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(Note: be warned, kind of long background info here, but I think it’s needed)
As far as interesting lives, few can beat Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel. Born February 28, 1906 in Brooklyn, New York, Siegel came from a poor Jewish family. Before he was even twenty, he’d established a profitable protection racket and a lengthy rap sheet, including armed robbery, rape, and murder. Siegel had connections—he was childhood friends with Al Capone and familiar with many of the well known New York City mobsters of the day—and he also had a taste for violence. Soon, he’d established a small mob specializing in hits for the numerous bootleg gangs of the time with Meyer Lansky, a fellow mobster. His violence and short temper led some to say he was “crazy as a bedbug,” giving him his famous nickname ‘Bugsy,’ which he even more famously despised.
Siegel was making money, which he was happy to flaunt, but he wanted more. He carried out several hits for Charles “Lucky” Luciano, and eventually formed Murder Inc. with his associates, establishing himself as a skilled hitman for the National Crime Syndicate, an organization of mob families. But Siegel was already making enemies, and several assassination attempts were made on his life, some of which came very close to being successful. So, it was time to move out west.
In California, Siegel helped establish gambling rackets, drug trade routes, and prostitution rings. His star was rising outside of the Underworld too, and in addition to the numerous politicians and police on his payroll, he befriended stars like Cary Grant and Clark Gable. Incredibly, while in Italy with a socialite in 1938, he met Hermann Goering and Joseph Goebbels, whom he immediately disliked and offered to kill. The offer was declined by his lady friend. Yet Siegel was not always looked upon fondly by the upper echelons of Hollywood; he borrowed exorbitantly from celebrities, knowing he would never be asked to pay it back, and began to develop extensive plans to extort movie studios. After several trials and acquittals for failed and successful hits, it was time to leave California.
Siegel’s next stop was Las Vegas where, in 1945, he purchased and developed the Flamingo Hotel & Casino, the first luxury hotel on the Vegas strip. As you might imagine, that was expensive, and over the course of its construction, costs were equivalent to over $61 million in today’s money each year. Siegel’s checks were bouncing, and many of the locals felt threatened by him. Mob bosses were beginning to lose patience with Siegel too, and he was refusing to report on business, claiming he was running the California Syndicate himself. For now, they left him alone—he'd been valuable in the past, after all.
The Flamingo Hotel was a dismal failure, and people—very powerful people—were starting to get tired of waiting for the promised money to materialize. By 1947, it was gradually turning around—with the help of Meyer Lansky, now in Vegas—but for most, it was too little too late.
Death:
On June 20, 1947, Siegel was gunned down in the Beverly Hills home of his sometimes-girlfriend Virginia Hill. He was 41. Somewhat suspiciously, Hill had taken an unscheduled flight to Paris the day (or by some sources, week) before. As Siegel sat reading the newspaper with associate Allen Smiley, an unknown assailant fired with a .30 caliber military M1 carbine through the window, striking Siegel many times (NSFW). Two shots hit his head, with one passing through his right cheek and the other his nose. Though he was not hit directly through the eye (NSFW), a bullet-in-the-eye death became a popular trope in Mafia media, including in the Godfather, where a character based on Siegel is murdered in the same manner.
The death was covered extensively in the media, which portrayed Vegas as a bastion of sin and mafia activity. As early as the day after Siegel’s death (or, as some sources have it, during Siegel’s death), however, more personal things were changing: Lansky walked into the Flamingo and took over operations.
Theories:
The mob is famously tight-lipped, and Siegel’s death was no exception. Despite the extensive speculation, no precise motive has ever been confirmed. There was a massive police investigation, but in a case like this, that doesn’t mean much, nor does the media coverage. The media in particular salivated over the potential for splashy crime stories, and the circumstances of this case have been complicated by contemporary coverage. Several days after Siegel’s death, for example, one newspaper ran the headline “BUGSY'S BLONDE EX-WIFE GIVES CLUES TO HIS KILLERS,” while another read “BUGSY'S EX NO AID IN HUNT.” As far as the most popular theories:
A Mob hit: A mob hit seems like the most obvious cause, and it's a theory that’s been popularized by several novels and the 1991 movie Bugsy. It would certainly make sense; it was the mob’s money Siegel had been spending wildly on his unsuccessful hotel after all, and he’d been growing uncooperative. Of the proposed hitmen, the most often mentioned are Frankie Carbo (Ralph Natale, former Philadelphia boss and Mob squealer, claimed Carbo as the true killer) and Eddie Cannizarro, both Syndicate hitmen. But even here, there are several proposed reasons for the hit. As some have it, mob money from the Flamingo’s funding was going missing and Siegel was skimming off the already meager profits. Skimming could have been forgiven, if the Flamingo was a success. It was not. After a meeting of the Syndicate’s “Board of Directors,” it was allegedly decided that Siegel would die, with Lansky reluctantly agreeing. Others believe that a hit might have been ordered whether Siegel was skimming or not; the Flamingo was simply too expensive. As one historian put it, “Bugsy was a dreamer. And he was dreaming with other people’s money.”
Yet many have also argued against this theory. According to one of Siegel’s emissaries in Vegas, for example, no one would have dared to order a hit on Siegel. He and Lansky were close until the end of their lives, and Lansky would never have agreed to it. And if Lansky would not agree, then Charles “Lucky” Luciano, who was “the head of everything,” would never have agreed either. And as others have argued, the method of execution (NSFW) didn’t match with typical mob methods; firing a weapon from outside a house increased the risk of missing as well as the risk of being seen. The preferred method was a clean shot to the back of the head. According to some, the oft-referenced money problems of the Flamingo also wasn’t an issue. At the time, Lansky was paying back any investor who wanted out, and the gradual uptick in its profits was quickening by the day. Personally, I don’t think the financial uptick invalidates the theory. If the hotel was starting to make more money, then that might be all the more reason to get rid of the difficult-to-manage Siegel and take over.
Wire Business: At the time of his death, Siegel was embroiled in a dispute with Jack Dragna, dubbed the Capone of Los Angeles. Siegel and Dragna had had an uneasy partnership in previous years, but Dragna, far less powerful than Siegel and the New York gangs, resented the income and respect Siegel commanded. This came to a head when a racing wire service (a way of cheating on bets) between the two of them soured. Siegel wanted control for himself, and ordered Dragna to turn it over or be killed, to which Dragna agreed. After Siegel’s death, control was returned to Dragna. He had a motive, but his story would only have been one among many for a man as ruthless as Siegel, which, in a way, complicates things further—there’s a real possibility that the culprit in Siegel’s murder was someone never even considered. His list of enemies was long, varied, and probably mostly unknown. Yet another man who had reason to want Siegel dead, for example, was his bodyguard and muscle Mickey Cohen. A Cleveland gangster, Cohen was given control of the Syndicate’s West Coast gambling operations. If Siegel still lived, he would never have gotten it. Interestingly, he, like Al Capone before him, was eventually felled by tax evasion.
Virginia and/or brother: The same emissary of Siegel who shot down the mob hit theory believed that Virginia Hill’s brother had carried out the murder. The brother, a marine stationed at Camp Pendleton named Bob or Bill, had seen Siegel and Virginia fighting outside the Flamingo as well as the bruises Siegel had left on her and threatened to kill him. Another of Virginia’s brothers, Chuck, was also at the Beverly Hills house when Siegel was murdered.
Virginia herself has also been the subject of suspicion. Nicknamed the “Queen of the Mob,” Hill worked, among other powerful jobs, as a cash courier, laundering money and stolen goods as well as blackmailing high-ranking men through sexual liaisons. Her relationship with Siegel was tempestuous at best, and she may have been embezzling from the Flamingo. She’s also been accused of two-timing with rival mob operations, though this is unconfirmed. Eventually fleeing to Europe permanently, Hill died of an overdose in 1966, though some have alleged that she was actually murdered after she, completely broke, attempted to leverage her intimate knowledge of the Mob.
Rival Mobs: Unfortunately, I can’t find much concrete information about this theory (note: story of my life researching these posts haha), but some believe that rival mob operatives wanted Siegel gone. He was a powerful—and very public—figure, which made him something of an obvious target in the cut-throat world of Mafia politics.
Moe Sedway: This is a relatively new theory, emerging after Robbie Sedway was interviewed for LA Magazine after his mother’s death. Here, he alleged that Siegel’s murder was ordered by his mother Bee, the wife of powerful mobster—and childhood friend of Siegel’s—Moe Sedway. According to Bee, who wrote and scrapped a book proposal called Bugsy's Little Lunatic (Siegel’s nickname for her), Siegel had threatened her husband, who was the Flamingo’s numbers man, and therefore watching Siegel—who, remember, had been accused of skimming—closely. So Bee contacted Mathew “Moose” Pandza, a truck driver whom Bee married after Moe’s death. Moose, the perfect killer, since he had no connection to the Mob, then shot Siegel to death. The problem with this theory, however, is that Bee is the only source; as she herself said, anyone who could contradict her was dead. She also squandered most of the fortune left to her by Moe over the course of her life, and died almost penniless.
All of the above: Some believe that almost all the suspects were involved. Usually, it goes something like this: “Virginia supplied the location and received some reward. Cohen knew Bugsy's schedule for the evening, but happened to not be watching him that night…Dragna ordered the hit, with the approval of Lansky and Luciano.” It’s unlikely, but it certainly has its believers, if only for the convenience of it.
Final Thoughts & Questions:
This case is interesting to me because of the sheer number of suspects. In the end, a mob hit seems the simplest and most likely explanation. But there were so many people with means, motive, and opportunity. So:

• Why was Siegel killed and who killed him? The Syndicate, rival mobs, Virginia Hall, her brother, Mickey Cohen, Jack Dragna, Mathew Pandza (as ordered by Moe and/or Bee Sedway), several of the suspects, or someone else entirely?

Sources:
https://www.lamag.com/longform/mobster-murder-moll-secret/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lasvegas-bugsy/
https://themobmuseum.org/blog/killed-benjamin-bugsy-siegel/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel
https://themobmuseum.org/blog/virginia-hill-queen-of-the-mob-was-no-ones-pushove
To many, Siegel’s legacy exceeds his mob connections, and in some ways, even his death; without him, many believe, there would be no Vegas. So if you take anything away from this write-up, let it be this: The Blue Man group’s Vegas residency is Bugsy Siegel’s fault.

Continuing… (It's Part 6 in the saga, I fucked up. Sorry.)
So, after a few re-fueling and impromptu cigar-purchasing stops in South and Central America, we wheel up to the deserted jetway at LAX.
“Thought we were going to Elmendorf?” I asked.
“This isn’t it?” the pilot replied, feigning worry.
“No.”, I replied, “Looks like California. Fruits and nuts. All around. What’s going on? One minute we’re off to Texas, then Cali, then Texas again, now we end up here at the California airport of the iconic tower.”
“Yeah, it’s confusing enough haulin’ civilians around. But when we get a call from Virginia, we tend to comply without any questions,” the pilot explains.
“Aw, shit!”, I sort of exclaim, “Rack and Ruin called?”
“Yeah”, the pilot replies, “Figures you’d know these guys. They said they were closer to LAX rather than Texas and had us divert here. In fact, you look over there, see that dark blue Chevy? That’s them; and evidently, your ride.”
I tipped the airman from earlier a couple of cigars as he helped me with my gear off the plane and into the trunk of Rack and Ruin’s plain-Jane blue late modeled Chevy. Had to move the Sidewinder Missiles off to one side, though.
“Most honorable Agents Lack and Luin!” I quipped in my faux-racist greeting. “What the hell, guys? I’ve got to get to Japan and get some newly rigidified digits.”
“Let’s see your hand”, Agent Rack asks. “Nasty.”
“Yeah”, I sigh “And with the medicos in South America and their penchant for plaster, I don’t so much have a left hand as more of an ankylosaur tail.”
“Or Thagomizer”, Agent Ruin tittered. “Anyone gives you grief, and one upside the head should set them right. Or dead.”
“You’re a riot, Ruin.” I replied, “But not entirely incorrect.”
We all agreed that I really didn’t need any extra accouterments to make myself look more dangerous. I mean with my severe haircut, stern beard clip, and perpetual ‘Go fuck yourself’ scowl.
“Yeah”, I replied, stroking the aforementioned beard, “I just can’t get that. I’m such a people person.”
After Agents Rack and Ruin finished drying their eyes from laughing what I thought was en extremis, we finally got down to business.
“So, what’s the skinny, guys”, I asked. “New marching orders?”
“No. Not as such”, Agent Ruin said, still sniggering over my ‘people person’ comment.
I see we’re moving. Agent Rack is just driving casually, like Chewbacca when they were waiting to see if the Empire went for that expensive Bothan code.
“Then, what?” I asked, getting a slight bit piqued.
“Well”, Agent Ruin noted, “When you went to South America, you took some of your artillery collection with, correct?”
“You know I did. You even made some snide comments about my personal choice of sidearms and their ‘excessive’ calibers, if memory serves”, I reiterated.
“And if you are proceeding normally, as you always do, they’re all nestled in the trunk of this very car. All cleaned, quiet, unloaded, and smelling sweetly of Hoppe’s Number 9 and WD 40, correct?” Rack inquired.
“Yes?” I cautiously venture.
“Well, ya’ big dummy, do you think they’re going to let you saunter into Tokyo armed like the Third Fleet?” Agent Ruin chuckled.
“Um…well…I do have a Diplomatic Passport.” I ventured.
“That’s not going to work this time.”, Agent Ruin said, shaking his head. “They’re tighter than Dick’s Hatband about sidearms. Want to bring in your Rigby SXS .500 Nitro Express double rifle? Not a problem. Sidearms, especially in your alien hunting calibers, nope.”
Well, that’s just….*dandy!”, I reply, semi-put out. “Now what the hell am I going to do?”
“Ever think that’s why Ruin and I are here, now?”, Rack asks.
“And here I thought it was just so you could bask in the warm glow of my fucking wonderful personality. Or that you actually cared about me as a real goddamn human”, I joshed.
“Ummm…yeah”, Rack replies, “There’s no way we can answer that without going on some Deadpool list. “
I agreed.
“OK, here’s the deal: you get your sidearms, ammunition, speed loaders, brass knuckles, Asp, laser range finders, Sap, Zeiss scopes, Kukri, Wisconsin Cheese Whittler, Buck folding skinner, Marine K-Bar, those two ultra-illegal Cheburkov Cobra titanium switchblades...”
“Three. Olga the KGB lady sent me one for Geologist’s Day.”
“Ahem. Those three ultra-illegal Cheburkov switchblades, that Wyoming Speedholer, your MASER Time-Distance Computer, garrote, pocket rail gun and whatever else lethal you carry and deposit it in the iron box in the trunk. We’ll ensure that it’s delivered to Esme post-haste. And by post-haste I mean one of our guys will deliver it personally.”
“Well…I suppose”, I conceded, “But best send someone who’s been to the house recently. I don’t know how much bigger Khan has grown since I left on this little fantasy trip. Wouldn’t want a star on the wall in Langley for someone eaten by a mastiff. Want to see a picture….Oh, bother. That’s right. My phone’s at the bottom of fucking Lake Maracaibo.”
“Good point”, Ruin interjects, “Guess we’ll do a little road trip and deliver it ourselves. Best call Esme and let her know what’s going on.”
“I have no objections to your proposals. Please give Esme this when you see her. I had some luck in the Calaveras Casino and if I don’t send her some mad money. Ouch. She’ll never forgive me for not taking her along to Japan.” I asked.
“But I thought Esme hated Japan? Too crowded and too ‘fussy’, I believe was her estimation.” Ruin asked.
“Yes, but once she saw the Ginza, all bets were off. Shopping the likes of which even Allah himself hasn’t seen.” I replied, slowly shaking my head.
“I see”, Ruin said, “Well, since you’re off to Sapporo, perhaps you can do a recon for Esme on the shopping there.”
“Not bad. Not bad at all.”, I smiled, “Now I know why I let you guys hang around with me.”
So, as advertised, I am now standing on the tarmac at LAX, basically feeling naked.
“Can’t I keep just one switchblade?” I moaned to Agent Rack.
“Go ahead, if you’re really keen on donating it to Japanese customs”, he replied.
“Fuckbuckets.” I groused.
“There, there now. That’s the usual Dr. Rocknocker of which we’re all so fond.” Agent Ruin chuckled.
“Remember, you do have that wallet-sized credit card gizmo from the Company. So you’re not entirely ‘naked’. Think of it as an emergency breechcloth.” He smiled.
“I’d like a larger model if you don’t mind. It’s chilly out here.” I joshed.
After Agents Rack and Ruin stripped me metaphorically naked as they de-weaponized me, they handed me a Business Class ticket to Tokyo, and a pass to the Japan Airlines Hospitality Suite and Lounge.
“So sorry you guys can’t hang around and have a few farewell snorts”, I chided, “But you’ve got a bit of a drive, so best be off before the weather turns to shit.”
“Who says we’re driving?” Agent Rack asked as he hooked a thumb over his shoulder at the ready and waiting C-130 cargo plane currently taxiing slowly in our direction.
“Well, in that case”, I smiled even more broadly, “Let’s invite the flight crew to join us. That’ll make the flight home all that much more interesting.”
