The Amazing World of Kreskin
by Kreskin
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Ira Teichberg (Jacket design). xi, [1], 209, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author on the fep. DJ has wear and soiling, especially a rear flap. DJ has sticker residue on front flap. Some edge soiling. Two ticket stubs from a performance by The Amazing Kreskin from October 23, 1982 at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. The Amazing Kreskin, or Kreskin - birthname George Joseph Kresge - is a mentalist who became popular on North American television in the 1970s. He was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk's famous comic strip Mandrake the Magician, which features a crime-fighting stage magician. He has always presented himself as an "entertainer," never as a psychic, who operates on the basis of suggestion, not the paranormal or supernatural. From 1970 to 1975, Kreskin's television series The Amazing World of Kreskin was broadcast throughout Canada on CTV and distributed in syndication in the United States. The series was produced in Ottawa, Ontario at the CJOH-TV studios. An additional set of episodes was produced in 1975, billed as The New Kreskin Show. He appeared on The Tonight Show 61 times from 1970 to 1980. In the 1980s and '90s he came to prominence again through several appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and on the Howard Stern Show. In 2009 he became the first guest to make three appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Though Kreskin makes "predictions", he does not claim to have paranormal or clairvoyant powers. One of his best known tricks is to find his own check for his current performance, if he doesn't find it, he doesn't get paid for that day. He instructs the audience to hide an envelope containing his paycheck, while he is escorted off stage and into seclusion by other members of the audience. He then re-emerges and hunts through the audience, almost always being able to ferret out the correct location. According to Kreskin, he has failed only nine times. Kreskin teaches classes for law enforcement groups, which "focuses on psychological methods such as jogging lost memories through relaxation techniques or detecting lies through body language and voice inflections". The 2008 movie The Great Buck Howard is based on the experiences of writer-director Sean McGinly, who worked briefly as Kreskin's road manager. He is still active as a live performer and appears regularly on WPIX in New York City, and annually on both the Fox News Channel and CNN to give his New Year's Day predictions for the coming year.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73097
- Title
- The Amazing World of Kreskin
- Author
- Kreskin
- Illustrator
- Ira Teichberg (Jacket design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition [stated], presumed first printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- George Joseph Kresge, Mentalist, Magician, Entertainer, Predictions, Perception, Relaxation Techniques, Sean McGinly, Telepath, Trance, Show Business, Parapsychology, Clairvoyance, Premotition, Psychokinesis
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