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May 16, 2011

Houdini’s Last Assistant

Houdini's Assistant Dorothy Young Passes On.

 
Dorothy Young, who served as Houdini's stage assistant for one year on tour, passed on March 20, 2011 at the age of 103.
 
Dorothy Young was born on 3 May 1907 in Otisville, New York. Her father was a minister and her mother a church organist. In Manhattan, at only the age of 17 in 1925 she won an audition to be Houdini's stage assistant. Miss Young shared the stage with Houdini, possibly the most famous magician and escape artist of all time, and his wife Bess. Sadly, Houdini would pass in 1926.
 
In that year, however, people did take notice of Miss Young. A skilled dancer, she teamed up with Gilbert Kiamie and toured the country as a dancing team called Gilbert and Dorothy. She would later dance in a few movies, including Flying Down to Rio (1933).
 
Miss Young would outlive both Houdini and his wife Bess. Houdini died in 1926 of peritonitis. Bess Houdini died of a heart attack in 1943. Even decades after the death of Houdini and his wife, Dorothy Young would not reveal the secrets of how Houdini performed his illusions.
 
She said in an interview with the PBS series American Experience, "I was sworn to secrecy, never to divulge any of Houdini's secrets."
 
View a video of her wonderful life here.
 

100 Years of Dorothy Young from Veras Films on Vimeo.

May 16, 2011

Incredible 3D Artist

German artist Edgar Mueller

This is magic drawn on concrete. A pretty amazing optical illusion by a talented artist. German artist Edgar Mueller creates large scale, three-dimensional art using an unusual canvas – his works are painted on ordinary sections of sidewalks. 

See more by artist here.

May 16, 2011

Misdirection in a Soccer event

Who says that misdirection can only be used in the world of magic.  This is a great example that it can be used in all areas of life. Here the soccer team uses it to score a goal.

Misdirection has always played a role in the sports world. Like a play-action fake in football, the goal of using misdirection is to sell the opposition on one play, and then catch them off-guard by suddenly doing the exact opposite.

 

If you need a perfect example of how well it can work, look no further than a soccer game between Bryant (Arkansas) High School and Conway (Arkansas) High School, where Bryant used a form of misdirection on a set piece to score a bizarre goal.

As you can see from the video, the Bryant player about to take the kick runs into his own teammate, on purpose, and the third member of the team kicks the ball to a teammate streaking toward the goal, all while the Conway players were watching what was going on off to the side.

 

 

 

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