- Title: SR-86
- 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:01:01:05 - CU SLATE BOARD - "AMAZING WORLD OF KRESKIN" SHOW # 53 .......". 01:01:42 - ANNOUNCER, STUDIO AUDIENCE BEHIND HIM, POINTS TO BOOK ON EASEL, SAYS IN THIS BOOK, "THE LIFE OF HOUDINI", IS THE KEY TO ONE OF THE GREAT SPIRITUALISTIC SEANCES IN HISTORY". "THIS AND MORE ON THE AMAZING WORLD OF KRESKIN". 01:02:08 - KRESKIN JAUNTS OUT TO STAGE. CU PAN APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. KRESKIN INVITES YOUNG BLONDE WOMAN, JANE (1970S MINI SKIRT, BOOTS,FROM AUDIENCE, TO STAGE. BOTH SIT AT T5ABLE. TELLS JANE, THE SHOW WILL DEAL WITH THOUGHT READING AND HOUDINI. 01:03:23 - KRESKIN REMOVES FROM HIS COAT POCK, A SMALL PACKAGE CONTAINING A SMALL METAL TUBE, WITH LOCK. HE HANDS IT TO JANE, ASKS HER TO UNLOCK IT. 01:03:55 - CU JANE'S HAND UNLOCKING LOCK ON TUBE AS KRESKIN HOLDS IT. KRESKIN USES PENCIL TO PARTIALLY EXTRACT A RED HANDKERCHIEF FROM TUBE. JANE PULLS HANDKERCHIEF FROM TUBE, LAYS IT ON TABLE. 01:04:32 - KRESKIN HAS JANE WRITE HER INITIAL ON THE HANDKERCHIEF, THEN REPLACE THE HANDKERCHIEF INTO THE TUBE USING PENCIL, THEN LOCK IT. CU SHE DOES. 01:05:50 - KRESKIN THEN SHAKES THE TUBE AND SUDDENLY THE RED HANDKERCHIEF APPEARS IN HIS HAND. THE LOCKED TUBE STILL IN HAND. CU HANDKERHIEF WITH JANE'S INITIALS.. 01:06:16 - COMMERCIAL BREAK 01:08:20 - AMAZING KRESKIN RETURNS - INTRODUCES WRITER OF TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MATERIAL ON PSYCHIC PHENOMENON , AUTHOR OF "THE SHADOW" WALTER B. GIBSON"! CUT TO APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. 01:09:01 - MS KRESKIN AND GIBSON SIT IN CHAIRS WITH LIBRARY SHELF BACKGROUND, GIBSON SAYS HE WROTE 283 SHADOW NOVELS AND 80 OTHER BOOKS.. GIBSON WAS VERY CLOSE TO GERSTEN, BLACKSTONE AND HOUDINI. 01:09:29 - GIBSON SAYS HE HAS WRITTEB ON SUCH SUBJECTS AS MAGIC, GAMES, PUZZLES AND EVEN CAMPING. SAYS HE WAS VERY CLOSE TO GERSTEN(?), BLACKSTEN AND HOUDINI. 01:10:30 - CU GIBSON TELLS INTERESTING STORIES ABOUT MAGICIAN GERSTEN (?). TELLS OF AMAZING TRICKS HE PERFORMED FOR AUDIENCES... 01:12:57 - KRESKIN SAYS , AFTER BREAK, "I AM GOING TO DISCUSS THE LEGEND OF ALL TIME ... NOUDINI". 01:13:03 - COMMERCIAL BREAK. 01:14:06 - KRESKIN AND GIBSON RETUR. - KRESKIN ASKS GIBSON HOW HE BECAME INTERESTED IN HOUDINI, WHO SPENT HALF HIS LIFE EXPOSING "FAKE MEDIUMS: 01:14:16 - GIBSON SAYS, WHEN HOUDINI STARTED OUT IN THE 1890S THERE WERE A LOT OF MEDIUMS AROUND, AND THEY DID WAS WAS CALLED "CABINET WORK". THEY DID WHAT THEY DO WHILE BEING LOCKED UP IN CABINET. 01:14:37 - GIBSON SAYS HOUDINI LEARNED THOSE SECRETS FRO MEDIUMS, BUT DID THE TRICK DIFFERENTLY. HOUDINI WOULD GO INTO CABINET SHACKLED, AND WHEN CABINET WAS OPENED HOUDINI WOULF BE FREE FROM SHAKLES. 