The History of Magic: From Ancient Scams to Las Vegas

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Stage magic has a fantastically interesting history. From ancient Egyptians to Harry Houdini to David Blaine, magic has been blowing people's minds for thousands of years. Let's take a look at the who, where, and why of it all.
In this episode of The History of Fun, Justin (@juddtoday) explores the interesting history of board stage magic, with a little help from Dr. Gustav Kuhn, expert on the psychology of magic, from the University of London, Goldsmiths.
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28 сен 2024

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@angeluslupus Год назад

As a kid in the 80's in the UK, I always looked forward to watching The Paul Daniels Magic Show on tv. He was a showman, and was great at showcasing other magicians and variety acts.

@hayhay509 Год назад

when i was little i was really into magic- so much so that when my mom had to take me to work at her tax office, i would bring my magic kit and do magic shows for the people in the waiting room. this was years ago, early 2000s, and i learned recently that many of my mom's clients still remember me and my little show. one lady who was a child at the time grew up and went back to my mom to get her taxes done because she remembered my act and was hopping i was still around. although i can't do the show anymore it feels nice knowing that two decades later there are people out there who remember my little magic act and still enjoy it.

@RhezaElfuegoTheWizard Год назад

you know.... like Blaine said in the book, magician are born... not made. Nice heart warming story, thanks!

@stephthebard9037 Год назад

Appleton, WI where Houdini grew up has a museum with a dedicated floor to his history. Also, my cat is named Houdini, lol.

@Scorpio479 Год назад

Thank you for this video. I'm a big fan of Penn & Teller, and I love learning card tricks now and then. I'm always torn apart when it comes to magic. Do I want to know how the magic trick is done, or do I just want to be mesmerized by the trick itself and keep thinking on how it could be done?

@rgbii2 Год назад

Anybody else notice the little slieght of hand thing Dr Kuhn did during the interview? Pretty cool.

@shaneminer4526 Год назад

The thing about magic shows for me is that I know it's all illusion, sleight of hand, and trickery. However I still love and am amazed by it, even if I have a general idea of how the trick works.

@scottrichards3587 Год назад

Feeding multitudes with a few fish. Walking on water. Changing water to wine. Jesus was a phenomenal early magician.

@thearthound 29 дней назад

Enjoyed this, but it took a long time to get to the actual story. Can't believe that you didn't even mention Mark Wilson.

@whocares12345 Год назад

Nice John Wilson homage!

@therongjr Год назад

"The old cuppin' balls theme"? 😳 Oh . . . cup AND balls! I thought you got a little x-rated for a moment there.

@Dr.Tinkerpaw 2 месяца назад

That joke is just as old as the trick itself

@Dr.Tinkerpaw 2 месяца назад

I think it could be better argued that it started thousands and thousands of years ago beginning with shamanism and the healing practices. I highly recommend reading the book, "The Death and Resurrection Show" by Rogan Taylor.

@claysoggyfries Год назад

I used to love Masked Magician

@kathyb2941 Год назад

And they weren't witches. They were ordinary women who practiced folk medicine and were unfairly targeted.

@danielraiber3639 Год назад

While it was mostly women that were targeted by the witch trials, it was not only women. In the Salome witch trials, one man was found guilty and was crushed to death.

@CheatOnlyDeath Год назад

There was a media network that told them false things to infuriate them and gain popularity based on their grievances. The most popular host on the antiwitch network was even caught writing about how he didn't even believe the hatred he was propagating to get people angry and increase his "stocks" and pillories. He was a tucker named Carl.

@jackpfefferkorn3734 Год назад

Bro what? I thought that they were real witches with magic powers this whole time!

@btwoodford Год назад

terrible nail polish colour

@83joonior Год назад

They get enough sympathy don't they? They don't need a motivational speech.

@larscandland4072 Год назад

Magic isn’t real

@danielraiber3639 Год назад

I always found the fun in magic by knowing it was fake, but still dumbfounded after the trick and i can not figure out how they did it. Or the discussions afterwards on how you think they did this trick or that. Stocking of the imagination and the social discourse is what magic was always about with me

@CheatOnlyDeath Год назад

Like everything else, "magic"' is easy to understand if you choose to. It's a lot harder to understand quantum superposition for example than how to levitate a woman on stage.

@kandipiatkowski8589 Год назад

I have seen Penn and Teller twice and Lance Burton at least once. I would have to say that Penn and Teller are my favorite.

@Lolalogo Год назад

Opening is giving How to with John Wilson vibes. Justin, did you cry too!?

@Chris.Cook. Год назад

Justin, my dude. Are you reading my wishlists or something? Board games, roller coasters, and now prestidigitation? You are on a roll! Loved it. Since a tetris movie is in the works, could we perhaps see a history of video games in the future? Oh, and as for favorite magicians: While I am a huge fan of classics like Penn & Teller and Ricky Jay, I'm a sucker for good, experimental close-up card work. And right now, there aren't many better than Shin Lim in my opinion. Dude is smoooooooth.

@danielraiber3639 Год назад

I can not believe that we went through a history of magic and did not go into the masked magician even once. The TV show in the 90's that showed how all the tricks where done in an effort not to ruin magic, but to get magicians to innovate and imagine new spectacular ways to do magic with out using the same old rricks that have been done for hundreds of years.

@thetrader3754 Год назад

Because he's my teacher, it's the Swiss Magician "Johnny Danger". In my opinion, he's the most entertaining person, I've ever met, and not only in performance, also to learn from him, practice with him or talking to him, is such a good feeling. For me, he's the best magician in the world🔥🔥🔥

@graphosxp Год назад

George Carlin gave an example of magic. Describing himself sitting in a train car and looking out a window at a neighboring train on a parallel track. Then feeling his train car starting to move. Only then to quite suddenly realize that it's not his train moving. But that the other train is moving instead. I too have had and felt that train "illusion" and it is very magical!