FUSHIGI: As Seen on TV's Weirdest Product

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    I used to see a commercial for this thing called the Fushigi Magic Gravity Ball all the time when I was younger, and I always wanted to try it out. But what was it, really? Let's find out!
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Комментарии • 11 тыс.

  • @horrorkidd7107
    @horrorkidd7107 2 года назад +3323

    the real reason Kurtis made this video is to prepare us for his new hairstyle which is a ponytail so no one will talk shit because its the fushigi that made him do it, no one can prove me wrong

  • @markconigliaro
    @markconigliaro 2 года назад +6968

    I'm a "professional" contact juggler and I was around during the inception of the fushigi. Here's some extra background from someone in the community. In the last video I made a comment on it so I'm going to copy and paste it here. Later today I'll add some stuff about this particular video.
    Fushigi is just a brand of ball used for contact juggling, and it was a horrible contact juggling ball. I was a contact juggler years before Fushigi existed (the creator came to our forums and even asked us for advice, he didn't actually take it) and Fushigi just killed contact juggling on the spot.
    The problem you can see in this video. Contact juggling is HARD, very hard, it takes hundreds of hours of practice to make it look good (the people in the commercial were doing beginner moves, and some not that well). Before fushigi I would contact juggle in public and people would be amazed. They'd stop in their tracks with their jaw dropped, come over, ask questions. I'd hand them the ball and they couldn't believe it was just a very heavy ball.
    Then fushigi came and the reactions were "oh that's just a fushigi" and keep walking. Because they thought the ball was doing all the work, it's a magic trick. Nevermind the years it took to nail these moves, stuff 100 times more complicated and smoother then what you see in the commercial, it was all reduced down to a party trick. Other members of our forum were street performers and they had it even worse. They'd contact juggle in their acts and had a very noticeable decrease in tips because people thought it was a "magic ball" which did the work for them. People thought they just bought the ball and hit the streets a week later, instead of 5+ years of practice.
    You can see all the people in this comment section who were disappointed that they got a fushigi and it was just a ball. Also, it's a terrible contact juggling ball because it's actually too small and light. Real contact juggling balls are solid acrylic and very heavy, easily twice as heavy as a fushigi. The hollow chrome ball in the center was so it doesn't start fires. I've seen people light campfires with their acrylic balls, or melt the plastic in their car if the ball was in the open and in direct sunlight. The fushigi people didn't want that problem when advertising to kids so they put the chrome ball inside. The problem is that chrome ball was never centered perfectly, so you can always see it wobble around and ruin the illusion. Plus the chrome ball had a big seam on it that you can see. The illusion only works when you have a perfectly round ball with no markings so you can't see it rolling, rather you see it floating.
    In short, fushigi killed contact juggling and all of us in the community hated it even more than all of you who opened it up on Christmas morning.

    • @kimchiandfries4830
      @kimchiandfries4830 2 года назад +891

      Damn that actually hella sucks.

    • @whOmega_lol
      @whOmega_lol 2 года назад +890

      Holy shit there's actual lore to this shitty ball, that's wild 😂

    • @Terra23437
      @Terra23437 2 года назад +657

      since the fushigi has since fallen out of fashion, is that stigma still present or are you able to juggle once again?

    • @semicolon.advocate
      @semicolon.advocate 2 года назад +63

      thanks for the info!!

    • @markconigliaro
      @markconigliaro 2 года назад +604

      @@whOmega_lol I didn't even scratch the surface of the lore, like I could go into how one of the guys in the commercial was part of our forum and didn't know the direction the commercial was going to go and regrets his involvement. And Kenny himself was basically shunned from the entire juggling community because even after this aired he was still defending it.
      And then there's the creation of the ball itself where we "approved" the idea of the chrome ball inside to prevent fires under the condition that it's perfectly centered. He did not deliver on that promise, which makes it a terrible contact juggling ball. We were actually excited over the idea of contact juggling going to the masses, but we didn't know of the name change to "fushigi" or "magic gravity ball" until it aired. He pitched it to us as a mass market contact juggling ball, yet he never mentioned contact juggling except in small print.

  • @nilNell
    @nilNell 2 года назад +1843

    My grandmother gave me one of these, and let me tell you, as someone who never learnt how to use it, the property damage comes from launching the 2 pound rock hard ball into your parents stereo system.

    • @videosbybug
      @videosbybug 2 года назад +101

      the mental image of that was so fucking funny thank you for this

    • @videosbybug
      @videosbybug 2 года назад +50

      i’m so sorry about your parents’ sound system 🤣

    • @seachelle2316
      @seachelle2316 Год назад +3

      LMAO

    • @mribm4000
      @mribm4000 2 месяца назад +1

      😂😂😂

  • @lydiacurrie3471
    @lydiacurrie3471 Год назад +1346

    I HAD ONE I begged my dad to get me a Fushigi and we couldn’t figure out what it was and we all waited for it to come in the mail and when it arrived it was just this big heavy glass ball. To show my excitement I suggested we pop the dvd in and try it out and I tried the first exercise and the ball rolled off my forearm onto our coffee table and broke the glass table top

  • @sairaaahmedd1306
    @sairaaahmedd1306 2 года назад +20278

    It’s hilarious that Kurtis doesn’t realize that he has always looked the part of someone who can Fushigi

    • @muggins2279
      @muggins2279 2 года назад

      He also looks like he can out-hackeysack anyone on the planet

    • @tonywebert8326
      @tonywebert8326 2 года назад +270

      ​@najwa orajawa You're obviously a spambot but I like to think that this is an honest citizen of Kurtistown talking about his curvy body. I read this and legit thought "wait was he actually wearing a garter belt during his Fushigi demo" and got a little chub, NGL.
      Edit: typos cuz I can't type-o

    • @dreabrown6595
      @dreabrown6595 2 года назад +24

      that’s just the vibe

    • @1WEareBUFO1
      @1WEareBUFO1 2 года назад +38

      With the Penn Gillette ponytail it hits different.

    • @1WEareBUFO1
      @1WEareBUFO1 2 года назад +33

      @@tonywebert8326 this checks out. We don't know there's no garter belt underneath, after all. 😳

  • @alliehenry147
    @alliehenry147 2 года назад +33485

    I actually had a friends that got one of these. She left it sitting on her dresser one day and the sun was shining into her room. The fushigi literally focused the sunlight and started a little fire on the carpet

    • @carriem2115
      @carriem2115 2 года назад +3022

      thats fucking hilarious

    • @Mitreme
      @Mitreme 2 года назад +7707

      looks like your friend didn’t follow storage and usage instructions and it led to property damage and bodily injury

    • @sometimesicrytoooften39
      @sometimesicrytoooften39 2 года назад +2311

      the power of fushigi is immense

    • @phoenixfirebirbs
      @phoenixfirebirbs 2 года назад +624

      that's actually so funny-

    • @nyxicide
      @nyxicide 2 года назад +729

      LOL OH NO. And now we know why you never use them outside...

  • @justice9818
    @justice9818 2 года назад +2658

    i used to watch the magic bullet commercials and think of how useful that would be in my life. I thought that that blender would seriously change the trajectory of my 7 year old life

    • @InvisibleRen
      @InvisibleRen 2 года назад +58

      Yep. Kitchen appliances and vacuums.

    • @april4524
      @april4524 2 года назад +14

      YES FR

    • @shyexploring7660
      @shyexploring7660 2 года назад +16

      They got us with the ✨MAGIC✨ part😂😂

    • @1WEareBUFO1
      @1WEareBUFO1 2 года назад +19

      As a twenty seven year old woman who now has a bullet type blender, you can never get all those years without smoothie back.

    • @thesleepydot
      @thesleepydot 2 года назад +5

      i didn’t watch the magic bullet commercial, but I DID watch other kitchen appliance ads, and I likewise thought I NEEDED to have them. like if not because they are worth the money, simply because they looked mesmerizing and easy

  • @mynamescamila
    @mynamescamila Год назад +441

    As a child who had blo pens, rainbow art, that magic rainbow blackboard, bead magic, and that hair string wrap tool... I'd say that yeah... Those commercials really got me too.

    • @kingofthekingsjabril
      @kingofthekingsjabril 3 месяца назад +5

      Blow pens were cool .

    • @ghoultooth
      @ghoultooth 11 дней назад

      @@kingofthekingsjabrilDefinitely, I used to love blo pens!

  • @miranda5533
    @miranda5533 2 года назад +3268

    the thing that absolutely infuriated me as a child is that they kept bringing up that it “floats” but it clearly doesn’t float. oh every shot they say it floats it shows them literally holding it. it made me so mad as a kid.

    • @lexi_may
      @lexi_may 2 года назад +91

      i’m glad u could see thru the bullshit little me thought it was magic😭😭😭

    • @rachelhansen2417
      @rachelhansen2417 2 года назад +5

      Right? My whole family thought this was weird.

    • @ShadowWolfe
      @ShadowWolfe 2 года назад +58

      Remeber the Hover Boards that didn't actually hover? That was so obvious but so annoying that they just went with it as if it didn't have wheels -or burst into flames.-

    • @Laura-xn2uh
      @Laura-xn2uh 2 года назад +4

      It floats?!? 🤨

    • @Bosihiov
      @Bosihiov 2 года назад +6

      Seriously! I remember the Fushigi ball being a gift one of my cousins got for Christmas and we were all like “Wtf why did your parents buy you this.”

  • @sophieb-m1472
    @sophieb-m1472 2 года назад +5398

    The ponytail actually centers your energy and gives better balance to manipulate the orb

  • @moarika7378
    @moarika7378 2 года назад +12542

    i distinctly remember forcing my parents to buy a fushigi and when i finally got it i literally did not know what to do with it so it ended up sitting on the floor for a few years, don’t know where it is now actually

    • @bleet570
      @bleet570 2 года назад +211

      @Don't read profile photo 🤓

    • @TheOrdinaryPrudentPerson
      @TheOrdinaryPrudentPerson 2 года назад +329

      It's probably still there bro! Go look...and.... FUSHIGIIII!!!!!!!!

