At one point he severed the tip of his thumb with sharp scissors during a cut-and-restored rope routine. King has authored the books Tricks With Your head, Campfire Magic, and Great Big Ol’ Book-o-Magic. He has also appeared on the TV series An Evening at the Improv, Comic Strip Live, Houdini: Unlocking His Secrets, The World’s Wildest Magic, Penn and Teller’s Sin City Spectacular, Donny and Marie, The Other Half, and Penn & Teller: Fool Us.