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The Amazing Mr. J performs magic for Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and the cast of Back to the Future! (November 2018):
https://www.trurodaily.com/living/truro-area-man-meets-back-to-the-future-cast-members-257943/

The Amazing Mr. J performs magic for a childhood hero, the man behind Sesame Street’s Big Bird & Oscar the Grouch, who is retiring after 50 years. (Caroll Spinney’s Dad is also from New Brunswick!) He gave me an actual Big Bird feather, a gift to treasure forever. (October 2018):
https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/halifax-magician-meets-childhood-hero-the-man-behind-big-bird-251498/
https://www.trurodaily.com/news/halifax-magician-meets-childhood-hero-the-man-behind-big-bird-251498/

The Amazing Mr. J writes a tribute to the music, and magic, of Stan Rogers (StanFest 20th Anniversary – June 2016):
http://www.trurodaily.com/news/local/2016/6/3/stanfest-it-really-is-magic-time-4548987.html

The Amazing Mr. J presents ‘Back to the Future’ Magic Party for Parkinsons! (Charity event – October 2015):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/back-to-the-future-fundraiser-truro-1.3279619
https://www.facebook.com/events/510891619073396/
http://www.trurodaily.com/news/local/2015/10/18/how-time-mcflies-4313525.html
http://www.pressreader.com/canada/truro-daily-news/20151019/281539404802587

“Mike Robinson and The Amazing Mr. J show, hosted by Lenore Zann” (April 2015)

“Music & Magic fundraiser for Mental Health” (April 2015)

The Amazing Mr. J presents ‘Music & Magic for Mental Health’ (Charity event – April 2015):
http://www.trurodaily.com/living/2015/4/19/music-and-magic-for-mental-health-4117002.html

The Amazing Mr. J interviewed at Billy Joel concert (Québec City newspaper, front page, July 2014):
http://www.journaldequebec.com/2014/07/11/une-vingtaine-dheures-de-route-pour-voir-billy-joel

The Amazing Mr. J – CTV interview at Billy Joel concert (July 2014):
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1910510 (The Amazing Mr. J interviewed at 2:14)

The Amazing Mr. J meets Prince Charles & Camilla (May 2014):
http://www.ngnews.ca/news/local/2014/5/19/pictou-countys-royal-showcase-3730739.html

The Amazing Mr. J – Houdini Séance performance, atop Citadel Hill, Halifax NS (Hallowe’en 2013):
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW9Vknwm-dc

Mr. J’s Houdini Séance Articles:
http://www.thecoast.ca/TheScene/archives/2013/10/31/blinded-me-with-sance
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/harry-houdini-summoned-at-halifax-seance-1.2325688
http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1163519-halifax-s-history-with-houdini-the-naked-truth
http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2013/10/official-word-from-halifax-houdini.html

The Amazing Mr. J on CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den (2013)
Halifax audition: http://polargrizz.tumblr.com/post/45125821752/dragons-den-auditions-halifax-2013

Mr. J on CBC TV’s Dragons’ Den Articles:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/community/halifax/1130606-mister-j-and-the-dragons
http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/911242-truro-magician-to-practise-on-dragons
http://www.pressreader.com/canada/truro-daily-news/20130221/281762741663163
“Truro Resident on Dragons’ Den This Fall” (March 2013)
“Truro Man Auditions for Dragons’ Den” (February 2013)

Following a successful publishing deal with CBC Dragon Kevin O’Leary, you can read The Amazing Mr. J’s story in Kevin’s #1 International Bestselling Book- ‘Cold Hard Truth on Family, Kids & Money’ (pgs 123-133):
https://books.google.ca/books?id=uXnqAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT124&lpg=PT124&dq=David+Johnston+magician&source=bl&ots=r1k4nsmbQ-&sig=mPvyZh6q4I27QgODQGQeOanYsZA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKpKaeg9XTAhVF7IMKHQcnBUk4ChDoAQgoMAE#v=onepage&q=David%20Johnston%20magician&f=false

The Amazing Mr. J (at 0:04)- Reveen TV commercial (November 2012):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqmb3Jwlc-I

