Thom is one of my favorite magicians working today, he’s relatable, personable, and all around a good guy. In this lecture you won’t get any half-baked theories, new untested ideas or B level routines. Thom gives Penguin his best by presenting routines and effects that he performers in his professional work and that he can speak to. Thom presents the following:

Lemonade Racket (Cheers) – Thom’s pet opener can be yours. With a lemon, a glass of liquid and a bottle, this opener hits your audience right between the eyes. I loved it!

Kapow!- This is Thom’s 10-second strolling magic opener. That's right 10-SECONDS. It breaks the ice and is a coin trick that will drop jaws.

Thomato: A real cherry tomato is smashed flat between your hands, and everyone even the tomato is surprised. This is so whimsical it made me smile.

George of the Jumble – This is one of the best torn and restored dollar tricks I have ever seen. *Note this can only be done with U.S. currency.*

Wise Quack- A number prediction, a rubber duck, and tons of comedy potential, this trick is a winner. This was one of my favorite things in the whole lecture, I love the effect, the thinking behind it, and the method.

Spooning, and Revenge of the Spoon 2.0 - A full stand up spoon bending routine. This is a full 9 minute routine and for those looking to put in the work to make it up it can be a memorable magic moment. For those who still like the routine and don’t have the time to make it up, you can get it directly from Thom.

P.M.D. - In this coin and card trick a coin passes through a deck of cards and then finds a selected card. This trick looks fun do to and would be great for walk around.

Walking Williamson – This card routine is simple yet seemingly impossible. This would be great for walk around or magic at the bar.

Pit Boss- This is a mental epic that finally makes sense. No fancy chalk board, just a pad of paper. If you do corporate work or are looking for a beautiful stand up mentalism effect you will use this. The best part, Thom gives his tips on using it for a corporate audiences and it uses items almost every magician already has.

Rock, Paper, Rabbit - Prestidigitation with a Post-it pad, this routine gives a good ending to the classic two in the hand one in the packet routine.

Chapie- This is the one trick Thom carries with him all the time. A card is torn into pieces and in a very fun and visual way, those pieces of card re-assemble themselves and appear inside of a tube of chapstick. This is a perfect close-up closer and plays great for groups. I’m putting this in my close up set and when you see it you will be too.

Don's Card Stab- A practical walk around card stab, that is super clean and easy to do. This is an awesome multi-phase routine, and there are no complicated moves. During this routine we get to see Thom do what he does best and play with his spectators.

E.S.P. Your Pants (Just Fate…): This is an E.S.P. card effect you will actual want to do. It is a great way to present table magic that gets multiple spectators involved in the effect.

Marked Improvement- A highlight of Thom’s Magic Castle Act, this is a crazy visual and original color changing deck routine. It ends with a hilarious revelation that you will love.
Fish Tale – With one of those cheesy red “fortune teller fish” Thom creates a unique close up comedy routine. It will make you want to get a fortune teller fish of your every own.

That’s 15 commercial, time tested, close up and stand-up routines, awesome, I know, but that’s NOT the reason you should get this lecture. Thom shares his tips and trick on routing, character creation, audience interaction, road stories, mixing silliness with magic, writing comedy and other crazy antics with penguin live. Thom and Dan Harlan sit down in a 40 minute post show interview that was entertaining to watch. Thom talks about this table set up and all though he doesn’t truly care for it, for artist reasons, I’m building one for my personal use. Thom is a wonderful performer and seems like a truly genuine and real person on stage. If you want to see a great blend of magic, comedy, along with some solid advice this is the lecture for you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

What can I say ? Together with David Williamson´s Lecture this is by far the best lecture I own, and I´ve seen lots of them. Only 100% quality routines in this lecture, directly from a working pro. Not one piece of junk magic, as you can see often in other lectures. It is so good to see strong magic, presented in an awesome style and he fooled me a couple of times. Most of the tricks are using well known principles, but the truth is, most of the really good ideas are old. It´s just how to present theses old tricks in a new way. This is what makes strong magic. Today I purchased his "Behind the curtain" Download - just to get more of his stuff.
Besides all that, he is really funny , i mean REALLY funny.
All in all - a high quality lecture !
As you can read - I am pretty thrilled.

I watched the lecture and you can see immediately that Thom is a real pro.
Thom Peterson works in the real world and all the material he's teaching has been used in his show... It means that all the information you get are coming from a show biz experience.
I Highly suggest to watch and learn from Thom, if you are interested to become a pro(not only) every routine (material for stage, parlour and close up)contains solid magic and effective lines. You can adapt very well his material to any type of character.
In order to progress and learn this is a great purchase.

Thom Peterson shared an enormous amount of real world material. There are several effects that I will use. I believe anyone watching this lecture will find several effects that fit their style. Highly recommended.

This entire lecture is filled with 3 and a half hours of pure gold.

I mean seriously, he teaches you some really valuable magic, and it has made jaws hit the floor!

I cannot recommend this lecture highly enough, I DO this stuff, and it never fails to get a good reaction.

This is a lecture filled with real world material that you will DO the next time you get up on stage.

Thom made me shoot milk out my nose laughing, and taught me some great magic at the same time.

Great lecture. Down to earth guy, very useable magic.

I did not own any of Thom's DVDs and everything was new to me. Now Thom has a new fan.

This is a really great lecture filled with effects. I love all of them, not only for the clever methods but mostly because they have room to fit my personality.

There is something here for everyone.
I definetely recomend this lecture.

Wow! Thom's lecture was filled with worker routines and ideas. Just about everything he taught and did had me wanting to do it.

Loved the card stab idea and bending spoon. Just filled with great stuff. You'll be very happy if you get this lecture.

I would have paid twice as much!! This lecture was well worth the money and did not disappoint. Absolutely incredible working content. His "PIT BOSS" routine goes into my casino show immediately. Fantastic. Thanks so much!

Another very good lecture. A must have.