After near tear-jerking farewell sentimentalities, i.e., “Piss on you”, “Get stuffed” and “Take a fuckin’ hike”; Agents Rack and Ruin, my weapons and the Agency’s plain-Jane Blue Chevy were all nestled snugger than buggers in ruggers in the belly of the thundering C-130.
Now truly on my own, I trudge the hundred thousand or so centisteps to my departure terminal, make a quick recon that my flight’s still slated to go in a generally westward direction, and hightail it to the nearest courtesy desk to ask for a motorized cart to take me and my remaining luggage to the JAL Hospitality Suite.
Hey. I’m old, infirm, and currently among the walking wounded.
Anyone that disagrees risks an Ankylosaur tail club swat or Thagomizer to the skull.
Finally ensconced in the JAL Hospitality Suite, Polo Lounge of course; I was drinking Tokyo Teas (3 oz. vodka, 2 oz. gin, 2 oz. rum, 1 oz. triple sec, 1 oz. Midori, good splash of lime juice, a slight splash of 7-Up (diet, of course), over ice with a lime wheel) with Pabst Blue Ribbon Extra 1844 chasers and Hangar One’s “Fog Point” vodka on the side, hiding from the brutish realities of this foul year of two thousand and twenty-something, Common Era…
I’ve already called Esme and we’ve had a good, long chat. She still managed to give me her shopping list for whenever I find myself bored on the Ginza.
She’ll be shocked when she learns that I’m not going to be in Tokyo long, but have 1st class tickets on the Bullet Train to Sapporo. Still, I’ll probably find myself in Pole Town or the Stellar Place there, trading piles of US greenbacks for locally produced Japanese curios and clothing.
I can hardly wait.
I order another round of drinks, as the wonderful attendants in the Hospitality Suite were bored out of their skulls because of the COVID-induced drop-in customers flying anywhere that requires a hospitality room stay, and I was virtually the only one around. They tried their level best to outdo each other when it comes to Japanese efficiency and friendliness.
After a couple of hours, they ask if I would like something from the grill, as the day chef had “the COVID” and the night chef just arrived. A quick perusal of the menu and I chose a 28-ounce dry-aged Porterhouse and another round of drinks.
I usually don’t like to eat too much before I fly, but JAL tells me the flight is going to be virtually empty, something like <121 pax, all told, so restroom availability shouldn’t be too much of a concern.
Plus, who am I to say no to a free, blue 28-ounce dry-aged Porterhouse?
There was a bit of difficulty conveying to the chef through the intermediaries of the hospitality just how I wanted my steak.
“Blue,” I said.
“Brue?” was the reply.
“Rare. Very, very rare.” I continued.
Look of total bewilderment.
I drag out my Personal Language Pro, speak “Steak, very, very rate” into the infernal gizmo, and hand the contraption to the attendant.
“珍しい、非常に珍しいステーキ?”[ Mezurashī, hijō ni mezurashī sutēki?]
“Raw! Nama!” I say, louder than need be.
They toddle off to find the chef.
“How is it sir, that you would like your steak cooked?” he asks.
“Very rare. Just a minute or two per side. Inside still cold.” I instructed.
All I got for the trouble was a puzzled smile.
“Give me the language gizmo…” I type in a few words…
“お尻を洗い、角をノックオフして、ここから出してください”
[O shiri o arai,-kaku o nokkuofu shite, koko kara dashite kudasai.]
“Wash its ass, knock its horns off, and walk it out here.”
“OH!” as the lightbulb pops. “Rare. Got it! Excellent!” the chef laughs and zips back to the kitchen.
Like I always say, I’m nothing if not the international ambassador of amity and goodwill.
“Crack tubes!”
Dinner was fantastic. I do wish I could have somehow mailed the Porterhouse bone back home for Khan. After that hambone incident, he might even taste it.
Finally on the plane, in an almost empty Business Class, the flight captain informs us that we’re headed to Haneda Airport Tokyo and anyone not headed in that direction better ‘haul ass off’ the flight or forever hold their peace.
Late-night international flights tend to be a bit more wooly than your average Chicago to Omaha gig.
Especially when the flight’s damn near empty and we have the next 12 hours or so to be best friends.
We taxi, turn and head into the wind. I’m doctoring up a couple of dossiers and keeping my personal cabin attendant, Luna since there were two of us in Business and two business flight attendants, busy with her trying to play ‘Stump the Geologist’.
“I’ll bet you never had this before.” She beamed and handed me a tumbler of very dangerous-looking brown liquor.
I cautiously sniff, take a modest gulp, swirl and glug the rest down.
“Ohishi Single Sherry Cask”, I say with a muffled belch. “Light. Fruity. An Englishman’s drink.”
“Oh. You knew. Let me try again.” She smiles beatifically.
“I have no objections to your proposal.” I smile as nicely as this crotchety old Komodo Dragon could.
She returns with another flagon of spirits; it smells of obsidian, leather, and earth.
I just had some of this back in LAX. I take a snort, smile, and shotgun the rest.
“Hibiki Japanese Harmony…lovely stuff.” I smile. “A little light for my jaded palate, but I’d never turn it down if it were free.”
“Oh, you win again. Wait. One more.” She smiles and skitters off to the galley.
She returns with another soupçon of some more dangerous brown liquor.
“Here, try this. It will make you very popular at social gatherings”. She smiles.
Sniff. “Splendid.” Snort. Swirl. Smile. Shotgun.
“Kanosuke New Born, if I’m not mistaken.” I smile back. “Very nice. I really do like this one.”
“You too good at this. One more!” she stands and stomps off defiantly. She returns in a trice and hands me the glass.
“Hmm…brown. Light notes of earth, leather, dating your daughter, and Kentucky…
“Beam Suntory, right?”
“You know them all!” she says, feigning irritation.
“And I thank you. Those were all excellent. Now, anything in the dangerous clear liquor category? I asked.
Luna smiled as I palmed off a 20k yen tip.
“Oh, no sir. Wait until we land.” She demurred, referring to the gratuity; which is know is not de rigueur in the Orient, but she didn’t seem to mind.
“Just in case we never make it to Tokyo”, I laughed, unknowingly presciently.
We both chuckled about that last line as she tried out various sakes and shōchūs and an actual Japanese ‘White Liquor’ (ホワイトリカー), which were all excellent as was the company.
I tell her that I need to get some work done and could she bring me a tall Rocknocker. After explain the origins and construction of the eponymous drink, she brings me one that must tip the scales at 1 or so liters.
She settles down to an empty seat and I get after the work that I need to finish before we land. I’m about ½ way through my drink when it felt as if the plane hit a brick wall. She quivered and quaked and clutched at herself while I made some comments about the pilot’s mental health.
We dropped like a paralyzed falcon, then just as suddenly, felt like it was an express elevator to Angel’s 11. The plane bucked and shimmied, wickedly. Then we slam-danced right and fell a few more stories. It was like we were in a Mixmaster and the owner was trying out every speed.
The emergency lights in the 777-300ER popped on, and the fasten seat belt sign barked loudly so even sleeping travelers could enjoy the show.
Rinse. Spin. Shudder. Repeat.
Finally, the ride smooths out and we hear the captain on the blower.
“This is your captain speaking…ah, we seem to have hit some uncharted turbulence back there.”
“Thanks, Captain Obvious”, I muttered.
“Everything’s A-OK. “ he reports.
“That’s good”, I note.
“But…”
“There’s always the but…” I groan.
“…we have a couple of warning lights for which we can’t quite account. So to just be safe and certain, we’re going to divert to Hawaii, get a clean bill of health and resume this flight once we make sure everything here is hunky-dory.”
There were scattered groans and applause. Add them together and divide by two and the average response on the flight was “Meh. Whatever.”
Except for the other guy in Business, with whom I hadn’t shared two words. He began to absolutely lose his shit.
“Oh, man! We’re so screwed! Mechanical malfunction? What does that mean?” he positively fizzed with fear.
The flight attendants tried to calm him down, to no avail. They basically gave up and said they’d report his misgivings to the Captain.
I motioned over to my personal flight attendant, Luna, and asked if I could be of service.
“Oh, Doctor Rock”, she smiled at me, “If you could speak with him. You are so calm, and he is…”
“Losing his bloody mind”, I chuckled as I finished her sentence for her. “Of course, I’ll take a stab at it.”
So, I grab my drink and ease over to my Business Class partner and introduce myself.
“Hey, pal. How’s it going? I’m Dr. Rock, gentleman, scholar, and connoisseur of cigars and things alcoholic. You doing OK?”
He looks at me with an ashen face and his eyes the size of bloodshot dinner plates.
“Yeah. I’m Todd Schotts. I’m flying to Japan for business.” He mumbles
“No surprise there,” I reply calmly and take a slug of my drink.
“But now we’re all going to die. The plane is busted and we’ll crash…” he started off again.
“So, Todd is it? Good. You drink?” I asked.
“Yeah?”, he stammered back.
I asked Luna to make us a fresh batch of my eponymous cocktails.
“OK, Todd, listen up”, I began after the drinks were served, “I have flown literally millions of miles over the last 4 decades. On Aeroflot when it was still the USSR. On TACA (Take A Chance Airways), on Chalk’s in the Caribbean, on Bob’s Verrifast Plane Company in Rhodesia, on regional carriers that don’t even exist anymore. All over the world. Had some bad experiences flying, and me ol’ mugger, this ain’t one of them. This is nothing more than the glitch for this mission.”
I chuckled lightly and complimented Luna on a fantastic drink.
“Yeah…yeah…yeah…but we have to land and check out some lights…” Todd squealed.
“Well now, Todd. It would be rather difficult to do any external assessment while in flight, don’t you agree?” I asked.
“But we’re diverting. We have to land and that adds more risk. We’re going to crash and die!” he was coming more and more unglued.
“I will bet you every cent you have on your person and home bank accounts that that will not happen”, I chuckled.
That took him by surprise. At least it shut him up for a while.
“Look, Todd. This is Boeing’s latest model. They have the most incredible safety record. And if a little clear air turbulence were to be knocking planes out of the sky, don’t you think we’d hear about it as the press went berserk?” I asked.
“But they don’t know what the lights mean! What if one of the engines’s out? How far can we fly on one engine?” Todd stuttered.
Having my fill of a supposedly grown man with inane childlike fears, I calmly replied,
“All the way to the crash site.”
He went white.
“...hope we hit something hard. I don’t want to limp away from this.”
He went limp.
Then I went to my seat and motioned for Luna to prepare a reload.
Of course, 45 minutes later, we land without incident at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, Honolulu Hawaii.
We were told to just wait around until they figure out what the problem if any, was.
They had officials waiting at the end of the jetway to check our COVID status and passports before they let us loose in the terminal.
I asked Luna if she knew this airport. She noted that she did.
“Is there a JAL hospitality room here at this airport? I asked.
“Yes, Doctor. It’s the Sakura Lounge. It is located on the third level above The Local, Terminal 2.” She replied.
“Please notify whoever needs to know that that’s where I’ll be for the duration”, I smiled and handed her my business card. “See you soon, I hope.”
“Oh, Dr. Rock”, she replied, “I am sure it is nothing much. We’ll be back in the air within mere hours.”
“Well then”, I smiled, “Guess I’d better get ready to hoof it to the lounge.”
“Oh, Doctor Rock”, she smiled, “No rush. I will call for you a courtesy cart. You are injured, you are Business, you are priority.”
“I love that Asian efficiency.” I smiled back and toddled down the jetway.
At the terminus of the jetway, I show my COVID-clear papers, dates and times of my Anti-Virus vaccine administrations, the letter from Virginia clearing me of all detention, and my red Russian diplomatic passport.
While in the cart, whizzing our way to the JAL lounge, the driver said “Man! You must be some kind of VIP. You were through that welcoming committee in less than two minutes!”
“Me? Nah!”, I chuckled, “Just an old phart of a geologist that they didn’t want to mess with. Not on such a bright, sunny day as this.”
“I see you’re not wearing a mask.” The driver quipped.
“Very observant. There are reasons for that.” I replied.
He careens around a corner and if this were a normal pre-Covid day, I’m certain we’d have killed hundreds. However, the airport, as I’ve come to grow accustomed to, was virtually deserted.
“Yeah? Like what?” he asks.
“Well, Scooter, 1. I have an active and hardworking immune system that I let off the chain every once in a while for exercise. Got to let it know what it’s up against, right? 2. I’ve had all my shots and some that were experimental. They seem to have worked. And 3. I find it difficult to drink and smoke cigars while wearing a mask. However, if you’d prefer, I will mask up. No problem, though it still is optional.”
“Nah, man”, he said, “I was just wondering if you were one of those religious idiots or conspiracy nuts.”
Nope”, I smiled back, “Just another geologist out in the world plying his trade for cash. Y’know, whorin’ around for money.”
He laughs aloud as we skid to a stop right in front of Lounge.
I slip the guy a $20 and ask if he’d listen for the JAL flight I was just on. If we’re going on ahead today, I’d need him to scoot by and putt-putt me back to the plane.
He laughs and pockets the $20 as quick as a mink ruts.
“No worries. I’ll just hang around this area. I hear anything about the flight, I’ll come and let you know.” He grins.
“Good man”, I say, as I hand him my card. “I’m Dr. Rocknocker. Call me Rock”.
“And I’m Kapula Mano, call me Kap” he replies.
“Good man”, I say again, “Hope to see you in a while.”
He grins, floors his electric cart, and peels out at speeds approaching 4.5 MPH.
I wander into the lounge, show my credentials, and am escorted to a post up on Mahogany Ridge.
The bar is very quiet. Besides the bartender, I can’t see anyone else in the darkened and Smooth Jazz-infused drinking emporium.
I order a local drink, a Mai Tai, just for the experience and something a bit different.
It’s served in a goldfish bowl on a stem, bedecked with a slice of lime, a sprig of mint, a stick of sugar cane, a polychromatic orchid, and the obligate paper umbrella.
“Ah. Mai Tai. I will enjoy it.” I said to no one in particular.
One was enough, and I decided to go back to the old standard. Once I explained to the bartender what that was, he made them heroic and enthusiastically.
I’m reading up on a random dossier, making notes in a new file, and puffing away on a Fuentes Onyx double Maduro Churchill cigar.
I hear a slight cough coming from my right, and this here lovely lady, she sat to my immediate starboard and looked at me semi-quizzically.
Not in the mood for shenanigans of any stripe, I give her the obligate Baja Canada nod and tilt of the drink. I return to my dossiers and continue to read and take notes.
“Excuse me!” I hear.
Fearing the worst, either the woman is Karen-oid anti-smoking or a religious fruit-and-nutburger, I slowly turn to face her and reply, somewhat glacially, I have to admit.
“What?”
“That cigar…”
“Here we go…” I mutter, eyes rolling northward.
“Smells exquisite. Could you tell me the brand? My husband would enjoy some like that.” She notes.
Instantly my demeanor switches 180^0.
“Yes, ma’am. It’s an Arturo Fuentes Onyx. Churchill size, or 60 ring x 7” length, double Maduro. Here, take one for your husband. I have an ample supply.” I smile.
“Oh, no. I couldn’t. Could I?” she asks.
“Please. I insist.” I smile the best I could given the circumstances.
“Thank you. You’re too kind…umm…Mr….?”
“Doctor. Doctor Rocknocker. World traveler, oilman, and international ambassador of amity, good drinks, and fine cigars. Call me Rock” I said.
“Oh! A Doctor?” she brightens.
“Yes, of Petroleum Geology and Engineering. Not medicine.” I chuckle.
She chuckles back.
“And I am Hella Aaberg”, as she offers her hand for a quick shake.
“Interesting name, Hella. Scandinavian or Old German heritage?” I ask.
“On my father’s side. He’s Finnish.” She replies.
“But I’ll wager your mother is not Scandinavian, correct?” I ask.
“She was from Truk, an island…”
“In the South Pacific, Micronesia. Was she from Weno city?” I asked.
“Why yes. How could you possibly know that?” she asked.
“Oh, I’ve been there. Great diving amongst the WWII wrecks. I think it’s actually called ‘Chuuk Lagoon’ or something like that now.” I said.
“That’s right! Amazing. Where else have you been?” she asked.
“Anywhere there’s oil, strife, booze, cigars, heavy explosives and typically long distances from whatever most normal people call civilization,” I replied with a chuckle.
Suddenly, I hear a voice booming out behind me.
“Why don’t you save that rapier-like wit for those musky-fuckers back home, Rocko?”
My expression changes. My eyes pop fully wide open.
“Hella?” I asked.
“Yes?”
“May I ask you a favor?”
“You can ask…”
“Thank you. Now, looking over my shoulder, is there a hulking goon of a person, thin up top, paunchy halfway down with the most ridiculously tiny sized shoes you’ve ever seen for a so-called grown man?” I ask.
“Yes. Yes, there is.” She replies.
“I thought so. Many thanks.”
I spin and launch off my barstool and grab Toivo by the hand. He hadn’t seen my left-hand Thagomizer yet.
“Toivo! You old sumbitch. What the flying fennec fox fuck are you, of all people, doing in Hawaii?” I laughed.
“Just keeping an eye on you, Rock!” he laughed equally as loud.
“No, fucking-A, seriously. What the actual fuck? What are you doing in this actual nice place?” I asked.
“Just headed to Tokyo to conduct a bit of service company business. I walked into the lounge and smelled a foul cigar. I figured it can’t be the venerable Dr. Rocknocker. He’s back at some school up north terrorizing geology and engineering grads and undergrads.” Toivo laughed.