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IMAGINE if ⭐️YOU⭐️ literally (really) BECAME your hero!🥰😮❗️ A WEIRD, crazy story for you...in which this actually happened.😃Not just because beloved late mentalist/entertainer 'The Amazing Kreskin' (1935-2024) was a HUGE personal inspiration for my Magic career (Fun facts: 'The Amazing' Mr. J stage name is a nod to Kreskin, just as 'Mr. J' is a nod to my heroic Dad!).❤️Not just because Kreskin's super-positive, over-the-top, joy-filled presentation style influences my life perspective every day.🤗Not just because Kreskin always kept Christmas well, annually sending out THOUSANDS of custom-designed Christmas cards (at personal expense), to many he met during his nearly 60 years of radio, TV, and stage appearances (a tradition I try modestly to uphold each year, mailing 150 cards. When the postal strike resolves, you can bet yours will be on its way!)🎅🤶🎄In processing my personal hero's passing today at 89😪, plus in keeping in tune with Kreskin's upbeat essence, let me quickly recount "The Day I was Actually Mistaken for Kreskin"😋:Niagara Falls Comic Con, 2018. 'The Amazing Kreskin' was scheduled to appear for a 'celebrity meet-and-greet'.📷🤝🌠 Had previously met Kreskin twice, and thoroughly enjoyed each encounter. The legendary star even kindly gifted me his personal card, asking me to keep in touch. As a huge fan, this latest event was another chance to thank Kreskin in person, for his career inspiration. So, dressed in my traditional tux🤵‍♂ (in prep for the photo op), and carrying a giant 'Kreskin' advertising sign obtained following his Halifax appearance, I awaited in the general area of where the program said he would be at 2:00pm. Around 1:45pm, with no Kreskin yet (but also strangely no line forming), a large, young security guard stormed up to me: "Hey! We've been lookin' for you!" (?!) "Follow me!" continued the bellowing guard, quickly ushering me over to a table across the arena. (Had no idea what was happening, thought I was in trouble for something...) 😵‍💫😲🤔❓️"OK- Sit there! I'll be right back!" insisted the security officer.👮‍♂️ At this point, I noticed there was a large line behind a curtain, just beyond the table where the guard directed me to sit. It's now almost 2:00pm. (What's going on here?) As you may have guessed, with the guard being young, he saw yours truly dressed in a tux, carrying a large sign, and looking around...he thought I WAS actually the real Kreskin. Beyond the curtain, voices were heard: "He's here! He's here! I just saw a guard bring him in!" (!!)🫢Apparently, (I learned later), the REAL Kreskin had flight issues🛩✈️, and "likely couldn't make it", but informed he powers-that-be that he was "still going to try" and be there. In the meantime, someone from the event staff presented me with some bottled water and markers, saying with adulation🤩: "Glad you made it after all, Mr. Kreskin, Sir. We're ready to let folks in...is there anything else you need, Sir?" (!!!!)😅🤣❗️❗️At this point, the mistaken identity snafu dawned on me.🙃 (Was just feeling relieved I wasn't in trouble with the guard). ☺️Just as the first few people in line came in, I confessed..."Ummm, listen...you see...um...I'm...not actually...Kreskin..." to the now red-faced team.🫠😉In hindsight, maybe I should have played along? 😜Keeping my head down, maybe I could have signed a few autographs, and fooled some of the people in line, who WOULD know EXACTLY what Kreskin really looked like...(twice my age). 🤪"Gee, 'Kreskin'...you're looking younger today..." But then, what if I carried on the charade, and then the REAL Kreskin then showed up late...seeing me signing his name and playing him?!🤭As it happened, the Real McCoy wasn't able to make it. But it was a blast to get the Kreskin-treatment, if only for a few minutes.🥰It's sad to lose a hero.😪 But joyous to know our heroes live on, and (sometimes), we can become a version of them.🙂🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️To quote one of Kreskin's famous TV sign-offs: "May you live 5 minutes longer than me. Just 5 minutes, no more, no less. For I intend to live FOREVER".🌠❤️YES. Thank you, ⭐️Kreskin⭐️. For all of The Amazing.🥰👍👍#Magic #Joy #Hero #TheAmazingKreskin ... See MoreSee Less

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Do ⭐️YOU⭐️ Love❤️ 80s Music?🎶🎵🎸❤️🤔❓️Of course you do. Because YOU have Good Taste.😉👌(Like me)😋A Magical🎩🪄night of Music in Moncton...FOUR❗️classic 80s bands!! 💿🎧🌠(Felt happier than a teenage girl at Taylor Swift).🙏⭐️Spoons⭐️Men Without Hats⭐️A Flock of Seagulls⭐️Honeymoon Suite⭐️ Billed as "The 80s Club", this was their (very emotional) final show, of their Canadian Tour.🇨🇦 Hugs and sentiments all around.🥲Pure JOY.❤️🎵🎶 What a time-trip.🥰 Many stage references to MuchMusic, and the dawning glory days of music videos. An ethereal experience for this nostalgia nut.🤗Luckily met all the band members too.🥳🤝🎊The coolest, most humble and fun-loving folks you could imagine. ☺️Like your favourite songs from yesteryear, amazing how BALLOON🎈gifts can also turn back time, transforming retro rockers into feeling like kids again. You can sense it instantly; you can see the happiness in people's eyes. Honeymoon Suite's Johnny Dee lit right up, exclaiming: "Oh, Yeah! I'll take the BIKE!"🏍😅Wishing YOU personally all the Magical old school Joy and Wonderment of this holiday season.🤶🎅🎄👍Peace on Earth, through Music, Magic and Balloons. 🎵🎩🐰🎈❤️🙏🕊 ... See MoreSee Less

