- Title: SR-71
- Summary: The Amazing Kreskin: Nipsy Russell 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:01:00:04 - ANNOUNCER, BACK TO CAMERA, QUOTES FUNNY POEM WRITTEN BY SPECIAL GUEST, "THE POET LAUREATE OF SHOW BUSINESS" NIPSY RUSSELL", THEN INTRODUCES "THE AMAZING WORLD OF KRESKIN" 01:00:39 - KRESKIN SPRINTS ONTO STAGE, SITS IN EASY CHAIR. ASKS AUDIENCE TO CONCENTRATE AS HE TRIES TO READ THEIR THOUGHTS (MENTAL TELEPATHY). 01:00:47 - KRESKIN, USING HIS POWERS OF THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE (MENTAL TELEPATHY), IN ACCURATELY PICK UP THOUGHTS IN MINDS OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS PERTINENT PERSONAL INFORMATION. 01:03:47 - COMMERCIAL BREAK 01:03:51 - RETURN TO SHOW - PAN AUDIENCE APPLAUDING. MS KRESKIN ON STAGE WITH 2 MEMBERS OF AUDIENCE. A YOUNG LADY AND MAN. 01:04:09 - BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH HIS 2 GUESTS,KRESKIN TELLS AUDIENCE THET HE GOT STRONG THOUGHS FROM AUDIENCE, THEN HE CORRECTLY GUESS THAT ONE WAS A WOMAN CONSIDERING GOING TO DISNEY LAND IN FLORIDA. THEN CORRECTLY GUESSES 2 OTHER WOMEN'S THOUGHTS. 01:05:47 - KRESKIN BEGINS A CARD TRICK WITH HIS 2 GUESTS. 01:05:59 - KRESKIN TAKES A DECK OF PLAYING CARDS IN HAND, THEN HAS MALE GUEST TALE THE PENCIL ON THE TABLE AND WITH THE POINTED END, SLIP IT IN A SPOT BETWEEN THE CARDS, WHICH HE DOES. 01:06:07 - KRESKIN SEPARATES THE DECK FROM THAT POINT AND DROPS THE TOP CARD ONTO TABLE, FACE DOWN, PLACES PENCIL ON THAT CARD.. KRESKIN GOES ON TO DO A REMARKABLE TRICK IN FULL VIEW OF CAMERA. 01:08:41 - COMMERCIAL BREAK 01:08:44 - SHOW RETURNS. PAN APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. KRESKIN INTRODUCES CELEBRITY GUEST, NIPSY RUSSELL. CALLS HIM THE "POET LAUREATE OF HUMOR." 01:09:02 - NIPSY RUSSELL COMES ONTO STAGE, IMMEDIATELY TELLS A COMEDIC POEM. "IT WAS IN A GYPSY TEAROOM, A FORTUNE TELLING PLACE, A LOVELY GYPSY GIRL READ MY MIND THEN SHE SLAPPED MY FACE". 01:09:41 - NIPSY TELLS ANOTHER FUNNY POEM, THEN TELLS HOW HE STARTED TELLING POETRY ON ED MCMAN SHOW (MISSING LINK) AS WELL AS JOHNNY CARSON SHOW. THEN STARTED DOING THIS AS HIS SPECIALTY. 01:11:13 - KRESKIN LEAVES NIPSY ON STAGE AND GOES INTO AUDIENCE WITH MIC. KRESKIN ASKS ANYONE IN AUDIENCE TO GIVE NIPSY A TOPIC, FROM WHICH HE (NIPS)Y CAN DO A POEM ON. NIPSY GOES ON TO TELL VERY FUNNY POEMS. 01:13:12 - COMMERCIAL BREAK 01:13:13 - RETURN TO SHOW, PAN APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. KREEKIN, NIPSY RUSSELL AND FEMALE AUDIENCE GUEST SEATED ON STAGE. 01:14:02 - KREAKIN EXPLAINS THAT BEFORE THE PROGRAM HE ASKED TO PLACE A DOLLAR BILL IN AN ENVELOPE, WRITE SOMETHING ON IT, SEAL IT AND PLACE IT IN HIS POCKET. 01:14:47 - KRESKIN ASKS NIPSY TO TAKE THE SEALED ENVELOPE OUT OF HID POCKET, BREAK THE SEAL ON ENVELOPE AS KRESKIN TURNS HIS BACK ON NIPSY. KRESKIN THEN PROCEEDS TO GUESS THE SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE BILL.AUDIENCE APPLAUSE. 01:18:15 - KRESKIN HAS NIPSY GIVE THE DOLLAR BILL TO THE FEMALE GUEST, REPLACE IT INTO ANOTHER ENVELOPE AND SEAL IT. HE THEN HANDS A PICTURE FRAME WITHOUT PICTURE BEHIND ITS GLACE FACE TO NIPSY, AND HOLD IT AGAINST HIS CHEST. 01:19:01 - KRESKIN THEN ASKS THE FEMALE GUEST TO HOLD UP THE ENVELOPE AS HE (KRESKIN) LITES UT WITH A MATVH. DOLLAR BILL INSIDE. THE ENVELOPE BURNS TO A CRISP. 01:20:49 - NIPSY IS THEN ASKED TO TURN THE PICTURE YO THE AUDIENCE. AMAZINGLY, THE DOLLAR BILL APPEARS BEHIND THE GLASS OF THE FRAME. NIPSY READS THE SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE BILL TO VERIFY THAT IT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY BURNED. 01:21:48 - NIPSY DOES A VERY FUNNY VERSION OF THE SAME TRICK. 01:23:57 - SHOW ENDS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1976
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: SR-71
