Tommy Wonder

[dobsonone]

this guy is awesome, i discovered the books on wonder in my dads bookcase there amazing so i youtube'd him and im blown away carnt help thinkin most so in this vid he looks like STEVE VAI??

[kunkushun1]

thats was unbelivable....slydini and dai vernon and tommy are amazing period

[VTMB2]

What's name of the 1st trick?

[Kusmanex]

@VTMB2

Ring Watch and Wallet

[PARKGO93]

como se llama el primer efecto? ;D

[RoslynWalker]

Amazing!!!! Such an awesome magician.

For those that claim to know the secret, let me quote the late Fred Kaps before you post your message and spoil the fun for everyone else:

"I know that to play a violin I put the instrument to my face, press my fingers on the strings and strike it with a bow. Then music comes out. That's the secret to playing the violin, but it doesn't mean I can do it. You may know the secret to a trick, but it doesn't mean you can perform magic."

[heelfan1234]

@RoslynWalker I know how all of this is done. Just look below at my explanation to the folded card. I've performed many similar effects myself. Tommy Wonder does have a great charm but this is very run of the mill magic. It is Tommy that comes through here, the effects are not very important.

[RS1963]

@heelfan1234 Yes there is reason. The thing you don't get and more than likely never will. Is those that can't perform magic well try to teach on You Tube. They even suck at that. So there you go maybe you should find another hobby. B.T.W. this discussion was over before it even started.

[CrdShk]

Brilliant magic! I thoroughly enjoyed it. His presentation is perfect. A great showman. This is the real art of magic.

[coath514]

that childish grin at 2.53 says it all. its like hes saying "Got Ya Again"

[tedwilli9]

Him and Bill Malone are two of the most entertaining magicians ever.

[alicookofficial]

Superb.

[tedwilli9]

Magic is awesome. The act, the story, is even better. One in a million: Tommy Wonder.

[CaraBrimleyRules]

The box may have been a ring box where he can insert the card from the bottom (the bottom has a secret hinge) Either way, it's not a very strong effect. I think David Steel would have told him how it was done, but it was on Telly and that would mess up the show, so David being the diplomat he is pretended to be a bit surprised. Good for David! Likewise, if I am at a magic show, I don't reveal the tricks even though I know how they are all done. I act surprised so it doesn't spoil the show!!

[Matzes]

@CaraBrimleyRules wow you are so cool,

[RS1963]

@CaraBrimleyRules Nope you aren't even close to how the card in ring box effect works. In fact you're miles off

[heelfan1234]

@RS1963 Yes that was the wrong explanation. If you look more closely at 4:20 when he moves his chair back and after he fiddles around folding the card into quarters with a hidden fold a bit like the mercury fold. Then he palms the folded card, transfers it to his right hand, while spreading the deck, and when he opens the box he just pretends to dump it straight out into his hand, revealing the pre-folded card.

[RS1963]

@heelfan1234 I'm very well aware of how Tommy does this effect. I have been doing a version of it before Tommy's was even known. I was doing it as Fred Kaps had done it. So I don't need an explanation that is still not completely correct in details or accuracy.

[heelfan1234]

@RS1963 Haha, you crack me up RS. I have seen you assert that some explanation or other is not correct when it is 99% correct, just to throw onlookers off the scent. I think they listen to me :)

I don't think it is the Mercury, it is Tommy's version but that's when he folds it & he dumps the box on the palmed folded card a la shuttle pass. That's the basis of the effect. I think I have seen both Kaps and Wonder & others pass the card to the top, but here he just puts it on the top & folds it.

[RS1963]

@heelfan1234 The point that you and others are missing is to stfu.

[heelfan1234]

@RS1963 No point in getting on your high horse RS ;-) You are obviously an old fashioned magician who doesn't understand the ways of the net. What we do here is discuss and reveal methods so magic students can learn. You can't fight it single handedly by saying this or that wasn't the right explanation when it is clear to everyone that it is! I get many thanks by private message from people who I help to understand the effects. It's clear that people listen to me and not old dinosaurs like you!

