A week or three ago here, we showed you a couple of approaches to the classic illusion, "Metamorphosis." I should have tossed this one in because it's in some ways, the most impressive.
The magician is Mark Wilson, a real champion of his art form. An awful lot of guys my age got interested in magic because of a TV show he had on from 1960 to 1964 called The Magic Land of Allakazam. I'm not sure if we were more impressed by how amazing his tricks were, how clever he was about teaching the essentials of magic to us, or by his lovely assistant (and spouse), Nani Darnell. I see Mark and Nani around the Magic Castle when I'm up there. He's still a legend and she's still lovely.
This is from one of the first HBO specials back in the early eighties…a thing called Mumbo Jumbo, It's Magic! It's one of those tricks that's impressive even if you know how it's done.