tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8528392748574719299..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Yar, The Primeval Man by Harry Houdini (Part II)John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-9866199195227344812020-03-06T08:49:57.259-08:002020-03-06T08:49:57.259-08:00"Yar-ho, Yar-ho, a primeval life for me...&qu..."Yar-ho, Yar-ho, a primeval life for me..."Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-21222145664307351962020-03-05T17:39:22.958-08:002020-03-05T17:39:22.958-08:00From Yar things evolved to Conan the Barbarian. I ...From Yar things evolved to Conan the Barbarian. I wonder if Robert E. Howard read this story. Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-20677144564469619442020-03-05T12:32:09.700-08:002020-03-05T12:32:09.700-08:00Fascinating. I wonder if his brief stint as The Wi...Fascinating. I wonder if his brief stint as The Wild Man in the circus had anything to do with his dreaming up this particular scenario? Also, Tarzan was already popular around this time and had made his way into silent films, so creating a primeval character could set his film apart yet still put him in similar man vs. nature, man vs. man physical challenges (with plenty of skin showing to Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.com