Christ almighty, yo-yo tricks have come a long way since Tommy Smothers.
(Note: Leads to massive Quicktime download. Thanks to Okapi for the link.)
Posted by Francis at 11:57 PMNote that so have yo-yos. Modern transaxle yo-yos "sleep" virtually forever, which is what makes those long runs of tricks possible.
It's still wicked cool, of course.
On the topic of things which are done a little differently these days, I recently became aware of David Elsewhere:
http://www.devilducky.com/media/4610/
(Not the first guy, though he's useful for comparison)