Wonder if he predicted his own death.
George Joseph Kresge Jr.
He came to my school for a show.
He was very, very good, and could hypnotize the right people with his voice.
Simpson Gypsy Fortune Teller: Oh, why didn’t I see that coming? (After hours use automated teller.)
Please tell me he’s not from the Kresge Kmart clan.
Sorry to hear that. I saw him often enough on TV. Kreskin was one of those “psychic” performers who frankly admitted that it was all an act, which got my respect.
It didn’t stop him from selling his own branded ESP Game
One hundred twenty-five bux? I didn’t see that coming!
I used to watch his TV show way back when. He was good at his craft. I think the funniest moment was when he called on an attractive long-haired woman in the audience, saying “Yes, miss?” And the person responded in an obvious male baritone. Kreskin burst into laughter.
He definitely got whatever royalty Milton Bradley paid him from my family - we “played” with that enough to thoroughly innure me to the allure of woo in general and ESP in particular. Worthwhile, really.
There was also Kreskin’s Crystal, which a whole generation of kids learned about from Judy Blume’s novel Superfudge. (The main character tries using his to make a female classmate dream about him.)
I had one of those too. Same result. Even at a young age I could see this was the prelude to inanity.
When my kids were younger and asked me where were their shoes or some other item they couldn’t locate I would say “I don’t know. What am I Kreskin?”. Even with an explanation it seemed odd to them however a little later in life my youngest used that line on his boss at work who marveled that someone that young had even heard of Kreskin. My son still had no solid idea who Kreskin was but took credit anyway.
So he pretended that he knew something without actually having the information?
Ironic ain’t it.
I saw him doing stage hypnotism at the Canadian National Exhibition ten years ago. He was a little bit creaky, but it was still a fun show.
Damn is Kreskin this guy?
To be fair, though, he did leave a legacy to be cherished…
How does the trick work where he finds his check out in the audience? I’ve seen him do it and it is pretty well done.
Yeah, he was one of the good guys.
The instances I read about were similar in having a theater manager hide the check or give it someone to hold, or go with an assumed uninterested party when they hid the check or gave it to someone to hold. That’s all I know about Kreskin doing it but it conforms with how that act has been performed by others.
Finding something hidden by using someone who knows where it is a common bit. They take the person by the hand and walk around with them while jiggling their hand. People tend to tense up when they realize they are going the wrong way. The magician can detect this and change their direction. It doesn’t take much to learn how to do this.
Huh. I thought he died decades ago.