What with all of today’s heavy, heavy news of surrounding the Cuyahoga County corruption probe, we could all use a little levity in our lives.

Pogo sticking record? Why not.

Fred Grzybowski, an Akron man, did nine consecutive backflips on a pgoo stick during a “Regis and Kelly” taping to set a new record.

Video after the jump of Fred previously trying and failing to set the record, which is the video you really want to watch anyway, right?

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.