ULM recently hosted James David, a magician and comedian, and Juggle This!, a duo of jugglers and performers of dangerous stunts, on Tuesday as part of ULM’s Homecoming Week celebrations.

David, a Wisconsin native, started his act by having student volunteers perform in a skit spoofing Star Wars.

He performed several card tricks, one in particular involving tearing off a quarter of a card, and the other three-quarters subsequently appearing inside of a melon after it was cut open.

Another trick involved an audience member calling a friend to select a particular card out of a standard deck.

When the Ace of Spades was chosen, David pulled out a jumbo set of cards previously untouched during the performance and showed the audience that the Ace of Spades was the only card flipped over in the deck.

David then performed a series of tricks including pulling a deceivingly live bird out from under a cape, and enclosing a hankie with his fist and making a real egg appear.

Juggle This! performed after David, which featured Stephen King and Ryan Dekoe as a juggling and comedic team from Boston, Mass. who have been performing together since 1990.

King and Dekoe used sarcastic humor as they performed stunts such as switching jugglers while three clubs were in mid-air.

They then presented a stunt involving stapling a one-dollar bill to Dekoe’s forehead, and later tearing it off with no sign of injury. The pair demonstrated knife juggling before closing the show with King lighting torches and seemingly swallowing the flames.

Thomas Sugg, a freshman biology major from Pioneer, LA, said, “It was really funny. I liked James David. His magic was funny, but Juggle This! was better. I loved their humor.”

Al Bailey, a freshman majoring in history from Jonesboro, Ark., said, “I thought it was hilarious. I didn’t expect the magic to be as impressive as it was. I still don’t believe it.”

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