[MagicForever1]

@heelfan1234 "What we do here is discuss and reveal methods so magic students can learn." What are you, a moron? The world wide web is not the place to teach magic secrets, idiot! And before you call me an "old dinosaur," let me explain that I am a 24 year old, professional magician, and jerks like you take the food off my table! Now, I'm not usually so insulting, but since you like to dish out out then you can learn to take it, jackass! Or you could just STFU. Yes, that's it! STFU!

[pulpschmieg]

Although a skilled eye can catch it, his palms and everything are so smoot. He is why this is considered an art.

[saimon20000000000]

just for this video u get my sub..

[naijafingers]

whitetigee I don't know what you mean by he messed up..maybe you should put up a video response to that effect and show us how is done...

[wwhitetigee]

You'd like to know how its done wouldn't u.....sorry im not going to reveal figure it out for yourself or shut the fuck up...

[kluetenkloeter]

I love his hairdo! Where can you buy that?

[cardfetish]

Davenports

[zyky2000]

i love tommy, but the presentation here was too fast...

[patricky9]

this guy is amazingly smooth!!!!

[MagicalLobo]

I think it is an insult to magicians like Tommy Wonder if they are only given a limited time to perform. I mean, gawdd... he sure can keep you entertained and amazed for a long time. I wouldnt perform if someone tells me I get only 3 or 5 mins.

[MajorYT]

You are so right. That's a disgrace to his lame crack show.

[JakeJax]

If you're gonna be on someone elses show, thats kinda the name of the game. I'm sure Wayne would have loved to give Tommy more time, but that wouldn't work with the format of the show. We are in agreement in that I would have loved this clip to be 30 minutes of tommy instead of 5.

[djxnatte]

tommy wonder...one of the best!

[Matzes]

too bad he had so little time..the card to box doesn't work like that in my opinion...combined with the ACR its abosolutely AMAZING tho

[woowmagic1]

i watched this vidoe like 1000 times and i still like it i know the method but yes perfect performance

[woowmagic1]

card to box was well performed but look better with the ambitious card anyway great performance

[opentoeshoes]

He was clearly limited for time in this performance. However, the L&L videos are much better, especially the card in the box effect. I think it is because he is much older and in typical Tommy Wonder fashion, he kept working and working and working a trick to make it stronger. It only goes to prove that sometimes it takes years of practice to make something great because his Ambitious Card + Card in the box is truly amazing.

[Bijlogg]

You said exactly what I wanted to! It was always said about Tomm that he never stopped thinking about magic, never stopped trying to improve his magic, and I think if you look at this performance and compare it with the performances on the L&L DVDs you can see that he definitly improved, which is amazing because a lot of people would be happy with what he does above.

[GhostOfRory]

He was quite a bit younger here, so the routine would of been in an earlier stage!

[dimabbq]

Amazing.

I must agree the last trick is a bit amateurish but Tommy is still an incredible performer.

[jverrone]

I do agree that his presentations in the L&L videos was much better. His patter seemed better in the other videos. I guess that just shows how important your talk up can be.

[miamimagicians]

I thought what he did here was just as good as the L&L performance. Almost the same. I liked the Marker trick a lot!

[monkey505boy]

>(card in the box) was not very strong. The method seem obvious perhaps even to a layman.

Sure, yeah, right.

If you check magician's groups, you will discover the handling is often sited as "perfect". Not merely good, PERFECT.

Some magicians watch the video over and over to grasp his technique and delivery.

You don't know what you're talking about.

[jessewjoseph]

In this case I'd agree that the card to box was weaker than the other effects, only because he cut (I assume because of time) the ambitious card bit. The only motivation for signing the card is because it will appear in the box, and then it does immediately, so it seems easier to stumble upon the method than in the L&L videos.

[awimagic]

the same old effects but i think the performances on his LnL videos of these very effects were much more beautiful and more mature from an artistic point of view ... thats just my perception though ... he definitely was a great artist.