Career
They have a comedic slapstick act with the well-dressed Thompson and his gum-popping assistant, Pam, performing illusions while enduring a series of mishaps. Within the magician community, Tomsoni is considered a virtuoso, widely known as a mentor and teacher of magic, and a creator of tricks, as opposed to simply a performer. He has worked behind the scenes with magicians such as Penn and Teller, Lance Burton, and Criss Angel.
In 1999, he was awarded one of the highest honors in the magician community, a Masters Fellowship with the Academy of Magical Arts.
One of his trademarks is producing pure white doves on stage, which are trained to play along with the act once they have appeared. He has been featured on many episodes of Criss Angel"s Mindfreak, the "Hair" episode of Penn and Teller"s Bullshit!, and the film The Aristocrats.
He is currently the producer on the television program Penn & Teller: Fool United States As part of that job, he is responsible for making the final call as to whether the performers were able to fool Penn & Teller.
Thompson"s act has performed under the following names:
The Great Tomsoni
The Great Tomsoni & Company
The Great Tomsoni and Company
The Great Tomsoni: The Wizard of Warsaw
Tomsoni & Company