“But there I was. Surprise!”, I laughed and pumped his hand.
“What the fuck, Rock. Now what did you do?” he asks, referring to my Ankylosaur tail club left hand.
“Ah, fuck. Long story. Oh, pardon me. Toivo, this is Hella. We were just talking about the South Seas Islands.” I said.
“Planning on running off together?” Toivo laughs, to the amusement of neither party.
“Oh, and this idiot is Toivo, a man with a congenital foot-in-mouth disorder. He’s mostly harmless.” I noted to Hella.
Greetings were shared all around. Hella made some small excuses and said she needed to depart. I gave her another cigar for her husband, shook her hand, and wished her well.
“Here’s my business card. If your husband has any questions, have him drop me a line.” I noted.
Hella smiled beautifully. She said she would. Then she thanked me shook our hands, and like that, there she was, gone.
“Well Toivo, you old bastard. Don't just stand there in the doorway like some lonesome goddamn mouse shit sheepherder, get your ass over here and have a drink.” I motioned over to my perch on Mahogany Ridge.
“Don’t mind if I do”, he says as he deftly winds his way to a seat to my left, snagging a cigar out of my pocket on the way over.
“You might want these”, I say in an exasperated tone, and hand him my gold Dunhill Hobnail lighter and V-cutter gizmo.
He cuts and fires up his heater.
“What you drinkin’, Rock”, he asks.
“Anything with alcohol, as usual. You know that Toiv.” I reply.
“No. I mean right now.” He clarifies.
“Well, I had a Mai Tai. Very nice if you like fruity, flowery drinks. It’s the locals’ favorite.” I reply.
“Sounds good. I’ll have several. And you?” Toivo asks.
“My usual. The bartender is already apprised of the situation.” I reply.
Toivo smiles the smile of one knowing his sobriety is going to be taken out for a swim. Hell, taken out and tossed into the deep end.
Toivo and I sit there, swapping lies, smoking cigars and sipping at our toddies.
Hell, Toivo was slurping them like a sump-pump during an extra-wet summer.
We chattered about family, work, whether or not Tokyo was going to host the Olympics or if the COVID-boogie man scared everyone off.
Toivo, always one afflicted with TB (“Tiny Bladder”) got up to go to the loo for the third time that hour. He left his pocket organizer on the bar and I swear on a stack of Origins of Species, I didn’t touch it.
I reached over to his vacated seat to retrieve my cigar lighter when I looked down and saw in his organizer a tab that reads “Rack & Ruin”.
“Oh. No. Fucking. Way.” I recoiled as I’d just reached out and petted a 6-foot hungover scorpion.
“One of my best friends? Secretly allied with the Agency? No. Not possible.” I drained my drink and called for another.
“No. No. No. It can’t be. No. No fucking way…” as doubt began to dissolve when I thought back to all those times I had just ‘run into’ Toivo.
“But he’s oil patch as well. That could be chalked up to coincidence.” I ruminated quizzically in my brain.
I quickly reflected back on J.M. Darhower: “Yes, you see, there’s no such thing as coincidence. There are no accidents in life. Everything that happens is the result of a calculated move that leads us to where we are.”
She may be the author of the execrable New Adult Sempre series, which Esme likes and I loathe, but she might just be right on this occasion.
Toivo return, lighter in the bladder and good sense. He never even noticed he’d left his organizer out in broad bar light for all to see.
“So, Toivo, when’s your flight?” I ask.
“Oh, man. Was I lucky. The JAL flight to Tokyo from Los Angeles had mechanical trouble and had to divert here. I got a ticket on the plane for that flight, when it continues.
“You mean ‘if it continues’,” I replied.
“Yeah. Yeah. That’s what I meant. Hey! Was that your flight?” he asks innocently. He’s really innocent of fieldcraft.
I decide to have some fun at my old friend’s expense.
“Yep. Hit some CAT (Clear Air Turbulence) and the JAL pilots reported some lighting problem. No apparent ruin to any of the systems. They relay racked their brains to figure it out, but they couldn’t that’s why I here.” I said, waiting for the words to swim upstream in Toivo’s coconut and make some sort of connection.
“Yeah. Double lucky. No problem with the plane and I get to go to Japan early.” Toivo crookedly grins.
“So, no trouble with the plane? Then why haven’t I heard that the flight’s going to resume?” I asked as I pushed a fresh, seriously strong drink to Toivo.
“Oh, must have heard it in the john.” Toivo countered and tried to cover his tracks by taking a huge gulp of his drink and damn near dying coughing.
I pound on Toivo’s back.
“Heimlich time?” I ask.
Toivo signals ‘no’.
“Jesus Christ, Rock. What was that?” he asks.
“Just my usual”, I innocently replied.
“Holy fuck. No wonder you have the reputation of…” Toivo realizes too late that he’s said too much.
“Yeah. They can rack you out. Really ruin a person if they’re not careful.” I reply icily.
“Why, Rock. Whatever do you mean?” Toivo slurred as he realized he’s been caught out.
“The jig is up, you turncoat. You know Agents Rack and Ruin from the agency. Right? You keeping tabs on me for them? You Quisling! You Benedict Arnold!” I almost was on the verge of losing my cool.
“It was nothing. They approached me years ago as I kept being mentioned in your reports. They asked me for some information. One thing leads to another…” Toivo was ready for an Ankylosaur tail club swat to the bean.
“Oh, put your fucking hands down, you asshole.” I smiled and chuckled.
“You’re not mad?” Toivo slurred badly. I had the bartender make him another special drink.
“No, Toivo. Not mad. Just disappointed.” I said, smiling like a Komodo Dragon just finishing up a fortnight-old wildebeest.
Toivo sat there and puzzled and puzzled until his puzzler was sore.
“You’re not going to kill me or anything rude like that?” Toivo asked, half-assedly trying to inject humor into the proceedings.
“Nah. The paperwork’s too ridiculous for me to do another liberation. But, Jesus Fucking Christwagons, Toivo; you could have mentioned it to me. Fuck, I thought we were friends to the end?” I said, dejectedly.
I was really getting through to Toivo. I could tell he was loaded; feeling like shit and massively deplorable.
Great fieldcraft, indeed.
I told him things “are what they are” and that I won’t blow his cover nor his honorarium.
He began to feel better. I often wonder if he was serious about the sanctioning thing.
Then I delivered the strategic missile strike.
“Just remember, Toivo. I wrote your dossier for the Company…”
He swivels to look at me.
“And one for the KGB. Olga says ‘howdy’.” I grin evilly.
Toivo short-circuited at that. Russia is his company’s bread and butter. Now he has the KGB as well as his best buddy looking over his shoulder at every move.
I bought him a few more drinks and continued to needle him about his ’leading a double life’. He was well and truly fuckered when the electric tap-tap driver from before came looking for me to whisk me back to the plane.
Seems it was simply some knocked-out wires on the plane, or slammed bulbs that were generating a false positive, indicating something other than the system that alerts one to something haywire went haywire.
Toivo was pretty much down for the count. I got him sober enough to hand them his ticket and ensure that he was really supposed to be on this flight. Thing was; h e was in Economy, and I was, as always, in Business.
I spoke to Luna, and the plane was going to be even less crowded than previously because some folks could or wouldn’t wait, or didn’t want to go on with the rest of the trip on a ‘damaged’ aircraft, or were just stupid and superstitious.
“Luna, could I pay for the difference between Business and Economy for my less than 100% conscious friend here? He’s had a rough day.” I asked.
“Dr. Rock. Just put him into Business. No one will be the wiser. Luna says so.” As she gave us a grand smile.
“Luna, I owe you. Thanks so much.” I said.
“Now get on board. Your friend looks like he needs all the downtime he can get.”
“Yes, ma’am!” I said and saluted here be best I could which dragging a schnozzled Toivo down the jetway.
I dumped Toivo in a window seat well away from my seat. I know Toivo. He snores like a semi-load of live hogs rocketing downhill locking up the brakes at 88 MPH.
Surprise! There was no one else in Business. Luna looked at me, at Toivo, and gave me a thumbs up.
Whatever I can write to further her career at JAL, she’ll have it before I deplane.
We finally get everyone settled, and with Captain Kangaroo at the helm, we bounced gracelessly off the tarmac, into the warm, tropical Hawaiian air, finally headed for the Land of the Rising Sun.
Toivo was snoring like a chainsaw hitting rusty nails as I worked on the various letters, communiques, and dossiers which needed updating before we reached touchdown. I gave Luna a thick letter with instructions not to open it until we were on the ground and Toivo and I were well off and away into the terminal.
We left Hawaii at 1300 hours, so we should arrive at Tokyo Nareda around 4:00 pm, the previous day. I was so bereft of time and time zones, I couldn’t figure out what time it really was, as judged by my biometric rhythms, so I asked Luna for a stiff drink as I was kicking off my boots and going to attempt to get some kip.
She brought me another liter or so eponymous drink. I was sawing logs by the time I slurped the last swig of that nifty drink.
Suddenly, or later, I have no idea really, some loudmouth drunk asshole from way-the-fuck-back in economy-land toward the ass end of the plane staggered into Business demanding free drinks.
Luna was nothing but civil, and asked him to both shut up and return to his seat. His air cabin hostess, or whatever the fuck they’re calling them these days, will attend to his needs.
“Naw they won’t! They want me to pay for more drinks! I’m broke but I demand more booze! You fucking owe me.” railed the asshole. “I sat at the bar in Hawaii for four hours. Them fuckers charged me an arm and a leg!”
“No, they don’t owe you shit”, I said in a voice that unmistakably loud and clear.
“Fuck you, old man! You stay the fuck out of this!” he bellowed. “Shut up or I’ll do ya’!”
“’Old man’? ‘Do me’? Excuse me. Luna, may I have a word alone with this individual?” I asked sweetly.
Luna shook her head in the affirmative, and I stood up to confront this flagrant asshole.
“Now look, Scooter. You have gone way, way over the fucking line. You are loud. You are abusive. You are obnoxious. And you stink. Plus you insulted a person who is just barely containing his righteous wrath right now. So, I’m giving you one and one only chance to shut up, sit back down before your body spontaneously develops all sort of bruises, contusions, broken bones, and unconsciousness.” I said calmly, evenly, and threateningly.
“What da’ fuck you think you’re going to do…old man?” he screeched, trying to inflate himself into full mammalian threat posture, all 5’ 9” of it.
He didn’t notice Toivo walking up quietly behind him, as Toivo was returning from the head, quiet as a moose.
“Well, Scooter, I am an Air Marshall. Duly appointed, fully trained, and properly pissed off. Right now, I can arrest you, physically detain you, turn this flight around and take you to the Hawaiian police, at your cost for the inconvenience of the entire flight. Or I could arrest you, physically detain you, and turn you over to the Japanese authorities when we land. It’s really your choice. Choose wisely.”
To be continued…⇝

Here are some excerpts from an interesting interview with magician Steve Brooks. Steve has a lot of valuable insights about magic to share, based on his own experience and involvement in this performing art. He's even in the process of writing a couple of books about magic theory, which is in itself a testimony to his ability to be a creative thinker.
When did you first get interested in magic, and what got you started?
I’ve been studying and performing magic since I was about nine years old or so. I saw a magician on television doing something and asked my mother, "How did he do that?" She said, "He’s a magician. I don’t know." That kind of piqued my interest.
When I was maybe nine or ten, my grandmother took me to see Harry Blackstone Jr., to see a show somewhere in Los Angeles. And Harry did all the stuff he was doing, like the big Buzz Saw Illusion and the Floating Light Bulb, and birds, and more. All this was more than a little nine or ten year old could take at the time, and I just had to know how this stuff works. I wasn’t content thinking, "Well, he’s a magician and it’s secret and you can’t know."
So when the show was over I broke away from my grandmother’s hand in the crowd and decided I would go back stage so I could see how this stuff worked - because if he could do it, maybe so could I. So I crawled under the curtain and got backstage and I was touching and checking out the Buzz Saw Illusion. And I hear this really deep voice, "Can I help you young man?" And I turned around, and it was Harry Blackstone Jr. - who stood like a mountain to a little boy! I was totally scared, because I knew I wasn’t supposed to be back there.
And he kind of knelt down on one knee and he pulled a little red ball (in hindsight I’m sure it was a billiard ball). He just threw it up in the air and it vanished, and he said, "When you can do that, come back and see me and I’ll show you how to do the good stuff." Then he took me by my hand and helped me find my grandmother.
How did you continue to learn magic after first meeting Harry Blackstone Jr?
After I first saw Harry Blackstone in person, a couple of years later or so, I saw a magician on television, Marshall Brodien who was selling his TV magic cards and TV miracle cards and TV mystery cards. And I saved up my pennies and I went to my local Thrifty drug store and I purchased those.
When you got those decks, inside with the instructions would be a little folded catalog, and you could buy more magic tricks by mail. Back then, I didn’t know there was such a thing as a magic shop. So I started ordering tricks, e.g. Fun Incorporated items under the Royal Magic brand. You know, classics like the Ball and Vase, Drawer Box, Crazy Cube, Pentro Penny, etc. As the years went by, I would continue to save up my money and buy even more magic tricks, books, etc.
I also had a neighbor who was in the Boy Scouts and I would borrow his Boys Life magazines and look in the back and they’d have all these ads for magic shops. So I’d send off my quarters or dimes off and get all their catalogs, and look through all the amazing things I might get. So I grew up doing magic.
Did you ever meet Harry Blackstone Jr again?
Around 40 years later, probably in the early 2000s or the late 1990s. Harry Blackstone was doing a show here in Northern California, and I saw him do his show at Chico State University. After the show he and Gay Blackstone came out, selling little magic sets for kids. I was prepared this time, because I had brought a billiard ball and I told Harry the story. I threw the ball up in the air and vanished it, and he started crying. It was a very emotional moment. He had tears coming down his eyes and he says, "I’ll be right back." And he disappears.
He comes back and he brought me a bunch of stuff, including this huge photograph which I still have. I said, "Because you were kind to a little boy who was someplace he shouldn’t have been, that turned out to be pretty much what I’ve done all my life." So it kind of came full circle, I guess.
What should be the goal of a performing magician?
What we’re really here for as magicians is to create that wonder, so that people can say: "For five minutes I can forget about my pain. Maybe I’m losing my house, or my daughter’s pregnant, or I’m going through a divorce, or my father just passed away. But for five lousy minutes, I don’t have to think about that stuff." For a short time I don’t have to think about all the drama and all the craziness. Right now with the coronavirus and everybody panicking and dying, people need laughter, entertainment, and magicians. They need something positive in their lives.
And this is why if you go back and look at the late 1920s and 30s and 40s when you had the Depression and Prohibition and a war going on, Vaudeville was so popular. This is why we needed the Marx brothers and Abbott and Costello and Laurel and Hardy, and we needed the Slapstick and we made fun of things. Back when folks understood what humor was – you know, a joke? A story with a humorous climax. Back before everyone became afraid they might offend someone.
Magicians take you away from pain and make up something wonderful. This is something that we need to keep in mind. Why are you doing magic? Are you trying to impress yourself or are you doing it for your audience? And are they just spectators or are they participants in the moment?
I remember a conversation with Eugene Burger, and I asked him, "Eugene, when you go to perform, whether it’s for one person, two people, a room full or a whole auditorium, whether it’s magicians or it’s lay people, what is your number one goal?" And he looked at me without blinking an eye and said, "To fool them." And I said, "Really?" And he looked at me and said, "Why, what is it you do?" And I said, "To entertain them." If I fool them, that’s great. That’s icing on the cake. But honestly, I’ll take a pie in the face if it makes somebody laugh, if it makes them giggle, if it makes them just have fun.
How should this impact how we approach our audience when performing magic?
I’m actually writing a couple books on magic theory. We need to look at whatever we do - and especially magic - and concentrate on making them have fun.
If your audience likes you, they’re going to stop being confrontational. Every magician I know, at some point during their career or in doing magic, has had this experience: The audience has folded arms and is rolling their eyes backward, saying, "Okay, Mr. Magic Man, fool me, do your trick." You have to turn that moment around because you can’t sit there and fight your audience. And as long as they are there to fight you and confront you, there’s a problem.
We all build this little wall around us, and we don’t allow people into our personal space. In order to connect with your audience, you can’t bust through their wall. Instead you have to let them open the door for you. And once they open the door and allow you into that personal space, now you have an opportunity. Now you can tell a stupid joke and they’re still going to laugh because they like you. And if they like you, they’re having fun and they’re enjoying the moment rather than trying to deconstruct the moment.
This is all about how we approach them. I don’t think you have to be the greatest magician in the world to have your audience walk away thinking "That person was awesome!" If they had a good time and they enjoyed themselves, they’ll remember you.
How important is sleight of hand compared with entertaining?
I know guys that are some of the best "mechanics", you might call them, with cards and such in the world. But some of those guys couldn’t entertain themselves out of a wet paper sack. They can do all these great moves, but when they get in front of an audience, they freeze, or they’re boring. You’d rather watch grass grow than to watch them perform.
For example, if you’re in front of some people and you throw a ball up in the air and it vanishes, they don’t know how you did it. And whether you did it by fantastic misdirection and sleight of hand or whether you use some gizmo is irrelevant to them because all the audience saw was the ball vanish. And that’s what’s important, that moment: the ball vanished.
