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thatsbelievable · 5 months
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irregularincidents · 25 days
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Oh hey, it's Harry Houdini's 150th Birthday! To celebrate, here's a weird story I found.
A large part of the famous magician and escapologist's act appeared to be folk publicly challenging him to do a particular stunt, which as multiple instances of police departments claiming he couldn't escape their cells, usually as a mutual publicity stunt.
One of the more unusual examples of this came in 1911, when a group of 10 Boston businessmen challenged Houdini to escape from a "sea monster" while also chained hand and foot.
Houdini accepted the challenge, and thousands lined up outside of the BF Keith Theatre to see the magician escape what newsletters speculated was anything from a whale to a large turtle (it was the latter).
And, indeed, a lubricated Harry did escape the turtle, although as it had been embalmed with arsenic (one of the businessmen was a taxidermist), he did confess that in the 15 minutes it took to do so he nearly suffocated from the chemical fumes after an assistant help stuff the chained and handcuffed Houdini in the dead creature in the first place.
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prokopetz · 2 years
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I think the scientific test for object permanence in non-human animals should be seeing how badly you can freak them out with stage magic.
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iadoptedpreston · 4 months
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Ty for posting Harriston on my TL you saved me from my house burning down
OOH OH OH MY GOOODDD I REMEMBER I WAS SCROLLING INSTAGRAM AND IT SHOWED ME YOUR ACCOUNT AND I WAS SO GLAD SOMEBODY STILL DRAWS MY FAVOURITE TRIO IN 2023!!! OFC OFC I WILL DRAW THEM EVEN MORE FOR U, MAYBE EVEN IN MY OWN ARTSTYLE SOMEDAY!!!💕💕💕💕
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weirdlookindog · 1 year
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Magic Show Poster c. 1910s.
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jinjuomo · 7 months
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“There are flowers in my heart”
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giblopn · 1 year
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@meh-kris thank you so much for letting me redraw that part of your comic, I appreciate it dude
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aj-lenoire · 8 months
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i love how in s1, crowley’s reaction to aziraphale’s magician act was exasperated and irritated and we all took it to mean he thought it was demeaning because he and aziraphale can, y’know, literally do real magic, but in s2 he seems mildly amused and a bit perplexed but also pretty supportive, which probably means the shift in attitude was due to the fact he almost shot aziraphale in the face
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zoomar · 8 months
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Ghost apparition using stage mirror.
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thefunktimer · 6 months
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At ren fair during a medieval themed magic show
Magician: And the second of the four humors *pulls out red handkerchief* is Blood!
Several children watching: YAAAAAAY!!!!!
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meh-kris · 1 year
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You are getting showered by my ideas EAT SHIT anyways harriston because it's underrated and deserves more appreciation !!!
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Might aswell become a ship page 💀💀 or I alrdy am idk
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duckapus · 6 months
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Kirbtober day ten: Magic
(First) (Next) (Previous)
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saffiroll · 1 year
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Harrison and Preston judging musicals/movies together
Harrison and Preston cosplayong characters they like together
Harrison helping Preston with his plays
Preston assisting Harrison with his magic practice
Harrison and Preston drawing together
Harrison and Preston dancing together lumity style
Them parenting the egg baby in that one episode
WHY DIDN'T THESE TWO INTERACT MORE!?
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tartanbowtie · 5 months
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Good Omens || Trust Me || Scene Analysis and Theory
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@sendarya takes a look at the parallels between the 1941 minisode(s) and the final fifteen, and the art of deception.
Prepare to have your heart broken again.
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weirdlookindog · 1 year
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Magic Show Poster, c. 1910s.
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jinjuomo · 8 months
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