Featured here is the program for Doug’s lecture tour “Illusion and Reality” that he developed with his first wife, Barbara DeAngelis. As stated, the evening featured an evening of “Magic and Consci,ousness Expansion.” While I can’t say what that means TM was almost definitely front and center. If anyone attended one of these lectures, I’d…
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“Illusion and Reality” Chicago Lecture-Mark Holstein Remembers
For those watching Sunday night’s “Magic Collector’s Corner” on Zoom, Mark Holstein briefly touched on Doug’s Chicago lecture “Illusion and Reality.” Along with Jay Marshal, it sounded like a really interesting and fun night for a variety of reasons. I asked Mark if he could elaborate on the evening for the website, and he was…
Winnipeg Illusion and Reality Ad-Sept 1977
The above ad was when Doug took his “Illusion & Reality” tour to his hometown of Winnipeg, Canada for a September 16, 1977 appearance. The venue itself was the famed Winnipeg Convention Center. Built in 1975, a massive 180 million dollar expansion has since doubled the size of the building and rebranded it the RBC…
Signed Illusion and Reality Brochure
Special thanks to Ken McCreedy
“Illusion and Reality” Poster feat. Jay Marshall
The above poster or flyer comes from Doug’s popular lecture tour “Illusion and Reality,” and is markedly different than the one that most fans recognize below. The tour itself was a mixture of Doug’s more famous illusions with a lecture on psychology and the mind. It’s interesting to note that the first poster famous lists illusionist/ventriloquist…