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Mystical Matthew

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 12:36pm
I don't know if any of you are on Tommy's email list, but he sent out a message yesterday about his new trick, "The Comeback Bee".
Here's a link the the YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctKXBOEs5u0
You OWE it to yourself to watch this! This actually made me laugh out loud! I've re-watched it multiple times just because it's so darn entertaining!
The best complement I can give Tommy is that everything I've bought from him has went directly into my shows. It doesn't sit on a shelf. Tommy's actually out there working which means his stuff is already road tested by the time you get it. It's extremely practical which means I get to focus on my performance and make sure the kids are having a good time.
Needless to say I've already got mine on order! I can't wait to start working this up for my show. I'm off to go flyswatter shopping!
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Potty the Pirate

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 1:17pm
Great business swatting all the bees. Yes, it's another great routine from Tommy.

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arthur stead

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 1:51pm
Thanks for posting that. Don't see it on his website. Do you know how we can order them?
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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 1:56pm
<--- big fan of Tommy James !
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TonyB2009

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 1:58pm
I don't normally like these sort of tricks, but that is a winner. And a very engaging performance too. Thanks for showing us.
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Mystical Matthew

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 2:12pm
It's not up on his website yet. I ordered by sending him $40 via PayPal ;-)
Here's the email he sent out yesterday:
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This will be my last product coming out for a while as . . . I have run
out of ideas! I'm sure more will come
So many people enjoyed performing my Comeback Spider at Halloween, I had
many people e mail asking for a version for year-round use, so, here it
is! Check out the video, I was cracking myself up watching it lol
IT IS NOT on my web site yet. If you would like one, I will be shipping
Monday. Please just send funds directly to my Pal Pal address which is
TommyJamesMagic@Yahoo.com
$35 + $5 S&H = $40
I present to you . . .
The Comeback BEE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctKXBOEs5u0
A routine that is guaranteed to stir the kids into a buzzing frenzy!
You display the backs of five cards each with a picture of a magic hat.
Ask the children “What do magicians pull out of hats?” Of course they
respond “Rabbits!” Turn the cards around and state that you have five
different colored rabbits. There is a blue rabbit, yellow, red, green and
. . . Oh no! The children discover on one of the cards there is a BIG
BEE, and they will let you know! You see the bee, place it aside, grab a
fly swatter (not included) and give it a few whacks! The kids go bananas!
You now show four different colored rabbits. State that you will make one
rabbit disappear when you say “Abra” and the kids shout “Cadabra!” But
when you count the rabbits again another bee appears! Place the bee aside,
grab the fly swatter and give it a few whacks. The children are in
stitches!
You show THREE different colored rabbits. You attempt to make one
disappear but, another bee appears! Grab the swatter . . . Whack, Whack,
Whack! This happens two more times until ALL the rabbits have turned into
bees. You turn around to discard all the bees and . . . there is another
bee hanging on your back! The children are in a frenzy!
This is a high-energy trick with lots of excitement that really gets crowd
buzzing! The cards measure 5-1/2” high by 4-1/4” wide, printed in vibrant
colors on 16pt card stock with a protective gloss finish. Complete with
detailed written instructions with lots of photos as well as a private
link to an instructional video to help make the learning process clear.
Fly swatter not included.
Tommy James / Magician
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Hope that helps!
- Matthew
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TheGreatNancini

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 2:49pm
As Matthew said, we can't wait to receive this!
Tommy is so creative and most of all, he is a worker, so everything he creates has been tested before live audiences before he actually puts it up for sale.
This means it comes ready to practice and perform and is created to withstand regular performance.
We will post a review once we receive it.
~Nanci
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Kevinr

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 2:53pm
Everything Tommy James makes is a winner!
He is the first kid show builder I would say that about.
Why does Tommy make such great stuff??
Because Tommy James is one of us!
He is NOT just a builder who was once a magician. He is a Magician and uses this stuff himself.
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marknem7

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 3:53pm
Now we know why all our bees are dying. TOMMY JAMES is swatting them all!!!
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Potty the Pirate

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 4:53pm
I think Jef Eaton and Barry Mitchell deserve just the same accolades as Tommy. They too, are workers who constantly share their winning routines with the Rest of Us. I think a "Workers' Hall of Fame" might be appropriate.....
Doug
Potty the Pirate
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Mystical Matthew