    • @kaelah1326
      @kaelah1326 2 года назад +79

      this is my exact same experience with it lmaoo

    • @havenschade8174
      @havenschade8174 2 года назад +37

      this is very accurate

    • @DaedricFaZe
      @DaedricFaZe 2 года назад +150

      Same, i got one as a gift and realized it was just a ball, i felt bad so i showed my mom one trick and never touched it again.

  • @awandererfromys1680
    @awandererfromys1680 Год назад +332

    This was a minor rage as well back in 1986 after Jim Henson's _Labyrinth._ The contact juggling was done by Michael Moschen who basically invented the modern form and introduced it to the world in that movie. It's really quite mesmerizing to watch. The movie is awesome too.

    • @xsvin3749
      @xsvin3749 7 месяцев назад +10

      Thank god, I was about to lose my mind without the mention.

  • @HarleyQuinnSin
    @HarleyQuinnSin 2 года назад +3190

    My father was SO into this thing when I was a kid. He'd freak out every time he saw the commercial, just like he was a big kid. He finally got one and demanded I watch the "cool tricks" he learned 😂. He passed last year, this video was a really nice reminder of him 💗

    • @katiefox6541
      @katiefox6541 2 года назад +234

      This is so sweet. Sorry for your loss

    • @val77701
      @val77701 2 года назад +73

      @SМL Shorts 🅥 jeez, stop

    • @deadlykota
      @deadlykota 2 года назад +150

      my dad was the same way with stupid commercials like this, he got so excited when he saw them and loved laughing at the absurdity. he passed nearly 16 years ago, every little thing reminds you of them and sometimes it's really nice to have something to hold on to like this. im sorry for your loss, but im glad you have such a fond memory like that. ♥️

    • @elduhh
      @elduhh 2 года назад +25

      i’m sorry to hear about ur father, what a sweet memory of him 💗💗

    • @PissyLissy
      @PissyLissy 2 года назад +5

      AWWW RIP

  • @oliiseely6437
    @oliiseely6437 2 года назад +5506

    honestly the most influential comerical for me as a kid was those bathtubs that come with a chair and you can "walk into" it designed for senior citizens.
    bro me and my sister genuinely thought that was the height of luxury and we would beg our parents every year for one. (we got a wii instead so we called it even.)

    • @zellasimpson4281
      @zellasimpson4281 2 года назад +305

      I loved going to my great grandparents just to sit on the chair in their bathtub

    • @Mckinley-mick
      @Mckinley-mick 2 года назад +326

      Nooo same 😭 I thought those things were THE FUTURE of bathing.

    • @gracefulslumber8441
      @gracefulslumber8441 2 года назад +144

      I wanted one of those too 🤣 I remember asking my mom why ours didn't have one 💀 that, and the little door/gate one

    • @bridget663
      @bridget663 2 года назад +90

      I'm 35 now and I still kind of want one. 😂

    • @UnamusedBouche
      @UnamusedBouche 2 года назад +57

      @@Mckinley-mick It will indeed be, when you're 70 or so.

  • @julescegan
    @julescegan 2 года назад +2808

    Every single time, without fail, the Barbie “balls” reverb will make me laugh. It will always be funny

    • @Kettie5
      @Kettie5 2 года назад

      𝕓𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤

    • @julierosales2997
      @julierosales2997 2 года назад +23

      It’s funny EVERY SINGLE TIME

    • @Evanz111
      @Evanz111 2 года назад +7

      I was hoping for more than one in this video!

    • @kurtpaulsen1
      @kurtpaulsen1 2 года назад +2

      Literally same

    • @mayagarcia-hector2732
      @mayagarcia-hector2732 2 года назад +9

      I reference it a lot and I know nobody will ever get it :/

  • @farberry17
    @farberry17 Год назад +146

    Childhood friend and I were equally obsessed with the magic bullet advert when we were ~8, and 20 yrs later I finally got one when she gave it to me as a wedding present

    • @user-himenes
      @user-himenes 9 месяцев назад +8

      Sweeeeeeet im lowkey jealous

    • @Dyin-Bryan
      @Dyin-Bryan 6 месяцев назад +5

      as in you got married to her? i need my head canon fulfilled here

    • @ivanroman6758
      @ivanroman6758 3 месяца назад +1

      This is the most adorable thing I’ve read on the internet. Awesome that you stayed friends. Hope the wedding kicked ass.

  • @HilTheMill
    @HilTheMill 2 года назад +6189

    KURT the Magic Bullet commercial was SO important to me. The product too, but mostly the feature length infomercial. The grumpy hungover uncle who is cured by a smoothie? I relate more and more to him every day. Idk but I feel really seen rn

    • @HilTheMill
      @HilTheMill 2 года назад +312

      Damn I guess it’s finally here then

    • @anonymous71207
      @anonymous71207 2 года назад +68

      I hope that uncle is doing well and is not hungover

    • @Mckinley-mick
      @Mckinley-mick 2 года назад +87

      Same!!! Early Saturday morning infomercials we’re my SHIT. My parents told me I used to run into their room and wake them up after watching them and practically could recite all of the buzzwords and jargon from the commercials. 😂 I used to slightly memorize the super fast disclaimer/side affects from these infomercials and drug commercials also. Life of 5 tv stations to chose from lol

    • @austinrenner9568
      @austinrenner9568 2 года назад +52

      @@HilTheMill your message to kurtis had me laughing. Your response to the spam made me cry laugh. Thank you, it was needed.

    • @HilTheMill
      @HilTheMill 2 года назад +24

      @@austinrenner9568 omg that makes me so happy!! Hope you have a great weekend!

  • @sickdoctor
    @sickdoctor 2 года назад +2795

    my younger sibling got one and there was a big warning about how you should NOT, under any circumstances, drop your fushingi on an uncarpeted floor. not because of the damage it might cause to the fushigi, but because The Fushigi Will Break Your Floor

    • @sleepyclowns
      @sleepyclowns 2 года назад +72

      @dolita windo I think I read all of the comments this one was auto generated from lmaooo

    • @DingusDoofer
      @DingusDoofer 2 года назад +159

      Girl if you drop it on your toe.. you be limping for days. Happened so many times for me

    • @weatherreport15yearsago8
      @weatherreport15yearsago8 2 года назад +43

      I Love How You Typed The Last Sentence Like This Lmao

    • @nikkelee3306
      @nikkelee3306 2 года назад +49

      it’ll also break ur teeth, not like i’m speaking from experience or anything…

    • @TheeeSogg
      @TheeeSogg 2 года назад +32

      Someone’s just holding up a store with a fushigi

  • @FigmentForever
    @FigmentForever 2 года назад +5268

    Also, my wife let me in on a fun fact: the church she was forced to go to as a young adult, banned the Fushigi ball as they thought it was actual “Magic” and deemed anything described magic as anti-Christian/witchcraft. That’s The South for you.

    • @essr4580
      @essr4580 2 года назад +96

      Hilarious

    • @ZijnShayatanica
      @ZijnShayatanica 2 года назад +350

      I'm imagining a really funny sermon about the dangers & satanic temptation of the Fushigi.

    • @bcc5701
      @bcc5701 2 года назад +163

      my buddy is from backwoods MO and his wife went to a girls school that taught housework instead of academics and they were burning Harry Potter books when it first came out

    • @spencerscurr7149
      @spencerscurr7149 2 года назад +98

      I've been yelled at by street preachers for contact juggling so yeah, can confirm

    • @annalese135
      @annalese135 2 года назад +26

      Yeah, I wasn't allowed to watch Harry Potter

  • @divumreves
    @divumreves 7 месяцев назад +524

    Kurtis' mustache looks like two Yorkies kissing

    • @jinglebingle4
      @jinglebingle4 5 месяцев назад +13

      ohmygod

    • @farynpendragon
      @farynpendragon 4 месяца назад +16

      I was going to say they look like capybaras but yeah Yorkies too lmao😭

    • @DevReaper
      @DevReaper 4 месяца назад +4

      I don’t know if this means the candy bar or the dog but it works either way

    • @yijhebsldiv3gyxi88
      @yijhebsldiv3gyxi88 3 месяца назад +2

      i read that as two newyorkers and imagined schlatt kissing spiderman becouse they are the only newyorkers i know

  • @drknflx
    @drknflx 2 года назад +6428

    i remember watching a video years ago called “trying to break a fushigi” and it was a guy throwing a fushigi off the roof and shooting it with a bb gun until it broke. it never did.

    • @alyssap3590
      @alyssap3590 2 года назад +1427

      fushigi doesn’t break, it breaks you

    • @baileymae305
      @baileymae305 2 года назад +117

      @@alyssap3590 best comment ever

    • @gayjayy
      @gayjayy 2 года назад +134

      But Mac can scratch it 5 seconds after taking it out of the box...

