Airdancer

"Flyguy" redirects here. For the Super Mario enemy, see Shy Guy.

An airdancer on top of a truck at the Loveparade 2010

An Airdancer (sometimes called a "windyman", "skydancer", "Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-flailing Tube Man", or "flyguy") is a large inflatable device consisting of a long tubelike sleeve attached to a powered fan blower, which causes the sleeve to move in a dancing or flailing motion. Simple Airdancers resemble a vertical tube, but variants resembling humans with tube "arms" are also common. Airdancers are generally about 20 feet in total height and are often used in advertising as attention-getters for businesses such as car dealerships.

In popular culture

• An Airdancer designed to resemble Elvis Presley was stolen in Liverpool, England in 2006, resulting in a human-interest story in the local press.
• Appeared at the Microsoft 2010 E3 Press Conference as a Kinect demonstration.
• In an episode of the American animated comedy TV series 'Family Guy', airdancers are featured in a parody TV commercial for 'Al Harrington's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-flailing Tube Man Emporium and Warehouse'.