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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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Buy Lead Balloon — Season 1 on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. A comedian ends up doing corporate jobs to pay the bills.
Raquel Cassidy. Actor. Sean Power. Actor. Antonia Campbell-Hughes. Actor. Rasmus Hardiker. Actor. Watchlist. TRAILER. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. A comedian ends up doing...
