Saturday, August 2, 2014

The 30 Days of Houdini


I've started a little thing I call 'The 30 Days of Houdini'. Thirty days of Houdini articles as a sort of a countdown to the big movie event on the History Channel. I guess I started with what my friend Mark calls, 'a soft roll out'. The first few articles appeared with no fan fair at all.....very un-Houdini-like of me.

To be honest, I'm not sure I can even pull off 30 articles in a month. I also have 40 performances to do, and more work on my Steampunk Illusionist show and the iWonder Show. So, time will tell if it can be done. I know that the articles will likely be short. The first ones, about the Origins of Houdini's act, are broken into Parts 1, 2, 3 and probably 4. A lot of cool things are planned. On Day 23 which is August 23rd, the Potter & Potter Houdini Auction takes place. I have no affiliation with them, but I will surely help promote it! If there is anyone out there who would like to contribute an article or two, that would assist me in getting to 30. I've had a few guest bloggers in the past, so let me know. You can reach me at carnegiemagic@aol.com

I'm working on something special for Day 30, which I can't quite divulge yet. I hope you enjoy
The 30 Days of Houdini!

UPDATE: As of today, August 10th, I've continued to put out a new piece each day. I have material written for about a week in advance, so I'm covered until next Sunday. I'll begin researching things for the last two weeks of August shortly. I've got a good feeling I'll make all 30 articles!


8 comments:

  1. Portentous and pretentious, in my opinion. He's still playing that guy in "The Pianist," not Houdini.

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    1. David, I think Harvey Keitel and Paul Michael Glaser probably did the best jobs. However, I've not seen the movie yet and I'm very much looking forward to it and I have a feeling we all will be pleasantly surprised. I expect, like the Tony Curtis movie, this will bring more newbies into the magic flock!

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  2. What kind of madman can do a post on Houdini everyday? Oh, wait...

    Love it!

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    1. I could be in over my head, lol. But it's worth a shot. IF I run short, I'll just start doing links to your best articles :)

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  3. Wishing you success on all fronts & looking forward 30 Days of Houdini...however many days it may well be!

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  4. I enjoy learning everything I can about magic tricks, magicians, mind reading tricks, card magic tricks, and so much more. It’s fascinating to learn all these interesting tricks.

    I look forward to see more from your blog.
    Louise

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  5. Brody is still that guy in Predators kicking alien butt!

    Good luck with your project, Dean!

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