“You street perform? I once saw a guy who could tell everyone in the audience what their zip code was. It was amazing! Can you do that?!”

It’s always a little humbling.

Here’s an article about Zipcode Man and how he got his start as a street performing juggler before finding his niche as a memorization phenomenon.

Makes you wonder what skill you have that could turn your act into something truly different and amazing.

Watch the questions and answer video here.

(You can see Wes’ influence popping up all over the juggling subculture. Tony Pezzo’s latest video–although showing off Tony’s individual style–seems to have some Wes Peden qualities to it. Chick out Tony’s video here.)

In the spirit of chucknorrisfacts.com, David Cain started a funny post on the rec.juggling forum with these Chuck Norris juggling facts:

Chuck Norris won the 1983 IJA Numbers Championships Clubs Division by
flashing 3 balls.

Chuck Norris can force bounce 5 cigar boxes.

Chuck Norris attended the first WJF convention dressed as a barefoot
clown and did nothing but poi, using the shrunken heads of two enemies
for the balls. Jason Garfield never said a word.

There are no invalid siteswaps for Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris flashed 13 rings. Albert Lucas was hiding under the
bleachers and video taped it. He then digitally replaced Chuck’s head
with his own. This explains why we’ve never seen it publically.

Chuck Norris created a wormhole through time by rubbing a balloon on
his beard. He then traveled back 4,000 years to Egypt and taught the
women he met how to juggle. Chuck invented juggling.

Why did Rastelli die so early? Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris accidentally invented 5 club backcrosses. His clubs were
so afraid of him that they naturally went behind him in hopes that
Chuck wouldn’t see them and roundhouse kick them.

Juggling Kung Fu Master – Chuck’s idea

To see the other Chuck Norris juggling facts that people came up with visit rec.juggling.

To my fellow jugglers – this is my challenge to you! In 2009, focus on discovering what you individually do best! It is our different minds working together that produces so much amazing juggling. The more you try to conform to someone else’s style, the less variety we’ll have in our art. Your style should be juggling you love, not juggling that someone else loves. What tricks excite you? What pictures do you want to create through manipulation? THINK about your juggling. Make goals. Try a new prop! Invent a new prop! Shoot your first juggling video! Go to your first juggling convention. Perform for the first time! Whatever it is, set some “impossible” goals for yourself this year. I think you’ll find that, if you actually put in the work, the “impossible” becomes graspable.

Click here to read the whole post.

Click here to see Bela and Kris Kremo performing together.

(Thanks to http://www.veress.se/kriskremo.htm for information about Kris Kremo.)

Turns out it was his newest movie, Expectations, available for purchase and download at www.wespeden.com.

In this short film, Peden offers a series of creative, well edited juggling vignettes showing off his unique style of interpreting classic juggling skills with a modern artful twist. A great soundtrack and some interesting locations add to the overall entertainment of the film.

We’re hoping this is the first of many similar films by Peden and others who have been inspired by what he is doing.

Here’s the trailer for Expectations:

Here’s an endorsement from one of Wes Peden’s buddies:

Here’s a clip from The Jack Benny Show where Brunn demonstrates his skills as the comedian pokes fun at his flamboyant performance style.

Read the Juggling Hall of Fame entry for Francis Brunn here.

Thompson loves his self employed life as a juggler, which is encouraging for anyone thinking about becoming a professional.