- Title: SR-70
- Summary: The Amazing Kreskin: From 1971 to 1975, Kreskin's television series The Amazing World of Kreskin was broadcast throughout Canada on CTV and distributed in syndication in the United States. The series was produced in Ottawa, Ontario at the CJOH-TV studios. An additional set of episodes was produced in 1975, billed as The New Kreskin Show. He appeared on The Tonight Show 61 times from 19701980. In the 1980s and 1990s he came to prominence again through several appearances on Late Night with David Letterman. In 2009, he became the first guest to make three appearances on the new Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.[citation needed] He is still active as a live performer, appears regularly on WPIX in New York City, and appears annually on the Fox News Channel and CNN to give his New Year's Day predictions for the coming year.[3] One of his best known tricks is finding his check for a performance, which he instructs the audience to hide while he is escorted off stage and into seclusion by other members of the audience. While finding the check on most occasions, he has failed to find the check nine times.[ Though Kreskin makes "predictions," he does not claim to have paranormal or clairvoyant powers, and does not like to be considered a "psychic".[5] He teaches classes for law enforcement groups, which "focuses on psychological methods such as jogging lost memories through relaxation techniques or detecting lies through body language and voice inflections."[5] GEORGE JOSPEH KRESKE
- Description:01:00:02 - AMAZING KRESKIN SHOW STARTS, KRESKIN APPEARS FROM SLIDING DOOR ON STAGE. CUT TO APPLAUDING AUDIENCE, 01:00:38 - COMMERCIAL BREAK. 01:01:41 - RETURN TO SHOW - AMAZING KRESKIN SEATED IN EASY CHAIR ON STAGE, SPEAKING TO AUDIENCE. CUT TO APPLAUDING AUDIENCE . ASKS THEM,,"IF I SAY SOMETHING THAT RINGS A BELL IN YOUR MIND, STAND UP IMMEDIATELY" 01:02:16 - USING HIS POWERS OF THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE (MENTAL TELEPATHY) KRESKIN PROCEEDS IN SUGGESTING CERTAIN WORDS AND PHRASES AND GUESSING PERTINENT AND PERSONAL INFORMATION OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS THAT RESPOND AND STAND UP. 01:08:41 - COMMERCIAL BREAK 01:10:45 - KRESKIN RETURNS INTRODUCES HIS CELEBRITY GUEST, "LAUGHING GIRL HERSELF,, JUDY KUHN". PAN APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. - THE 2 SIT AT TABLE AND DISCUSS FORTUNE TELLING WHICH IS POPULAR IN HER HOME IN ENGLAND. 01:11:37 - KRESKIN SAYS HE DOESN'T BUY FORTUNE TELLING. JUDY GOES ON IN LENGTH ABOUT FORTUNE TELLING IN ENGLAND AND HER PARTICIPATION IN IT. SHE SAYS ENGLAND HAS MORE FUN IN IT THAN U. S. AND CANADIANS. 01:13:11 - KRESKIN ASKS JUDY "DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW YOUR FUTURE?" KRESKIN ASKS THE AUDIENCE, HOW MANY IN AUDIENCE WANT TO REALLY KNOW THEIR FUTURE?" PAN MANY STANDING IN AUDIENCE. JUDY GIVES HER REPLY. 01:14:31 - KRESKIN ASKS JUDY WHAT WOULD CAUSE HER TO TURN TO RELIANCE ON PSYCHIC . KRESKIN AND JUDY TALK ABOUT WORKING ON VARIOUS SHOWS, INCLUDING ROWAN AND MARTIN, LIBERACE, ARTHUR GODFREY. 01:18:02 - COMMERCIAL BREAK 01:20:04 - RETURN TO SHOW, JUDY AND KRESKIN STANDING AT SMALL TABLE AS KRESKIN BEGINS HIS TRICK (EXPERIMENT), FIRST VERIFYING THAT HE AND JUDY NEVER DISCUSSED WHAT THE EXPERIMENT IS ABOUT. 01:20:18 - KRESKIN ASKS JUDY TO POINT OUT 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TO ACT AS A COMMITTEE AND BE A PART OF THE DEMONSTRATION. 01:21:24 - KRESKIN ASKS JUDY TO ESCORT THE THREE COMMITTEE MEMBERS BEHIND THE STAGE AND SELECT ONE TO BE THE FOCAL POINT OF THE GROUP, INCLUDING JUDY AND RETURN IN THE SAME ORDER ON THE STAGE. 01:22:03 - AS THE GROUP LEAVES STAGE, KRESKIN TAKES 4 ENVELOPES OF DIFFERENT COLOR. INSIDE ONE ENVELOPE IS A $100 BILL. KRESKIN SAYS 3 OF THE ENVELOPES WILL BE BURNT, AND HE WILL CAUSE THE ONE WITH THE BILL TO REMAIN IN THE POSSESSION THE GROUP DECIDES UPON. 01:22:49 - KRESKIN CALLS THE GROUP BACK ON STAGE, WHEN THE DO, KRESKIN PLACES ONE ENVELOPE ON EACH OF 4 GLASSES ON THE TABLE, ASKS JUDY TO PICK A PERSON TO STAND UP IN THE AUDIENCE. 01:23:40 - KRESKIN ASKS STANDING MAN TO SELECT THE ENVELOPES BY COLOR ONE AY A TIME, WHEN HE DOES KRESKIN HANDS THAT ENVELOPE TO ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UNTIL ALL ARE HANDED OUT. 01:24:22 - WITH EACH ONE NOW HAVING AN ENVELOPE OF DIFFERENT COLOR, KRESKIN ASKS WHICH ONE WAS SELECTED BY THE GROUP TO BE THE FOCAL POINT. KRESKIN PROCEEDS IN BURNING EACH ENVELOPE ONE AT A TIME. HAVING EACH ENVELOPE EXCHANGED SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN COMMITTEE MEMBERS 01:25:36 - KRESKIN TURNS HIS BACK TO GROUP AS THEY EXCHANGE ENVELOPES. HE TURNS AND THEN BURNS ANOTHER ENVELOPE, LEAVING 2 LEFT WITH THEIRS. 01:25:53 - HE ASKS EACH ONE LEFT WITH AN ENVELOPE (JUDY AND THE FOCAL MEMBER) TO EXCHANGE ENVELOPES AS MANY TIMES AS THEY WISH AS KRESKIN TURNS HIS BACK TO THEM. HE THEN BURNS JUDY'S ENVELOPE, LEAVING ONE LEFT IN HAND OF SELECTED FOCAL MEMBER. 01:26:55 - AS KRESKIN BURNS JUDY'S ENVELOPE HE ASKS THE FOCAL MEMBER TO TEAR OPEN HIS ENVELOPE. AMAZINGLY, THE LAST ENVELOPE CONTAINS THE $100 BILL. CUT TO APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. 01:27:21 - KRESKIN EXPLAINS THAT WHAT HE DOES IS NOT "SUPERNATURAL ............. HE GOES ON TO EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENA. 01:28:49 - SHOW ENDS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1976
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: SR-70
