| Origins of balloon modelling | | | | Ohio was doing a balloon act during the 1940s and |
| The origins of balloon modelling are unknown. The | | | | had been doing the act for some time." Recently |
| 1975 book by "Jolly the Clown" Petri credits "Herman | | | | ESPN's three time Emmy Award director Joseph Maar |
| Bonnert from Pennsylvania at a magician's convention | | | | has been providing information and materials to |
| in 1939" as being the first balloontwister. Val | | | | balloon history sites that supports his father Henry |
| Andrews, in Manual of Balloon Modeling, Vol. 1, An | | | | Maar as the first balloon twister. It is possible that |
| Encyclopedic Series, credits H.J. Bonnert of Scranton, | | | | one, none, or all of the above independently crafted |
| Pennsylvania as being the "daddy of them all." Jim | | | | the art of balloon twisting. |
| Church III states, "Frank Zacone from Youngstown, | | | | |