A Different Cat (Tiger) ?

How did he do it?

Of course I'm guessing

If I had to bet:

The animal he took off the stage was not the same one that had
ascended.

It was a double box

Two compartments within the same box.

They showed it as empty, but then didn't he turn it upside down or
sumthin?

What was the fantabulous smiley blonde wearing (the more significant
puzzle) ?

10. a martha white lilly biscuit outfit

9. enriched white slices w/o crust <i dunno what this means, while
"crust" makes crusty pun>

8. the soon to be vastly improved microsoft-yahoo site to compete w/
google