Whamo

Whamo is a rental magician who appeared in a 1992 episode of Sesame Street. In that episode, CinderTelly has nothing to wear to the ball, and Telly predicts that CinderTelly's fairy godmother comes to the rescue. Instead, Whamo appears and provides an old shirt and shoes. He tells CinderTelly to clean them up and put sparkly things on them, maybe some odor eaters on the shoes--recycle the outfit and it will be good as new. The mice offer to help. CinderTelly asks Whamo if he could recycle his hair into a pompadour, but Whamo is only a magician, not a beautician. With CinderTelly dressed in his bowling outfit, Whamo thinks his work is done, until CinderTelly says he'll need a bowling ball. Whamo asks for the assistance of one of the mice, so he can turn him into a bowling ball. Whamo turns the mouse into a baseball instead. He turns the second mouse into a football, and the third mouse into a basketball. Now, with no more mice, Whamo's next trick produces a piece of paper--a gift certificate for Eddie's Bowl & Stroll Gift Shop.