- Title: SR-87
- 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:01:00:29 - START THE AMAZING KRESKIN SHOW - OAN APPLAUDING 1970S AUDIENCE. KRESKIN COMES ONTO STAGE. 01:00:47 - ANNOUNCER BILL LUXON COMES ON STAGE WITH MAIL HE INTENDED TO READ, BUT KRESKIN HAS DIFFERENT IDEAS. 01:01:26 - KRESKIN PUTS THE LETTERS AWAY AND INSTEAD ASKS BILL QUESTIONS. KRESKIN SAYS BILL WORKED WITH HIM FOR 8 1 SHOWS. KRESKIN ASKS BILL IF HE HAD ANY FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT KRESKIN DOES. BILL EXPLAINS HIS FEELINGS ABOUT SHOW.. 01:02:54 - KRESKIN DOES A VARD TRICK WITH BILL. KRESKIN SHUFFLES CARDS, HAS BILL CUT DECK INTO 4 PILES. SAYING HE WILL CUT TO THE 4 ACES. HE THEN HAS BILL TAKE A FEW CARDS FROM EACH PILE AND PLACE THEM ON OTHER PILES. 01:04:37 - KRESKIN HAS BILL TURN OVER THE TOP CARD FROM EACH PILE. AMAZINGLY HE TURNS OVER 3 OUT OF 4 ACES. 01:05:33 - KRESKIN INTRODUCES AS HIS SPECIAL GUEST, "THE MAN FROM "UNCLE", MR. ROBERT VAUGHN" CUT TO AUDIENCE APPLAUSE. 01:05:47 - VAUGHN, KRESKIN TAKE SEATS AT SMALL TABLE BEFORE THEM ON STAGE.. VAUGHN SAYS HIS SHOW IS PLAYING IN ATHENS, GREECE, AND IT'S LIKE A TIME CAPSULE WATCHING SHOWS PRODUCED IN 1966. 01:06:30 - KRESKIN STARTS RIGHT OF WITH ONE OF HIS "EXPERIMENTS" (CARD TRICK) USING DECK OF CARDS. HE OPENS DECK, GOES INTO AUDIENCE, HAS AUDIENCE MEMBER (WOMAN) SHUFFLE THE CARDS. 01:07:21 - KRESKIN TAKES CARDS BACK TO STAGE, SITS NEXT TO VAUGHN AT SMALL TABLE CONTAINING A SMALL TAPE RECORDER. 01:07:44 - KRESKIN HANDS DECK OF CARDS TO VAUGHN, HAS HIM DEAL OUT, FACE DOWN 5 CARDS, SIDE BY SIDE, KRESKIN TAKES REST OF DECK FROM VAUGHN. 01:08:20 - KRESKIN TURNS ON TAPE RECORDER. KRESKIN VOICE COMES ON,SAYING "HELLO VAUGHN, THIS IS KRESKIN, I AM TAPING THIS A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE YOUR PARTICIPATION......" 01:09:14 - TAPED VOICE OVER ASKS VAUGH TO FACE THE 4 CARDS HE LAYED ON TABLE AND "FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTION. AS INSTRUCTED, VAUGHN HOLDS HIS RIGHT HAND OVER THE 5 CARDS AND POINT TO THE 1ST CARD". 01:09:16 - VOICE OVER TELLS VAUGHN TO "MOVE HIS FINGER BACK AND FORTH OVER THE ROW OF CARDS AS I COUNTS TO 5", "WHEN I STOP COUNTING, BRING YOUR FINGER DOWN ON ANY 1 CARD"., 01:10:19 - CU VAUGHN FINGER COMES DOWN ON 3RD CARD. VOICE OVER SAYS HIS FINGER HAS LANDED ON THE ACE OF HEARTS. VAUGHN TURNS OVER CARD AND IT IS INDEED THE ACE OF HEARTS. 01:11:26 - COMMERCIAL BREAK 01:11:30 - RETURN VAUGHN AND KRESKIN. VAUGHN TALKS ABOUT A PLAY BY BRITISH AUTHOR TOM STOFFORD THAT HE IS DOING, AND OTHER SHOWS HE PLANS TO DO, VAUGHN SAYS HE ENJOYS DOING RADIO THE MOST.. 01:15:54 - COMMERCIAL BREAK 01:15:56 - KRESKIN SHOW RETURNS WITH KRESKIN, VAUGHN AND ANNOUNCER BILL LUXTON STANDING BEHIND A TABLE CONTAINING BOTTLE OF ACID, PITCHER OF WATER AND VARIETY OF TUBES AND GLASSES. 01:16:14 - KRESKIN ASKS VAUGHN (WEARING RUBBER APRON AND GLOVES) TO UNSCREW LID ON BOTTLE OF ACID. KRESKIN USES EYE DROPPER TO REMOVE ACID FROM BOTTLE, THEN POURS ACID ON PAPER, CAUSING PAPER TO STEAM. 01:17:02 - KRESKIN THEN HAS BOTH LUXTON AND VAUGHN TO SECURELY PLACE BLINDFOLD OVER HIS (KRESKIN) EYES, WHICH THEY DO. 01:18:39 - BLINDFOLDED KRESKIN ASKS VAUGHN TO FILL 5 GLASSES WITH WATER, PLACE THEM ON TURNTABLE BEFORE HIM.PLACE A BLUE TUBES(CANS) OVER EACK OF 5 GLASSES .LEAVING ONE GLASS UNCOVERED. 01:19:34 - STILL BLINDFOLDED KRESKIN ASKS VAUGHN TO FILL THE FINAL GLASS WITH ACID, AND COVER IT WITH THE YELLOW TUBE (CAN). 01:20:07 - KRESKIN ASKS VAUGHN TO TAKE HIM (KRESKIN) IN FRONT OF THE TURNTABLE CONTAINING THE 6 TUBES. VAUGHN DOES. ASKS VAUGHN TO ROTATE THE TURNTABLE CONTAINING THE 6 TUBES (5 WITH WATER, 1 WITH ACID. 01:20:26 - KRESKIN HAS VAUGHN PLACE HIS RIGHT HAND ON KRESKIN;S SHOULDER. THEN LEAD KRESKIN;S RIGHT HAND SO IT IS OVER THE 6 TUBES. 01:20:32 - CU BLINDFOLDED KRESKIN TOUCHES TOPS OF CONTAINERS ONE AT A TIME. DOING THIS KRESKIN PLACES HIS HAND ON TOP OF CONTAINER, JERKS IT OFF THE GLASS AND QUICKLY POURS THE CONTENTS OF GLASS OVER HIS BARE HAND. 01:21:00 - VAUGHN ROTATES THE TURN TABLE AFTER EACH CAN IS UNCOVERED AND POURED OVER KRESKIN'S HAND. EACH TIME TELLING VAUGHN TO KEEP HIS HAND ON HKRESKIN'S SHOULER (THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE). 01:21:05 - KRESKIN SUCCESSFULLY REMOVES CANS AND POURS CONTENT OF EACH OF THE 5 GLASSES CONTAINING WATER, LEAVING THE YELLOW CAN CONTAINING ACID, UNCOVERED.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1976
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: SR-87