    • @Sonderasf
      @Sonderasf 2 года назад +116

      I dropped mine on some pavement and it broke

    • @lavenderguitarist785
      @lavenderguitarist785 2 года назад +148

      I had a fushigi and it fucking cracked when it fell off my dresser

  • @charlotteh7327
    @charlotteh7327 2 года назад +1876

    my sweet grandmother overheard my cousins and I talking about how badly we wanted fushigis and got us all bouncy balls for Christmas because she thought that they were the same thing

    • @simplykathrynrebeca
      @simplykathrynrebeca 2 года назад +103

      That is so cute 😭😭

    • @1cepool
      @1cepool 2 года назад +70

      that's so sweet 😭😭

    • @emilied2986
      @emilied2986 2 года назад +140

      Bouncy balls are better and please protect her at all costs

    • @MrChristianDT
      @MrChristianDT 2 года назад +32

      Lmao. When I was about 8, I got Pokémon Blue for Christmas. My Gradmother said "now, I just need Pokémon Red." I told her, don't worry about it. It's literally the exact same game, just with slightly different Pokémon in it. Pokémon Yellow comes out, we go through the same thing. Pokémon Gold & Silver comes out & I actually go to her & say, "OK, this one actually is a completely different game this time." I never got it. Skipped over the whole 2nd generation because of that. Lol

    • @imbluedubbadee
      @imbluedubbadee 2 года назад +15

      @@MrChristianDT her poor confused brain must have been going crazy 😂

  • @sensitiverat
    @sensitiverat 2 года назад +5863

    As someone who just saw Kurtis on tour, I’m sad to say he didn’t do Fushigi I paid to see Fushigi and all I got was stand up 😔

    • @BlahBlah-hb8wk
      @BlahBlah-hb8wk 2 года назад +391

      you could say you got…. STOOD UP 🫣🤌🏻

    • @swatch9890
      @swatch9890 2 года назад +53

      ​@@BlahBlah-hb8wk I guess you could say.. HE WENT "BLAH BLAH".
      ok it was bad sorry

    • @calowenby1654
      @calowenby1654 Год назад +21

      @Swatch I guess you could say he got…SWATCHed.
      Ahem, I’ll see myself out.

    • @martymcfly7393
      @martymcfly7393 Год назад +11

      this is good to know so I won't waste my money at future kurtis shows

    • @mishaa7263
      @mishaa7263 Год назад +3

      @@calowenby1654 LOL i laughed

  • @Ryyi23
    @Ryyi23 2 года назад +75

    Honestly really happy that the people behind Fushigi actually went out and found someone who was genuinely interested and passionate about contact juggling to make the tutorial DVD. +RESPECT

  • @jaxb.7884
    @jaxb.7884 2 года назад +12002

    FUCKING FINALLY. I was talking about this stupid ball with my friends last night and I couldn’t remember what it was called for the life of me. Thank you Kurtis

    • @big_sea
      @big_sea 2 года назад +5

      yea

    • @v0id_d3m0n
      @v0id_d3m0n 2 года назад +18

      Lmao love when that happens

    • @kiannaw.8660
      @kiannaw.8660 2 года назад +36

      How could you ever forget Fushigi??!

    • @schanzay18sohail
      @schanzay18sohail 2 года назад +5

      this goes in the list of things that never fucking happened : )

    • @beanbagburrito
      @beanbagburrito 2 года назад +72

      @@schanzay18sohail calm down

  • @isabellechong7841
    @isabellechong7841 2 года назад +2135

    im actually pretty sure the reason you have to "store the fushigi properly" is because it's essentially a huge reflective crystal ball, which means it's subject to the magnifying glass effect. if you leave it out in the sun, it can concentrate the light to a point and start fires.

    • @cursed-cat9126
      @cursed-cat9126 2 года назад +190

      Fushigi: Arson magic

    • @dogegang7743
      @dogegang7743 2 года назад +2

      @@cursed-cat9126 lol

    • @meala00
      @meala00 2 года назад +20

      Came here to say this… the fushigi will light your house on fire

    • @isabellechong7841
      @isabellechong7841 2 года назад +13

      @@h0rriphic I’m pretty sure it’s a problem indoors more than out bc indoors there’s more draperies and cloth elements (curtains, rugs, upholstered furniture) that is flammable whereas outside. Sure it’s rare, but no one wants to get sued so of course if there’s even a chance of it happening they have to include it in the pamphlet or be at risk for liability lawsuits

    • @carterp
      @carterp 2 года назад +7

      people not knowing that property of glass balls is so morbidly interesting to see, like its insane that a shape did that

  • @Ellicess
    @Ellicess 2 года назад +3058

    I’m so glad the “BALLS” soundbyte has become a recurring gag because I already quite it all the time lmao.

    • @Yoanna_666
      @Yoanna_666 2 года назад +36

      @@melly5416 they want to act smart lol

    • @カーテンコールに惜別を
      @カーテンコールに惜別を 2 года назад +45

      @niddg viiut that’s just how things are in Kurtistown, and if you don’t like it, you still need to be nice. It is the law, after all

    • @kunpunko
      @kunpunko 2 года назад +15

      @niddg viiut do you understand the person you are watching lmao… don’t be so uptight it’s dumb and funny

    • @debbydee6633
      @debbydee6633 2 года назад +24

      @niddg viiut balls (slowed and reverbed)

    • @FyWy_
      @FyWy_ 2 года назад

      Heres one of my fav videos using it lmao ruclips.net/video/_HAuSkW-1ek/видео.html

  • @Dr_Sunshine222
    @Dr_Sunshine222 2 года назад +140

    14:27 the face of pure panic on Kurtis’ face when he dropped the Fushigi 😭

    • @farynpendragon
      @farynpendragon 4 месяца назад +4

      The weak "NoOo!" is what got me😭

  • @abathtub1411
    @abathtub1411 2 года назад +830

    so brave of Kurtis to follow through with this video after realizing he was 16 and in fact, not a child, when the fushigi dropped. All the respect for my Mayor.

    • @sipsmoretea2241
      @sipsmoretea2241 2 года назад +21

      As a 16 year old, i admit, I to want a fushigi magic gravity ball

    • @orangecat9559
      @orangecat9559 2 года назад +9

      I'm 16 and i am in fact mesmerized by that commercial and is in love with the balls of fushigi religiously

    • @UnusAnnus3
      @UnusAnnus3 2 года назад +3

      Shit I’m 26 and I want a fushigi ball even after watching this video

    • @cpcks18
      @cpcks18 2 года назад +4

      That year is most definitely wrong tho. I was 20 in 2010 🤣🤣🤣
      These commercials were on when I was a child

    • @BiancaGrint
      @BiancaGrint Месяц назад +1

      ​@@cpcks18I was 20 in 2010 as well & I definitely remember the commercials from childhood

  • @spencerscurr7149
    @spencerscurr7149 2 года назад +2102

    Professional contact juggler here: I was doing a show earlier today and let a guy in my audience feel the ball. He yelled "WOW! IT FEELS LIKE A BOOB!" to which somone else in the crowd immediatly yelled "Wow! This guy has never touched a boob!". That filled my heart with joy. 7 years ago they all would have chanted in unison with their eyes rolled back, "THAT IS A FUSHIGI"
    Edit: Professional Ponytail Man here

    • @abigcupofwater
      @abigcupofwater 2 года назад +53

      THAT IS A FUSHIGI

    • @worstusernameintheworld9871
      @worstusernameintheworld9871 2 года назад +120

      as someone who is born a woman, are b0obs *not* a solid round ball like a fushigi??

    • @seoulessangel
      @seoulessangel 2 года назад +42

      @@worstusernameintheworld9871 I personally think my boobs remind me of steamed dumplings 💀 Not solid at all.
      Edit: Steamed dumplings, with an added water balloon effect. 🥴 I’m really out here with steamed dumplings filled with water attached to my chest… Should I add that to my résumé? 🤔💀

    • @Tw0Dots
      @Tw0Dots 2 года назад +143

      @@worstusernameintheworld9871 second base is now just contact juggling

    • @wulthawhitastand7113
      @wulthawhitastand7113 2 года назад +10

      Idk why at first I read it like BOB

  • @lynnwalsh7517
    @lynnwalsh7517 2 года назад +1544

    As a kid watching these commercials, it never occurred to me that "fushigi" could be a real word. But then, one day in Japanese class, it was right there on our vocab list. So for anyone who wants to know, "fushigi" is an adjective that basically means a mixture of miraculous, marvelous, and mysterious.
    This video has shown me that the real fushigi ball is not so miraculous, marvelous, or mysterious, though, haha

  • @dh.151
    @dh.151 Год назад +16

    as a flow artist thats really involved in the community its always fun to see takes on stuff like this. contact juggling is so cool, and like he said, it is kind of a dance. There are so many other really cool flow arts like poi, contact poi, buugeng, hoola hooping, staffs and dragon staffs, etc etc, that are dances but also prop manipulation. it takes a lot of practice and trial and error to find your style and flow (hence the name flow art). And being in flow state is a type of meditation once youre practiced enough, hence the "therapeutic" claim. Many flow artists find their craft an extention of their regular meditation practices. To anyone interested, definitely look into different flow art props! I was never any good at contact poi, but hoola hooping and poi resonated heavily with the way i like to move my body. xo

  • @jessycoolnessable
    @jessycoolnessable 2 года назад +3352

    The fushigi coming out in 2010 is REALLY throwing me off… I graduated high school in 2010 and I could have sworn I saw those commercials in middle school. Lol I think Kurtis uncovered a new Mandela effect.

    • @MoniqueLacroix14
      @MoniqueLacroix14 2 года назад +97

      Agreed!!! Aint no fuckin way!

    • @pikachuneoncat6480
      @pikachuneoncat6480 2 года назад +19

      Same.

    • @constonks
      @constonks 2 года назад +247

      The Fushigi floats in time as well as space

    • @princesstriceestar
      @princesstriceestar 2 года назад +100

      I distinctly remember being like middle school aged when this came out and I'm damn near 40 😂😂😂

    • @Rock_Lee_The_Handsome_Devil
      @Rock_Lee_The_Handsome_Devil 2 года назад +59

      It couldn't have tho, I'm so confused , it was in that one David Bowie movie that came out in 1986…?

  • @CSpottsGaming
    @CSpottsGaming 2 года назад +1534

    I'm embarrassed to say I literally laughed out loud when you described the carrying case as a "ball sack"

    • @Pussibericus
      @Pussibericus 2 года назад +20

      @Jesus Gonzalez what is this? Some sort of judging of our major kurtis?

    • @sirdanielfortesque5812
      @sirdanielfortesque5812 2 года назад +3

      @@Pussibericus Only God and @Jesus Gonzalez can judge me.