01:15:00 - GIBSON HAD MANY BATTLES WITH MEDIUMS, WELL AFTER WW1 HOUDINI WOULD EXPOSE MEDIUMS AS "FAKES". 01:15:16 - KRESKIN TALKS OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE CODE HOUDINI LEFT TO HIS WIFE BEFORE THE DIED (ON HALLOWEEN DAY) . KRESKIN ASKS GIBSON IF THE CODE WAS EVER BROKEN. "I DON'T THINK SO", SAYS GIBSON. GIBSON EXPLAINS. 01:16:35 - CU KRESKIN SHOWS PAGE OF BOOK , WRITTEN BY GIBSON, CONTAINING THE 10 WORDS HOUDINI WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LEFT TO HIS WIFE. THEY DISCUSS A REV, FORD WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE BROKEN THE CODE. LATER FINDING OUT IT WAS ONLY A STUNT BY FORD. 01:18:12 - GIBSON TELLS ABOUT SEANCE HELD IN AN AIRPLANE WHEN PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE WAS A SPIRIT WORLD 3 OR 4 MILES UP. (AIRPLANES WERE NOT FLYING THAT HUGH AT THE TIME) HE CLAIMED HE WAS GETTING MESSAGES AT THAT HEIGHT. 01:18:54 - COMMERCIAL BREAK 01:20:57 - RETURN AMAZING KRESKIN - APPLAUDING AUDIENCE. KRESKIN IN SHIRT SLEEVES, SHAKES HANDS WITH 2 UNIFORMED SECURITY GUARDS ON STAGE. 01:21:25 - KRESKIN TAKES A LONG CANVAS MAIL BAG AND SAYS HE WILL DUPLICATE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH HOUDINI OFTEN WORKED. HE OPENS THE LONG MAIL BAG. HAS GUSRD KOLD IT OUT ON EACH END, VERIFY IT IS MADE OF A HEAVY CANVAS WITH NO OPENINGS. 01:21:53 - KRESKIN HAS ONE GUARD HOPLD BAG AND THE OTHER TAKES HANDCUFFD OFF SMALL TABLE BEFORE THEM. 01:22:59 - GUARD PLACES HANDCUFFS ON KRESKIN, HANDS IN FRONT OF HIM. PLACES A PIECE OF TAPE ON EACH HOLE OF THE CUFFS, MARKS THEM WITH MARKING PENCIL. 01:24:07 - HANDCUFFED KRESKIN IS HELPED CLIMB INTO THE CANVAS BAG BY OTHER GUARD AS HE STANDS INSIDE CABINET CONTAINING CURTAIN. . KRESKIN KNEELS INSIDE BAG AS GUARDS SECURE IT WITH METAL BAR, PADLOCK IT. 01:25:11 - KRESKIN TELLS HIS ANNOUNCER BILL RUSKIN, HE WILL GET OUT WITHIN THE NEXT 4 MINUTES, 30 SECONDS.GUARDS CLOSE CABINET CURTAIN WITH KRESKIN LOCKED INSIDE CANVAS BAG. 01:25:17 - RUSKIN STANDS BY WITH TIME CLOCK AS GUARDS SECURE CURTAIN. LIGHTS ARE DIMMED. RUSKIN INFORMS KRESKIN THAT HE IS STARTING THE TIME CLOCK. HE ALSO INFORMS THT THIS IS ONE OF HOUDINI' SIGNATURE TRICKS. 01:27:52 - IN A SUDDEN BURST, KRESKIN SWINGS OPEN THE CURTAIN, STEPS OUT WITH CANVAS BAG IN HAND, UN CUFFED AFTER 2 1/2 MINUTES. KRESKIN TAKES BOW, AUDIENCE APPLAUDERS. 01:28:31 - KRESKIN TELL AUDIENCE HE IS KNOWN AS A MENTALIST, NOT AN ESCAPE ARTIST AND DO NOT BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION" "THERE IS ONLY AND WAS ONLY ONE HOUDINI AND HE IS GONE". 01:28:56 - LS EXTERIOR SHOT OF SKYLINE HOTEL IN TORONTO.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1973
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: SR-86
