Happy Halloween, and World Magic Day everyone! As we observe the 97th anniversary of Houdini’s passing, what better to to pay our respects than with “World of Magic ’75.” Over the years, I’ve shown and talked about both clips. However, I’ve never paired them in one place, and today of all days seemed the most…
Month: October 2023
Goodliffe’s Abracadabra: April, 1976 Cover
Today’s post features Doug on the cover of the venerable British magazine “Goodliffe’s Abracadabra.” Holding a copy of “The Magic Show” poster, Doug, along with co-collaborator Charles Reynolds, seems right at home as the cover story of this 1976 issue. The magazine itself ran for a total of 3,296 issues from 1946-2009. Today, this weekly…
Unseen “World of Magic ’78” Photo
The above unseen photo comes from Mark Willoughby, and gives us a different photographic perspective on “World of Magic ’78’s” burning paper illusion. Below you’ll see the illusion itself in full. I weighed whether to play this clip or not due to it being racially insensitive in terms of its writing and costuming. However, I…
AI Midjourney Image of Doug
Today on magician Michael Kent’s blog he shows examples of the AI program Midjourney’s interpretation of famous magicians. Doug leads the pack with a not identical, but pretty close likeness. It certainly catches the magic and wonder part…minus the glasses. Anyway, I’ll put a link to the article/website: HERE
THE DOUG HENNING PROJECT 