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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lead_BalloonLead Balloon - Wikipedia

    Lead Balloon is a British situation comedy television series produced by Open Mike Productions for BBC Four. The series was created and is co-written by comedian Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair. It stars Dee as Rick Spleen, a cynical and misanthropic comedian whose life is plagued by petty annoyances, disappointments and embarrassments.

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  3. wordhistories.net › 2021/09/20 › lead-balloon‘lead balloon’: meaning and origin – word histories

    Sep 20, 2021 · Of American-English origin, the phrase lead balloon denotes a failure, an unsuccessful venture. It is especially used of suggestions, jokes, etc., made in public. The image is of a balloon made of lead plummeting to the ground. —Cf. also the phrase like the man who fell out of the balloon, not in it. The image of a lead balloon not becoming ...

  4. www.phrases.org.uk › meanings › lead-balloonGo Over Like A Lead Balloon - Meaning & Origin Of The Phrase

    In the UK a complete failures ‘go down like a lead balloon’. The phrase is American in origin and the first mention of a lead balloon with the meaning of something that fails comes from a Mom-N Pop cartoon that was syndicated in several US newspapers in June 1924.

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  6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0757084Lead Balloon (TV Series 2006–2011) - IMDb

    Lead Balloon: With Jack Dee, Raquel Cassidy, Sean Power, Anna Crilly. Rick Spleen is a world-weary comedian who ends up doing far too many corporate jobs to pay the bills.

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  7. www.rottentomatoes.com › tv › lead-balloonLead Balloon: Season 1 | Rotten Tomatoes

    Season 1 – Lead Balloon. Buy Lead Balloon — Season 1 on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. A comedian ends up doing corporate jobs to pay the bills.

    • Jack Dee
    • Alex Hardcastle
    • October 27, 2006

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  9. www.justwatch.com › us › tv-showLead Balloon - watch tv show streaming online - JustWatch

    Synopsis. Lead Balloon is a British television series produced by Open Mike Productions for BBC Four. The series was created and is co-written by comedian Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair. It stars Dee as Rick Spleen, a cynical and misanthropic comedian whose life is plagued by petty annoyances, disappointments and embarrassments.

  10. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_Lead_Balloon_episodesList of Lead Balloon episodes - Wikipedia

    This is a list of episodes of the British television situation comedy Lead Balloon. The first series of six episodes aired in 2006 and a second series, extended to eight episodes, aired in 2007. The third series began in November 2008. All episodes are written by Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair, and are directed and produced by Alex Hardcastle.

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