You have a couple of different schools of thought on this. Some magicians say, "If it’s not done with sleight of hand, then you’re not really a magician." Others say, "If you can use a gaff card and make the trick work, that’s what I’m going to do." It’s like comparing Vernon and Larry Jennings, and how they would sit together at the Magic Castle and somebody would come up with a problem to solve. There are different ways of achieving something, and which one you choose doesn’t matter. So find the things that work for you. Not everybody has great dexterity. That’s okay.
Is it essential to be a good performer in order to be involved in magic?
Not everybody in magic needs to be a performer. There can be people that just collect props, or they collect posters, or books or whatever they collect. Or they are historians.
Just because you don’t go out and perform for audiences doesn’t mean anything. You still can be in magic. You can still hang out with your magic buddies. You can still enjoy everything that is magic. You don’t have to necessarily be a professional magician.
How important is hard work in order to be successful in magic?
There are seminars about how to get rid of a bad habit, or how to create a good habit. Let’s say I want to create a habit like getting more work done in my office. I’m going to condition myself to go to work one hour earlier every day so that I can get more work done. If you do that, after about a month or so, you’ll just keep going in an hour earlier.
Or if you want to spend time writing a book, but your life is a mess. You start off by saying, "I’m going to start at least once a week, on Tuesdays. Every Tuesday I’m going to devote two hours to writing my book." At first it will be tough. You may not even make it every Tuesday. But if you keep doing it, after a couple of months, you will do it and you might even spend more than two hours. In fact, it’ll get to the point where you don’t feel right unless you do sit down and write something on your book.
You can apply that to magic. I want to learn a new trick but it’s really hard, and it’s got a lot of difficult moves. So you start practicing and you put yourself in a habit of practicing.
What can we learn about hard work from performers who have been successful in magic?
People that make it in business, or people who make it in magic - whether it’s Penn and Teller, David Copperfield, Siegfried and Roy, David Blaine, Criss Angel, Mac King, any of them - they didn’t get there because they didn’t work at it.
Somebody could say, "Well, they got lucky." Did they now? Maybe the harder the work you do, the luckier you might get, and you place yourself into situations to have the opportunity to be lucky and meet somebody. But you don’t do it by sitting playing video games on Xbox or reading BS on Facebook You do it by actually going out, and because you give something else up.
So you say: "So I want to be the next Criss Angel." So what are you willing to give up? What does Criss give up? I’ll tell you what he gives up. For years he gave up hanging out with all his buddies. He gave up chasing girls everywhere, and going to the parties. He gave up tons of stuff. Why? Because he was too busy trying to be successful.
You need to ask yourself: "How am I going to learn this? How am I going to get into this position? How am I going to meet the right people that will open doors for me to get over here?" I’m not going to do it sitting at home. So you take chances. You invest money that you might lose. You invest time that you may not get back and you try things and you fail at them and then you say to yourself, well that was a mistake, so I’m going to do it different next time, but I’m not going to give up.
Does this change once you achieve a successful career in magic?
You can say "Somebody in Vegas that makes $20 million a year has got it made." Really? So are you willing to do what they do? That $20 million contract is also wrapped in golden chains. Because it means I can’t go anywhere. I’ve got to do two shows at night, whether I feel like it or not.
And I have got to go and hang upside down off the stage whether I feel like it or not, and get in that tank of water and do this trick again and again in front of my audience and smile and be happy whether I feel happy or not. Maybe I just got in a fight with my mom or my brother or whatever, but I still have to be there. It’s seven o’clock, and I’ve got to do my show. I’ve got all this money, but I don’t have any time to really enjoy it. Because most of my time is at my showroom or at the casino I work at.
And who are really my friends? The people that just want to hang out with me because I’m famous? Do I have real friends, somebody that I can talk to and they’ll just tell me the truth because they don’t want anything from me?
Why is magic so much harder in real life than when a famous magician does it on TV?
I’ve seen this on the Magic Café. Some person will attempt to do a trick, and say: "I saw David Blaine do this great trick, but I tried to do it, and this homeless guy threw a beer bottle at me."
When somebody like David Blaine or Criss Angel or anybody else is going to do magic on the street, they have a bunch of advantages you don’t have. They’ve got a crew of camera people and grip holders and light people and sound people with them and they walk up and they get to know the guy. They find a guy that is receptive to this. So now we’re going to run the cameras and I’m going to do four or five tricks. And finally we’ll do the trick that we want to show on TV. But by the time we edit the episodes, we don’t have time to show you us getting to know him. We just walk up, do the trick and it’s done. That’s the way it works.
In real life you can’t always do that. It’s tough. You watch videos of how to learn magic and then it looks great on a video. Someone like Michael Ammar or somebody else who knows what he’s doing, and everything just works great. But when you do it, that lady grabbed the deck out of my hand, or that kid ran off with my scotch and soda coins. Yep, that’s the real world.
How important is it to get experience when performing magic?
That’s the thing that’s missing from these videos. It’s not that the videos aren’t good. It’s not that the books are not good. They are good. But they don’t teach you the experience.
Say somebody wants to be a doctor. So they go to medical school for eight or nine or 10 years or whatever, and they come out and they know all the technical stuff. They know all about chemistry and how the body works and what these tools do. But when they start working with real people things don’t always happen the way the book says it might happen. So experience, experience.
I worked restaurants for years, and behind bars alongside bartenders. Some of the toughest magic to do is working beyond a bar because why? Because you’ve got alcohol involved. Alcohol plus humans often equals disaster. People will do things when they’re drunk that they wouldn’t do otherwise. And they’re not paying attention all the time.
So books can get into how to do the moves, and tell you how you might want to dress. But they can’t give you experience. You’re going to have to go up there and fail. You need to fail. You need to get busted a few times. And any magician who says "I’ve never been busted" I say: "bs. Yes, you have. Quit lying. Yes you have."
So learn from that and always be a step ahead of your audience. Always have an out in the back of your mind and say "What happens if this fails on me?" You must be able to adapt. Or do you just say "Oh sorry, it didn’t work." That’s really not a good out. You need to be able to take a bad situation and make it into a good situation.
What has experience taught you about dealing with hecklers?
It teaches you how to deal with a rowdy spectator. For many years it was said that there’s no bad audiences, only bad magicians. I call bs on that. There could absolutely be a bad audience. You could like do a show thousands of times and it’s awesome. But then get an audience and it’s just a train wreck. You can have unruly spectators and people who basically aren’t there to have a good time.
You’ve got to understand another thing about magic: some people don’t like it. It’s a psychological thing. If they’re sitting in a seat watching a magic show, somewhere in the back of their mind, they feel that if they get amazed and fooled by this, they must be an idiot, and everyone’s going to laugh at them. It’s almost as if they think the rest of the theater is too smart for this and they would be the only ones getting fooled by it. So they have to be the heckler, the rowdy guy, or the person who knows everything.
When I was younger and did kids’ shows, I learned a couple of little tricks for dealing with kids. Kids can really be a problem. I would set up all my stuff and stand by the doorway and watch the kids for the first two or three rows. Sure enough, there’d always be some kid who is slugging other kids in the arm and pulling people’s hair. That kid’s going to be my problem, so I’m going to deal with that right now.
So you walk up and say: "What’s your name? Come here." And you take him out in the hall and say "Listen, I’m going to be doing this show and I got a couple of tricks which I’m going to need your help. Can you keep a secret?" And you get the kid involved somehow. You make him feel special. You make him feel wanted because a bully at school is a bully at school because he’s being bullied at home where he feels like he has no power. So give him some power in your show and guess what? He’s not slugging kids in the arm, shouting things at the magician, or grabbing things, because he’s part of the show now. So it’s a pre-emptive strike.
What insights about magic have you gained from your passion for science fiction?
I like things like Star Trek and Star Wars and BattleStar Galactica, Stargate SG-1. You could make a movie and put billions of dollars into it and have the greatest special effects. But if it doesn’t have good characters that you care about, it’s not a good story. A series like the Lord of the Rings by Tolkien is good because it has good characters. Similarly Star Trek has always been good - not because of the cool space ships or the battles – but because of the relationship of the characters, and their ethics and ideas of morality. That’s what creates good stories.
That also applies to magic. Magic is more than just making something appear or disappear and standing up there saying, "See how wonderful I am. Aren’t you impressed?" Good magic is about how you can touch your audience on an emotional level.
That’s why I love close-up magic. Most people have never experienced magic in person. They see it on television and they might be impressed with it, but they’re thinking in the back of their heads, "Those people were in on it", or "It was a camera trick." But when you borrow somebody’s finger ring that their mother gave them as a gift and you do something wonderful with it, there’s this emotional connection because, "Hey, that’s my ring," or "That ring belonged to my grandmother. That’s not a camera trick, that was real. I saw it."
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed hearing from Steve Brooks and reading his insights and observations as much as I did. He certainly has some real wisdom to share. There's a wealth of knowledge we can gain from interacting with fellow hobbyists, whether they be playing card collectors or magicians. So thank you Steve for doing this interview and for sharing your perspectives on magic!
Author's note: I first published this article at PlayingCardDecks here.

The results are in for Match 11. The winner is…
The Graveyard Shift, with a score of 70 to Underground Exodus’s 64!

Category	Winner	Point Totals	Comments
Popularity	The Graveyard Shift	18-12
Quality	The Graveyard Shift	22-20	Reasoning
JoJolity	Underground Exodus	20-22	Reasoning
Conduct	TEAM	10-10

As things settled, it was hard to tell if it was a fight that had occurred or purposeful demolition. In the middle of it all, sitting atop of one of the only remaining operational washers near the back, Byte had helped himself to a bag of SunChips from the destroyed snack machine as he waited for the load of linens to finish it’s final spin. Thanks to a last-second LOAD, he looked just about no worse for wear, standing out like a sore thumb amongst the carnage. He took the few minutes of relative silence to reflect, his gaze passing over his unconscious opponent laying face-down on the damp floor.
“Boy, that escalated quickly.” His token stream-of-consciousness mumbling coming through even with a mouth full of chips, “I guess it really does kill some people to be patient. I wonder how much it’ll be to fix this place? Fira better be damn happy for all this, maybe I should ask for a raise. Are there any sodas layin’ around-”
Just as the Mandible hopped down to his feet to look for a beverage, the front door of the laundromat swung open, causing Byte to duck down out of reaction. He was expecting company, but had hoped to be long gone before they showed. An amazingly tall suit-vested man stands in the door frame with a look of shock and wonder on his face, tattoos of ‘shading’ adorning his shaved head to make it seem oddly angular. He lets out a long whistle as he strolls in, surveying the damage. “Sweet mother of FUCK, what happened in here?!” Byte knew how bad this all looked, knowing he’d need some kind of cover if he had hopes of fooling the Syndicate capo, so without hesitation deftly smashes his own hand with his hammer. The pain was tremendous, but he manages to keep the screams internal as he bolts up from his spot.
“Kilroy! Thank god you’re here!” Byte lied, holding his now broken hand weakly as he puts on an air of hopeless panic. “You shoulda seen this lady! She was flying all over the place, smashing into walls like some kinda monster! Completely tore up the place!”
Kilroy hurried his pace at the sign of a survivor, moving to get in close. “...you’re from that restaurant, right? The one that stiffed the elders? The hell are you doing here?” The tall man nearly trips on the unconscious body of Marlin, only further adding to his confusion.
“Our machine is shot at the restaurant, I came here to clean some stuff.” Byte motions to the active machine with his broken hand, inciting a wince that he exaggerates for effect. “Then that... Monster came in and just started destroying the place! I dunno how she was putting these holes in the walls, it was insane!”
Kilroy stooped over the chain-bound woman’s unconscious form, nudging her head lightly with a finger before shaking his head. He crouches down for a closer look, mumbling under his breath, “Wonder what these chains do…”
Byte’s eyes shoot wide, managing to keep his thoughts internal for a change. When Kilroy dropped into Elephant Bones the other week, he made no hint toward being a stand user himself, even saying that the Syndicate is actively hunting them down. Byte had even successfully SAVEd a copy of the capo to see what he had on him; did he deliberately let Byte do so? Just what the hell is the Syndicate about?
“So you took her down by yourself?” The question snapped Byte out of the parade of questions in his head, meeting Kilroys glance with his own. Suddenly Byte had a very strong feeling that he shouldn’t stick around any longer, and moved to go retrieve his wash which had thankfully just ended.
“Uhh, yeah! I got lucky with a swing of the hammer, caught her as she was spinning around…” Byte’s mind raced for an exit as he pulled the damp linens free, every minute he hung around here was endangering everyone back at the base. ”Listen, did you need me for anything, or can I head back? Fira needs these ASAP and I’m already running behind, she can be a real nightmare when she’s pissed.”
Kilroy laughed, his disposition seeming oddly bright. “I know exactly what you mean, I kinda wanna clear out before the boss gets here myself.” Byte gulped. “Shouldn’t you at least dry those things? Maybe get that hand looked at?”
They both glanced over at the destroyed rows of dryers, to Byte’s relief, not a single one seemed to be in working order. “Nah, we got first aid back at the gym. And I think our dryer still works.” Bundling up the linens back into their garbage bag, Byte heads for the door. “Good luck with all this, and uhh, hope we can see you back at-”
“One more question, if you don’t mind.” Byte froze as he reached the door at Kilroy’s suddenly raised voice, the guy was pretty unstable when he paid them a visit, too. “Did you happen to see the Archbishop during the fight? Big guy in blue robes, probably handing out change.”
Oh god, a witness. Byte shook his head. “He left before she came in. Went that way.” He pointed down the street, still inching out of the building. Kilroy seemed relieved, waving at the Mandible as he returned to surveying the scene.
Byte immediately broke into a speed-walk, heading down the street and away from danger, cursing his luck at rock paper scissors the entire way.
People continue to fight for petty reasons, in this match and the recently-concluded one, but when this goes up, there is still yet a day yet to vote in a match of performers and their supporters spreading a message of love.
Scenario:
Outside The Devil Blue, Waterfront District, 11:46 AM
The past few weeks had been odd for the staff over at the Elephant Bones and Duke’s Gym. Ever since Shelldrake’s encounter against that ice-flinging man over at the Los Fortuna Airport, they’d found themselves in more and more conflicts against other stand users, and had heard about many more taking place in various parts of the city.
The knowledge of these encounters, and the realization that the rest of the staff could very well end up in more of these very soon made a certain sense of unease hang over the restaurant. The utter chaos that surrounded it every day didn’t change, but it peered through in those rare moments of quiet, as much as some of them liked to ignore and forget it.
It was for that reason that Tiger “Glitch” Ricky made her way over to The Devil Blue, despite the high end resort’s “vibes” being as far away from the Elephant Bones’ as possible. The moment London overheard something about a supposed underground doctor working from the confines of the resort and notified the rest of the team, Glitch bolted outside the restaurant and made her way over to it as quickly as possible. As entertaining as it was, the whole “taking Shelldrake to the vet to heal his broken wing” debacle made the team realize the necessity of alternative treatments for stand related injuries.
Glitch knew that the treatment would likely be incredibly expensive and far out of her or her teammates’ paychecks, but keeping it in mind for any emergencies could certainly help in the future, right? And worst case scenario, if she found nothing, at least she’d be able to help herself to some delicious grub!
Then again, she had no idea where to find this supposed clinic.
Glitch leaned down on her cane, summoning Vida Loca and looking at the area around her. She was in the middle of a large plaza, The Devil Blue’s entrance in front of her. Behind her was the ferry station which she’d just arrived from, and to her sides were many stores and restaurants selling a variety of goods. Glitch kept these spots in mind for the near future, thinking about the delicious food they contained and making sure to figure out how to get her hands on some of it.
Truthfully, Glitch didn’t have much of an idea of what the hell she was planning on doing, but that didn’t matter, because she never did. She hopped around the plaza and the surrounding alleyways, keeping an ear out for the rustling of food packages amidst the sea of noises while exploring them, “helping herself to” (stealing) a few packets of chips for herself along the way. After enough skittering around, she made her way through an alleyway, Vida Loca alongside her, the gargantuan cat squeezing tight to fit, and blocking the path through. They were near an odd building - though it was an “information center” for the nearby nature reserves in the archipelago, it seemed unreasonably large to be solely for such a thing.
“Umm… Excuse me, miss!” An upbeat man’s voice could be heard coming from in front of Vida Loca, the stand separating between him and Glitch. “I’m trying to pass here, and your stand is in the way! It’s important, you know - I’ve gotta meet with Hull! Oh, wait, you probably don’t know who he is, right? He’s… uh... The own- wait no, I should stop before I accidentally reveal something too confidential, haha-” Before the man could finish his rambling, Glitch started climbing onto Vida Loca’s back, peering at the man from above.
From what she could make out, the man was blond and of average height. Vida Loca’s face, meanwhile, was squeezed into the nearby wall and facing the direction opposite him, so tapping into its senses wasn’t much of an option. “Hmmmmrgh...” Glitch let out an odd noise, legs wiggling and moving about as she climbed up more and more, until she found herself sitting on the stand. She then tried to climb on top of it in an attempt at looming over the man, before nearly slipping off, frantically struggling before using some vibrations to stop her in place and sitting down. She looked over at the man’s blurred face, making out a wide grin, which she responded to in kind. “Hehe,” maybe this man had information that would be useful for her.
