Yes indeed. Quite disgraceful. Of course in Ireland you can get away with anything. Over here and I dare say Britain too, the politically correct police would huff and puff mightily over it. Quite right too. A child can choke on a broken or uninflated balloon. And kids copy. In the name of God at least tell them not to try it at home themselves. Read this:
http://www.marshallbrain.com/cp/balloons.htm Even if the kids do not choke themselves the perception of such is a bit iffy. I don't know why you can't do the routine as normal with all the bits of business and end by doing another trick with the balloon. I have no idea what. Perhaps needle through balloon or something. I do a similar routine with all the silliness but in the end make a balloon animal for the birthday child.
But let me put that aside for the moment. The routine is good apart from the swallowing bit but I do think it needs tightening up a bit. For example the first two minutes is just talking without much in the way of action. Even when the action happens I think there is too much chattering in between. I may well be wrong of course. I don't know what the rest of this august forum thinks.