Jimmy Fingers has performed his original invented magic and comedy in every major performing venue and almost every major corporation in the southwestern part of the U.S.  His memorable magic and mind reading presentations are original, organic, direct and minimalist.  Not to mention hilarious!

 

He had a standout feature role in a Command Performance for President Bush at the 1991 Economic Summit. Other high profile performances included providing party entertainment regularly for parties with such guests as ZZ Top, Tommy and Dick Smothers, Ross Perot, and others too numerous to mention.  The Smothers brothers commented on the show, stating that “it was over way too soon…”

 

In 1995, Jimmy was selected as the only performer from Texas to represent Coca-Cola/Minute Maid Foods in the national touring production of the Fruitopia Road Experience.  In a crew of a half-dozen performers, Jimmy was depended on to fill over 75% of the performance time, several times a day for 4 months.  He acted as emcee, review act, and final act of the performance.

 

Jimmy was hired to perform in a cameo unicycle and juggling part with the world renowned Cirque du Soleil’s “Quidam” touring company.  A little known fact, Jimmy was selected as Houston’s Top Juggler in the only juggling competition ever held in Houston. He also won a Duncan Yo-Yo Championship patch as a ten year old, showing the kind of dexterity and determination that still cause his show to excel today.

 

Laff Spot Comedy Club’s Don Learned discovered Jimmy while searching for a local comedy magician who could fill a huge demand created by World’s Greatest Magic’s resident comedy magician Mac King, a Las Vegas veteran with a reputation for offering comedy clubs something different than the usual stand-ups.  After excelling as a feature act before such legends as Jimmy “J.J.” Walker (of “Good Times”), Bob Zany, and other top headliners, the Laff Spot engaged Jimmy to perform with Jimmy Walker at the New Year’s Eve Millennium show.  After a week of knockout comedy and magic, Jimmy Walker spent the big evening relaxing and emceeing for the shows.  Soon, Don Learned was sending Jimmy to perform in Las Vegas at special events, comedy magic clubs and showrooms supervised by Steve Schirrippa, the manager and the actor portraying Bobby Bacala on HBO’s “The Sopranos.”  Jimmy also substituted for Mac King and Nick Lewin in the ComedyMax showroom at the Maxim Hotel.

 

Jimmy was the regional television and radio spokesman for Gulf States Utilities in 1992, and has done several TV and radio commercials.  His audition percentage is legendary, posting a gaudy success ratio of being cast well over 80% of the time that he is submitted.

 

In 2005, he was selected as a finalist in the Carnival Comedy Cruise Line Challenge, and also represented the Houston comedy community as the only comedy magician to ever appear in the Houston Comedy Festival.  This was partially due to the fact that he was the Comedy Workshop's Outlaw Magician, the only magician that had enough originality and lightning to stand up to the skepticism and abilities of such performers as Bill Hicks, Janeane Garofalo, Sam Kinison, T. Sean Shannon, and the other stars that started out in this historical launching pad.

 

In 2010, Jimmy was discovered at the World Magic Seminar by Master Magician Jeff McBride.  Initially, Jeff only expected to see Jimmy's hit invention, the Magellan Master Levitation.  When he asked Jimmy if he had anything else original, Jimmy shocked him by producing effect after effect that Jeff had never seen.  "Show me more!"  For Jeff, it was like Christmas morning  Jeff had 'discovered' a magician's magician, an original act who provides the material that other magicians depend on.

 

Las Vegas Weekly's Rick Lax cited Jimmy's performance as "the highlight of the World Magic Seminar."

 

Jimmy has worked for cruise lines, coffee houses, comedy clubs, universities, corporations and churches.  Anywhere that audiences gather, regardless of age, gender or taste.  Instead of becoming a hardened, road weary hack, Jimmy Fingers approaches every performance as more of a work of art than just work.  With the kind of improvisation and quick wit that Jimmy exhibits, each show is a new, fresh canvas that gets filled with the full presence of the connection experienced by Jimmy and the audience.