“See, I’m looking for an underground clinic for stand users or something like that. Should be around here, but I can’t find it! I’ve been looking for so long that I managed to snatch three packets of crisps already!” as if to accentuate the number, she put her arm forwards and raised three fingers “And crisps are great! But I want to find this clinic as well!” Glitch raised her arms into the air in exasperation. “Now, if you tell me where the clinic is, or help me find it in some other way, I’ll get Vida Loca to let you pass! Does that sound good?”
There was a slight pause as the man tilted his head, before breaking out into laughter. “Hahaha! Wow, that’s one hell of a deal! About the clinic, I’m afraid to say that you’re gonna have to wait a bit more! See, it’s actually right here,” he says, pointing at a nearby, unassuming door “and I help run it, but we’re closed for the next hour! Me and Peres have some work to do and meetings to attend, so you’ve gotta wait! Don’t worry though, I’ll make it up to you - I’ll let your crisp stealing slide for now, haha!” Another fit of laughter.
Glitch’s expression shifted into a pout. So she was stuck here for another hour? Bleh! Seeing her expression, the man chuckled again “What’s the problem? I’m sure you’ll find something fun to do here for an hour, you know. Well, it probably won’t all be very legal, and the guards here might try to kick you out, but that’s not something I gotta deal with so I don’t really care, haha!” With that final sentence, the man crouched forwards and deftly ducked under Vida Loca’s body and between its tall legs, passing through.
“See ya!” Turning around, he waved to Glitch with a smile and walked back into the crowds of the plaza. “Plrrrgh…..” Glitch grumbled to herself, thinking about what she could do for the hour. She did overhear some of the resortgoers over in the plaza talking about going to the pool, so that could be fun. Sure, she was almost 100% sure that she wasn’t allowed in there, but what was the harm in sneaking in, eh?
She hopped off of Vida Loca, and with a pep in her step, began making her way over to one of the resort’s pools.
The ferry to the Devil Blue, Waterfront District, roughly 11:30 AM.
Laverne Cassiel wasn’t one to show it well, but they were definitely feeling slightly on edge here, and internally, criticising such an attitude. You can’t be on edge when you’re going to a luxury resort… You’re supposed to be at your best of moods when you go to do something nice, something extravagant… People will know that something is off, something is the matter.
Though troubled, it was not on their face nearly as much as they’d thought, however; it wasn’t so much that people were avoiding them based on a bad mood, so much as one did not talk to strangers on a ferry so much as they spoke to strangers on a bus, but also multiplying that by the disconnect of opulence towards those ‘not worth’ associating with.
“You hear about the prices on Niters? I’ve been absolutely dying to give these a try, demand is higher than ever, and the supply just… Tanks? What’s with that?” A random guy, hipster-looking, foodie, maybe, was complaining to a similarly bougie-looking friend, shaking his head.
The other man nodded, groaning. “I hear you, I hear you so hard… I wasn’t going to eat the stuff, seafood is against my diet, but I was going to prepare such wonderful pictures of a Niter Blowfish Tartare for my food blog… I’d already put down my deposit, contacted a local photographer and everything! I’ll have to get into their kitchens and find some, no matter the price, or my clout is ruined.”
Laverne had seen pictures of the stuff, and frankly, that guy was a moron if he thought it possible to make those things even remotely photogenic, even if he was probably making the right call not wanting to put it in his mouth; if Laverne ever had the opportunity, they would sure as hell wait for the other guy to take a bite. Had they heard it right, though? They were harder to find now or something?
Of course it made sense for the Devil Blue to get them in lighter capacity, if anyone in the area was, but what could be causing the shortage, so soon after they seemed to be becoming more common than ever? There was apparently an incident of sorts here not a few days ago, though people were keeping shush on just what the hell was going on because of that.
Honestly, Laverne didn’t actually care all that much. Their assessment was that it related to whatever in the area would sometimes cause people to ‘disappear’, and whatever that was was probably injured or forced to retreat now (not dead… If it was dead, the supply would stop entirely, which was not the case) and ODIN was trying to keep the news quiet. Least the news made it a lot more comfortable for them to travel by ferry for what they really cared about that day: this Devil Blue resort apparently had a clinic which serviced the Stand-using underground. Doubtless, in times of growing strife like these, a place like that would be an informational hotbed, tactically vital to get in good with.
Though even the decision to investigate that today had been an improvised one, determined on the spot to be a sound tactical decision for one tipping point of a reason: they were being followed, and needed to get the hell away from that.
Roughly an hour ago - Sound’s Garden, near Heartache Casino
For the past several days, the members of Red Carpet Renaissance had all a strange feeling about them. While always it seemed there were eyes upon them in Los Fortuna, for some reason, it had been different in recent days. There was a particular sense to everyone that there was someone, specifically following them, and nobody knew who it could be, or why.
Laverne, though they had yet to report this, had a feeling about where it came from, correlating when it started: it began the day after Kimijo Kaneko went to investigate that damn baseball game. Sure, some people on that chat program were doing their moral grandstanding about what happened there, pretending they’re better than that, that her opponent being a good man makes any of what she did different from every damn fight every damn day in this city, but all of them, it seemed, were at least for the moment wise enough not to put their money where their mouth is and actually follow up on it, and if they had, they’d probably be in some nightmare backroom right now.
This feeling, it was different, as if someone had started to take the entire team more seriously… Which, itself, meant a lot to unpack.
They had actually been trying to follow a sheepish event manager’s association with the owner of the casino that day, see if they couldn’t find something worth blackmailing him over and making him feel ‘indebted’ to them, but that case hadn’t been going smoothly as it could, and as they combed over the area, that is when they saw ‘them.’
A thin figure clad head-to-toe in black, jacket zipped up with a fuzzy-looking trim, biker gear, with orange underneath, and a distinct-looking helmet that looked like something out of a science-fiction film, mouthpiece something like a helmet of armor, visor black, lines and circles along the surface. The morning light reflected off of the visor hard enough to make Laverne squint. This person sat upon a sleek-looking sports bike, revving it at them.
When Laverne looked their way, the figure seemed to drive away, but kept showing up throughout the area, and more and more, Laverne got the distinct feeling this person was exactly the bad news they were waiting for…
They had to lose them.
So naturally, Laverne did just that, utilizing their Stand in a diversionary effort that seemed to successfully draw the figure away, and figuring that an offshore hotel was just the place to lose a biker for a little while. Besides that, within a few minutes of their reflection, the ferry wasn’t a minute away from reaching port at the Devil Blue. They could focus on this now, and not that bastard.
“H-hey, check this out! Someone’s driving on the water!”
The hipsters were speaking to one another, one handing the other a set of binoculars to look out on the waters due North of them, towards the mainland. The other, then, remarked in alarm. “Oh, my god! Is that the Black Angel, here? Oh, ooh, what a sight, what a sight!!”
“It definitely is, look at that!”
“Lemme see,” Laverne said, speaking up now before going ahead and seizing, with little resistance, the binoculars still around the first guy’s neck, going wide-eyed at what appeared on the other end.
The damn motorcycle was uneasily yet consistently making its way along the water, tires spinning as it raced forward against the momentum of the waves. The rider was the same, and what Laverne had read as a trim of fuzz around the upper torso of their jacket, now, flying just behind them as they advanced like a pair of short wings.
Shit, seriously?
Fucking hell, of course it’s a Stand or a Stand User or something.
Would Laverne have to fight on the way to this place..?
Wait, no, never mind. As they looked around, they saw the ferryman overhear just that, muttering into a radio too far, too quietly, to hear them, but close enough to see that the words ‘angel’ were being mouthed on their lips.
Ah, the island was close at hand, certainly closer to arrive at than this ‘Black Angel’ was fast, and some strong-looking people were coalescing around the ferry docks.
Keeping it cool, as the boat found its way to a stop, Laverne walked away, the sounds in the fading distance of a woman saying, “did you forget already? You’re not welcome on this island. Set so much as a wheel on the pavement before this resort you approach, and you know what comes next.”
Though the future was uncertain on whether or not they would cross paths again, for the rest of their time on the island, that was the last Laverne Cassiel saw of the Black Angel. Preliminary research made security seem lax here (they don’t deal with VALKYRIE at all, which is… Rare, for a high-profile private business like this), but it seemed they were just holding out for the important things… They couldn’t help but crack a private grin at how this poor bastard had followed them all this way, only to get turned away near instantly. Haha! Victory: Laverne. Serves you right for wasting my morning! Now, onto making use of this new place..!
They soon, like Glitch, learned that this ‘Peres’ was out, that they couldn’t get into the clinic without either breaking and entering (not that they were morally above it, but it wasn’t necessary) or waiting for that point…
Well, they’d come to a resort island, and knew for the time being that they were completely safe, so why not try to live a little to kill time?
A pool within The Devil Blue, Waterfront district 12:02 PM
Upon sneaking her way over a fence and into the resort’s pool, Glitch found herself with a severe case of choice paralysis. She stood out like a sore thumb, sprawled out on a lounger, ear perched out, picking up on and discerning between the wide variety of going-ons at the pool with a mischievous grin on her face the whole time. She could start off by taking a plunge, or perhaps use Vida Loca to get someone else to take one, or maybe go on a trip to the bar for a snack, or do one of the million other ideas that popped into her head!
“Heheh- oh!” before she could get too comfortable, she heard something very interesting - the sound of someone jumping over the fence, just like she had previously done. “Hmmm….” summoning Vida Loca for a better look, she saw Laverne, catching the investigator right in the middle of a decidedly illegal act. Not that Glitch cared, or even knew much about this odd person, but her interest had certainly been piqued.
Just as Glitch had taken notice of Laverne, so did they take notice of her, or more precisely, of Vida Loca’s massive form, staring right at them. With a quick shuffle they attempted to get out of the stand’s sight, preferring to avoid any unnecessary encounters with other stand users in what was supposed to be their way of killing time. However, Glitch wasn’t going to let them get away, and Laverne quickly found her right on their trail, wanting something to do with them. Instead of running away and possibly drawing more attention to themselves, Laverne opted to wait for Glitch to arrive.
And arrive she did, hopping towards Laverne and stopping in front of them, leaning in to get a close look at them and letting out an curious “Hmmrgh...” , which Laverne responded to by leaning back and putting a distance between them and this nuisance. “Do you want something, miss...?” they asked, faking confusion. With any luck, this person will leave them alone and they’ll be able to go on with their day.
“Glitch! I couldn’t help but overhear you jumping over the fence to get in, so I decided to go over and greet you! I did the same thing, you see, hehe...” She said, giggling to herself. Laverne looked back at them, a straight face hiding their annoyance at Glitch’s harassment.
“And I’m Laverne. I do believe that it’s best to keep a low profile in these situations, so it’s best for us to stay away from each other. If we make a scene and are caught, we’ll be kicked out of here, and I’m sure you’d rather-” “Boooooooooooooring!” Glitch interrupted Laverne with a loud shout, attracting the attention of some of the resortgoers, who’d begun murmuring between themselves. Laverne knew they needed to get away from this person if they wanted to stay in the resort.
“Hmm. Feel free to do whatever you want, Glitch, but I’m just here to relax, so I’ll be keeping a low profile. Here, take this and go find something fun to do.” Laverne said, taking a ten dollar bill out of their wallet and tossing it in the air, leaving Glitch to chase after it while they slunk away.
Glitch, on her end, was quite pleased by the bribe, and immediately found herself spending it all on snacks which she quickly gobbled up. With the bribe money and snacks gone, she once again found herself thinking of what to do, keeping an ear out for interesting occurrences. A little boy slipping into the pool, an arguing couple, Laverne talking with a staff member about something…
She decided to focus on the latter, and managed to pick up on their conversation. Laverne was mentioning some sort of nuisance that had snuck into the pool, a short woman who was currently in the- wait. They were talking about HER, weren’t they?! They were trying to get her kicked out!
Gasping out loud at the sheer audacity, Glitch was utterly shocked! This person, whom she had seen as a kind benefactor who had given her spending money, a comrade who had snuck into the resort just like she had, was trying to get her kicked out! “Hrrrggh…” She growled in annoyance. Laverne had just made this personal! They were trying to get her kicked out? Nonsense! She’d get them kicked out instead!
Laverne, meanwhile, hadn’t been successful in getting the staff to escort Glitch out of the premises. Something about them not having “sufficient evidence”, apparently. They turned over to look at her, only to realize that she had caught onto their attempts, as evidenced by her angry expression and the fact that her stand was out, staring at them as well. She pointed over to Laverne menacingly, her body language practically screaming ‘I’ll get you kicked out instead, just you wait!’.
“Tch,” This wasn’t perfect, but no matter. Laverne looked around the pool area, taking everything in. The positions of the employees, the items in the area, and the resortgoers… All predictable. The one anomaly was her, Glitch. She seemed so odd, with her utterly simple desires and her desire to one-up them. Laverne was an expert of deduction, but their expertise was completely unnecessary when it came to trying to tell what this woman was thinking.
She wanted to challenge Laverne? So be it. They were sure they weren’t going to lose.
OPEN THE GAME! (credit to magistelles for the image!)
Location: A fenced-off area with two pools, one regular (20x48) pool and one diving pool (20x20, very deep), one of many such areas within The Devil Blue. The whole area is 80 meters long and 44 meters wide, each tile being 4x4 meters. The light grey areas on the map are the walkways, and the light green ones are grassy areas on the side of the pool. The dark grey paths going over the pool are bridges, tall enough that they can be passed under. The purple rectangles indicate the positions of the diving boards, one being 1 meter tall, one being 5 meters tall, the final being 10 meters tall. The brown tiles represent the bar area.
All across the pool’s perimeter on the walkways, there are many lounging chairs for relaxation and umbrellas for shade, with resortgoers occupying many of them. A few are situated on the grass as well. Some of the resortgoers have left their bags on the loungers, containing a variety of different items that one might take to the pool, alongside cash and their room keycards. There’s also the bar area, serving basic food and drinks to whomever may need it, provided they have the cash for it.
Goal: Get the employees in The Devil Blue to kick your opponent out! If you act overly suspicious, the resort employees will ask you for your room keycard and attempt to investigate you.
While the employees won’t bother you unless you bother them first, they’ve got a few rules they expect you to keep:

• You must have a keycard to be within the pool
• Don’t bother or attack the other resortgoers and ruin their stay
• Don’t carry any dangerous objects within the pool area
• Don’t destroy any resort property

If the employees spot you breaking any of the rules, or are given evidence of you doing so, they will begin questioning you and ask for your room keycard. If one is shown to them, they will let you off with a warning, and if one isn’t, they will kick you out. After you’re let off with a warning, you will be kicked out if you’re reported and approached an additional time.
Additional Information: Resortgoers can be found all around the area, with 222 physicals and a 3 in “dear god just let me calm down in peace”. Unless you’re really annoying them, they’ll try to ignore you and go on with their lives, and if you do annoy them enough, they’ll complain about you to the employees.
The employees are situated mostly around the bar area and around the gates, but are also dotted around the perimeter of the pool, overlooking the goings-on of it, though they’re situated sparsely enough that there’s substantial “deadzones” that their sight doesn’t ordinarily cover. They have 222 stats, and a 4 in collective memory - they communicate with each other efficiently, remember your faces and which keycard you supposedly have, and will call you out if they spot you breaking any of the rules multiple times.
Any stand users that are currently within the area, if there even are any, don’t seem to really care about you letting your stands out and won’t pay it any mind. However, if any resortgoer is injured in a severe capacity due to your stands for a reason that can’t be explained away as anything else, the pool will be closed and you will lose the match.

Team	Combatant	JoJolity
Graveyard Shift	Tiger “Glitch” Ricky	“My tail is second only to my face! I want to rub it on my teeth and then lick it back all pretty!” Though Laverne has interrupted your plans somewhat, the reason you came to the pool in the first place was to have fun, and you’re not gonna let that change! Make sure to have as much fun as possible while trying to get Laverne kicked out!
Red Carpet Rennaisance	Laverne Cassiel	“Look! My right hand! It turned back into wood again! It’s not gonna turn back into a hand anymore! This is bad, Toshizaku!” As opposed to Glitch, you’re not the type to be so blatant about your actions and attempts at kicking Glitch out. Remain subtle throughout your strategy, make sure that your clay statues aren’t exposed for what they truly are in front of the bystanders!

