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"Thing" has been a huge part of my live act since the Summer of 2003. This video was a candidate for AFV's "Mini Movie Contest" and runs at 2:51.
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Performed "The Girl From Ipamema" for NBC's "10!" to warm up the studios for Meteorologist Bill Henley and Anchor Steve Levy. Closed with "Love Me Tender" on Tire Pump.

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"Pumped Up For Final Jeopardy" aired 3 times in 2003 on "America's Funniest Videos". This is the first known exhibition of Tire Pump and Hand Squeezed music produced by the same human within 35 seconds. We're flattered to have been a Top 3 Finalist of the show's 120 clips from its 1,500 clips received WEEKLY. This $3 investment brought back a return of $1,860 (after taxes). Needless to say, SEND IN YOUR TAPES!

What a pleasure to hang out with the friendliest people on Earth, Donny & Marie Osmond. I was clinically blind for 3 weeks after this show----those Osmond teeth... Anyway, the legendary Smokey Robinson OPENED for me on this show--he did 56 minutes--I did the last 4----but he OPENED FOR ME nevertheless! "Colonel Bogey's March" is featured here. "Andy Griffith" theme and "Tears of a Clown" were also performed on the show.

Is there a more popular comedian in the Philadelphia area than Grover Silcox, feature reporter for FOX 29's "Good Day Philadelphia"? This segment features Grover singing "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" with my Hand Squeezed accompaniment. This was LIVE in January, 1999, my first of six appearances on "Good Day". "Another One Bites the Dust", "Colonel Bogey's March" and the "Andy Griffith Theme" were also performed.

This "Good Day Philadelphia" segment, titled "Organic Gardening", was nominated for a daytime Emmy in 2001. Another brilliant bit by Grover filmed on location at WHYY's Mark McGrath's home and garden.

With the comeback of "Real TV" airing on TNN nationally 3 hours per day, I had to post this classic from 1998, the 1st of 20 TV appearances over a span of 4 years since coming out of retirement in 1997.

Seasons Greetings from FOX! This "Good Day Philadelphia" segment, titled "A Dickens Christmas", features some classic Christmas tunes as well as the recipe for a "Smoking Bishop".

Seasons Greetings from the Comedy Cabaret in Doylestown, PA, recognized as a huge favorite for national headliners to perform as well as fantastic, demanding and enthusiastic audiences. This segment, taped in December, served as an inspiration to get into the holiday mood with my acapella version of "Deck the Halls". The fact that the nice response drowns out some of the notes is quite OK --- it's always the ultimate compliment...

This "Good Day Philadelphia" segment features the legendary Frankie Smith belting out his big hit "Double Dutch Bus" whilst I play rhythm hands. Basically, 80's Hip-Hop hits the crapper.

In October, 2001 I resurrected this Popeye Pumpkin I first created in the mid '80's. Features Popeye, Olive Oil, and Brutus on the ugly side, on a Lazy Susan whilst I play the Popeye Theme on Hands, thus the birth of "Popeye's Spin-Itch Pumpkin" as featured twice on ABC's "Americas Funniest Videos" in 2002.

This rare basement demo (literally) features an abridged "Tire Pump & Circumstance", the Elgar Graduation classic. Yes, I'm wearing Tails and a Tux with my home Jimnasium in the background, after all, good fitness is essential to successful Tire Pumping. Concerning perfect pitch: Proves the point that the Tire Pump can't fix all flats.

One last Tire Pump demo in my Jimi Handtrix look. This features Mozart's "Eine Klein Nachmusik". The long sustaining note at the end is the very reason for learning to play the Tire Pump in the Himalayas years ago...there's no way I can get that much air in my Hand Chamber...thus the Pump is my third instrument.

The "Three Tendons" were featured on "Don Polec's World" on ABC News twice in March of 2001. Don's genius captured the essence of this "novelty supergroup" in this excellent 2 minute and 30 second segment. The "Three Tendons" are Bruce Gaston (Manualist), Ben Brenner (Hand Chamber Blowist), and yours truly on Hands & Tire Pump.

The "Three Tendons" were featured on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in February of 2001 in one of Jay's infamous "Body Part Musician" segments. This 38 second excerpt features the trio performing "The Flintstones".



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