    • @batterybroken
      @batterybroken 2 года назад +3

      Don’t be embarrassed bro, I laughed so loud at that part 😭

    • @CSpottsGaming
      @CSpottsGaming 2 года назад +2

      @@Pussibericus Does that guy not know that we have to be nice to Kurtis because he's the mayor of Kurtistown and that's the law?

    • @CSpottsGaming
      @CSpottsGaming 2 года назад

      @Jesus is coming. Read the Gospel. nah, I'm good

  • @fineline614
    @fineline614 2 года назад +1257

    the phrase “this has definitely been fushiged before” has not left my mind since i first heard it

  • @tini_ceh
    @tini_ceh Год назад +90

    I saw the ad for a Fushigi, had no doubt it was real magic, and wanted one desperately as a eight year-old.

  • @aisushitai2680
    @aisushitai2680 2 года назад +2804

    I understand the fact that the Fushigi looks harmless, but the outer layer is just really thick glass, when I was a kid a friend had one of these, left it out in the sun, and when we came back there was a black mark on the ground and the part of the ball facing up had started to puddle up. They look like they couldn't do any damage, but after I saw that fucker start to melt, I never watched the commercial again.

    • @joaobenin
      @joaobenin 2 года назад +359

      Pretty sure that's why the manual says not to use it outdoors. It's basically a big lens

    • @SolScribbles
      @SolScribbles 2 года назад +341

      i like how this comment implies you used to watch the commercial regularly (intentionally)

    • @nintando
      @nintando 2 года назад +162

      @@joaobenin they use it outdoors in the commercial 😭😭

    • @freydobaggins6252
      @freydobaggins6252 2 года назад +91

      When I was a kid in the UK we had these thing called yo yo balls (like a hollow rubber ball filled with glittery fluid on a rubber string?) which were HUGE for literally only a few months until pretty much all schools banned them for multiple reasons-- 1 it was possible to throttle yourself or other kids with the rubber string (main reason), 2 some kids were apparently drinking the fluid out of them and they pierced really easily 3 this was the only one I experienced-- the way the rubber string stretched made it easy to hit yourself in the face with the ball at HUGE velocity, I was dizzy and saw double for like an hour after.
      Kids' toys and fads which quickly turn out to be insanely dangerous (in multiple ways in the case of yo yo balls!!) are obviously bad but something about it is so funny in retrospect lmao
      (you can find something called yo yo balls now I believe but they're totally different, not made of stretchy rubber so I suppose lack all the associated risks)

    • @juliusweiss5447
      @juliusweiss5447 2 года назад +16

      @@SolScribbles You didn’t have certain infomercials you watched on purpose as a kid? Or are you just too young to have done that? 🤔

  • @The_Greebler
    @The_Greebler 2 года назад +1518

    Fun fact- the storage disclaimer was because if you left the ball out and sunlight hit it, it could ✨burn down your house✨

    • @MissDraiha
      @MissDraiha 2 года назад +159

      Also the usage disclaimer - it's a heavy ball. If a kid lobs that at your head, it would not be pleasant

    • @skrtskrt22
      @skrtskrt22 2 года назад +61

      so could furby, but they never gave ME a DISCLAIMER

    • @janmanuelnicholasj.garcia7197
      @janmanuelnicholasj.garcia7197 2 года назад +38

      ✨indirect arson✨

    • @idontwantahandlethough
      @idontwantahandlethough 2 года назад +16

      @@skrtskrt22 I didn't know I could be any more terrified by those little things, but here we are...

    • @WallebyDamned
      @WallebyDamned 2 года назад +10

      @@MissDraiha they hurt if you drop it on a toe. They are really good at seeking the same one, too.

  • @elambedo
    @elambedo 2 года назад +3131

    Kurt the editing of that fushigi montage was unironically beautiful. I was so transfixed that I got jumpscared by my boyfriend walking over to me. I’m lost in that sweet, sweet fushigi sauce.

    • @froggy5748
      @froggy5748 2 года назад +150

      Your boyfriend caught you cheating on him with a video of a fushigi 😔

    • @planetpompom
      @planetpompom Год назад +38

      I'm watching while high and it blew my mind

    • @thenymphrelic
      @thenymphrelic Год назад +11

      bro i cried

    • @m_qat
      @m_qat Год назад +2

      how’s the relationship going

    • @jonnnnniej
      @jonnnnniej Год назад +4

      I rewatched it several times

  • @Lemons28KZ
    @Lemons28KZ Год назад +51

    I legit never understood what the fushigi was as a kid, and even now... Like they're literally just doing tricks with a ball. It doesn't look like magic. It looks like something that some kid named Justin would do with like a baseball at recess when everyone else was just trying to play a game and ignore him.

  • @ani65447
    @ani65447 2 года назад +5026

    Why don't pick up artists just teach fushigi? That was unironically a mad sexy display of alpha energy

    • @carebear3120
      @carebear3120 2 года назад +163

      There is no doubt in my mind that at least one PUA considered the fushigi as part of his peacocking routine

    • @isabelleburdge4308
      @isabelleburdge4308 2 года назад +23

      Big agree

    • @DocBree13
      @DocBree13 2 года назад +11

      True

    • @STOPSYPHER
      @STOPSYPHER 2 года назад +10

      @@carebear3120 oh I guarantee it was rampant around the time these things came out

    • @electrogeek77
      @electrogeek77 2 года назад +32

      I mean, who doesn't get hot over some fushigi and light negging?

  • @fightermkii6368
    @fightermkii6368 2 года назад +975

    For those who don't know. The warnings at 5:21 refer to when sunlight hits the FUSHIGI it turns your funny magic balls into an mega death laser.
    As you would expect that can be quite... Dangerous. I hear the same situation can also happen with magic 8 balls.

    • @ardentulent
      @ardentulent 2 года назад +38

      i've never heard that about magic 8 balls but i dont doubt it ! it's the same with crystal balls as well. who new magic orbs could all be so dangerous

    • @HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar
      @HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar 2 года назад

      Kurtis wasn't joking when he said those men were dangerous I guess.
      If you say no, you get blasted by a death laser.

    • @missbiithecat
      @missbiithecat 2 года назад +8

      Also crystal balls. LOL

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 года назад +12

      @@ardentulent Mages knew. They cast fireballs with those things

    • @AidanStewart9
      @AidanStewart9 2 года назад +14

      Also if I remember correctly they’re surprisingly super heavy. My brother dropped in on his toe and it fractured it lmfao

  • @syndirsloth5574
    @syndirsloth5574 2 года назад +4180

    Kurtis you've seriously gotta do a video on how badly the movie Stuart Little aged. My wife and I decided to rewatch it the other night and oh my lord I cannot believe this movie was actually created. A family walks into a orphanage, see all these kids who want families and are like yeah we want the mouse. You could seriously have a field day with this movie.

    • @jordanrogers8185
      @jordanrogers8185 2 года назад +192

      YAAASSS PLEASSSEEE!!! I ALWAYS thought it was just FUCKED that they picked a fucking MOUSE over an actual CHILD... PLEASE COVER THIS KURTY BOII!!!

    • @arxxx4249
      @arxxx4249 2 года назад +49

      KURTIS DO YOUR THING!!! 🐁

    • @NanaShaCrash
      @NanaShaCrash 2 года назад +25

      Well it is a book. But, why they would make it into a movie was kind of a weird decision.

    • @syndirsloth5574
      @syndirsloth5574 2 года назад +45

      @@NanaShaCrash In the book do that make it known that they just live in a world that animals can speak? Because the humans didn't seem surprised at all that Stuart could talk. Plus all the other animals also talk, plus its made known that cats don't talk around humans so they can be pets.

    • @JudgementalBudgie
      @JudgementalBudgie 2 года назад +108

      You are saying that you’d see a talking mouse in an orphanage and adopt a CHILD?

  • @lostgubbins
    @lostgubbins 8 месяцев назад +30

    for me it was. no joke, the worm on a string. i saw a commercial for them as a child and i wanted one for ages. i did end up getting one once i had my own money, and it was a novelty for a very short time and then spent the rest of its days in a drawer of my jewellery box.

    • @gabriellehentschel4599
      @gabriellehentschel4599 5 месяцев назад +1

      Omg yes I would lose my mind over the fuckin worm I thought that it moved on its own was very disappointed when I aquried it

  • @loreleihenry405
    @loreleihenry405 2 года назад +2854

    i was strangely attatched to the ‘bathtub with a door’ (for old people) commercial - i would come into the room anytime that commercial was on just to watch it, i wanted a bathtub with a door so bad

    • @erinnichols4866
      @erinnichols4866 2 года назад +43

      Me too

    • @catarinaasilvacs
      @catarinaasilvacs Год назад +82

      I still want one :(

    • @callerunknown
      @callerunknown Год назад +36

      SAME part of me still wants one

    • @kayla123ism
      @kayla123ism Год назад +60

      I’m 25 now and with the trouble I’m having getting into my tub lately it has reawakened my need for a shower with a door. 😂

    • @zombeesnack
      @zombeesnack Год назад +9

      I seriously wanted one so bad. …why though wth 😂

  • @rebeccadaniels4534
    @rebeccadaniels4534 2 года назад +1018

    this wasn’t a commercial necessarily, but i remember SO clearly learning about debit cards for the first time, and just becoming obsessed with them. i literally asked my parents for a debit card for christmas when i was like 7, and they had to sit me down and explain why i couldn’t have one

    • @hollykruse113
      @hollykruse113 2 года назад +66

      I bet youre great at monopoly and are an investment banker or something

    • @rowobin
      @rowobin 2 года назад +90

      this is so fucking funny

    • @prayingmantis8148
      @prayingmantis8148 2 года назад +44

      You could too have one, they make bank accounts especially for kids and you could just have one with like $5 on it just so you could go to the store and buy some candy with your little debit card! Unless you only wanted it because you thought it would have unlimited money or something.