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disney up google play hd $7
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All The Money In The World (2017) 4k ma $10
Alpha (2018) 4k ma $10
Brightburn (2019) 4k ma $10
4K: Escape Room (2019) 4k ma $10
Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018) 4k ma $10
MIB: International (2019) 4k ma $10
Slender Man (2018) 4k ma $10
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) 4k ma $10
The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) 4k ma $10
The Night Before (2015) 4k ma $10
The Star (2017) 4k ma $10
White Boy Rick (2018) 4k ma $10
hercules disney google play hd $10
tarzan disney google play hd $10
007 pierce bronsan 4 movies 1 code vudu hd (golden eye, tomorrow never dies, the world is not enough, die another day) $30
20th century women vudu hd $10
7 days in entebbe ma hd $10
before i fall ma hd $10
ford vs ferrari 4k ma $12
greta ma hd $10
kingsglaive final fantasy xv ma hd $10
knight and day (tom crusie) ma hd $10
john wick 3 vudu hd $10
mary queen of scotts ma hd $10
master and commander the far side of the world ma hd $10
midnight sun ma hd $10
mothers day ma hd $10
my cousin rachel 2017 ma hd $10
psycho 1960 vudu hd $7
searching ma hd (john cho) $10
super troopers 2 ma hd $8
the brothers grimsby ma hd $10
the secret life of pets 2 ma hd $10
the wall 2017 vudu hd (john cena ) $8
teenage mutant ninja turtle 1 (1990), teenage mutant ninja turtle 2 (1991), teenage mutant ninja turtle 3 (1993), tmnt 2007 ma hd (1 code 4 movies) $25
triple 9 vudu hd $8
it 1 ma hd $6
it 1 and it 2 ma hd (1 code 2 movies) - $13
company of heroes ma hd $10
boyz n the hood 4k ma $13
goosebumps 1 ma hd $7
goosevumps 2 ma hd $7
hotel transvylania 3 ma hd $7
disney up goolge play hd $10
mortal engine 4k ma $12
the jungle book 2016 live 4k ma $15
toy story 1 google play hd $8
glass castle vudu hd or itune 4k (u decide) $8
her ma hd $5
watchman ma hd $6
girls trip vudu hd $5
terminator genysis vudu hd $5
missing link ma hd $10
night at the musem collection 3 movies in 1 code (night at the museum, night at the museum batttle of smithsonian, night at the museum secret of the tomb) ma hd - $30
lights out ma hd $8
robin hood 2019 4k itune $8
Mary and The Witch's Flower ma hd $12
maleficient 2 mistress of evil google play hd $8
the curse of llorona ma hd $10
007 daniel craig 4 films collection (casino royale, quamtum of solace, skyfall, spectre) vudu hd - $30 last copy
ready or not ma hd $10
countdown (2019 Elizabeth Lail) vudu hd $10
godzilla king of the monsters ma hd $8
joker ma hd $8
truth or dare ma hd $7
beauty and the beast original animated 1992 google play hd $7 (will port to ma and vudu)
aladdin 2019 live google play hd $7
aladdin 1 original animated $7
alita ma hd $8
child's play 2019 vudu hd $10
crawl vudu hd $8
( whole set sale only 6 movies star wars for $40 or $10 each
disney star wars a new hope ma hd $10
disney star wars attack of the clone ma hd $10
disney star wars phantom menace ma hd $10
disney star wars return of the jedi ma hd $10
disney star wars return of the sith ma hd $10
disney star wars the empire strike back ma hd $10
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disney toy story 4 google play hd $7
el chicano ma hd $11
joshy (Thomas Middleditch) vudu hd $10
hustlers j lo 4k itune $10
gemini man vudu hd $8
gemini man 4k itune $8
ma (octavia spencer) ma hd $10
mib international ma hd $9
once upon a time in hollywood ma hd $8
pikachu ma hd $9
robocop 1 1987 vudu hd $10
the dinner (richard gere) vudu hd $11
the grinch 2018 ma hd $8
the lovers 2017 Debra Winger vudu hd $11
tomb raider 2018 vudu hd $8
x men dark phoenix ma 4k - $14
x men dark phoenix hd ma $10
a dogs journey ma hd $10
batman vs tmnt ma hd $10
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air force one 4k ma $13
a star is born 4k ma $12
avengers age of ultron 4k ma $10
Batman Vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4k ma 10
blade runner final cut 4k $10
blade runner 2049 4k ma $10
bohemian rhapsoby ma 4k $12
captain marvel 4k ma $11
cliffhanger 4k ma $13
creed 2 vudu 4k $10
deadpool 2 4k ma $13
deadpool 4k itune (if redeem via itune, it will port to vudu and ma as 4k) $7
e.t 4k vudu $10
fantastic beast crimes of grindward 4k ma $10
fantastic beast where to find 4k ma $10
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw 4k ma $11
first man 4k ma $11
godzilla 1998 4k ma $12
godzilla king of the monsters 4k ma $10
despicable me 3 4k ma $10
halloween 2018 4k ma $12
hobs and shaw 4k ma $12
jason bourne 4k vudu $8
john wick 3 4k vudu or 4k itune $14
joker 4k ma $11
jumanji welcome to the jungle 4k at ma $10
kong skull island ma 4k $12
life 2017 rebecca ferguson 4k ma $12
lucky day 2019 (nina lobrev) 4k vudu or 4k itune $11
mad max fury road ma 4k $10
mary poppins returns 4k ma $10
mib international 4k ma $12
mission impossible fallout 4k vudu $10
ocean's 8 4k ma $10
pacific rim 2013 4k ma $10
passengers jennifer lawrence 4k ma $12
predator 1987 4k ma (arnold schegnnergard) $12
predator 2018 4k ma $10
ready player one 4k at ma $10
salt ma 4k $11
san andreas 4k ma $10
saving private ryan 4k at vudu $13
spider man homecoming 4k ma hd $10
the dark tower 4k ma $11
the fate of the furious extended 4k ma $10
The House With a Clock in Its Walls 4k ma $11
the incredible hulk ma 4k $13
the lego movie 1 4k ma $10
the matrix (1999) 4k ma $13
the matrix reloaded 4k ma $12
the mule 4k ma $10
the nutcracker and the four realms 4k ma $10
the purge 1 4k ma $10
the spy who dumped me vudu 4k or itune 4k (u pick) $11
us 4k ma $11
wonder woman 4k ma $12
HD MA or hd vudu
007 casino royale vudu hd $10
007 quantum of solace vudu hd $10
007 skyfall vudu hd $7
007 spectre vudu hd $7
12 rounds 2 reloaded ma hd $8
21 jump street ma hd $7
22 jump street ma hd $7
31 ( 2016 Sheri Moon Zombie) vudu hd $7
3 from hell vudu hd or itune 4k $10
42 ma hd (Chadwick Boseman) $5
47 meters uncaged vudu hd or itune 4k $10
a cure for wellness ma hd $10
ad astra ma hd $10
a dogs way home ma hd $8
after earth ma hd $6
a good day to die hard (extended version) ma hd $10
air strike vudu hd $8
alex and me vudu hd $10
alien 1979 ma hd or 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k if redeem via itune)
aliens 1986 ma hd $10
Alvin and the chipmunks the road chip ma hd $10
almost christmas vudu hd $5
american assassin vudu hd or 4k itune $9
american dreamer vudu hd $8
american honey vudu hd $10
american hustle ma hd $7
american sniper ma hd $6
and so it goes vudu hd $8
a neverending story 1 hd at vudu $7
angry birds 2 ma sd $6
annihilation vudu hd $6
anomalisa vudu hd $8
appleseed alpha ma hd $10
aquaman hd ma $7
a quiet place vudu hd $6
angel and demon ma hd $7
arthur christmas (animation 2011 by sony) $10
a united kingdom ma hd $10
baby driver ma hd $6
bad boys 1 hd at vudu $7
bad boys 2 hd at vudu $8
batman 1989, batman forever, batman returns, batman and robin ma hd (1 code 4 movies) $20
batman bad blood ma hd $10
batman hush ma hd $10
batman ninja ma hd $10
batman return of the caped crusader $10
batman the killing joke ma hd $8
batman vs tmnt ma hd $10
batman vs two face ma hd $10
before i fall vudu hd $10
ben hur 2016 vudu hd $8
birdman ma hd $10
black water vudu hd $7
blade runner 2049 ma hd $7
bohemian rhapsody ma hd $8
boy erased vudu hd $10
broken city ma hd $6
call me by your name hd at ma $10
captain america civil war hd at vudu $8
captain phillips ma hd $7
captive state hd ma $10
carrie 2013 vudu hd $7
central intelligence ma hd $7
child's play 2019 hd vudu $10
christine 1983 ma hd $9
chronicle (andrew detmer 2012) vudu hd $10
chronicle of narnia the voyage of down tread ma hd $11
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 ma hd $10
colombiana unrated ma hd (last 1) $10
contagion ma hd $10
coco vudu hd $7
crazy rich asians ma hd $10
creed 1 vudu hd $10
creed 2 vudu hd $8
dances with wolves kevin costner vudu hd $10
danvi code and angels and demons ma hd (1 code 2 movies) $14
dark shadows ma hd $7
deadpool ma hd or 4k itune (if redeem via itune, it will port to vudu and ma as 4k) $7
despicable me 1 vudu hd $10
dictator vudu hd $7
disney guardian of the galaxy 1 vudu or ma hd - $8
disney prince of persia xml sd (please know how to redeem) - $12
disney Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 vudu hd $8
disney the little mermaid 1 hd at vudu - $10
disney the little mermaid 2 ma hd $10
Django Unchained (jaimee fox) vudu hd $7
dont breathe ma hd $10
dredd 2012 vudu hd $7
drive (ryan goshling) ma hd $7
dunkirk ma hd $7
Edward Scissorhands ma hd $10
eight grade vudu hd $10
elysium ma hd $8
end of watch vudu hd $6
entourage movie 2015 ma hd $7
equalizer 1 ma hd $7
equalizer 2 ma hd $7
equals (kristen stewart) vudu hd $12
escape room hd ma $9
everything everything vudu hd $10
ex machina vudu hd $7
fantastic beast crimes of grindward ma hd $8
fantastic four 2015 ma hd or 4k itune (u decide) $10
fences vudu hd $7
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Director's Cut rare code) ma hd $11
foxcatcher ma hd $10
fraility vudu hd $8
fury ma hd $8
game night ma hd $7
gamer vudu hd $5
gemini man vudu hd $8
get out vudu hd $7
ghostbuster 1 ma hd $7
ghostbuster 2 ma hd $7
ghost rider spirit of vengeance ma hd $10
gi joe retaliation vudu hd $7
girls trip vudu hd $5
godzilla 2014 hd at vudu $6
going in style ma hd $7
Goosebumps ma hd $7
gone girl ma hd $10 (or redeem via itune 4k, which will port to vudu 4k)
green lantern (ryan reynold) + green lantern emerald knight ma hd $11
greta ma hd $10
grudge match ma hd $6
grumpy old men 1993 ma hd $8
halloween 2018 ma hd $7
hangerover 2 ma hd $5
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (Unrated) vudu hd $5
happy feet two ma hd $8
harry potter and the deadly hallow part 1 ma hd $7
harry potter and the deadly hallow part 1 ma hd $7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ma hd $7
Heat (Director's Definitive Edition, val kilmer) ma hd $10
hellboy 2019 vudu hd or 4k itune (u pick) $10
her ma hd $8
high life vudu hd $10
hitman unrated 2007 ma hd $6
hobbit an unexpected journey ma hd $7
hobbit the battle of five armies ma hd $7
horrible bosses 2 ma hd $7
hotel mumbai hd ma $10
Hotel Transylvania 1 ma hd $10
Hotel Transylvania 2 ma hd $10
Hotel Transylvania 3 ma hd $8
How to Train Your Dragon 2 ma hd $8
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ma hd $8
ice age 1 (2002) ma hd $10
ice age 4 continent drift ma hd $10
independence day (will smith) ma hd (itune 4k will port to vudu 4k if redeem via itune) $10
independence day resurgence ma hd $10
insidious 2 ma hd $8
instant family vudu hd $8
isn't it romantic ma hd $8
jack the giant slayer vudu hd $7
jacob's ladder (tim robbins 1990) vudu hd $7
jingle all the way 1 (arnold) ma hd $10
jingle all the way 2 ma hd $8
john wick 1 vudu hd or 4k itune $7
joshy vudu hd $10
Juliet naked vudu hd $10
jumanji welcome to the jungle ma hd $7
justice league ma hd $6
Justice League: Doom ma hd $8
justice league war ma hd $8
justice league gods and monsters ma hd $8
kevin hart let me explain vudu hd $8
kick ass 2 vudu hd $7
killing them softly (brad pitt) vudu hd $7
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV ma hd $10
Kingsman: The Golden Circle ma hd or 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
Kingsman: The Secret Service ma hd or 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
kong skull island ma hd $8
krampus vudu hd $5
last witch hunter vudu hd $7
life of a party ma hd $8
lockout ma hd $8
lockout ma unrated + battle of los angeles ma hd $11
london has fallen vudu hd $8
lone survivor vudu hd $7
long shot vudu hd or 4k itune $10
looper ma hd (bruce willis) $8
lucy vudu hd $10
mad max 1 (1980 mel gibson) vudu hd $10
ma (octavia spencer) ma hd $12
magic mike ma hd $6
mallrat vudu hd $7
mama mia here we go again+mama mia 1 code ma hd $11
man from uncle ma hd $7
man of steel ma hd $6
marvin's room (lenardo dicaprio) vudu hd $10
mary queen of scots ma hd $10
maze runner the death cure ma hd $6
me before you hd ma $8
men in black 1 ma hd $7
men in black 3 ma hd $7
mib international ma hd $9
mission impossible fallout vudu hd $7
moneyball ma hd $7
morgan vudu hd (if redeem via itune will be 4k in vudu) $10
mr Peabody and Sherman ma hd $10
murder on the orient express ma hd $6
nice guys ma hd $7
night at the musem collection 3 movies in 1 code (night at the museum, night at the museum batttle of smithsonian, night at the museum secret of the tomb) ma hd - $30
night school extended cut ma hd $7
olympus has fallen ma hd $10
once upon a deadpool ma hd $10
once upon in hollywood ma hd $8
overlord vudu hd $8
pacific rim ma hd $7
pain and gain vudu hd $6
parker (jason statom, jennifer lopez) ma hd $10
passenger jennifer lawrence ma hd $7
paul the apostle of christ ma hd $11
peter jackson sea of monsters ma hd $6
pikachu ma hd $9
pixels ma hd $8
point break 2015 ma hd $8
predator 1, predator 2, predators 2009 1 code hd at ma $15
premium rush ma hd $10
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ma hd $8
project x ma hd $7
pulp fiction (john travolta) vudu hd $7
queen of the damned ma hd $7
rambo 2008 vudu hd $8
rampage ma hd $7
ready or not ma hd $10
ready player one ma hd $7
reign of the superman ma hd $12
resident evil damnation ma hd $10
resident evil retribution ma hd $10
resident evil final chapter ma hd $7
ride along 1 vudu hd $7
robocop 1987 vudu hd $10
robocop 2014 vudu hd $8
romeo vs juliet (2013) ma hd $8
rooster cogburn vudu hd $10 (john wayne)
rough night ma hd $8
rio 1 ma hd $10
runner runner (Justin timberlake) ma hd $10
run the race ma hd $10
safe jason stathum vudu hd $6
sausage party ma hd $8
savages (Taylor Kitsch, blake lively) vudu hd $7
Schindler's List vudu hd $8
shaun of the dead
shot caller (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) vudu hd $8
sicario 1 vudu hd $5
sicario 2 day of the saldado ma hd $7
Silver Linings Playbook vudu hd $7
sing (2016 animation) vudu hd $7
spy unrated ma hd $5
son of batman ma hd $6
spiderman far from home ma hd $10
spider man far from home/spiderman homecoming ma hd $15 (1 code)
spider man homecoming ma hd $7
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ma hd $8
Starship Troopers: Invasion ma hd $10
star trek into the darkness vudu hd $7
star wars the force awaken ma hd $6
star wars the last jedi ma hd with 150 pt $8
stepbrothers normal/unrated 1 code hd at ma $10
steve jobs vudu hd $10
storks ma hd $7
sucker punch vudu hd $5
suicide squad extended cut ma hd $8
suspiria vudu hd $10
tag ma hd $8
taken 3 ma hd $10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) vudu hd $7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows vudu hd $7
terminator genesyis vudu hd $7
that's my boy ma hd $8
the accountant ma hd $8
the amazing spider man 1 ma hd $7
the amazing spider man 2 ma hd $7
the angry birds movie ma hd $10
the bank job Jason Statham vudu hd $7
the blind side ma hd $7
the bling ring (emma watson 2012) vudu hd $10
the book of henry vudu hd $10
the boss baby ma hd $10
the brothers grimsby ma hd $10
the call halle berry ma hd $10
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ma hd $12
the circle (emma watson) vudu hd $10
The Counselor (penelope cruz) ma hd $8
The Curse of La Llorona ma hd $10
The Dark Knight Rises ma hd $6
the dead dont die ma hd $11
the death of superman ma hd $10
the dinner richard gere vudu hd $10
The Disaster Artist 2017 vudu hd $7
the drop (tom hardy) ma hd $10
the favorite ma hd $10
the fifth element ma hd (bruce willis) $9
the grand budapest hotel ma hd $8
the grinch 2018 ma hd $8
the hateful eight vudu hd $5
the house with a clock in its walls hd at ma $10
the ides of march hd at vudu $7
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone ma hd $6
the internship vudu hd $5
the interview ma hd (seth rogen) $7
the judge ma hd $7
the kid who would be king ma hd $10
the kitchen ma sd $6
The Legend of Hercules (2014 Kellan Lutz ) vudu hd $7
The Legend of Tarzan ma hd $7
the lego batman movie ma hd $7
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part ma hd $10
the longest week (Olivia Wilde) vudu hd $8
the lovers vudu hd $10
The Magnificent Seven (2016) vudu hd $10
the martian extended ma hd or itune hd $10
the martian (theatrical) ma hd or itune 4k $10 (port to vudu/ma 4k if redeem via itune)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones ma hd $10
the mule ma hd $7
the neverending story 1 ma hd $7
the nun ma hd $8
the oranges ma hd $8
the peanuts movie ma hd or itune 4k (port to vudu 4k if reddem itune) $10
the predator 2018 ma hd $7