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Magic and Merriment, at Halifax's ⭐️'House of Moda!'⭐️ Downtown's premiere jewelry💎 and fashion💃 destination held a special public Christmas🎅🎄 Gala event- WOW, what fun!😃🥰🤗 A night of carnival coolness, Magical meetings, and sophisticated silliness.🎩🪄🐰🕊 Tattoos, treats, and Magic tricks...You fine folks know how to party!🌠 Many thanks to owner/founder ⭐️Oz Manness⭐️, for inviting Mr. J to perform. If you didn't make it out, hope to see y'all next time!❤️Fun Facts/Did you know: 🤔❓️-'Moda' means 'Fashion' in many European languages, including Oz's Turkish mother tongue.🙂-Oz's custom, award-winning, trend-setting, Oscar-showcased fashions have been worn by Beyoncé, Alicia Silverstone, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.❗️-First met Oz and her husband Doug when they hired me to perform for their daughter Chiara's birthday. Finally got to perform for her legions of loyal customers too, and learned that her store and staff also ROCK.🌠Y'know, fashion is like Magic...if people are going to stare at you, why not make it worth their while?😊👌Also, having fun and dressing up is like becoming a k#houseofmodah#jewelryr#fashiona#funw#magicgic is all about.❤️🥰💎💃🎩🪄🎊👍#HouseOfModa #Jewelry #Fashion #Fun #Magic ... See MoreSee Less

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On this Remembrance Day, Dear Friends, let me humbly recommended to you the books📚 of retired Canadian General, and humanitarian activist, Roméo Dallaire.🫡Emotionally, you will find these very challenging reads. But also, infinitely important. You will gain heretofore unknown depths of perception, including deeper levels of empathy, gratitude, and resolve. These books will stick with you forever (as Gen. Dallaire's personal journey has with him).Ultimately, our ongoing honouring, talking with, and reading about our Vets🫡, serves as a profound realization of the precious frailty of Life, while enriching our collective consciousness and relationship with the whole of humanity.His latest book "The Peace" (2024), also offers some much needed HOPE. ⭐️Highest Possible Recommendation.⭐️Keep the Faith, Friends.❤️🇨🇦 ... See MoreSee Less

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Fresh, Home-made, Delicious, specially-designed 'Budget Birthday Cakes!'🥰🎂🍰 A Magical addition to any Birthday.🤗(Much like The Amazing Mr. J - Magician & Entertainer!)😉🎩🪄⭐️🌠👍Place your budget cake order with ease 🎂Choose your desired color and flavor, and let me know the date needed. It's incredibly simple 🌈 Plus, every cake includes a customized topper to match the occasion.Spread the word, share this post 📯#busylizzysweets #baking #birthday #love #happiness #cake #friends #bakery #chocolate #birthdaycake #celebration ... See MoreSee Less

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Do ⭐️YOU⭐️ Love❤️ 80s Music?🎶🎵🎸❤️🤔❓️

Of course you do. Because YOU have Good Taste.😉👌

(Like me)😋

A Magical🎩🪄night of Music in Moncton...FOUR❗️classic 80s bands!! 💿🎧🌠(Felt happier than a teenage girl at Taylor Swift).🙏

⭐️Spoons⭐️Men Without Hats⭐️A Flock of Seagulls⭐️Honeymoon Suite⭐️

Billed as "The 80s Club", this was their (very emotional) final show, of their Canadian Tour.🇨🇦 Hugs and sentiments all around.🥲

Pure JOY.❤️🎵🎶 What a time-trip.🥰 Many stage references to MuchMusic, and the dawning glory days of music videos. An ethereal experience for this nostalgia nut.🤗(Video clips attached, for You of discerning taste).👌

Luckily met all the band members too.🥳🤝🎊The coolest, most humble and fun-loving folks you could imagine. ☺️

Like your favourite songs from yesteryear, amazing how BALLOON🎈gifts can also turn back time, transforming retro rockers into feeling like kids again. You can sense it instantly; you can see the happiness in people's eyes. Honeymoon Suite's Johnny Dee lit right up, exclaiming: "Oh, Yeah! I'll take the BIKE!"🏍😅

