tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8217074820930288037..comments2024-03-29T07:21:28.014-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: REVIEW: Houdini & Doyle (ep. 6): The Monsters of NethermoorJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-18543392523083612982016-06-08T16:07:34.464-07:002016-06-08T16:07:34.464-07:00I should have added that HH was a boxer in his you...I should have added that HH was a boxer in his youth, and a good one at that.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-11597613107305158172016-06-07T22:11:31.438-07:002016-06-07T22:11:31.438-07:00That's awesome info, thanks - I've seen so...That's awesome info, thanks - I've seen some of those scenes but couldn't tell whether HH was supposed to be using jujitsu or just wrestling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-15540689653967470732016-06-07T21:04:47.621-07:002016-06-07T21:04:47.621-07:00FWIW: There are scenes in the Grim Game and Terror...FWIW: There are scenes in the Grim Game and Terror Island scripts that describe jui jitsu fights. For example: [GG] “HH is captured after a jiu jitsu fight and taken to the asylum” or [TI] “suddenly reaches out and catches him in jui jitsu hold and bends his head backward”Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-59052995009154852222016-06-07T21:04:17.377-07:002016-06-07T21:04:17.377-07:00That's true of most martial arts styles but ju...That's true of most martial arts styles but jujitsu was a major exception, hitting American (and Western, in general) pop culture in a big way during the first decade of the 20th century. Teddy Roosevelt actually trained in jujitsu while he was President, bringing instructors in to the White House. On that basis, I'm kind of surprised that Houdini never seems to have taken an interest Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-64586745896989390192016-06-07T20:33:16.659-07:002016-06-07T20:33:16.659-07:00I can totally imagine HH walloping someone just fo...I can totally imagine HH walloping someone just for using his name on some product!Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-1184424938217737882016-06-07T17:13:34.750-07:002016-06-07T17:13:34.750-07:00Martial arts didn't appear to become popular h...Martial arts didn't appear to become popular here in the U.S. until after WWII and the Korean War. G.I.s were returning here with their newly acquired fighting skills. The explosion finally happened in the early 1970s with the popularity of Bruce Lee and martial arts films.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-4501154176531859712016-06-07T16:15:29.815-07:002016-06-07T16:15:29.815-07:00Interesting episode, if a little far-fetched, thou...Interesting episode, if a little far-fetched, though I think their inspiration may have come from the 18th century Scotch legend of Sawney Bean, a convict whose incestuous cave-dwelling family were said to have killed and cannibalized outsiders, if not the Morlocks from H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."<br /><br />I really enjoyed how they wove Houdini history into the fiction. It'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-26131298179684120882016-06-07T15:06:52.512-07:002016-06-07T15:06:52.512-07:00Regarding Houdini as a fighter, it's always st...Regarding Houdini as a fighter, it's always struck me as being odd that he doesn't seem to have taken much interest in jujitsu, given his strong interest in unusual physical skills and the fact that Japanese unarmed combat was very much in fashion during the early 20th century. As far as I know he only ever referred to it once, in a brief comment regarding Georgia Magnet stunts in "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com