    • @theboondoggliest
      @theboondoggliest 2 года назад +49

      this reminds me of when i was a kid and begged my mom to let me help her pay bills, cuz i was learning about money managing and thought finances were the most exciting thing ever

    • @Mlynoph
      @Mlynoph 2 года назад +5

      I got somewhat interested in cards and stuff as a kid after seeing the aluma wallet ad (if you've ever seen that one before). I remember really wanting that cool wallet and filling it up with cards.

  • @forbidmenots2970
    @forbidmenots2970 2 года назад +733

    I BEGGED my parents for a Fushigi ball when I was little. That thing is ridiculously heavy and tough as shit, it's been a decade and the thing is still solid. It's my most prized posession to this day.

  • @child.of.turmoil
    @child.of.turmoil Год назад +17

    Ayo, is no one gonna talk about the fact that Kurtis actually looks kinda good with the ponytail? It's such a different but cool look! Especially with the glasses.

  • @lindsaymccormick180
    @lindsaymccormick180 2 года назад +626

    If I showed up to a Kurtis Conner show and he just started doing Fushigi, I wouldn't be disappointed

    • @steveebrowne4297
      @steveebrowne4297 2 года назад +24

      Same honestly, hoping he wasn’t kidding bc at this point I might be disappointed if he doesn’t give me a fushigi montage mid stand up 😂

    • @DrEcho
      @DrEcho 2 года назад +11

      Imagine if you went to a Kurtis Conner show and he got on stage and started telling jokes 😔 that's some disappointment right there

  • @Horsepower37
    @Horsepower37 2 года назад +654

    My grandmother, who is rather disconnected from what my siblings and I actually enjoy, gifted my older brother a Fushigi for Christmas sometime during his teenage years. We'd seen the ads (and mocked them extensively) and my brother attempted a few tricks, but we immediately tired of the rather disappointing fad. It's been sitting on the windowsill for maybe ten years, and we only ever use it as a threat, since it's so heavy and could honestly be weaponized.

    • @cozycasasmr4510
      @cozycasasmr4510 2 года назад +22

      Weaponised 🤣

    • @isislee919
      @isislee919 2 года назад +5

      LOL my grandma is the exact same way and got me one of these for christmas as well

    • @nym2717
      @nym2717 2 года назад +20

      "dont make me get the fushigi"

    • @Dirk_Strider
      @Dirk_Strider 2 года назад +34

      Having that in a window is really tempting fate. They start a lot of fires from the sun reflecting off them like a magnifying glass.

  • @Congiary
    @Congiary 2 года назад +1654

    I had a fushigi! That thing was not what I expected. I didn't know what contact juggling was, or that I'd need actual skill to use it lol. Used it in a Jareth Halloween costume though.
    I also used to watch the Magic Bullet infomercial every single morning for like 8 months. Then my grandma got the set and I was so happy. As a teenager I rescued a disabled hamster (born with no teeth) and the Magic Bullet was my go-to for grinding up her food. ♥️

    • @claudiam1324
      @claudiam1324 2 года назад +517

      i got so worried at the end there you have no idea 😭

    • @lizc6393
      @lizc6393 2 года назад +259

      @@claudiam1324 Was looking for this comment, lmao. "My go-to for grinding"
      Me: oh... oh no...
      "Up her food"
      Phew!

    • @nakamotorskrskrvroom8038
      @nakamotorskrskrvroom8038 2 года назад +1

      I love that

    • @neen2660
      @neen2660 2 года назад +4

      Aw that’s so cute! Hydro hamsters are adorable.

    • @hannabooklover
      @hannabooklover 2 года назад +34

      Omg I thought you were going to grind up the hamster. I need to get off the internet more

  • @oriirae753
    @oriirae753 Год назад +14

    I don't remember how old I was when that Magic Bullet infomercial came out, but I was OBSESSED. My mom would tell me when it was on, and no matter what else I was watching, I would switch over to watch that infomercial. It even won out over episodes of Avatar the Last Airbender

  • @McBehrer
    @McBehrer 2 года назад +496

    6:00
    genuine answer to what was probably a joke question:
    If you store it near a window, it can refract sunlight like a magnifying glass and set your house on fire.
    Also, some of the tricks involve moving it in such a way that it's easy to drop it, hurting your toes or pets, or lob it through a window.
    So that warning is actually completely justified

    • @Yamismol
      @Yamismol 2 года назад +25

      A bunch of my friends who got it also broke their tiles by dropping it

    • @zoeasdin795
      @zoeasdin795 2 года назад +3

      it was so heavyy !

  • @tallyveit8917
    @tallyveit8917 2 года назад +412

    a long time ago my parents bought my siblings and i a fushigi after watching the sick commercial. once we realized it was just an 8lb glass ball with a big metal marble in it, we brought it to the lake and threw it in the water for fun. we would swim around the bottom of the lake and look for it but eventually the fushigi was fushiged

    • @purrgundy
      @purrgundy 2 года назад +59

      Oh no, it's fushigone now #RestInFishgi

    • @femboyhooters8831
      @femboyhooters8831 2 года назад +16

      so you we're fushing for the fushigi?

    • @jenl7094
      @jenl7094 2 года назад +1

      That definitely sounds like more fun

  • @alecmomenee-duprie2777
    @alecmomenee-duprie2777 2 года назад +516

    Fun fact! ‘Fushigi’ (不思議) means strange and marvelous in Japanese. There’s also a saying - fushigi da ne - which means ‘it’s strange, isn’t it?’ Which is also Bulbasaur’s name in Japanese (playing off the word for seed)

  • @Luci11.11
    @Luci11.11 5 месяцев назад +4

    I'm 29 and I agree with Kurt when he says being an adult is just all about healing your inner child.
    As a child I loved bratz, faires, mermaids horses, and pink
    And now I'm a 29 Yr old wearing pink everyday buying bratz dolls and anything cute, kawaii and pretty I can get my hands on. ^-^

  • @kee7374
    @kee7374 2 года назад +514

    I’m embarrassed to say I convinced my parents to get me this as a kid. It was really heavy actually so I understand the property damage risk. I used it for literally one day then realized it was just a glass ball that did nothing

    • @hunterlanius6526
      @hunterlanius6526 2 года назад +25

      I got it for xmas and was immediately disappointed too. I also only used it for one day b/c my mom told me to stop using it after I kept dropping it while trying to learn. The thud was so loud and she was afraid it'd damage the floor, plus I'd been crying b/c I dropped it on my toe twice.

    • @villy6314
      @villy6314 2 года назад +4

      @@hunterlanius6526 slay all day

    • @villy6314
      @villy6314 2 года назад +3

      @Jesus is coming. Read the Gospel. Shut up

    • @jumokeogunsola9549
      @jumokeogunsola9549 2 года назад +2

      same here and we somehow got TWO. after my thorough disappointment they turned it into a lesson for me 💀

  • @AGoobToRemember
    @AGoobToRemember 2 года назад +669

    I actually met Kenny in California about a year before the commercials came out. Dude was super nice and willing to teach kids how to do everything. I bought one of those stupid balls.. I never used it.

    • @Nitrolord
      @Nitrolord 2 года назад +15

      What in the ever-loving fuck are these replies

    • @allistarrr
      @allistarrr 2 года назад +10

      @Jesus Gonzalez ??????? 😭

  • @whichisinteresting
    @whichisinteresting 2 года назад +587

    Honestly the costuming at 15:48 was spot-on. You looked like you were in a high-school stage performance of The Matrix, which was exactly the kind of energy the bit needed.

    • @giga9849
      @giga9849 2 года назад +3

      @Jhonny D. Hi johnny depp

    • @Orange-tf3bf
      @Orange-tf3bf 2 года назад +2

      The Fushigi: Revolution

  • @exactlyschrimps
    @exactlyschrimps Год назад +45

    only kurtis could make a 21 minute long video about a ball from 2010 that i'd watch the whole way

  • @ItsUrBoi
    @ItsUrBoi 2 года назад +313

    I love how the comments range from people reminiscing on what they wanted from as seen on TV ads to “my fushigi broke several bones and set my house on fire”

    • @smashleigh258
      @smashleigh258 2 года назад +7

      they obviously didn’t store it right

  • @nataliap.3519
    @nataliap.3519 2 года назад +788

    I love to imagine Jenna having to film Kurtis in the matrix costume and holding her laughter to make a steady shot

    • @Im_Laura_Jones
      @Im_Laura_Jones 2 года назад +3

      Looking for this comment…🤣🤣🤣

  • @Sam-od7ru
    @Sam-od7ru 2 года назад +1042

    2000s toys had some of the wildest marketing tactics. I have a distinct memory of going to the mall as a kid, and seeing this booth set up for the Squirmles toy (ya know, the worms on a string). My family was baited. Like even my mom and her boyfriend thought they were the coolest things in the world. Like the booth had a video playing showing all the "cool" thing you can do with the worm on a string. And of course my 8 year old brain thought that the worm really did move on its own. The worst was that they were like $10 for one. Everyone ended up getting one (including the two adults). I just remember the car ride home was just a bunch of white people playing with their worms.

    • @gracehannigan158
      @gracehannigan158 2 года назад +119

      Who up playin w they worm

    • @Alisibeth_Talia212
      @Alisibeth_Talia212 2 года назад +32

      I played with those too!! I loved my worms on a string. 🥺🥺🥺🥺

    • @chxmiee3266
      @chxmiee3266 2 года назад +34

      That’s so cute. What a amazing family memory

    • @charlottetigchelaar8993
      @charlottetigchelaar8993 2 года назад +8

      yeah now i just made em into earrings

    • @Sam-od7ru
      @Sam-od7ru 2 года назад +3

      @@charlottetigchelaar8993 same

  • @seriousbacon3676
    @seriousbacon3676 Год назад +46

    Fun fact: fushigi is actually originally a Japanese word (不思議 literally fu-shi-gi) that means wonderful/marvelous with a hint of mystery. Whenever I see it I can't help but think of the ball lol

  • @bluejay43
    @bluejay43 2 года назад +349

    So I think what you were struggling with is something that they mentioned in the commercial called Isolation.
    Isolation, when referring to dance and such, refers to moving one part of the body while every other part remains completely still, as if the moving limb is almost disconnected. The art of the Fushugi relies on a version of Isolation, where you move your hands and body, but make sure to move in a way that allows the Fushigi ball to seemingly remain completely still in one place, or glide effortlessly, as if it's moving on it's own.
    Isolation is a horribly hard skill to master, and a lot of professional dancers see it as a mark of mastery because of how hard it is to do right.

