- Title: SR-78
- 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:01:00:16 - CU BLACK BOARD HELD UP TO CAMERA, IDENTIFYING CJOH-TV/ OTTAWA A (CANADA)ND TECHNICAL INFO FOR AMAZING WORLD OF KRESKIN: SHOW. 01:00:46 - CU SHOW ANNOUNCER BILL LUXUM (?) IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AND INTRODUCES "THE AMAZING WORLD OF KRESKIN". AUDIENCE IN B/G. 01:01:15 - KRESKIN COME OUT TO STAGE, GOOD SHOT YOUNG APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. KRESKIN SPEAKS THEN SITS IN SWIVEL EASY CHAIR, PENCIL, PAD IN HAND,FACING AUDIENCE. 01:02:02 - KRESKIN ASKS AUDIENCE TO "CONCENTRATE ON ANYTHING THAT IS SIGNIFICANT TO YOU". HE THEN SAYS HE IS GETTING MESSAGE (thought projection) THAT SOMEONE IS CONCENTRATING ON "JUNE 16TH",NO ONE RESPONDS. 01:02:38 - AFTER GETTING NO RESPONSE FOR MAY 16. EVENTUALLY A LADY RESPONDS TO MARCH 16TH AS HER BIRTHDAY. KRESKIN THEN CORRECTLY GUESSES THAT SHE WAS BORN IN THE YEAR 1917. 01:03:38 - KRESKIN THEN ASKS AUDIENCE IF ANYONE HAD IN MIND VARIOUS NUMBERS HE CALLS OUT. HE GETS NO RESPONSE. KRESKIN THEN SAYS JOKINGLY, "FOR MY NEXT MIRACLE,,," AUDIENCE LAUGHTER. "ANYONE THINKING OF NEVADA" NO ONE RESPONDS TO THAT QUEST, TO KRESKIN'S EMBARRASSMENT. 01:04:37 - A YOUNG MAN STANDS WHEN KRESKIN ASKS "IS ANYONE THINKING OF FLORIDA?" KRESKIN ASKS MAN (STEVE) WHO IS JERRY? MAN RESPONDS THEA JERRY IS HIS BABY SON. 01:05:08 - KRESKIN ASKS STEVE'S WIFE TO STAND, THEN KRESKIN CORRECTLY GUESSES HER SON'S YEAR AND DATE OF BIRTH. PAN APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. 01:06:05 - KRESKIN ASKS AUDIENCE IF ANYONE HAS "JASON: IN MIND? A WOMAN STANDS UP. KRESKIN AMAZINGLY, CORRECTLY GUESS NAMES, BIRTH DATES AND OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION OF PERSONS KNOWN BY THE YOUNG WOMAN. 01:08:00 - STATION BREAK 01:10:02 - RETURN FROM BREAK - KRESKIN SEATED ON STEP BETWEEN APPLAUDING AUDIENCE MEMBERS. SPEAKS TO WOMEN SEATED ON EACH SIDE OF HIM. TELLS THEM OF HIS APPEARANCE IN ROME, ITALY, AND ISLE OF CAPRI "WHICH IS AS CLOSE TO PARADISE THAT I'LL EVER BE....".. 01:10:50 - KRESKIN ASKS FOR A COIN FROM ONE OF THE WOMEN, WRAPS IT IN HANDKERCHIEF, TAKES A RING FROM ANOTHER AUDIENCE MEMBER, PUSHES HANDKERCHIEF THROUGH RING UNTIL IT SECURES THE COIN IN HANDKERCHIEF. 01:12:20 - KRESKIN HAS THE 2 WOMEN HOLD OPPOSITE ENDS OF HANDKERCHIEF AND PULL HARD. MAGICALLY THE RING FALLS TO FLOOR AND THE COIN APPEARS ON P OF HANDKERCHIEF. 01:13:43 - STATION BREAK 01:14:48 - KRESKIN RETURNS - ANNOUNCER LUXUM INTRODUCES KRESKIN'S SPECIAL GUEST - ACTOR, SINGER, ROBERT HORTON. AUDIENCE APPLAUSE. HORTON AND KRESKIN SIT ON CHAIRS ON STAGE. HORTON DISCUSES ACTOR WARD BOND, WHO HE PLAYS WITH ON "WAGON TRAIN" SHOW, AS WELL AS HIS (HORTON) SINGING CAREER. 01:15:33 - HORTON TELLS OF WORKING WITH ACTOR WARD BOND, "A BIG HUSKY, BURLY FELLOW".. 01:16:20 - HORTON TELLS OF HIS SINGING CAREER AND PLAYING IN STAGE HIT "1776". HE ALSO TELLS OF HIS BEING TARGET OF RALPH EDWARDS, "THIS IS YOUR LIFE". HE SHARES EXPERIENCE HE HAS WITH MARGE AND GOWER CHAMPION. 01:18:58 - HORTON TALKS ABOUT HIS HOBBY OF FLYING. SAYS HE OWNS A COMANCHE, AND FLIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. KRESLIN BRINGS ATTENTION TO CAMERA HORTON BROUGHT ONTO STAGE AND PLACED ON SMALL TBLE BEFORE THEM 01:19:20 - KRESKIN TELLS AUDIENCE "WE WILL SEE WHAT' HORTON SECRETLY CAPTURED IN THE CAMERA, AFTER BREAK.. 01:20:20 - STATION BREAK. 01:22:20 - RETURN KRESKIN SHOW - AUDIENCE APPLAUDING. KRESKIN, HORTON STANDING ON STAGE, HORTON WITH CAMERA IN HAND. 01:22:41 - KRESKIN SAYS THAT HORTON WAS ASKED BY KRESKIN STAFF TO GO TO AUDIENCE MEMBER BEFORE SHOW, AND AT RANDOM, PICK SOMEBODY TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH HIM WITHOUT TELLING KRESKIN. 01:23:57 - KRESKIN HAS HORTON PLACE HIS RIGHT HAND ON KRESKIN'S LEFT, THEN LEADS HORTON INTO AUDIENCE, WHERE HE (KRESKIN) USING MENTAL TELEPATHY, SUCCESSFULLY PICKS OUT THE PERSON HORTON PHOTOGRAPHED BEFORE THE SHOW. 01:26:43 - HORTON TAKES THE PHOTO OUT OF THE POLAROID CAMERA, AND SHOWS PHOTO OF GIRL KRESKIN PICKED OUT OF AUDIENCE. 01:27:17 - CU KRESKIN PLACES THUMB ON GIRLS FOREHEAD, ASKS HER TO CONCENTRATE ON HER NAME, THEN KRESKIN SUCCESSFULLY GUESSES HER LAST NAME 01:27:39 - KRESKIN FINISHES BY SPEAKING ABOUT "THE POWER OF THE MIND". "WE STILL KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THE POWER OF THE MIND"
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1976
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: SR-78
