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Doug Henning Illusionography

1975 Television Special

  • Fickle Nickel

  • Juke Box Production (Bill Cosby)

  • Dove Catching

  • Parrot Production

  • Vanishing Birdcage

  • Production of Owl

  • Card in Cigarette

  • Torn and Restored Cigarette

  • Cut and Restored Rope (running gag)

  • Shadow Box (Julie Newmar)

  • Cutting in Thirds (Okito Table)

  • Sands of Egypt

  • Torn and Restored Newspaper

  • Dekolta Chair

  • Things that Go Bump in the Night

  • Water Torture Cell

1976 Special

  • Elephant Vanish

  • Fire Hoop

  • Production of two Fire Bowls

  • Production of Bowl of Goldfish

  • Fire Dome

  • Transmogrification (Carpet Illusion)

  • Needle through Balloon

  • Sliding Knot

  • Floating Ball

  • Jumbo Floating Ball to Production of Joey Hetherton

  • Soap Bubble to Flower

  • Egg on Fan

  • Linking Rings

  • Metamorphosis (surprise ending with Doug appearing on rope above stage)

  • Production of Girl from Fountains

  • Water from Fingertips

  • Water Fountain Levitation

  • Flaming Miracle

  • Neon Cage Production

  • Elephant Appearance

1977 Special

  • Vanishing Motorcycle

  • Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper

  • Haunted Deck

  • Cut and Restored Silk

  • Coins Across

  • Han Ping Chien

  • Dancing Mop Handle

  • Stack of Boxes (Sandy Duncan)

  • Dancing Handkerchiefs

  • Shrinking Sandy Duncan (Giant Genie Tube)

  • Deer Production

  • Shrinking Doug Henning (shrinking box with deceptive steps)

  • Transposition Illusion with shrunken Doug

  • Growing Puppets

  • Artist's Dream (production of clay, which is transformed into sculpture of a rabbit, and further transformed into a live rabbit, followed by instant costume change for Doug)

  • Color Changing Hankie

  • Sword Suspension

  • Walking through a Brick Wall

  • Botania (with real flowers)

1978 Special

  • Production of Tiny Trunk

  • Growing Trunk and Production of Brooke Shields

  • Knots off Silk

  • Vanishing Bowl of Water

  • Camel Production

  • Red Ashes

  • Snowstorm in China

  • Pagoda Bridge Production

  • Vanish off Sphinx Table

  • Morritt Cage (exchange illusion)

  • Vanishing Gong

  • Gypsy Thread

  • Sidewalk Monte

  • Card Sword

  • Billiard Ball Manipulation and Balls from Mouth (puppet gag with Tom Bosley)

  • Weighing Machine Transposition

  • Vanish from Cage of Tigers

  • Statue of the Pharaoh

  • Production of Small Animals from Trunk

1979 Special

  • Celestial Elevator

  • Dancing Fire Baton

  • Things that Go Bump in the Night

  • Dancing Cork

  • Twilight Coin Routine

  • Matrix with Sea Shells

  • Turtle and Goldfish Production

  • Self Levitation

  • Barred and Barricaded Barrels

  • Bill in Lemon

  • Shadows to Life (Barbie Benton)

  • Book of Life (Melba Moore)

  • Double Sawing in Half (Barbie Benton and Melba Moore)

  • Flexible Glass

  • Walking through a Mirror

  • Doug to Shark

  • Mousetrap Illusion

1980 Special

  • Productions on Three Jarrett Pedestals

  • Paper Tear to Production of Chick

  • Puppy Production

  • Production of Baby Tiger

  • Production of Baby Elephant

  • Production of Shields & Yarnell atop Surrounded Sphinx Table

  • Vanish of Doug to Suspended Pyramid

  • Floating Cards

  • Miser's Dream

  • Giant Gozinta Boxes (production of Marie Osmond)

  • Floating Candle

  • Vanish of Marie Osmond from Suspended Box

  • Transmogrification (Carpet Illusion)

  • Assembling Robert Shields (precursor to Modern Art)

  • Assembling Lorene Yarnell

  • Levitation of Lorene Yarnell (Astarte)

  • Doug to Pieces (Boxes of Buddha)

  • Assembling Doug

  • Sack Escape

  • Indian Rope Trick

  • Floating Balloon

  • Girl in Balloon

  • Gazebo Illusion (production of 8 people form empty Gazebo followed by transposition of Doug and Marie Osmond)

1981 Special

  • Doorway Production

  • Production of Wineglass

  • Multum in Parvo

  • Signed Silk in Apple

  • Flash Cash

  • Production of Bird from Mirror

  • Card Warp

  • Matrix

  • Linking Cards

  • Production of Two Dancers from Gyrating Hoops (Jarret Pedestals)

  • Floating Hoops

  • Production of Ann Jillian from Floating Hoop

  • Sawing in Half with Giant Disk

  • Compression of Ann Jillian into Laser Disk

  • Production of Billy Crystal from Laser Disk

  • 21 Person Cabinet

  • Flying Canary Cage

  • Vanishing Stack of Water Bowls

  • Vanishing and Reappearing Lamp

  • Cut and Restored Rope

  • Duck Tub

  • Where do the Ducks Go?