    • @citrusune
      @citrusune 2 года назад +34

      I'm a dancer and I've been practicing for years, and still haven't got it that good

    • @orinblank2056
      @orinblank2056 2 года назад +8

      Yeah it's common in every physical art pretty much. You see it in pretty much every kind of juggling, poi, staff, even yoyoing, although isolation tricks aren't the most prevalent for that

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 года назад +2

      Yeah, I think the commercial relied on kids having no idea about that. As a kid I knew it wasn’t magic but I expected it to be way less hard than it was

    • @fricketyfracktraintrack
      @fricketyfracktraintrack 2 года назад +1

      Yep you summed it up pretty well, though Kurtis definitely had the right idea by comparing it to dance. I've been dancing for a few years now and I got pretty good at basic isolation just from being on a hip hop team but it's still really difficult to do smoothly and well and requires lots and lots of practice

  • @CrickBritt
    @CrickBritt 2 года назад +361

    A side note- my mom recently bought me an off brand fushigi ball, no cap. She told me to leave it in the box when I'm not messing with it- if you let it sit in the sun, it can reflect onto surfaces in your home, aaand set them on fire... 👍🏻 10/10 product

    • @orinblank2056
      @orinblank2056 2 года назад +27

      Actually fushigi is the off-brand funnily enough. Like he mentioned, contact juggling already existed, and the fushigi ball just tried to market it to a broader audience

    • @rianantony
      @rianantony 2 года назад +2

      Idk the specifics of what you're saying, but a reflective sphere should be no more likely to set things on fire than direct sunlight. Cause it diverges the rays and such. If it's a lens on the other hand, you're in trouble

    • @CrickBritt
      @CrickBritt 2 года назад +1

      @@orinblank2056 very true! Im not sure, but maybe they were the first to patent the "clear" design. I also have no clue what I'm talking about really 😅

    • @cynister7384
      @cynister7384 2 года назад +3

      @@rianantony Fushigi balls _have_ set things on fire though. It's not the exact same thing, but crystal balls for fortune telling and stuff always have to be covered by a cloth for this exact reason.

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 2 года назад

      @@orinblank2056 Which is ironic as it apparently killed any hype contact juggling had.

  • @alexpaulk2819
    @alexpaulk2819 2 года назад +409

    The first and last thing I wanted from those toy infomercials was an early A.I. doll called Amazing Amanda. She could wake you up at a certain time, identify foods for certain meals (if you fed her a cookie in the morning, she would say, “Silly mommy! Cookie not for breakfast!”), and just essentially act like a furby that could talk. I begged my mom to get one, and she later told me that she had to get to Toys R Us super early in the morning to meet the shipment truck to get the doll for me because they were so popular around Christmas. She was fun for about two days, and then we realized that she was exactly like those babies they give teens for home economics classes that require you to attend to them at all hours. She couldn’t distinguish between school mornings and weekends, so she’d wake me up at six in the morning on Saturday screaming to be fed. I was like 8 or 9 at the time so I was definitely not cut out for taking care of a robot. Eventually I ended up taking her batteries out because she wouldn’t shut off otherwise. Then, around four or five years later, she suddenly croaked back to life in the bottom shelf of my play area to scream, “Happy… Easter… Mommy!!” (It was Halloween). She went to Goodwill not long after that.

    • @scaraptor2106
      @scaraptor2106 2 года назад +69

      You just wrote an amazing real life creepypasta.

    • @violettecarline2272
      @violettecarline2272 2 года назад +62

      This was the creepiest thing I have read. Dolls never usually scare me but this was just creepy... how dare she come back to life and say Happy Easter on Halloween. Disgraceful.

    • @rebekahherskovitz6060
      @rebekahherskovitz6060 2 года назад +18

      And the batteries weren’t in it?!

    • @fluorescentgreys
      @fluorescentgreys 2 года назад +3

      Ugh, I had Amazing Ally from the same line and she was barely functioning in like 2 days.

    • @olivia-nq7ry
      @olivia-nq7ry 2 года назад +2

      @@fluorescentgreys yes! I had an amazing allison and i swear she was so annoying w that fake valley girl accent. my parents were mad bc i played with her for maybe 5 minutes before moving on to something else. i also don’t remember it ever waking me up but i also turned it off immediately

  • @verymuchaperson
    @verymuchaperson Год назад +116

    I liked the the part when he said “it’s fushigan time” and fushiged everywhere

  • @kelsea8018
    @kelsea8018 2 года назад +362

    I believe the storage warning and bag is so important because it acts like a crystal ball in the sense that sunlight at the right angle can literally burn your house down haha

    • @MiloKuroshiro
      @MiloKuroshiro 2 года назад +16

      Not just that, it can get REALLY hot and burn stuff this way too.

    • @aisushitai2680
      @aisushitai2680 2 года назад +10

      yeah from someone who watched a fushigi ball almost melt in direct sunlight I can testify they had a storage warning for a reason.

  • @elmowilcox
    @elmowilcox 2 года назад +720

    I love the “just hold the ball weirdly while moving my hand around” tricks the most.

    • @damienearl8302
      @damienearl8302 2 года назад +11

      As a legend has said time and time again, "Those are rookie numbers!"

    • @Cobalt985
      @Cobalt985 Год назад

      @@damienearl8302 bot

    • @damienearl8302
      @damienearl8302 Год назад +3

      @@Cobalt985 Y'know...I might have to watch this video again, because I genuinely don't get why I used that GrayStillPlays reference here either

  • @GamerSisters
    @GamerSisters 2 года назад +864

    This is extremely funny because I have a fushigi, but i literally ACTIVELY refused to get into that trend and even told my dad not to buy one, despite my cousins going crazy for it. Because I knew it was a scam (i dont remember why i knew but i must've heard it somewhere). But then my grandmother bought TWO for me and it was those "glow in the dark" ones for my birthday. Lemme tell you that was the saddest birthday experience. I felt so bad, like I'm never picky with gifts but just the emotion i felt knowing my grandma bought me a useless scam ball, byt i CAN'T let her know. It's pretty funny looking back.

    • @strwbymlk
      @strwbymlk 2 года назад +42

      AW LOL sorry about your bday 😭 bless your grandma tho, that’s too cute. she tried.

    • @GamerSisters
      @GamerSisters 2 года назад +21

      @@strwbymlk it was years ago lmao, but you are right, she always does try to give a good gift, even when she doesn't understand what she's buying lol

    • @embryonic7692
      @embryonic7692 2 года назад +4

      Sounds pretty rad! I'd be happy for a Fushigi glow in the dark. I mean if it's dark u don't need to b good at it. And It's not rly a "scam", just manipulative advertising like wt everything else (to some degree). And from granny... Guess u rly didn't like them balls ;)

    • @dogegang7743
      @dogegang7743 2 года назад

      @@embryonic7692 lol

    • @justaduck3615
      @justaduck3615 2 года назад

      I draw a lot so the default present my family members pick is usually a pack of coloured pencils. But I am the *worst* at coloured drawings, I can only draw with grey lead, so I’m just sitting there thinking “Thanks, I’ll add it to the pile”.

  • @KayleeCee
    @KayleeCee Год назад +11

    My grandma got these for a lot of my younger cousins for Christmas circa 2010-2011. I think they were selling them at Walmart in the As Seen on TV section around that time, and that's where she got them. Everyone was pretty excited initially, but the disappointment soon set in. But the kids did a good job at still pretending to be hyped about it in front of grandma, which was good.

  • @TheClandestineQuill
    @TheClandestineQuill 2 года назад +736

    As someone who has flung a contact juggling ball by accident, they stress being careful because they hurt like hell if you get hit. I could easily see it injuring someone or going right through drywall.

    • @Firestar_notthecat
      @Firestar_notthecat 2 года назад +1

      I- what did you do???

    • @lilpsyche6971
      @lilpsyche6971 2 года назад +16

      I got something sticky on mine yrs ago and was washing it off. Long story short it slipped out of the towel, dented the metal bathtub, and scratched my ball so the illusion was ruined. Better to just use a wipe ig XD

    • @royalblanket
      @royalblanket 2 года назад +6

      @@Firestar_notthecat flung a contact juggling ball by accident

    • @TheClandestineQuill
      @TheClandestineQuill 2 года назад +7

      @@Firestar_notthecat I tried to transfer it over the top of my fingers and followed through too fast. lol Luckily it missed anything important. I've also dropped it on my toes.

    • @KelseyHontz
      @KelseyHontz 2 года назад +8

      I put a hole in my drywall while contact juggling! It happens!

  • @hunterlanius6526
    @hunterlanius6526 2 года назад +665

    I DESPISE the Fushigi. I was so disappointed when I found out it had no special floating abilities. I read that people wanted to file a class action lawsuit against the Fushigi creators for false advertising

    • @DevanMistVlogs
      @DevanMistVlogs 2 года назад +3

      What kind of "special floating abilities" did you expect? They're still bound by the laws of physics lmao.

    • @girl-di3nn
      @girl-di3nn 2 года назад

      Why those people are stupid. Literally in the commercial it shows people having to touch it for it to move the way it does those people trying to get a lawsuit out of it are dumb asf

    • @LKing-ue2jl
      @LKing-ue2jl 2 года назад

      And how can you still be mad that it didn't literally float 10 years later??

