Shireland, The Magic of Kids
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Uploaded by jameala on Jul 30, 2006
Shireland was an amusement park (of sorts) in the suburbs of Chicago in 1988 and again in 1991. Its concept revolved around "magical" shire horses, similar to the Budweiser horses.
Thomas Smrt, the creator of Shireland, maintains that "death-defying roller coasters" are not what kids need while they are growing up. SOO, he created an idyllic setting called Shireland, that promised to promote family values.
One of the attractions was a "cookie-cutter" magic show, the kind you could see just about anywhere.
YOu can learn more about Shireland at http://shireland.tripod.com
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100 year old magic and people dont stop using it ,umbeliveble
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I interviewed with Thomas Smrt circa 1999 for a plant supervisor position he had open in his Barrington, IL plant. He didn't like that his intimidation tactics were not working. He offered me the job, which I rejected on the spot. This person was smug, arrogant, bat-shit crazy and overall, quite entertaining. Perhaps this person had admirable attributes. I didn't see any evidence of any during our short meeting.
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Choochf7 those are REAL good questions. I have had e-mails from people who have told me that Smrt was this kind, warm-hearted man. I think he has a screw loose, but you can't deny the fact that he is brilliant - just a little wacky. I tape recorded a conversation he and I had on the phone and my daughter listened to the tape (she didn't even hear the actualy conversation) and SHE thought he was wacky!
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Yeah, my bro told me about it.
I was just curious to see who was right.
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Rte 20 and Dietrict roads, but it is private property and trespassing in inadvisable, because the new owner calls the police, has people arrested and presses charges.
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Well, I know that, lol. I live really close, but I want to know how to get there. Like what road is it on?
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About half way between Chicago and Rockford.
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Where was the place located?
Like the streets.
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Well, Magico2008, let's not be too hard on Bob Murphy. He is just trying to make a living without having to work at McDonalds. No doubt, he went into somewhere like Irelands or Magic, Incorporated and bought some illusions that he could afford and then marketed him and them. Also, this video was from 1991, so the magic tricks were only 80 years old! :-)
jameala 8 months ago
Hey Octofish, that is Thomas Smrt at his finest hour. I actually had a grand-daughter of his write me a nasty e-mail, calling me everything but a child of God for defaming him on my website. I simply stated that I didn't defame anybody; I just told the truth. He did the rest. It makes you wonder how a man with so little people-skills could become a millionaire.
jameala 1 year ago