A Twisted Business is a book about the business of working as a balloon entertainer. Wendell Clendennen, a.k.a. Stretch the Balloon Dude, shares from his more than 19 years of experience as a professional balloon artist and children's entertainer. Topics include balloons, marketing, restaurants, getting work and more.

This book is a collection of jokes, puns, thoughts and more that I've collected over the years. Most of them are not my original material, and I couldn't tell you where most of the others came from because I really don't know. I've been an entertainer since 1989, but I've been telling jokes since I was a young child. I was the class clown and was always looking for a way to make others laugh. You'll find corny jokes, bad puns, groaners, curious ponderings and more in these pages. I use many of them when I'm working to entertain those waiting for a balloon. Of course, you don't have to be a...