  • @nathanraabe2836
    @nathanraabe2836 2 года назад +356

    unfortunately i was a victim of the fushigi hype and my brother, to this day, will not let me live it down. The glow in the dark fushigi still stands on my desk, and it was never used. Though somehow i was disappointed i got the glow in the dark one and not the original. I was a fool nonetheless.

    • @ShadowMewEmberX
      @ShadowMewEmberX 2 года назад

      I got the glow in the dark one and my cousin got the normal one! I swear the glow in the dark one was heavier. Combined with the fact that mine had a black mark on the surface that destroyed the illusion a little, I would've rather had the regular one, lol.

  • @radiclelife
    @radiclelife Год назад +32

    12:11 should’ve put a ponytail on the baby 😂

  • @hanthonyc
    @hanthonyc 2 года назад +752

    As a kid, I always thought the 'illusion' was that the glass outer sphere was to look 'invisible', so it looks like a smaller, floating chrome ball. So I actually hated these commercials because I thought it was a bunch of adults pretending they couldn't see the glass lol

    • @vixenedge
      @vixenedge 2 года назад +25

      Me too 🤣 i used to rant about it

    • @DawnDreams
      @DawnDreams 2 года назад

      *pretty mad that they convinced the American Public that Contact Jugglers were all frauds.

    • @jasonbrooks1897
      @jasonbrooks1897 2 года назад

      DUDE LITERALLY SAME

  • @FigmentForever
    @FigmentForever 2 года назад +535

    As a huge fan of the movie David Bowie lead movie Labyrinth, I wanted the Fushigi so dang much. It was almost exactly like Jareth’s magic crystal ball in the movie and I was obsessed. Admittedly, I was 23 when the thing came out & I was way too excited about these. I got one & ended up dropping it onto my glass top coffee table & my girlfriend, latter wife, ended up going nuts on me. Worth it

    • @victoriahudson4455
      @victoriahudson4455 2 года назад +31

      I always had that exact association from the commercials that made me want it too. Especially when he rotates the four balls around together, which looked so similar a scene from the movie. Oddly enough, I also ended up getting one and dropped it on my glass coffee table😁

    • @doubtful_seer
      @doubtful_seer 2 года назад +7

      That movie is exactly what I associated that with as soon as I saw the commercial.

    • @aidenheifner5717
      @aidenheifner5717 2 года назад +6

      ​@Adelise no thank you...

    • @fuzzybuzzy3159
      @fuzzybuzzy3159 2 года назад +1

      I wasn't the only one!

    • @brooklynboy9768
      @brooklynboy9768 2 года назад +1

      worth it.

  • @bluerolex
    @bluerolex 2 года назад +945

    The magic bullet thing makes me laugh because my little sister never asked for birthday/christmas presents. For her 4th Christmas she asked for one and only one thing, the Magic Bullet blender lol. Fastforward 18 years I was struggling on what to get her for Christmas and sure enough walking through target I see the Magic Bullet.

    • @CasualVFlowerEnjoyer
      @CasualVFlowerEnjoyer 2 года назад +52

      Did you get it for her? Did she love it?

    • @bluerolex
      @bluerolex 2 года назад +181

      @@CasualVFlowerEnjoyer I did get it! I couldn't pass up the opportunity. She definitely loved it although it cracked us all up. She even uses it now for shakes. Turns out the gag gift had a use!

    • @CasualVFlowerEnjoyer
      @CasualVFlowerEnjoyer 2 года назад +58

      @@bluerolex that's wonderful! I'm glad she got her wish after so many years lol

    • @princessaria
      @princessaria 2 года назад +6

      My sister also got me one for Christmas last year and it’s honestly pretty great!

    • @jonnnnniej
      @jonnnnniej Год назад

      Me and my friends used the word Nicerdicer (I think something similar to the Magic Bullet) like a lot! We never bought it, but nicerdicer is still in my vocabulary :')

  • @Molly-kn9bd
    @Molly-kn9bd 7 месяцев назад +4

    I used to wake up when I was younger just to watch teleshopping, I had the 5 in one mop on my Christmas list 3 years in a row

  • @Hyrulistic
    @Hyrulistic 2 года назад +450

    Kurtis, your FUSHIGI *performance* was therapeutic - life changing even. I suddenly feel at peace with myself and the universe, I can talk to plants now (they're always thirsty) and the only downside is that levitating makes it easy to hit my head on low archways.
    11/10 would recommend, I may have overcome my mortality now thanks to FUSHIGI.

    • @hannahmary6023
      @hannahmary6023 2 года назад +5

      Woke up to the matrix bruh

    • @tennenyt5311
      @tennenyt5311 2 года назад +4

      My plants have been screaming at me for days now that the type of water I'm giving them isn't good enough. Absolutely privileged plants I have

    • @kw5462
      @kw5462 2 года назад +1

      FUSHIGI!!!

  • @StarryEyedTarot
    @StarryEyedTarot 2 года назад +706

    let's give a quick shoutout to Jenna's mad interior design skills, you guys. those Patrick Nagel/80's lady masks on the wall had me laying a towel on the floor

    • @ceykat669
      @ceykat669 2 года назад +3

      @flower has eaten wtf is this

    • @kingayy9267
      @kingayy9267 2 года назад +12

      Towel on the floor denotes (sexual) excitement?

    • @user-himenes
      @user-himenes 2 года назад +3

      @@kingayy9267 yes

    • @tigercors3308
      @tigercors3308 2 года назад +12

      I thought this said Jerma and that you were implying Jerma designed kurtis's room

    • @razzle8140
      @razzle8140 2 года назад

      Flicking the bean to masks?
      Ok

  • @fearthebow3206
    @fearthebow3206 2 года назад +2561

    I also remember wanting this SO BADLY after watching the commercials on my Box TV… I was about 7 yrs old and I never got it cause my parents never thought it was as cool as I did… disappointed… However growing up yo-yos was what was popular! At one point at school, everywhere u looked there would be multiple kids being freaking yo yo masters! They were in elementary too!! Still don’t know how they did some of the tricks and I’m 18 now…

    • @halleyscomet0867
      @halleyscomet0867 2 года назад +148

      "I wanted to be a yo-yo man," I cried, "make me a yo-yo man!" But the yo-yo man did not answer. He just kept on yo-ing.

    • @starflurries
      @starflurries 2 года назад +22

      lol loved yoyos too but could only do "walk the dog"

    • @RainbowSludge
      @RainbowSludge 2 года назад +8

      My brother was one of those kids who had a yo-yo!

    • @carlymckenna
      @carlymckenna 2 года назад +30

      Straight up had a yo-yo professional come to my elementary school and do a performance

    • @sierrafarnum9689
      @sierrafarnum9689 2 года назад +6

      Oh ya, I forgot how everyone used to be obsessed with yoyos

  • @joeytravis8595
    @joeytravis8595 7 месяцев назад +3

    kurtis's fushigi outfit actually looks awesome. the ponytail works

  • @jennabee309
    @jennabee309 2 года назад +868

    My husband got one of these as an unasked-for Christmas present, the second he unwrapped it and tried his first trick, he dropped it on the edge of the fireplace and scuffed it so badly that the "illusion" didn't work anymore 😂 I have had to hear about this for 9 years

    • @corneliahanimann2173
      @corneliahanimann2173 2 года назад +34

      You know, this marriage sounds great!

    • @maddieb.4282
      @maddieb.4282 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@corneliahanimann2173she didn’t say she was the one to give him the gift or that they were even together when it happened

    • @BabbleOn777
      @BabbleOn777 9 месяцев назад

      I didn't know gifts were anything but not-aaked-for Xmas present.
      I'm guessing your family dynamics are very tight.

  • @KasperCarti
    @KasperCarti 2 года назад +1369

    I grabbed the Fushigi in my drawer and was laughin my ass off following along🤣 I remember when I got this as a gift when I was 13 and played with it for a solid 30 minutes and thought that it honestly was a much cooler paper weight, so now I will 3D print a Fushigi holder with some LED underneath to place on my desk :)
    Ps. I would like to state that those first 30 minutes with my Fushigi, I learned the ways of life and energy but then my Fushigi turned evil and taught me the ways of the dark arts.I’ve already spoken too much and am afraid I have angered the ways of the Fushigi and the powers that be, god help us all.

    • @beththebubbly69
      @beththebubbly69 2 года назад +62

      just make sure it stays out of sunlight!!! the proper storage note is because it can cause fires!!!! (fun fact: this is actually also a problem with Crystal Balls like movie psychics use)

    • @cheer90099
      @cheer90099 2 года назад +19

      Be careful! If the sun hits the ball just right from the window it can reflect off and start a fire! (that's what it's talking about with property damage from incorrect storage lol) EDIT: just saw that Beth had, like, literally the same exact response but I'm keeping this here because I think that's very funny

    • @MD-zm6sn
      @MD-zm6sn 2 года назад +1

      gay

    • @madieatsocks
      @madieatsocks 2 года назад +6

      Did your hair form into a ponytail?

    • @theGodfather5870
      @theGodfather5870 2 года назад

      Yaaaasss bro hehe 🙏🙌😁 I’ve got to source a printer for some rad projects soon as well, thanks for reminder! 🙏🤙

  • @miss-laea
    @miss-laea 2 года назад +236

    Fun fact: TV commercials targeted towards kids are illegal in Quebec. Meaning that my only nostalgic cartoon-interrupting advertisement memories are of a laser epilation tool, "wonder bras" and that one green steam vacuum

    • @advokatie
      @advokatie 2 года назад +8

      as a trans person trying to remove body hair i def could use some laser epilation

    • @miss-laea
      @miss-laea 2 года назад +11

      @@advokatie it’s called « no no » and I’m pretty sure it still exists but you could also probably find a brand with better quality and prices if you looked. Also it’s branded towards cis woman who don’t like that they have a tiny bitty bit of blond hair practically invisible to the naked eye on their face lmao so I’m not sure how efficient it actually is-

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes 2 года назад +1

      That’s lowkey sad 😔

    • @saml8802
      @saml8802 2 года назад +4

      ​@@advokatie My friend has been epilating for ages and I tried it as well and it worked great for me (we both have pretty thick hair). It hurts a tiny bit since it is ripping your hair out but honestly not that bad and you get used to it. Plus this way you don't have to shave for way longer.

