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Category Archives: Entertainment
The Poltergeist of St. Catherines, Ontario
You are most likely familiar with “The Shining” and the infamous room #237… Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Entertainment, Mythology
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Sesame Street #847: An Episode Forever Lost
Margaret Hamilton, swooped down onto Sesame Street on February 10, 1976 guest starring as the Wicked Witch of the West. She dropped her broom presumably in flight over the small town where David retrieved it from the street. David did not want … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Social Psychology Experiments
Tagged assessment, Big Bird, Caroll Spinney, CTW Research Department, David, episode #847, experiment, fear, feather duster, lost episode, Margaret Hamilton, Mr. Hooper, Oscar the Grouch, Sesame Street, test study, Wicked Witch of the West
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Dai Vernon – The Man Who Fooled Houdini
Dai Vernon (June 11, 1894 – August 21, 1992) – born David Frederick Wingfield Verner, in Ottawa,Canada, was and still is known for his contributions to the world of magic. Vernon’s interest in magic was passed down to him … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Inventions, Wartime
Tagged 3 Card Monty, a little child should lead them, Allen Kennedy, California, Canada, cardistry, Carnagie, Charlie Miller, Cups and Balls, Dai Vernon, David Frederick Wingfield Verner, Hand of Fate, Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston, ice cream, Los Angeles, magic, Magic Castle, magician, Ontario, Ottawa, sleight-of-hand, The Cone and Ball, The Expert At The Table, The Spirit of Magic
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Houdini in “The Grim Game” Recovered Footage & His Voice on Wax Cylinders
“The Grim Game” – a silent film in which Houdini performed a high-flying stunt where two planes collide high above the onlookers below. One plane hurtles down towards the crowd and slams into the street with, of course, the damsel … Continue reading
Edison’s Talking Dolls: “Little Monsters”
A government laboratory has worked a way to play back the recordings on fragile wax cylinders, which were the working vocals of the dolls made by Thomas Edison in 1890. Edison employed an army of hundreds of girls, (according to … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Entertainment, Games & Toys, Inventions, Technology, Wartime
Tagged Edison Phonograph Toy Manufacturing Company, Lowell Briggs, Maine, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, nursery rhymes, Randall Stross, Robin & Joan Rolfs, talking dolls, The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World, There Was a Little Girl, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Ward Harris, wax, William W. Jacques
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How To Rock A Hanky: Educational Health & Safety
Have you been the victim of Mr. or Mrs. Planet Rude, whom just so happened to sit behind you after boarding a bus, train or plane while you sat quietly, minding your own business – perhaps enjoying the novel you’ve chosen … Continue reading
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – 1920 Cinema: Silent Horror
The release date for “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” was February 26, 1920. It has been hailed as “the first true horror film”and “cult film”. The film – a premonition of the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party – the addition … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Wartime
Tagged Carl Mayer, cinema, classic, Conrad Veidt, cult film, Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Decla-Bioscop, Erich Pommer, Friedrich Fehér, German cinema, Giuseppe Becce, Hans Janowitz, Hans Twardowski, horror, Lil Dagover, Robert Wiene, Rudolf Meinert, silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Weimar Republic, Werner Krauss, Willy Hameister
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The Organ Grinder & His Monkey
Organ grinders were a special people who brought smiles to the many faces of adults and children alike during very difficult times – war; high unemployment, and so on. If we could please keep our angry thoughts and comments pertaining to … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Entertainment, Wartime
Tagged busking, entertainment, monkey, Organ Grinder, street performance
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Our Fancy – The Peanut Butter Solution: List of Ingredients
List of Ingredients: 1 really ripe banana 5 dead flies 1 rotten egg 3 licorice leaves A fistful of kitty litter 3 Connie Crisps 3 Crosbie Crackers 9 spoons of soil, a glass of pepper’s fizz and a spoonful of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cooking Magic, Entertainment, Our Fancies
Tagged a glass of pepper's fizz, a spoonful of peanut butter, abandoned, art, but not too much, child labour, concoction, factory, fire, fist full of kitty litter, five dead flies, ghosts, haunted house, haunted mansion, homeless, kidnapping, magic, movie, nine spoons of soil, one rotten egg, paintbrushes, ripe banana, soccer, The Fright, The Peanut Butter Solution, three Connie Crisps, three Crosbie Crackers, three licorice leaves
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