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Ohio
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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 5:23pm
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On 2012-04-01 16:53, Potty the Pirate wrote:
I think Jef Eaton and Barry Mitchell deserve just the same accolades as Tommy. They too, are workers who constantly share their winning routines with the Rest of Us. I think a "Workers' Hall of Fame" might be appropriate.....
Doug
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I don't know much about Jef, but I own several Barry Mitchell products. I agree that he releases some wonderful effects! I very much like his "Fun Factory".
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Jef Eaton

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 5:42pm
Hey Potty,
Thanks for the input, and the nice words. I have been very fortunate that the kid show magic community has liked the things we have put out. I am always trying to upgrade and improve the quality of the props while keeping them in a "working Magician's" price range. Not easy to do in this day and age, but I will keep trying.
Mystical Mathew, this is an invitation to check out my website to see what I have come up with. If you do kid shows, check out the testimonials from some of the Café guys.
Regards,
Jef
kandumagic.com/products.htm
kandumagic.com
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Creator of what my Mom thinks are the funniest kid show props around!
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Mystical Matthew

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Ohio
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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 6:34pm
Jef -
Thanks for the invitation ;-). I like that you've got a family friendly multiplying bottle act. I may look into that eventually
- Matthew
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TonyB2009

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 9:52pm
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On 2012-04-01 18:34, Mystical Matthew wrote:
I like that you've got a family friendly multiplying bottle act.
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How was the traditional multiplying bottles not family friendly? Hard to imagine a more family friendly effect.
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Mike Maturen

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 10:42pm
Tony...
It was because the traditional effect used alcohol bottles.
Mike Maturen
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Mystical Matthew

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 10:48pm
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On 2012-04-01 21:52, TonyB2009 wrote:
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On 2012-04-01 18:34, Mystical Matthew wrote:
I like that you've got a family friendly multiplying bottle act.
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How was the traditional multiplying bottles not family friendly? Hard to imagine a more family friendly effect.
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Not sure if you're being serious or sarcastic. I'm going to assume serious since it looks like you're Irish.
I live in Ohio, just north of the Bible Belt. Many folks are super-uptight about alcohol, especially in front of the kiddies.
I once decided to have my birthday party at an Applebee's (do you have those?). The church I was going to boycotted since the place has a bar.
I would get lynched if I did the multiplying whiskey bottles at a birthday party! The sad part is we've got a really great routine that nobody gets to see because so much of our work is with families. Energy drinks though? That would fly just fine. I see moms feed their babies coca-cola out of a bottle...
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Mike Maturen

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Posted: Apr 1, 2012 11:04pm
Jef Easton has one that uses Root Beer bottles...check it out!
Mike Maturen
World of Wonder Entertainment
The Magic of Mike Maturen
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TommyJ

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Posted: Apr 2, 2012 9:57am
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On 2012-04-01 14:53, Kevinr wrote:
Everything Tommy James makes is a winner!
He is the first kid show builder I would say that about.
Why does Tommy make such great stuff??
Because Tommy James is one of us!
He is NOT just a builder who was once a magician. He is a Magician and uses this stuff himself.
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Appreciate the compliment and I totally agree with the above statements about not only Jeff and Barry but many others. I am sort of "new" to the manufacturing products side of
magic and Jeff and Barry have been doing it a LOT longer than I have. Both of them put out some very good products as well as other kid-show prop inventors. I guess I'm the new guy on the block and I am really enjoying the ride.
I am having SO much fun with the Comeback Bee. I will admit it may not be everybody's style to utilize the fly swatter gag but I'm having fun with it. The idea was NOT my idea. It was the idea shared to me by Johnny Swomley from West Virginia. He e mailed me stating he used the bit for the Comeback Spider during Halloween. He was one of the people that requested for me to come out with a version for yesr-round use and the Comeback Bee is the result.
One thing I forgot to do in the video (because I knew the camera was rolling and , it distracted me!) was at the end when the kids are trying to tell me there is a bee on my back, I take the fly swatter, reach over my shoulder and begin swatting my own back. I then yell "OWWW! THAT HURT!!!) Gets another laugh during the routine.
Thank you Matt and everyone else that has ordered. I will be shipping today!
I promise if you use this routine, you will NOT get stung!
Tommy
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Harv

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Posted: Apr 2, 2012 5:22pm
My order is in!!
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TonyB2009

