Tommy Wonder Entertains

Three Novel Routines Based on the Cups and Balls

1983
Written by Gene Matsuura
Work of Tommy Wonder
41 pages (Spiralbound), published by Jeff Busby Magic, Inc.
Illustrated with drawings by John Elferink
Language: English
8 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Jeff Busby Foreword
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Section One: Novelty Routines
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Tommy Wonder Canned Craziness a one-cup routine with can and meatball, it penetrates can in slow motion, giant meatball appears and can is sealed again
  • Introduction of the Props
  • Ball Penetration Through Can
  • Ball Vanish From Top of Can
  • Production of Large Ball
  • Resetting the Routine
  • Notes on the Routine
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Pendulum Holdout
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Tommy Wonder Cough Cough cough drop taken out of box vanishes, under the lid is found a smaller lid and consecutively smaller lids after that with the cough drop under the smallest one
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Section Two: The Jos Bema Cups and Balls
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Gene Matsuura Introduction
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Tommy Wonder Cups and Balls
  • The Equipment
    • Balls
    • Bag
    • Bag Pom-Pom
  • The Routine
    • Introduction of the Props
    • Cup through Cup
    • Two Ball Extraction
    • Showing the Cups Empty
    • Blowing a Ball into a Cup
    • Ball From Cup to Cup Pom-Pom Production
    • Ball to Spectator's Hand
    • Production of Pom-Pom and Bag
    • Resetting the Routine
    • Additional Comments Regarding the Loading of the Bag
  • Outline of the Routine
  • Variations on the Routine
    • Ball Through Cup
    • Two Balls From Cup to Cup
    • Additional Comments
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Data entered by Denis Behr, January 2026.