Coming Soon: Steve Fearson Exclusives!

I had been holding back on some really good news, and I'm finally ready to announce it: FUN Inc will now be the exclusive distributor for items from Steve Fearson!

Steve is the man behind the Fearson Thread Hookup, Fearson's Fantastic Floatation, and the brains behind David Copperfield's Laser Illusion.

We're very excited to be working with Steve. We'll be bringing two of his products, the Master Levitation System and his Legend DVD to the FUN Inc website very soon. Stay with us for the latest developments!

The ORIGINAL Easy Money

In the last few years, there's been a deluge of releases of the same effect - Turning $1 bills into $100 bills. All of these recent releases all vary in method, but all are based on one original idea: Patrick Page's Easy Money.

Finally, we are able to release to the magic community a DVD featuring noted magician and author John Lovick. Lovick's book "Switch" reads like a complete treatise on magic with bills, so he was a natural choice to host this program.

John goes into great detail on how to perform the trick, how to construct the gimmick, and includes a bonus of his Slow Motion Bill Transposition. This broadcast quality DVD includes over-the-shoulder angles to make following along as simple as possible.

Now available at a dealer near you!

Sometimes Inspiration Strikes

...and you just have to write it down. A challenge to create a magic-related limerick was posted on a forum, so I came up with a little ditty:

I love to do magic for all.

"It was fun," I'll always recall,

but the fun quickly stops

when my chop cup gets dropped

and I have to go chasing the ball!

/fridaysilliness.

Sturk makes the rounds

My new side gig working on The Newest TOPS seems to have generated some interest out in the magic blogosophere. I just completed interviews with both iTricks.com and The Magic Newswire. Take a listen if you want to hear me pontificating on modern conjuring!

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Musical odes to magic

People are inspired to write songs by all sorts of things. Love and relationships, automobiles, locations... but a magic trick?

After finishing our show "Short Guys With Glasses" this past Saturday, Tomas was approached by a man who had seen him before. About 10 years ago, in fact, where Tomas performed The Tic Tac Trick - wherein Tomas shoves 3 Tic Tacs into different facial orifaces and procedes to cough them up (you can find the method to this madness on Tomas' Geek Magic DVD).

Anyway, this incident 10 years ago inspired the man, who was part of a band at the time, to pen a ditty about Tomas' performance.

So here it is, ladies and gentlemen: Download The Tic Tac Trick mp3.

This tune opens the door for all sorts of songs about magic tricks. I can hear it now..."it's the egg bag trick...it's the egg bag trick"...

Spin Out!

Our friends at The Magic Apple have released a new DVD project: Spin Out.

Let's hit the basics: the material is solid, the video quality is top-notch, and the teaching is clear and concise. But I happen to think that this video is very funny. It a witty commentary on the state of some magic DVDs you see on the market these days.

Below is the official pitch:

A card is chosen then placed back in the deck. The deck is placed into the EMPTY card box. The box is tossed in to the air…then the magic happens! The deck is removed from the box and spread to reveal ONE card with a TWISTED, SPUN OUT image! The chosen card’s face and back have actually been twisted 720 degrees! There are NO DUPLICATE cards seen in the deck. The Spin Out card can be examined! Even given as a souvenir. This is just one of the FOUR DIFFERENT VERSIONS of Spin Out! Not only will you lean these great effects, but the tools needed to perform them are described in great detail!

Card + Spin = Spin Out.

"Wow!..I wish I'd thought of it!" - Daryl, The Magician's Magician

"Could be the greatest card revolution ever" - Bob Postelnik, creator of Devil's Doorway

"...it is so Unique." Tony Clark

"This is one VERY creative and EXTREMELY visual card trick" - Shoot Ogawa