    • @daveslamjam
      @daveslamjam 2 года назад

      quebec is smarter than the rest of the world

  • @peterhickman9082
    @peterhickman9082 Год назад +28

    I always wanted those stuffed animals that you could turn inside out and it was a new animal. That shit was revolutionary to me as a kid.

  • @lounietoon7956
    @lounietoon7956 2 года назад +556

    kurtis's videos are so timeless. the way he speaks, the type of edits, the comedy, everything, no matter how old the video they all feel like this, actually my favourite youtuber, keep doing what you do man

  • @TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans
    @TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans 2 года назад +832

    We still had a Fushigi from childhood laying around and my Doberman discovered it one day. Boy howdy, lemme tell ya, that is her favorite toy ever. She will carry it everywhere with her. She loves it. She looks like she’s just waiting to tell you your future with that orb in her mouth. We also have to watch our feet when she’s running around with it. Because she will drop that solid ball directly on your feet if you aren’t careful and just sit there like: Roll it for me pls :) My dog is Fushigi’s biggest fan.

    • @bleet570
      @bleet570 2 года назад +24

      @Don't read profile photo This joke is overdone and unfunny

    • @IMPofTHEGASsTATION
      @IMPofTHEGASsTATION 2 года назад +40

      that's so cute oh my gosh

    • @emma48586
      @emma48586 2 года назад +36

      holy fuck the bots

    • @yikesssitsme
      @yikesssitsme 2 года назад +18

      that's so wholesomeee 🥺

    • @TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans
      @TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans 2 года назад +48

      When you just wanna share a cute story about your weird dog but the bots find your comment. 🥴

  • @shawcphet
    @shawcphet 2 года назад +485

    I am a Fushigi historian/fanatic, I have a collection of over 1,500 balls.
    I am so happy to see someone with your influence bring attention back to such and amazing product.
    Bigger than Xbox might be a little ambitious but I don’t know. It might reach almost the same level one day if people realize the true joy of Fushigi

    • @JoaoVitor-ge4le
      @JoaoVitor-ge4le 2 года назад +238

      how long is your ponytail

    • @deadlykota
      @deadlykota 2 года назад +109

      are you sponsored by fushigi

    • @Wraiven22
      @Wraiven22 2 года назад +154

      1500?! Holy crap. Your ponytail must be AT LEAST 6 inches long at that point

    • @anshi5098
      @anshi5098 2 года назад +80

      Damn thats a lot of balls to play with

    • @aidalocklin3655
      @aidalocklin3655 2 года назад +65

      please tell me this isnt a joke

  • @jaedenbennett6931
    @jaedenbennett6931 2 года назад +321

    I have a fushigi. I was so obsessed with the commercial as a kid that I begged for one for Christmas. The commercial led me to think it was a levitating ball and nothing my parents said could convince me otherwise. I thought if I learned to control it I could make other stuff levitate or I could at least buy a bunch of them and use them to fly around. As soon as I opened it Christmas morning, I took it out of the package and dropped it straight on the ground. My little brother and I were devastated. Then, I realized how stupid it was to think it did float and that the commercial was referencing the fact that it's a mirror ball and doesn't look like it's moving when it spins (even though it is very obvious in person). I was in third grade. It sits on my bedside table now as a reminder of childhood stupidity

    • @kukachoo42
      @kukachoo42 2 года назад +10

      did u watch the dvd

  • @1993TheDuke
    @1993TheDuke 2 года назад +231

    I actually had a fushigi. My grandmother always got us “as seen on TV” type stuff and one year she bought all the grandkids fushigis.

    • @HowNeatImImpressed
      @HowNeatImImpressed 2 года назад +26

      she’s iconic

    • @babbique939
      @babbique939 2 года назад +14

      bro my child self would’ve been so jealous of you bc my grandma always bought us mexican jumping beans instead💀

    • @crazycat3365
      @crazycat3365 2 года назад +2

      Bruh my grandma did the same thing

  • @viosey3723
    @viosey3723 2 года назад +837

    Any of you guys ever saw the Wubble Bubble commercial? My favourite by far, and I always wanted one but never got one. Seeing them on the shelves at Walmart knowing I wasn’t going to get one had me crying.

    • @grey.salamander
      @grey.salamander 2 года назад +82

      I got the wubble for one of my birthdays in elementary school. I remember it was really cool for the first 5 minutes because it goes in the air and wiggles around, but it smells like burnt rubber, left a weird residue on your hands, and ripped super easily. It came with little wubble bandaids for the inevitable holes you would poke in it. We returned it, like, the day after my birthday party lol

    • @avastevens7761
      @avastevens7761 2 года назад +43

      took forever to blow up, popped when it touched literal grass (my family obviously didn’t want 7 year old me to be whipping around a giant ball in the house) overall not worth it. the 2000s really had a big hold over all of us with these whack commercials😭pretty much everytbing advertised on tv was bs🤷‍♀️

    • @qlly
      @qlly 2 года назад +16

      i really wanted one when i was younger - so much that i was able to convince my parents to buy two (one for me, and one for my twin). they both popped fairly quickly lmao. i enjoyed the day or so we had mine, my twin’s held up for a while until my friend’s brother sat on it (if i remember correctly, this was years ago)

    • @daydreams..
      @daydreams.. 2 года назад +4

      DUDE I HAD TWO OF THEM

    • @DocBree13
      @DocBree13 2 года назад +12

      This unironically makes me sad
      Edit: after reading the other responses, I feel like the disappointment if you’d gotten one might have been even worse than not getting one

  • @Icefrompacificocean
    @Icefrompacificocean 8 месяцев назад +2

    i’ve had one in my house as a sort of junk drawer staple object and it’s genuinley one of the most nostalgic random stupid objects ever

  • @ZackBrown.17
    @ZackBrown.17 2 года назад +197

    I had one as a kid and decided when I was traveling internationally this was important to bring with me. I got stopped by customs and had tsa agents everywhere wondering wtf this metal ball was. Thankfully I watched the dvd and was prepared with some tricks that blew their minds so much they let me keep it. Still have it to this day.

    • @cursed-cat9126
      @cursed-cat9126 2 года назад +32

      Customs wasn't ready for your Fushigi magic

    • @anca6844
      @anca6844 2 года назад +13

      And then everyone clapped

  • @voxangelaemortis
    @voxangelaemortis 2 года назад +700

    I could see someone at a rave trading their glo-stick for a fushigi ball. Also, Kurtis, you can always go the "David Bowie in Labyrinth" route to fushigi ball mastery: Have someone else who actually knows what they are doing pretend to be your arms while they remain otherwise out of frame.

    • @streeturchin915
      @streeturchin915 2 года назад +2

      Was looking for this comment

    • @Zonzooit
      @Zonzooit 2 года назад +5

      I’ve most def seen ppl w a fushigi at festivals😭

    • @YancePants
      @YancePants 2 года назад +1

      "Someone else" - obviously it would be The Amazing Kenny. It can't be anyone else

    • @37Kilo2
      @37Kilo2 2 года назад +1

      But he has to wear spandex pants with his junk very clearly presented for everyone to see.

    • @she7061
      @she7061 2 года назад

      I KEEP SAYING THIS I THINK IT WOULD COMPLETE A KILLER KING JARETH COSPLAY

  • @Jen_U
    @Jen_U 2 года назад +633

    “It comes with a carrying case, a ball sack if you will” sent me 😂

    • @angelemeana2754
      @angelemeana2754 2 года назад +1

      Please don’t make sexual jokes or advances God wouldn’t like that and there are children here and there are children here May God bless you and your family and help you Give your life to Jesus Christ and repent. I pray this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ I pray Amen.Jesus Christ loves you. Give your life to Jesus Christ and ask for forgiveness for ALL OF YOUR SINS. Even the ones committed in the past and repent. He’s coming soon. Please pray and repent.

    • @Jen_U
      @Jen_U 2 года назад +14

      @@angelemeana2754 okay I’ll repent.

    • @danielthemaniel3856
      @danielthemaniel3856 2 года назад

      @@angelemeana2754 religion has made you so brainless that you can’t even form a coherent sentence

    • @cottonycloud
      @cottonycloud 2 года назад +1

      @@angelemeana2754 no balls?

    • @peachesandapricots5010
      @peachesandapricots5010 2 года назад +7

      @@Jen_U lmfao

  • @amandasorenson4645
    @amandasorenson4645 Год назад +4

    Dude you just give off such good energy, and you are so entertaining. Thanks for the laughs, especially during times of depression.

  • @KenzLovesMovies
    @KenzLovesMovies 2 года назад +519

    I actually *have* a Fushigi! Obviously it's not any more special than any other acrylic contact juggling ball, but it is a decent one. It glows in the dark, which is neat. It would also kill my chihuahua if he was in the wrong place at the wrong time when I drop it, which is... something?

    • @McBehrer
      @McBehrer 2 года назад +18

      how did you get a glow in the dark one?

    • @ggl1438
      @ggl1438 2 года назад

      ♥️𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆♥️
      I'd love to be Zeimbut.Host
      youngboy is my idol. Hes the person I aspire to be,
      hes my light of day.

    • @jadenstence5254
      @jadenstence5254 2 года назад +4

      @@McBehrer I love how thats the question you got from this comment lmao

    • @KingOfGaymes
      @KingOfGaymes 2 года назад +2

      I mean Chihuahuas are a menace so

    • @McBehrer
      @McBehrer 2 года назад +7

      @@jadenstence5254
      well the rest I already know, because I have one. But mine doesn't glow in the dark