tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post7153235898034063394..comments2024-03-28T03:08:20.391-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: HOUDINI on channel 13John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-53198036392731519782015-03-02T19:24:55.250-08:002015-03-02T19:24:55.250-08:00So I've now discovered the date of my first ma...So I've now discovered the date of my first magic viewing and also discovered there was a nice ad in TV for it. I will be doing a post about it soon.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-71325942447621144572011-08-17T10:11:28.907-07:002011-08-17T10:11:28.907-07:00As a kid, I too would wait until Friday when the n...As a kid, I too would wait until Friday when the new TV Guide came out and the first thing I would do is go page by page and find every listing for a magician. I remember fondly discovering a show called 'In Search Of' doing an episode on HOUDINI, which I still have on video. I also caught Tony Curtis on Mike Douglas talking about the HOUDINI movie, and showing the front and back palm! SoCarnegiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142955905272650610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-40401263954946322582011-08-16T23:14:28.567-07:002011-08-16T23:14:28.567-07:00My recollection is the first time I ever saw the m...My recollection is the first time I ever saw the movie was on a Sat. or Sunday afternoon as well. This would have been in 1975 or early 76. At some point I'd like to get into the KCOP logs and find out exactly when this was, because that was the day that forever changed my life. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-68433551468939530502011-08-16T12:41:39.838-07:002011-08-16T12:41:39.838-07:00I'm probably not remembering this accurately, ...I'm probably not remembering this accurately, but it always seemed to be on Saturday afternoons when I was growing up. We didn't get any ads in the TV guide for it though - only my eagle eyes could see it in the programme listing.<br /><br />Then they started putting it on in the middle of the night and the print got tinier but I could still find it (and I used to get in trouble for melbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032793912135092967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-62696986980286878682011-08-16T10:02:47.733-07:002011-08-16T10:02:47.733-07:00I was young in the early 1960s, and of course ther...I was young in the early 1960s, and of course there were no videos, so I would check each week's TV guide to see if the movie was showing on one of the few channels that existed. We had a B&W TV for a long time, and it was a big surprise to me to eventually see the movie in color.<br /><br />For all it's Hollywood artificiality, the movie retains its appeal for me, maybe because Tony Ericnoreply@blogger.com