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Tag Archives: magicians
In Memory of Harry Houdini on His Deathday
By Tom Interval 96 years ago today—Sunday, Oct. 31, 1926, 1:26 p.m.—escapology pioneer, magician, and worldwide icon Harry Houdini died of diffuse peritonitis (streptococci). In memory of the man who deeply understood that audience perception is more important than reality.
Posted in Deaths, Famous Magicians, Halloween, Harry Houdini, Harry Houdini, Holidays
Tagged death, halloween, harry houdini, houdini, magicians, peritonitis
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Harry Houdini Lives: a Deepfake Encounter
By Tom Interval I recently uploaded a video compilation of clips I made animating old photos of magicians, thanks to deep-learning software called Deep Nostalgia. Being a hopeless Houdini enthusiast, I couldn’t resist doing the same with photos of the … Continue reading
Magicians of the Past Brought to Life
By Tom Interval Ladies and gentlemen, step right up! For my next trick, I shall bring past magicians back to life! Not literally, of course, but with uncanny results, nonetheless. Although this magic is of the technological variety introduced more … Continue reading
Posted in Deepfake, Technology
Tagged adelaide herrmann, alexander herrmann, animation, David Copperfield, deep fake, deep nostalgia, Deepfake, georges melies, harry blackstone jr, harry blackstone sr, harry houdin, harry kellar, harryhoudini, houdini, howard thurston, john nevil maskelyne, magicians, matthias buchinger, my heritage, myheritage, Paul Daniels, robert-houdin, Technology
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In Memory of Harry Houdini (1874–1926)
By Tom Interval Hungarian infant Erik Weisz, who became American toddler Ehrich Weiss, who became worldwide cultural icon Harry Houdini, died way too soon on Halloween 95 years ago today. In memory of a legend who inspired generations of Houdini … Continue reading
Posted in Famous Magicians, Harry Houdini, Harry Houdini
Tagged budapest, death, deathversary, ehrichweiss, erikweisz, harryhoudini, houdini, inmemoriam, inmemory, legends, magicians
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5-Week Magic Classes for Adults and Children Start March 29
By Tom Interval New to magic or need a refresher? Learn mind-bogglingly fun magic that will leave your friends and family amazed and entertained. Register now for one of two separate five-week magic classes for adults or children, to occur … Continue reading
Posted in Lessons, Magic Classes
Tagged instruction, instructors, magic, magic classes, magic lessons, magicians, professors, san diego, teachers
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Houdini Jack-o’-Lantern 2019
By Tom Interval Another Halloween, another Houdini jack-o’-lantern. I got a late start on this one and didn’t carve it until today—Halloween—the 93rd anniversary of Houdini’s death. Here’s a 10-second video for your entertainment pleasure. Scroll down to see a … Continue reading
Posted in art, Harry Houdini, Harry Houdini, jack-o'-lanterns
Tagged art, artwork, carved, carving, flickering, halloween, harry houdini, harryhoudini, houdini, jack-o-lantern, jackolantern, magicians, pumpkin, pumpkins, san diego, sandiego, spooky
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Easy Cups and Balls Tutorial
By Tom Interval One of the oldest, if not the oldest, magic effects is the cups and balls. While some magicians still believe it dates back to around 2500 BCE—based on a simple painting on the wall of a burial … Continue reading
Posted in Cups and Balls, Learning, Lessons, Magic Classes, Multimedia, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Services, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged cups & balls, Cups and Balls, instruction, instructors, interval magic, Learning, magic instructors, magic lessons, magic tricks, magicians, san diego, teaching, tom interval, tutorials, videos
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Say Stop Card Prediction Tutorial
By Tom Interval Usually when an audience member says “Stop!”, it’s not a good thing. Unless you’re doing the card trick I’m previewing in the following video (below). Someone stops you at any one of 52 cards. Example: jack of … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, crowdfunding, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Tricks, tutorials, Videos
Tagged card magic, card tricks, classes, colleges, Learning, lessons, magicians, mental magic, mentalism, predictions, san diego, san diego state, sdsu, stop trick, tom interval, tominterval, tutorials, universities, university
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Ball Through Table Tutorial
By Tom Interval There are two indispensable magicians’ utility moves that will allow you to perform a countless number of tricks over the course of your magic career. Of course, many sleight-of-hand moves exist, but every beginning magician should start … Continue reading
Posted in balls, Lessons, Magic Classes, Multimedia, patreon, Productions, Resources, Rokfin, Rokfin, Services, Tricks, tutorials, Videos, Videos
Tagged ball through table, ball tricks, balls, finger palm, lapping, magic tricks, magicians, moves, penetrations, san diego, sleight of hand, sleights, utility moves
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