I came across the above article and had to post it. Some of you may know that in the early days of his career, Doug would perform as the mime Chou Chou. Sponsored by the Canadian Shoe and Leather industries, Doug would tour malls in the aptly named “Shoe String Revue.” The article itself goes…
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Doug’s Shoes by Mike Caveney
The very first Doug Henning auction took place at Doug’s warehouse right after he retired from magic. I was there bidding on some larger items and curtains for Abb Dickson. Because things were selling for crazy, low prices, Abb got most of what he wanted. One of his boxes of assorted magic also contained this…
Doug as Chou Chou the Mime
This rare Canadian article from the early 1970s touches on a relatively unknown time in Doug’s career when he wasn’t known as Doug Henning at all. No, this was the time of Chou Chou, the shoe selling mime. As the article explains, Doug’s purpose in this 15 minute consumer presentation was to perform his various…
THE DOUG HENNING PROJECT 