the princess bride vudu hd $10
the prodigy vudu hd $8
the raid 1 unrated ma hd $10
the raid 2 ma hd $10
the rocky horror picture show ma hd $10
the shack vudu hd $7
the sisters brothers ma hd $10
the spectacular now hd vudu $8
the strangers prey at night ma hd $7
the walk ma hd $8
the wild life vudu hd $8
the witch vudu hd $8
the wolverine unrated ma hd $10
the zookeeper wife vudu hd $10
this is the end ma hd $10
thoroughbred ma hd $8
tolkien ma hd $10
total recall 2012 extended ma hd $8
Total Recall 1990 arnold vudu hd or itune hd $7
tomb raider 2018 vudu hd $8
Transcendence ma hd $7
triple 9 vudu hd $8
trolls (2016 dreamwork) ma hd $10
tyler perry a madea family funeral vudu hd $10
turbo ma hd $8
uncut gems vudu hd $10
under the skin vudu hd $10
underworld blood wars ma hd $7
us ma hd $8
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets vudu hd $8
Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie ma hd $5
warcraft vudu hd $7
war dogs ma hd $7
War for the Planet of the Apes ma hd or itune 4k ( will port to vudu 4k/ ma 4k if redeem via itune) $7
watchman ma hd $7
whiplash ma hd $10
white boy rick ma hd $7
white house down ma hd $8
widows ma hd $7
windchester vudu hd or 4k itune $9
wind river vudu hd or 4k itune $10
wolverine ma hd unrated $10
wonder woman (gal gadot) ma hd $7
woman in black 1 ma hd $8
wrath of the titans ma hd $5
wrong turn 6 ma hd unrated $10
x men dark phoenix hd ma $10
xXx: Return of Xander Cage vudu hd $6
you're next vudu hd $7
zero dark thirty ma hd $7
4K itune or hd itune
assassin creed itune 4k, port to vudu 4k $7
before i fall itune hd $8
ben hur 2016 itune 4k $8
get on up itune hd $5
hard target itune hd $6
instant family itune 4k $8
long shot itune 4k $10
overlord itune 4k $10
steve jobs itune hd $10
GOOGLE PLAY HD
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure google play hd $10
a bugs life google play hd $10
aladdin 1 original animated google play hd $10
aladdin and the king of thieves google play hd $10
aladdin 2019 live google play hd $7
ant man 1 google play hd $7
ant man and the wasp google play hd $7
avengers age of ultron google play hd $7
avengers endgame google play hd $7
Avengers: Infinity War google play hd $7
beauty and the beast animated google play hd $7
black panther google play hd $7
cinderella 1 cartoon google play hd $7
cinderella live movie google play hd $7
coco google play hd $7
finding dory google play hd - $7
finding nemo google play hd - $7
fox and the hound 2 google play hd $10
frozen google play hd $7
guardian of the galaxy 1 google play hd - $7
hercules google play hd $10
iron man 2 google play hd $7
iron man 3 google play hd $7
lady and the tramp google play hd $7
marvels the avengers 1 google play hd $7
mcfarland, usa google play hd $7
Mickey's Christmas Carol google play hd $13
million dollar arm google play hd $8
moana google play hd $7
need for speed google play hd $7
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 google play hd $7
Ratatouille google play hd $10
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story google play hd $7
sleeping beauty animated google play hd- $10
solo a star wars story google play hd $7
star wars the force awaken google play hd $5
star wars the last jedi google play hd $7
tarzan disney google play hd $11
the good dinosaur google play hd $7
the incredibles 1 google play hd $7
the lion king 1 1/2 google play hd $10
the muppet movie 1979 google play hd $10
the sword in the stone google play hd $10
thor dark world google play hd $7
thor ragnarok google play hd $7
toy story 4 google play hd $7
toy story 1 google play hd $8
wrinkle in time google play hd $7
tv shows
DC's Legends Of Tomorrow Season 1 vudu hd $15
DC's Legends Of Tomorrow Season 2 vudu hd $15
DC's Legends Of Tomorrow Season 3 vudu hd $15
DC's Legends Of Tomorrow Season 4 vudu hd $15
gotham season 3 vudu hd $12
gotham season 4 vudu hd $12
aarow season 5 vudu hd $12
orange is the new black season 6 vudu $12
preacher: season 1 vudu hd $12
Preacher: Season 3 vudu hd $12
supergirl season 1 vudu hd $12
supergirl season 3 vudu hd $15
the flash season 1 hd- $10
the flash season 4 vudu hd $12
the vampire diaries season 3 vudu hd- $15
the vampire diaries season 4 vudu hd- $15
the vampire diaries season 6 vudu hd- $15
the walking dead season 7 vudu hd $15
westworld season 1 vudu hd $15
4k itunes or hd itune $8 each unless marked otherwise
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2 fast 2 furious 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
bourne legacy
mission impossible fallout
a quiet place
alien 1979 ma hd or 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k if redeem via itune)
allied
almost christmas itune hd $5
american assassin 4k itune $9
annihilation
anomalisa hd itune $8
arrival 2016
assassin creed
atomic blonde
baywatch
ben hur 2016
black sea hd itune $7
book club
despicable me 1 4k itune $10
despicable me 2
downsizing
e.t the extra terrestrial
fast and furious 2009 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
fast and furious 6 extended ed 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
fast five extended ed 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
fences
fifty shades of grey
fifty shades darker
furious 7 extended ed 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
gemini man 4k itune $8
get out 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) - $8
Ghost in the Shell (scarlett johanson) 4k itune $8
gi joe retaliation 4k itune $8
hellboy 2019 4k itune $10
jason bourne
jack reacher never go back
john wick 1 vudu hd or 4k itune $7
kingsman the secret service 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
kingsman the golden circle 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
krampus itune hd $5
lone survivor 4k itune $7
long shot 4k itune or vudu hd $10
lucy itune 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
mechanic resurrection
mike and dave need a wedding date
mission impossible 1 4k itune $10
mission impossible 2 4k itune $10
mission impossible 3 4k itune $10
mission impossible 4 ghost protocol
mission impossible 5 rouge nation
mission impossible fallout
morgan 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
neighbors 2 itunes hd $7
nightcrawler hd itune $7
office christmas party
overlord
pain and gain itune hd $6
pitch perfect 1
pitch perfect 2
sicario 1 4k itune $7
split 4k itune $7 (port to vudu 4k)
star trek into darkness 4k itune $8
Suburbicon
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) 4k itune $7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 4k itune $7
The Bourne Legacy
the fast and furious 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
the fast and furious tokyo drift 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
the fate of the furious 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
the gift (2015 jason bateman) hd itune $10
The Great Wall (port to vudu 4k)
the hateful eight 4k itune $7
the hustle 4k itune $8
The Legend of Hercules (2014 Kellan Lutz ) 4k itune $7
the mountain between us
The Purge
The Purge: Election Year
The Purge: Anarchy
The Revenant
The Secret Life of Pets 1
the peanuts movie 4k itune (port to vudu 4k if reddem itune) $10
warcraft 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $8
wind river 4k itune $8
x-men 1 original 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
X-Men: Apocalypse 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $8
X-Men: Days of Future Past 4k itune
X-Men: Days of Future Past (rogue cut) ma hd $8
X-Men: First Class 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10 (rare code)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ hugo hd can only redeem at fandango $5 dead man down hd at ma $7 future world, ,patriots day vudu hd ++++++ HD MA or vudu hd Movies $5 each -- everybody wants some, rings 2016 (newest one) hacksaw ridge, patriots day , annihilation +++++++ itunes 4k $7 each -- mission impossible fallout ($5), patriots day, annihilation,

WANT amazon gift card (only movies listed below are available for sale) if you have an amazon account with a credit card or paypal, you can buy the e gift card to pay me at amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Amazon-com-eGift-Cards/dp/BT00DC6QU4 i have multiple copies, so just comment to ask first if i still have them. dont send any payment unless i say ok to send so i know i still have it .thanks --+++++++++++
+++++++ new releases or rare code
elle 2016 isabelle hubert ma hd $11 (rare)
star wars rise of skywalker 4k ma $10
star wars rise of skywalker google play hd $7
disney up 4k ma $12
disney up google play hd $7
$2 vlcw vudu $1 each (limit 1 per account, make sure u havent redeemed, no refund after sent)
$2 vapr vudu $1 each (limit 1 per account, make sure u havent redeemed, no refund after sent)
4k Moviesanywhere redeem only
All The Money In The World (2017) 4k ma $10
Alpha (2018) 4k ma $10
Brightburn (2019) 4k ma $10
4K: Escape Room (2019) 4k ma $10
Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018) 4k ma $10
MIB: International (2019) 4k ma $10
Slender Man (2018) 4k ma $10
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) 4k ma $10
The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) 4k ma $10
The Night Before (2015) 4k ma $10
The Star (2017) 4k ma $10
White Boy Rick (2018) 4k ma $10
hercules disney google play hd $10
tarzan disney google play hd $10
007 pierce bronsan 4 movies 1 code vudu hd (golden eye, tomorrow never dies, the world is not enough, die another day) $30
20th century women vudu hd $10
7 days in entebbe ma hd $10
before i fall ma hd $10
ford vs ferrari 4k ma $12
greta ma hd $10
kingsglaive final fantasy xv ma hd $10
knight and day (tom crusie) ma hd $10
john wick 3 vudu hd $10
mary queen of scotts ma hd $10
master and commander the far side of the world ma hd $10
midnight sun ma hd $10
mothers day ma hd $10
my cousin rachel 2017 ma hd $10
psycho 1960 vudu hd $7
searching ma hd (john cho) $10
super troopers 2 ma hd $8
the brothers grimsby ma hd $10
the secret life of pets 2 ma hd $10
the wall 2017 vudu hd (john cena ) $8
teenage mutant ninja turtle 1 (1990), teenage mutant ninja turtle 2 (1991), teenage mutant ninja turtle 3 (1993), tmnt 2007 ma hd (1 code 4 movies) $25
triple 9 vudu hd $8
it 1 ma hd $6
it 1 and it 2 ma hd (1 code 2 movies) - $13
company of heroes ma hd $10
boyz n the hood 4k ma $13
goosebumps 1 ma hd $7
goosevumps 2 ma hd $7
hotel transvylania 3 ma hd $7
disney up goolge play hd $10
mortal engine 4k ma $12
the jungle book 2016 live 4k ma $15
toy story 1 google play hd $8
glass castle vudu hd or itune 4k (u decide) $8
her ma hd $5
watchman ma hd $6
girls trip vudu hd $5
terminator genysis vudu hd $5
missing link ma hd $10
night at the musem collection 3 movies in 1 code (night at the museum, night at the museum batttle of smithsonian, night at the museum secret of the tomb) ma hd - $30
lights out ma hd $8
robin hood 2019 4k itune $8
Mary and The Witch's Flower ma hd $12
maleficient 2 mistress of evil google play hd $8
the curse of llorona ma hd $10
007 daniel craig 4 films collection (casino royale, quamtum of solace, skyfall, spectre) vudu hd - $30 last copy
ready or not ma hd $10
countdown (2019 Elizabeth Lail) vudu hd $10
godzilla king of the monsters ma hd $8
joker ma hd $8
truth or dare ma hd $7
beauty and the beast original animated 1992 google play hd $7 (will port to ma and vudu)
aladdin 2019 live google play hd $7
aladdin 1 original animated $7
alita ma hd $8
child's play 2019 vudu hd $10
crawl vudu hd $8
( whole set sale only 6 movies star wars for $40 or $10 each
disney star wars a new hope ma hd $10
disney star wars attack of the clone ma hd $10
disney star wars phantom menace ma hd $10
disney star wars return of the jedi ma hd $10
disney star wars return of the sith ma hd $10
disney star wars the empire strike back ma hd $10
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disney toy story 4 google play hd $7
el chicano ma hd $11
joshy (Thomas Middleditch) vudu hd $10
hustlers j lo 4k itune $10
gemini man vudu hd $8
gemini man 4k itune $8
ma (octavia spencer) ma hd $10
mib international ma hd $9
once upon a time in hollywood ma hd $8
pikachu ma hd $9
robocop 1 1987 vudu hd $10
the dinner (richard gere) vudu hd $11
the grinch 2018 ma hd $8
the lovers 2017 Debra Winger vudu hd $11
tomb raider 2018 vudu hd $8
x men dark phoenix ma 4k - $14
x men dark phoenix hd ma $10
a dogs journey ma hd $10
batman vs tmnt ma hd $10
4K MA
air force one 4k ma $13
a star is born 4k ma $12
avengers age of ultron 4k ma $10
Batman Vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4k ma 10
blade runner final cut 4k $10
blade runner 2049 4k ma $10
bohemian rhapsoby ma 4k $12
captain marvel 4k ma $11
cliffhanger 4k ma $13
creed 2 vudu 4k $10
deadpool 2 4k ma $13
deadpool 4k itune (if redeem via itune, it will port to vudu and ma as 4k) $7
e.t 4k vudu $10
fantastic beast crimes of grindward 4k ma $10
fantastic beast where to find 4k ma $10
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw 4k ma $11
first man 4k ma $11
godzilla 1998 4k ma $12
godzilla king of the monsters 4k ma $10
despicable me 3 4k ma $10
halloween 2018 4k ma $12
hobs and shaw 4k ma $12
jason bourne 4k vudu $8
john wick 3 4k vudu or 4k itune $14
joker 4k ma $11
jumanji welcome to the jungle 4k at ma $10
kong skull island ma 4k $12
life 2017 rebecca ferguson 4k ma $12
lucky day 2019 (nina lobrev) 4k vudu or 4k itune $11
mad max fury road ma 4k $10
mary poppins returns 4k ma $10
mib international 4k ma $12
mission impossible fallout 4k vudu $10
ocean's 8 4k ma $10
pacific rim 2013 4k ma $10
passengers jennifer lawrence 4k ma $12
predator 1987 4k ma (arnold schegnnergard) $12
predator 2018 4k ma $10
ready player one 4k at ma $10
salt ma 4k $11
san andreas 4k ma $10
saving private ryan 4k at vudu $13
spider man homecoming 4k ma hd $10
the dark tower 4k ma $11
the fate of the furious extended 4k ma $10
The House With a Clock in Its Walls 4k ma $11
the incredible hulk ma 4k $13
the lego movie 1 4k ma $10
the matrix (1999) 4k ma $13
the matrix reloaded 4k ma $12
the mule 4k ma $10
the nutcracker and the four realms 4k ma $10
the purge 1 4k ma $10
the spy who dumped me vudu 4k or itune 4k (u pick) $11
us 4k ma $11
wonder woman 4k ma $12
HD MA or hd vudu
007 casino royale vudu hd $10
007 quantum of solace vudu hd $10
007 skyfall vudu hd $7
007 spectre vudu hd $7
12 rounds 2 reloaded ma hd $8
21 jump street ma hd $7
22 jump street ma hd $7
31 ( 2016 Sheri Moon Zombie) vudu hd $7
3 from hell vudu hd or itune 4k $10
42 ma hd (Chadwick Boseman) $5
47 meters uncaged vudu hd or itune 4k $10
a cure for wellness ma hd $10
ad astra ma hd $10
a dogs way home ma hd $8
after earth ma hd $6
a good day to die hard (extended version) ma hd $10
air strike vudu hd $8
alex and me vudu hd $10
alien 1979 ma hd or 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k if redeem via itune)
aliens 1986 ma hd $10
Alvin and the chipmunks the road chip ma hd $10
almost christmas vudu hd $5
american assassin vudu hd or 4k itune $9
american dreamer vudu hd $8
american honey vudu hd $10
american hustle ma hd $7
american sniper ma hd $6
and so it goes vudu hd $8
a neverending story 1 hd at vudu $7
angry birds 2 ma sd $6
annihilation vudu hd $6
anomalisa vudu hd $8
appleseed alpha ma hd $10
aquaman hd ma $7
a quiet place vudu hd $6
angel and demon ma hd $7
arthur christmas (animation 2011 by sony) $10
a united kingdom ma hd $10
baby driver ma hd $6
bad boys 1 hd at vudu $7
bad boys 2 hd at vudu $8
batman 1989, batman forever, batman returns, batman and robin ma hd (1 code 4 movies) $20
batman bad blood ma hd $10
batman hush ma hd $10
batman ninja ma hd $10
batman return of the caped crusader $10
batman the killing joke ma hd $8
batman vs tmnt ma hd $10
batman vs two face ma hd $10
before i fall vudu hd $10
ben hur 2016 vudu hd $8
birdman ma hd $10
black water vudu hd $7
blade runner 2049 ma hd $7
bohemian rhapsody ma hd $8
boy erased vudu hd $10
broken city ma hd $6
call me by your name hd at ma $10
captain america civil war hd at vudu $8
captain phillips ma hd $7
captive state hd ma $10
carrie 2013 vudu hd $7
central intelligence ma hd $7
child's play 2019 hd vudu $10
christine 1983 ma hd $9
chronicle (andrew detmer 2012) vudu hd $10
chronicle of narnia the voyage of down tread ma hd $11
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 ma hd $10
colombiana unrated ma hd (last 1) $10
contagion ma hd $10
coco vudu hd $7
crazy rich asians ma hd $10
creed 1 vudu hd $10
creed 2 vudu hd $8
dances with wolves kevin costner vudu hd $10
