloon Diner Show Coming to a Library Near You!
This summer, Smarty Pants will launch a brand new library show in Illinois to fit the state-wide “Reading is Delicious” summer reading theme. Set in a hilarious balloon diner, the Smarty Pants Big Balloon Diner focuses on the joy of …
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Smarty Pants Big Balloon Show Photo Gallery
Well, after nearly two hundred performances of the Smarty Pants Big Balloon Show in 2011 at public libraries, elementary schools, park districts, community centers and birthday parties, our year has finally come to an end! Miss Dena and I were …
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End 2011 with a BANG with the Smarty Pants Big Balloon Show!
Smarty Pants and the Lovely Miss Dena will be ending 2011 with a BANG – literally, with our final 2011 performance of the Big Balloon Show coming up on December 30th, 2011 at the Fremont Public Library. I’m bringing out …
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Smarty Pants, Google Alerts and Holiday Entertainment
One of my favorite features of Google.com is their “Google Alerts” application. Google Alerts allows you to enter your choice of keywords – in my case, I use “Smarty Pants Balloons” and every week, I receive an email letting me …
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