December 12, 2024
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By “Huckabee” pop culture guru Pat Reeder (http://www.hollywoodhifi.com)
I’m sad to have to report that one of my favorite performers, magician and mentalist The Amazing Kreskin (born George Kresge), has died at 89, just one month shy of his 90th birthday.
https://variety.com/2024/tv/
Kreskin was one of the most popular talk show guests of the 1970s, author of numerous books, and he kept current with social media and regular videos on YouTube. From 1972 to 1975, he hosted the syndicated TV series “The Amazing World of Kreskin,” reruns of which made me a fan. While some magicians accused him of making people believe in psychic powers, he wrote in his 1991 book, “Secrets of the Amazing Kreskin,” that he is “not a psychic, an occultist or fortune teller. I am not a mind reader, medium or hypnotist. There is nothing supernatural about anything that I do. I am a scientist, a researcher in the field of suggestion and ‘extrasensory’ perceptions. I perform what I discover.”
While Kreskin never attempted to sing, he did record a spoken-word album in 1967 called "The Basic Principles of Kreskin's ESP."
https://www.discogs.com/
The 2008 movie "The Great Buck Howard" was inspired by the writer/director's time as Kreskin's road manager. And does anyone remember his Milton Bradley board game, “Kreskin’s ESP,” featuring the swinging “mystery pendulum”?
Finally, a flashback to four years ago, when Kreskin was still performing and made a memorable appearance on “Huckabee” on TBN. RIP and Godspeed into the Great Beyond!
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