  • Appearing Horses

  • Horses to Zebra

1982 Special

  • Vanishing Motorcycle

  • Fire Hoop

  • Fire Dome (Ann Reinking)

  • Girl to Dalmatian

  • Rubik's Cube Trick

  • Chop Cup

  • No Feet Some Feat

  • Big Girl to Little Girl (Andrea McArdle - giant Genie Tube)

  • Celestial Elevator (Tony Randall)

  • Dante's Black and White

  • Dekolta Chair

  • Statue of the Pharaoh

  • Floating Ball

  • Water Fountain Levitation (Ann Reinking)

  • Princess Without a Middle

  • Million Dollar Illusion (ten thousand $100 bills appear, disappear and then reappear; Anita Morris goes along for the ride)

  • Metamorphosis

  • Stretching a Lady

  • Things that Go Bump in the Night

The Magic Show 1974

  • Dancing Handkerchiefs

  • Mismade Lady

  • Sword Suspension

  • Crystal Casket

  • Asrah Levitation

  • Sawing in Half

  • Torn and Restored Newspaper

  • Zig-Zag

  • Bird Production

  • Tear Apart Vanish

  • Silver Bullet (Tabouret)

  • Metamorphosis

  • Cremation

  • Table of Death (Bed of Horrors)

  • Sword Through Person

  • Passe Passe / Multiplying Bottles

  • Three-fold Screen Illusion

  • Girl to Lion

Las Vegas Hilton (Co-headline with Bill Cosby) 1979

  • Fire Hoop

  • Fire Dome

  • Mismade Lady

  • Torn and Restored Newspaper

  • Shadow Box

  • Dancing Handkerchiefs

  • Linking Rings

  • Water Fountain Levitation

  • Vanishing Bowl of Water

  • DeKolta Chair

  • Statue of the Pharaoh

  • Metamorphosis

  • Things that Go Bump in the Night

Las Vegas Hilton (Solo) 1980

  • Celestial Elevator

  • Fire Dome

  • Torn and Restored Newspaper

  • Shadow Box

  • Dancing Handkerchiefs

  • Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper

  • Coins Across

  • Matrix with Sea Shells and Production of Turtle

Act: Juggler

  • Barred and Barricaded Barrels

  • Needle Thru Balloon

  • Bill in Lemon

  • Mousetrap Illusion

  • Sidewalk Shuffle

  • Double Sawing in Half

  • Linking Rings

  • Floating Ball

  • Water Fountain Levitation

Act: Plate Spinner

  • Sands of Egypt

  • DeKolta Chair

  • Statue of the Pharaoh

  • Metamorphosis

  • Things that Go Bump in the Night

Doug Henning and His World of Magic (Final Broadway Show) 1984

  • Fire Hoop

  • Fire Dome

  • Tunnel of Awe

  • Girl to Panther

  • Torn and Restored newspaper

  • Shadow Box

  • Dancing Handkerchiefs

  • Miser's Dream

  • Kiddy Car Levitation

  • Double Sawing in Half

  • Production of Rose / Egg on Fan / Dove Production and Vanish (Debby)

  • Where do the Ducks Go?

  • Silk in Apple

  • Rising Cards

  • Mousetrap Illusion

  • Torn and Restored Cigarette Paper

  • Coins Across

  • Matrix with Sea Shells and Production of Turtle

  • Linking Rings

  • Vanishing Motorcycle

Intermission

  • Celestial Elevator

  • Color-changing Silks

  • Production of Spider Monkey

  • Instant Costume Change

  • Sack Escape

  • Floating Ball

  • Backstage with the Sword Cabinet

  • Sidewalk Shuffle

  • Flexible Glass

  • Walking through a Mirror

  • Dream Levitation

  • Pom-Pom Mystery

  • DeKolta Chair

  • Statue of the Pharaoh

  • Metamorphosis

  • Things that Go Bump in the Night
 

 

 

  

 
 

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