Nothing Happens Until You Dream

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Costumes are a major part of a grand stage show like Rick Thomas' Mansion of Dreams. In this episode, Dress for Success, Rick and Tammy Trujillo talk about how those costumes help make the magic come alive for not just the audience but for the performers as well...and how that concept can also apply to our daily lives.  Rick talks about...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Everyone wants to be satisfied - but should we be?  That's the question world famous illusionist Rick Thomas looks at as he and Tammy Trujillo explore Chapter 30 of his book The Tiger Whisker.  Rick talks about the one illusion that he wanted so badly early in his career and that he finally got and mastered, but that it only led to wanti...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Yes, it's true!  World Famous Illusionist Rick Thomas mows his own lawn at his home in Branson, MO.  Not because he can't find a gardener or because he just likes to do it.  In this episode, Rick tells Tammy Trujillo why he chooses to mow his own lawn and what it means to him.  Rick and Tammy also talk about the passing of famed mag...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Saying Good-bye to someone special in your life is often hart.  For world-reknown illusionist Rick Thomas, saying good-bye to his magnificent tigers was heartbreaking, but the time had come.  In this episode of Nothing Happens Until You Dream, Rick talks about his life with and after the tigers and explains how he knew his Las Vegas show had...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! When you have a signed contract, you have a done deal right?  Maybe not, at least not if you are in Korea.  In this episode of Nothing Happens Until You Dream, we explore Chapter 26 of Rick Thomas' book The Tiger Whisker.  Find out what happens when Rick is faced with being stranded in Korea with his entire cast and five of his tigers. ...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! We all have them - good days and bad days.  In this episode, world-famed illusionist Rick Thomas talks about what happens when a 700-pound tiger has a bad day and tells one harrowing story that left him injured just hours before his Las Vegas Show.  Plus Tammy Trujillo and Rick talk about how easy it is to make anyone's day better and wh...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! A huge stage, elaborate set, dancers, music - what could go wrong.  You'd be surprised.  In this episode, World Famous Magician Rick Thomas talks about the times that things have gone wrong during his elaborate stage shows in Las Vegas, Branson and around the world and recounts one time when even he was at a loss for words!  Tammy Trujil...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! In this episode, master illusionist Rick Thomas talks about his recent birthday and birthdays in general and why he says the wrong person is being celebrated.  Rick tells Tammy Trujillo why he has always believed the celebration should include your mother.  After all, she is the one who did all the work to bring you into the world!   Rick als...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Letting go of the past can be one of the hardest things to do.  Memories of even the tiniest things can suddenly come into your mind without a bit of prompting and sometimes they can be harmful and even devastating.  Rick Thomas faces his past every night when he performs his amazing Mansion of Dreams and in this chapter he and Tammy Trujillo...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Not everything is what it appears to be! Sounds like we are talking about Rick Thomas' spectacular magic, but not this time.  In this episode, Rick talks about a night when he was performing in Las Vegas that he could not keep his eyes off a man sitting in the front row because no matter what he did, no matter how amazing the illusion, t...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! This is the episode you have been waiting for - The Tiger Whisker!  It's not the end of the podcast - far from it - but it is the story that propelled Rick Thomas to write the book and it is the story that changed his life and how he views the world.  Bring your tissues because both Rick and Tammy Trujillo choked up on this amazing story...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Tigers played a huge role in world-famous illusionist Rick Thomas's show for many years - not just in Las Vegas - Rick took his show all over the world.  So what does it take to travel around the world with six very large and powerful tigers?  Rick talks about how he did it and what it cost! And it wasn't just about sharing his magi...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Is there really such a thing as a 'typical' day when you work with six magnificent and powerful tigers?  There is if you are world-famed illusionist RIck Thomas.  In this episode of Nothing Happens Until You Dream, Rick tells Tammy Trujillo about what it took to keep those tigers healthy and happy and transport them each day to his...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Are orange Siberian Tigers really orange?  And do White Tigers really exist?  What in the world is a Liger? The answers may surprise you.  In this episode, world-famous illusionist Rick Thomas talks with Tammy Trujillo about the perils currently faced by Siberian tigers, the origins of White Tigers and how Ligers came to be.  It's an epi...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Remember the lion named Scar in Disney's The Lion King.  In this week's episode of Nothing Happens Until You Dream, world-famous illusionist Rick Thomas talks about the fact that every family has someone like that in their family - and tells Tammy Trujillo that sometimes that person can be YOU!  Rick talks about one Thanksgiving whe...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! When it comes to tigers, you never know what can happen.  And that can be especially true with a Tiger names Kaos!  World-famous illusionist Rick Thomas tells two stories in this episode that will make you laugh but also make you contemplate the concept of believing in yourself and never giving up.  Tammy Trujillo also talks with Rick about h...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! This week, we talk about Chapter 14 of world-famous illusionist Rick Thomas' best-selling book The Tiger Whisker. Tigers think about a lot of things, but there is one thing that they cannot resist and when they see that...well they forget about everything and everybody else.  In this episode,  Rick tells Tammy Trujilllo the story of what...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Yes, even Tigers need health care!  World-reknown magician Rick Thomas talks about what it's like to take a tiger to the Vet...to cap a broken fang!  It's all part of how he kept the beautiful tigers that performed in his Las Vegas show happy and healthy.  He also talks with Tammy Trujillo about the plight of tigers in the wild, and...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Every child has a pet tiger, right?  They do if their Dad is world-famous illusionist Rick Thomas and he's performing on the Las Vegas Strip!   RIck tells Tammy Trujillo about the time his daughter's teacher thought she was telling a lie about having tigers at home and why it important that she apologized to his daughter.  People&ap...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Tigers were an integral part of Rick Thomas' success as a world-famous Illusionist and even though they are no longer part of his show, they are a topic he still embraces and talks about.  In this episode Rick tells Tammy Trujillo about what it was like to step onto a Las Vegas stage for the first time - one of the many dreams that Rick...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! What does it mean when a tiger 'goes green'?  It could mean you are in really big trouble!  As we continue with Chapter 9 of World-famous Illustionist Rick Thomas' best-selling book The Tiger Whisker, Rick talks about the dangers of working with these big cats and about riding out a Typhoon in Guam while protecting them even th...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Rick Thomas is one of those few people on earth fortunate enough to work with Tigers and although he has not had tigers in his show for several years now, they are still one of the things he is most often asked about.  Tigers are magical, regal beings and in this episode, Rick explains what is was like to live with and work with these amazing...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Rick Thomas believes in following your dream, but doing that can take you places you never imagined and put you in some surprising situations.  And perhaps your dream may not be everything you imagined it might be.  In this episode, Rick talks about the reality of realizing your dreams and how everyone along the way to your success is importa...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Rick Thomas grew up in Long Beach, California.  Las Vegas was just a five-hour drive - straight up I-15.  But getting there was much more difficult that it looked.  In this episode, Rick explains where the road that ultimately took him to Las Vegas went first - including how it led to him including his magnificent tigers into his show.  What...

Send us a Text Message! We'd love to hear from you! Rick Thomas has performed on some of the biggest and most prestigious stages in the world, but in this episode he talks about what working at County Fairs taught him about performing and people...and of course about how many different kinds of foods can be fried!  Find out what it is like performing a show in a pig arena and why Rick feels th...