{"id":90,"date":"2015-04-09T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T18:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2015-04-09T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T18:04:56","slug":"birth-of-buzzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/?p=90","title":{"rendered":"Birth of Buzzy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u00a0 Several people have commented on the striking resemblance between our company logo \u201cBuzzy\u201d and the logo of another website that is in the business of selling magic over the internet. The resemblance was even commented on at the Magic Caf\u00e9 Forum, (Wow, fame at last<\/i>).<\/p>\n

Others have asked the question, \u201cWhy would you put that ugly old buzzard at the top of your web page? Surely it must have some significance\u2026some symbolism\u2026there must be a logical reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actually it started out as a joke. One day while surfing the net looking for something or other, I ran across the image. It just happen to be about the same time that I was in the process of creating some Instant Download movies for the website<\/p>\n

When I showed \u201cBuzzy\u201d to a few of my close friends and jokingly told them it was going to be the logo for my Instant Downloads, it cracked them up. They thought it was hilarious. They suggested, \u2026they insisted \u2026.no they actually dared me to do it.<\/p>\n

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the contrast between the old bald headed buzzard and a slick, young, cuddly little bird, (a penguin for instance) symbolized the struggle of a bald headed, middle aged magic dealer -vs.- a big flashy, money making, slick, website with buckets full of money for promotion and staff. It\u2019s kind of like a mom & pop grocery store -vs.- Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n

And of course there exists the actual physical resemblance between yours truly and Buzzy. I don\u2019t have feathers, but I am bald. Actually, I\u2019m not really bald, it\u2019s just an illusion. I started shaving my head a few years back as an alternative to having a head full of gray hair. I really don\u2019t consider myself old, but for some reason they keep trying to give me the Senior Discount at the local Golden Corral Steak House.<\/p>\n

Also more and more newcomers to the shop seem to come up with the same question , \u201cDid you used<\/i><\/b> to be a magician?\u201d\u2026Aagh!<\/p>\n

\"\"Looking at Buzzy\u2019s picture, you\u2018ll notice that he has a sharp tongue. Some people have suggested that this is also something we both have in common. For the life of me, I can\u2019t imagine why.<\/p>\n

I had a graphic artist make a few changes, clean Buzzy up and then he flew to the top of the page. He now has top billing. What started out as a joke\u2026a satirical jab at one of my competitors, has become our logo.<\/p>\n

Of course Buzzy is still a jab at the competition. But, he\u2019s also a jab at the old bald headed buzzard that\u2019s writing this article.<\/p>\n

As a note to all my competitors and especially those that have webbed feet, Not to fear, I doubt that the webmaster at FunTymeMagic.com will be around long enough to make an impact on your profit and loss statement. If you don\u2019t believe me, ask the cashier at the Golden Corral Steak House.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ed Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Several people have commented on the striking resemblance between our company logo \u201cBuzzy\u201d and the logo of another website that is in the business of selling magic over the internet. The resemblance was even commented on at the Magic Caf\u00e9 Forum, (Wow, fame at last). Others have asked the question, \u201cWhy would you put that ugly old buzzard at… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","xfolkentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.funtymemagic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}