danvi code and angels and demons ma hd (1 code 2 movies) $14
dark shadows ma hd $7
deadpool ma hd or 4k itune (if redeem via itune, it will port to vudu and ma as 4k) $7
despicable me 1 vudu hd $10
dictator vudu hd $7
disney guardian of the galaxy 1 vudu or ma hd - $8
disney prince of persia xml sd (please know how to redeem) - $12
disney Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 vudu hd $8
disney the little mermaid 1 hd at vudu - $10
disney the little mermaid 2 ma hd $10
Django Unchained (jaimee fox) vudu hd $7
dont breathe ma hd $10
dredd 2012 vudu hd $7
drive (ryan goshling) ma hd $7
dunkirk ma hd $7
Edward Scissorhands ma hd $10
eight grade vudu hd $10
elysium ma hd $8
end of watch vudu hd $6
entourage movie 2015 ma hd $7
equalizer 1 ma hd $7
equalizer 2 ma hd $7
equals (kristen stewart) vudu hd $12
escape room hd ma $9
everything everything vudu hd $10
ex machina vudu hd $7
fantastic beast crimes of grindward ma hd $8
fantastic four 2015 ma hd or 4k itune (u decide) $10
fences vudu hd $7
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Director's Cut rare code) ma hd $11
foxcatcher ma hd $10
fraility vudu hd $8
fury ma hd $8
game night ma hd $7
gamer vudu hd $5
gemini man vudu hd $8
get out vudu hd $7
ghostbuster 1 ma hd $7
ghostbuster 2 ma hd $7
ghost rider spirit of vengeance ma hd $10
gi joe retaliation vudu hd $7
girls trip vudu hd $5
godzilla 2014 hd at vudu $6
going in style ma hd $7
Goosebumps ma hd $7
gone girl ma hd $10 (or redeem via itune 4k, which will port to vudu 4k)
green lantern (ryan reynold) + green lantern emerald knight ma hd $11
greta ma hd $10
grudge match ma hd $6
grumpy old men 1993 ma hd $8
halloween 2018 ma hd $7
hangerover 2 ma hd $5
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (Unrated) vudu hd $5
happy feet two ma hd $8
harry potter and the deadly hallow part 1 ma hd $7
harry potter and the deadly hallow part 1 ma hd $7
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ma hd $7
Heat (Director's Definitive Edition, val kilmer) ma hd $10
hellboy 2019 vudu hd or 4k itune (u pick) $10
her ma hd $8
high life vudu hd $10
hitman unrated 2007 ma hd $6
hobbit an unexpected journey ma hd $7
hobbit the battle of five armies ma hd $7
horrible bosses 2 ma hd $7
hotel mumbai hd ma $10
Hotel Transylvania 1 ma hd $10
Hotel Transylvania 2 ma hd $10
Hotel Transylvania 3 ma hd $8
How to Train Your Dragon 2 ma hd $8
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ma hd $8
ice age 1 (2002) ma hd $10
ice age 4 continent drift ma hd $10
independence day (will smith) ma hd (itune 4k will port to vudu 4k if redeem via itune) $10
independence day resurgence ma hd $10
insidious 2 ma hd $8
instant family vudu hd $8
isn't it romantic ma hd $8
jack the giant slayer vudu hd $7
jacob's ladder (tim robbins 1990) vudu hd $7
jingle all the way 1 (arnold) ma hd $10
jingle all the way 2 ma hd $8
john wick 1 vudu hd or 4k itune $7
joshy vudu hd $10
Juliet naked vudu hd $10
jumanji welcome to the jungle ma hd $7
justice league ma hd $6
Justice League: Doom ma hd $8
justice league war ma hd $8
justice league gods and monsters ma hd $8
kevin hart let me explain vudu hd $8
kick ass 2 vudu hd $7
killing them softly (brad pitt) vudu hd $7
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV ma hd $10
Kingsman: The Golden Circle ma hd or 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
Kingsman: The Secret Service ma hd or 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
kong skull island ma hd $8
krampus vudu hd $5
last witch hunter vudu hd $7
life of a party ma hd $8
lockout ma hd $8
lockout ma unrated + battle of los angeles ma hd $11
london has fallen vudu hd $8
lone survivor vudu hd $7
long shot vudu hd or 4k itune $10
looper ma hd (bruce willis) $8
lucy vudu hd $10
mad max 1 (1980 mel gibson) vudu hd $10
ma (octavia spencer) ma hd $12
magic mike ma hd $6
mallrat vudu hd $7
mama mia here we go again+mama mia 1 code ma hd $11
man from uncle ma hd $7
man of steel ma hd $6
marvin's room (lenardo dicaprio) vudu hd $10
mary queen of scots ma hd $10
maze runner the death cure ma hd $6
me before you hd ma $8
men in black 1 ma hd $7
men in black 3 ma hd $7
mib international ma hd $9
mission impossible fallout vudu hd $7
moneyball ma hd $7
morgan vudu hd (if redeem via itune will be 4k in vudu) $10
mr Peabody and Sherman ma hd $10
murder on the orient express ma hd $6
nice guys ma hd $7
night at the musem collection 3 movies in 1 code (night at the museum, night at the museum batttle of smithsonian, night at the museum secret of the tomb) ma hd - $30
night school extended cut ma hd $7
olympus has fallen ma hd $10
once upon a deadpool ma hd $10
once upon in hollywood ma hd $8
overlord vudu hd $10
pacific rim ma hd $7
pain and gain vudu hd $6
parker (jason statom, jennifer lopez) ma hd $10
passenger jennifer lawrence ma hd $7
paul the apostle of christ ma hd $11
peter jackson sea of monsters ma hd $6
pikachu ma hd $9
pixels ma hd $8
point break 2015 ma hd $8
predator 1, predator 2, predators 2009 1 code hd at ma $15
premium rush ma hd $10
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ma hd $8
project x ma hd $7
pulp fiction (john travolta) vudu hd $7
queen of the damned ma hd $7
rambo 2008 vudu hd $8
rampage ma hd $7
ready or not ma hd $10
ready player one ma hd $7
reign of the superman ma hd $12
resident evil damnation ma hd $10
resident evil retribution ma hd $10
resident evil final chapter ma hd $7
ride along 1 vudu hd $7
robocop 1987 vudu hd $10
robocop 2014 vudu hd $8
romeo vs juliet (2013) ma hd $8
rooster cogburn vudu hd $10 (john wayne)
rough night ma hd $8
rio 1 ma hd $10
runner runner (Justin timberlake) ma hd $10
run the race ma hd $10
safe jason stathum vudu hd $6
sausage party ma hd $8
savages (Taylor Kitsch, blake lively) vudu hd $7
Schindler's List vudu hd $8
shaun of the dead
shot caller (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) vudu hd $8
sicario 1 vudu hd $5
sicario 2 day of the saldado ma hd $7
Silver Linings Playbook vudu hd $7
sing (2016 animation) vudu hd $7
spy unrated ma hd $5
son of batman ma hd $6
spiderman far from home ma hd $10
spider man far from home/spiderman homecoming ma hd $15 (1 code)
spider man homecoming ma hd $7
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ma hd $8
Starship Troopers: Invasion ma hd $10
star trek into the darkness vudu hd $7
star wars the force awaken ma hd $6
star wars the last jedi ma hd with 150 pt $8
stepbrothers normal/unrated 1 code hd at ma $10
steve jobs vudu hd $10
storks ma hd $7
sucker punch vudu hd $5
suicide squad extended cut ma hd $8
suspiria vudu hd $10
tag ma hd $8
taken 3 ma hd $10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) vudu hd $7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows vudu hd $7
terminator genesyis vudu hd $7
that's my boy ma hd $8
the accountant ma hd $8
the amazing spider man 1 ma hd $7
the amazing spider man 2 ma hd $7
the angry birds movie ma hd $10
the bank job Jason Statham vudu hd $7
the blind side ma hd $7
the bling ring (emma watson 2012) vudu hd $10
the book of henry vudu hd $10
the boss baby ma hd $10
the brothers grimsby ma hd $10
the call halle berry ma hd $10
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ma hd $12
the circle (emma watson) vudu hd $10
The Counselor (penelope cruz) ma hd $8
The Curse of La Llorona ma hd $10
The Dark Knight Rises ma hd $6
the dead dont die ma hd $11
the death of superman ma hd $10
the dinner richard gere vudu hd $10
The Disaster Artist 2017 vudu hd $7
the drop (tom hardy) ma hd $10
the favorite ma hd $10
the fifth element ma hd (bruce willis) $9
the grand budapest hotel ma hd $8
the grinch 2018 ma hd $8
the hateful eight vudu hd $5
the house with a clock in its walls hd at ma $10
the ides of march hd at vudu $7
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone ma hd $6
the internship vudu hd $5
the interview ma hd (seth rogen) $7
the judge ma hd $7
the kid who would be king ma hd $10
the kitchen ma sd $6
The Legend of Hercules (2014 Kellan Lutz ) vudu hd $7
The Legend of Tarzan ma hd $7
the lego batman movie ma hd $7
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part ma hd $10
the longest week (Olivia Wilde) vudu hd $8
the lovers vudu hd $10
The Magnificent Seven (2016) vudu hd $10
the martian extended ma hd or itune hd $10
the martian (theatrical) ma hd or itune 4k $10 (port to vudu/ma 4k if redeem via itune)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones ma hd $10
the mule ma hd $7
the neverending story 1 ma hd $7
the nun ma hd $8
the oranges ma hd $8
the peanuts movie ma hd or itune 4k (port to vudu 4k if reddem itune) $10
the predator 2018 ma hd $7
the princess bride vudu hd $10
the prodigy vudu hd $8
the raid 1 unrated ma hd $10
the raid 2 ma hd $10
the rocky horror picture show ma hd $10
the shack vudu hd $7
the sisters brothers ma hd $10
the spectacular now hd vudu $8
the strangers prey at night ma hd $7
the walk ma hd $8
the wild life vudu hd $8
the witch vudu hd $8
the wolverine unrated ma hd $10
the zookeeper wife vudu hd $10
this is the end ma hd $10
thoroughbred ma hd $8
tolkien ma hd $10
total recall 2012 extended ma hd $8
Total Recall 1990 arnold vudu hd or itune hd $7
tomb raider 2018 vudu hd $8
Transcendence ma hd $7
triple 9 vudu hd $8
trolls (2016 dreamwork) ma hd $10
tyler perry a madea family funeral vudu hd $10
turbo ma hd $8
uncut gems vudu hd $10
under the skin vudu hd $10
underworld blood wars ma hd $7
us ma hd $8
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets vudu hd $8
Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie ma hd $5
warcraft vudu hd $7
war dogs ma hd $7
War for the Planet of the Apes ma hd or itune 4k ( will port to vudu 4k/ ma 4k if redeem via itune) $7
watchman ma hd $7
whiplash ma hd $10
white boy rick ma hd $7
white house down ma hd $8
widows ma hd $7
windchester vudu hd or 4k itune $9
wind river vudu hd or 4k itune $10
wolverine ma hd unrated $10
wonder woman (gal gadot) ma hd $7
woman in black 1 ma hd $8
wrath of the titans ma hd $5
wrong turn 6 ma hd unrated $10
x men dark phoenix hd ma $10
xXx: Return of Xander Cage vudu hd $6
you're next vudu hd $7
zero dark thirty ma hd $7
4K itune or hd itune
assassin creed itune 4k, port to vudu 4k $7
before i fall itune hd $8
ben hur 2016 itune 4k $8
get on up itune hd $5
hard target itune hd $6
instant family itune 4k $8
long shot itune 4k $10
overlord itune 4k $10
steve jobs itune hd $10
GOOGLE PLAY HD
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure google play hd $10
a bugs life google play hd $10
aladdin 1 original animated google play hd $10
aladdin and the king of thieves google play hd $10
aladdin 2019 live google play hd $7
ant man 1 google play hd $7
ant man and the wasp google play hd $7
avengers age of ultron google play hd $7
avengers endgame google play hd $7
Avengers: Infinity War google play hd $7
beauty and the beast animated google play hd $7
black panther google play hd $7
cinderella 1 cartoon google play hd $7
cinderella live movie google play hd $7
coco google play hd $7
finding dory google play hd - $7
finding nemo google play hd - $7
fox and the hound 2 google play hd $10
frozen google play hd $7
guardian of the galaxy 1 google play hd - $7
hercules google play hd $10
iron man 2 google play hd $7
iron man 3 google play hd $7
lady and the tramp google play hd $7
marvels the avengers 1 google play hd $7
mcfarland, usa google play hd $7
Mickey's Christmas Carol google play hd $13
million dollar arm google play hd $8
moana google play hd $7
need for speed google play hd $7
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 google play hd $7
Ratatouille google play hd $10
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story google play hd $7
sleeping beauty animated google play hd- $10
solo a star wars story google play hd $7
star wars the force awaken google play hd $5
star wars the last jedi google play hd $7
tarzan disney google play hd $11
the good dinosaur google play hd $7
the incredibles 1 google play hd $7
the lion king 1 1/2 google play hd $10
the muppet movie 1979 google play hd $10
the sword in the stone google play hd $10
thor dark world google play hd $7
thor ragnarok google play hd $7
toy story 4 google play hd $7
toy story 1 google play hd $8
wrinkle in time google play hd $7
tv shows
DC's Legends Of Tomorrow Season 1 vudu hd $15
DC's Legends Of Tomorrow Season 2 vudu hd $15
DC's Legends Of Tomorrow Season 3 vudu hd $15
DC's Legends Of Tomorrow Season 4 vudu hd $15
gotham season 3 vudu hd $12
gotham season 4 vudu hd $12
aarow season 5 vudu hd $12
orange is the new black season 6 vudu $12
preacher: season 1 vudu hd $12
Preacher: Season 3 vudu hd $12
supergirl season 1 vudu hd $12
supergirl season 3 vudu hd $15
the flash season 1 hd- $10
the flash season 4 vudu hd $12
the vampire diaries season 3 vudu hd- $15
the vampire diaries season 4 vudu hd- $15
the vampire diaries season 6 vudu hd- $15
the walking dead season 7 vudu hd $15
westworld season 1 vudu hd $15
4k itunes or hd itune $8 each unless marked otherwise
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
2 fast 2 furious 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
bourne legacy
mission impossible fallout
a quiet place
alien 1979 ma hd or 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k if redeem via itune)
allied
almost christmas itune hd $5
american assassin 4k itune $9
annihilation
anomalisa hd itune $8
arrival 2016
assassin creed
atomic blonde
baywatch
ben hur 2016
black sea hd itune $7
book club
despicable me 1 4k itune $10
despicable me 2
downsizing
e.t the extra terrestrial
fast and furious 2009 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
fast and furious 6 extended ed 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
fast five extended ed 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
fences
fifty shades of grey
fifty shades darker
furious 7 extended ed 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
gemini man 4k itune $8
get out 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) - $8
Ghost in the Shell (scarlett johanson) 4k itune $8
gi joe retaliation 4k itune $8
hellboy 2019 4k itune $10
jason bourne
jack reacher never go back
john wick 1 vudu hd or 4k itune $7
kingsman the secret service 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
kingsman the golden circle 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
krampus itune hd $5
lone survivor 4k itune $7
long shot 4k itune or vudu hd $10
lucy itune 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
mechanic resurrection
mike and dave need a wedding date
mission impossible 1 4k itune $10
mission impossible 2 4k itune $10
mission impossible 3 4k itune $10
mission impossible 4 ghost protocol
mission impossible 5 rouge nation
mission impossible fallout
morgan 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
neighbors 2 itunes hd $7
nightcrawler hd itune $7
office christmas party
overlord
pain and gain itune hd $6
pitch perfect 1
pitch perfect 2
sicario 1 4k itune $7
split 4k itune $7 (port to vudu 4k)
star trek into darkness 4k itune $8
Suburbicon
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) 4k itune $7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 4k itune $7
The Bourne Legacy
the fast and furious 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
the fast and furious tokyo drift 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
the fate of the furious 4k itune $10 (port to vudu 4k)
the gift (2015 jason bateman) hd itune $10
The Great Wall (port to vudu 4k)
the hateful eight 4k itune $7
the hustle 4k itune $8
The Legend of Hercules (2014 Kellan Lutz ) 4k itune $7
the mountain between us
The Purge
The Purge: Election Year
The Purge: Anarchy
The Revenant
The Secret Life of Pets 1
the peanuts movie 4k itune (port to vudu 4k if reddem itune) $10
warcraft 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $8
wind river 4k itune $8
x-men 1 original 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10
X-Men: Apocalypse 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $8
X-Men: Days of Future Past 4k itune
X-Men: Days of Future Past (rogue cut) ma hd $8
X-Men: First Class 4k itune (port to vudu 4k) $10 (rare code)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ hugo hd can only redeem at fandango $5 dead man down hd at ma $7 future world, ,patriots day vudu hd ++++++ HD MA or vudu hd Movies $5 each -- everybody wants some, rings 2016 (newest one) hacksaw ridge, patriots day , annihilation +++++++ itunes 4k $7 each -- mission impossible fallout ($5), patriots day, annihilation,