Wishing YOU personally all the Magical old school Joy and Wonderment of this holiday season.🤶🎅🎄👍Peace on Earth, through Music, Magic and Balloons. 🎵🎩🐰🎈❤️🙏🕊

Magic and Merriment, at Halifax's ⭐️'House of

You know what's even cooler than kindness?🤔❓️
UNEXPECTED, Out-of-the-Blue Kindness.🤗

Just received this wonderful message, six months to the day after a Magic Birthday Show performed last April.🎩🪄🐰🕊❤️

After a full weekend of Magic Shows on the road (see pics of those super-fun groups attached!), you would think one would be exhausted...but naaaah!☺️ It's amazing how a random thoughtful message takes away your tiredness.💪🙃😃

Talk about Magic.🌠
Would that we all take a moment to share such words with those whose awesomeness we appreciate.❤️👍

"Hi Mr. J, It has been half a year since you came to our place in Wolfville to celebrate our daughter, Izumi’s 10th birthday on April 21st, 2024.

Firstly, thank you so much again for your wonderful performance that made her milestone 10th birthday something special she will remember for the rest of her life. Everyone, both the kids and the adults, enjoyed your show and were talking about it even in the following week. You were so entertaining and brilliant with kids.

Michael and I were wondering if our daughter Izumi had any idea that you were coming to the party, as we wanted to make it a total surprise to her, since she requested a surprise as her gift. She told me later that until she saw you, she was panicking a bit as she didn’t know what activities the kids were going to do at the party. Every year we set a theme and did home-made activities related to it, but this year she wasn’t involved in it, kept in dark. I told her that this year’s theme will be a Magic.

When she saw you arriving at the door, she was like “I know this person, he’s Mr. J!, but what is he doing here…?, wait, what!, really!?”. So, she had absolutely no idea, which made your presence a perfect gift for her.

Another funny thing was, you picked one boy to work with Izumi at the beginning of the show, and he was actually someone she really liked. You were teasing them, saying like “Are you like a boy friend and a girl friend?”, which they were denying, but Michael and I smiled to each other. Thank you again, and we are all hoping to see you again in the future, hopefully soon."

-Shoko, Michael, and Izumi, Wolfville NS🎩🪄🐰❤️

RIP😪 and thanks❤️ to ⭐️MIKE BULLARD⭐️, for his pioneering Canadian🇨🇦 late night talk show, his hilarious audience-interactive comedy, and especially for putting up with yours truly‼️, during my admittedly absurd appearance on his CTV show.😅

(Ridiculous Video of Mr. J on Mike Bullard, attached).🎥👌

Did you also watch Mike's show, Friends?⭐️🤔❓️

Y'know, as a schoolteacher👨‍🏫 back in 1999, (juuuuust about to embark on a new career as a Magician/Entertainer)❤️🎩🪄🐰🕊, I drove 19 hours from Nova Scotia, JUST to see and experience Mike live.🌠

Why🤔❓️His amazing spontaneous finesse with a live crowd helped inspire me to pursue an entertainment career.🎭 Grateful to have had the chance to tell him so, personally.🥰

Literally making the random LIVE audience his 'material' every night, and taking live phone calls on-air, Mike regularly walked an exciting comedy tightrope on national television.

If you personally remember tuning in to 'Open Mike with Mike Bullard' (1997-2003, on CTV) and 'The Mike Bullard Show' (2003-2004, on Global), you regularly saw a much funnier show than its American counterparts Leno, Letterman, and the rest (Within our wonderful Canada🇨🇦, Mike actually beat those U.S. juggernaut shows in the ratings!)‼️

After some down years and personal turmoil, Mike finally seemed poised to make a comeback...recently touring extensively in Ukraine for several months on humanitarian missions. The Man was only 67😪, and was performing live stand up as recently as last week.🥲

Friend and fellow entertainer ⭐️Mark Christian Walker⭐️ also appeared on Mike's show, as did many other talented, established, and up-and-coming acts, who Mike encouraged. As he did for me.🤗

So here's a tip of the Magic Hat🎩, to a unique Canadian talent.🇨🇦🌟🙏

Seems you never know in Life how you are remembered. May we all move forward knowing we all can create positive ripples in the Universe. ❤️💫🌠

Just like when Mike himself walked out on stage, interacting with random people on national television...you just know:
🥳ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!🥰