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Posted: Apr 2, 2012 5:56pm
I find the US obsession with alcohol bizarre. Apart from the Muslim world, the rest of us have a far more healthy attitude. No one would bat an eyelid in Europe to multiplying bottles. They would be enjoying the effect, not judging us because of the labels.
I still say my Multiplying Martini Bottles are family friendly. All my audiences agree.
I was doing a gig in Abu Dhabi a few years ago for the local Irish Society. I went for a stroll with a man, who bought a few cans of beer in the off licence (they do have a few, for the foreigners). The cans were put in a brown plastic bag, and no cab would stop for us because of what we were carrying. It is sad that those sort of attitudes can be found in a country like the US.
Have you all forgotten that the Christ you follow liked a drop of wine? It is all over your good book.
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TommyJ

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Posted: Apr 2, 2012 6:16pm
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On 2012-04-02 17:56, TonyB2009 wrote:
I find the US obsession with alcohol bizarre. Apart from the Muslim world, the rest of us have a far more healthy attitude. No one would bat an eyelid in Europe to multiplying bottles. They would be enjoying the effect, not judging us because of the labels.
I still say my Multiplying Martini Bottles are family friendly. All my audiences agree.
I was doing a gig in Abu Dhabi a few years ago for the local Irish Society. I went for a stroll with a man, who bought a few cans of beer in the off licence (they do have a few, for the foreigners). The cans were put in a brown plastic bag, and no cab would stop for us because of what we were carrying. It is sad that those sort of attitudes can be found in a country like the US.
Have you all forgotten that the Christ you follow liked a drop of wine? It is all over your good book.
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Thanks Tony . . . now back to the COMEBACK BEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol (Thats what this thread IS about right? Nuk nuk . . . )
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TonyB2009

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Posted: Apr 2, 2012 6:22pm
Tommy, I wasn't the one who said that the traditional multiplying bottles, which many of us have been doing for years, are not family friendly. That is others imposing their cultural values on the world, which I always rail against.
There is a very limited portion of the world - five or six countries, including bible-belt US - where there is an issue. I think it is important to point that out.
I am not saying this as a criticism of Mathew, who comes across as a rational and reasonable man. But saying that soft-drink multiplying bottle are family friendly is a judgement on the rest of the world. The truth is that a soft-drink version is a bible-belt and Muslim world friendly version, not a family friendly version. There is a difference. Families work differently in the 90% of the world outside the bible belt and the middle-east.
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TommyJ

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Posted: Apr 2, 2012 6:50pm
I see . . . Now back to the . . . . COMEBACK BEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Family friendly no matter WHAT part of the world you are in!
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TonyB2009

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Posted: Apr 2, 2012 7:02pm
Comeback Bee is the first commercial effect in a number of years I would consider purchasing. I can't sing its praises higher than that.
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TommyJ

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Posted: Apr 2, 2012 9:29pm
I LOVE you Tony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bridgewater

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Posted: Apr 2, 2012 11:08pm
Love the Comeback Bee routine. Regarding preceding posts, I find it ironic that those who complain about others being judgmental are usually so.....judgmental. Especially people from Cork. Cheers from the Bible Belt!
"Don't run with those..."
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Kevinr

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Posted: Apr 3, 2012 12:25am
Tommy I still would love to see a video on your amazing nesting boxes!!
Any hope for that???
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TommyJ

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Posted: Apr 3, 2012 9:58am
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On 2012-04-03 00:25, Kevinr wrote:
Tommy I still would love to see a video on your amazing nesting boxes!!
Any hope for that???
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I don't want to make a video for one reason. Magicians would first witness the ease of operation and loading. Then realize the strong impact it has on the lay audience, then it would start a flood of orders and . . . I"M TIRED OF MAKING THEM! lol
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Kevinr

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Posted: Apr 3, 2012 11:34am
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On 2012-04-03 09:58, TommyJ wrote:
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On 2012-04-03 00:25, Kevinr wrote:
Tommy I still would love to see a video on your amazing nesting boxes!!
Any hope for that???
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I don't want to make a video for one reason. Magicians would first witness the ease of operation and loading. Then realize the strong impact it has on the lay audience, then it would start a flood of orders and . . . I"M TIRED OF MAKING THEM! lol
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It's simple then raise the price to a point you would like it.
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magicjoe

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Posted: Apr 3, 2012 11:47am
Stop Tommy STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
My wallet hurts
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