Because Life, like Comedy, is MAGIC.❤️🎩🪄🐰🕊👌

With your news cycle full of 'Hate, Hamas, and Hur

Y'know, performing Magic🎩🪄🐰is easy at a W

Wishing a Merry❤️ Magic🎩🪄🐰 Birthday🥳 to Beloved Comic Connoisseur ⭐️Calum Johnston⭐️, owner of all three sensational Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities locations...a true supporter of the arts, literacy, and small business since 1992 (❗️)

The Man was even heroically🦸‍♂️ working on his own birthday today (‼️), so had to bring him a balloon of another fellow Hero: the soon-to-be-superstar cosmic Super-Sheriff 'Space Cowboy'🤠🐎👢, created by Maritimes' own glorious ⭐️Grandway Comics!⭐️

Thank you, ⭐️Cal⭐️, for spreading the love of literature, the arts, and old-fahsioned FUN...here's a tip of the Magic🎩 (and cowboy) hats🤠 for making the Multiverse a better place.🌠🤩🌟🇨🇦❤️👍

#StrangeAdventures #HappyBirthday #GrandwayComics #SpaceCowboy #AmazingMisterJ #Magic #ThankYou

Magical time🎩🪄🐰 with CBC star ⭐️JONNY

Are you a Canadian Music Fan?🇨🇦🎵🤔❓️

Well, it "Hasn't Hit Me Yet"...but just did some Magic🎩🪄and Balloons🎈 for the legendary JIM CUDDY, of BLUE RODEO! (‼️) ⭐️🎸🎶🎵❤️⭐️👍👍

He loved his balloon guitar🎈🎸, and what a warm, kind man in person...he immediately reached out his arm for a hug!🤗

Class act.👌Y'know, if you're also a longtime fan (of anyone), YES- You should ALWAYS "Try" to meet your heroes. They are most often your heroes for a reason.🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️🙏

"A thousand shining moments are waiting just to happen to YOU."💫✨️🌠🤩❤️

Wishing You personally many equally Magical experiences.🤗❤️🎩🪄⭐️👍👍

#JimCuddy #BlueRodeo #Music #Magic #CanadianHero 🇨🇦👍

In this wild and wacky world...Can we really make

It's that wild, wacky, Magical Back-to-School Week

MODELS!💃MUSIC!🎵And MAGIC!⭐️🤗🎩🪄🐰‼️

Sydney was swingin' for the 11th Annual Glorious Gala- ⭐️'Ratchford Next Top Model!'⭐️ Honoured to perform once again as MC, and Magic Entertainer.🌠

So many shared STORIES!📚📕 A pleasure to interview all these ladies, all with amazing backgrounds, and future goals: Baseball, Boxing, Music production...plus, many have overcome staggering adversity.🙏 All strong, all talented...WOW! Our future looks bright.🌞‼️

So many STYLES!👗👚💃⭐️ There may be other award shows- Junos, Emmys, Oscars- but Cape Breton can keep it glitzy AND down to earth...a party without the pretension.😋 These amazing ladies never sweat, they GLOW.🌟

So many SOUNDS!🎶🎵 Sydney's 'Backhouse Brass' absolutely ROCKED the heart of the Sacred Heart...highly recommend these dapperly-dressed dudes.🤵‍♂⭐️👌

Finally, a tip of the Magic Hat🎩 to The Man, John Ratchford himself, for making this happening happen every year.😊

Imagine: a 'Beauty Contest'...where EVERYONE wins!😃🏆‼️

John makes it so. Why? 🤔

Because, even though we all deal with adversity, it's FUN to dress up, get together, and go all out.🥳🪅🎉

Congrats to this year's Ratchford Top Model, Sophie Forrest...although everyone takes home a personalized prize.🏆

Y'know, when everyone wins, it's a reminder- that EVERYONE is BEAUTIFUL.🥰

Including, and especially...⭐️YOU!⭐️ 😉👍

Happy weekend, Magic Friends.😎🎩🪄🐰👍

#RNTM2024 #RatchfordStudio #Models #Music #Magic #EveryoneIsBeautiful

Do YOU know your greatest personal Magic Power?🤔❓️ ⭐️KINDNESS. 🤗

Like a fuel-efficient car🚘🚗, we all run best (and very well) on 'Kindness-fuel'...that rocket boost🚀 when someone shares a compliment (check out this youngster in the video, from The Ex!)🥳

Naturally, it costs a candle nothing to light another candle🕯🕯🥰. Sharing kindness is your quickest and easiest way to change your World.🌎✨️🧝‍♂️🧙‍♂️🌠

Kindness is MAGIC.❤️Kindness is Cool.💪😎 (And so are ⭐️YOU!!‼️)⭐️🥰🎩🪄🐰😉👌

#NovaScotiaProvincialExhibition #Kindness #Magic #MagicianForKids #MagicianForAdults

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