Doug Henning: Close-up - 8 incredible close-up magic routines from Doug Henning

[jonathanaustin]

A fond me 80's. mory of watching this man on TV back in the late 70's and early 80's. I have been doing magic and juggling full time since 1990 and he was the original inspiration. I even got to see him in 1986. I believe he stopped performing shortly thereafter. RIP Doug Henning. You remain supreme in my mind and thank you for all you did to make the world a better place.

[Tapioca]

That torn & restored paper: elegant method and beautiful presentation.

[jjooeegg]

Doug Henning will always be my all time favorite magician . Best tv specials as a kid . And even better seeing him live on stage when he’d come to town .

[flynnsarcade.]

I remember watching World of Magic with my grandma and grandpa back in the 80's. Such a special time.

[RovnoMagic]

I am so grateful that I got to meet Doug backstage twice. One of the times he bought a big beautiful painting for Debbie.

[pinebarrenpatriot]

I remember watching Doug Henning as a young kid in the early 80's. He seemed like a nice guy.

[willswalkingwest]

I didn't get into magic till 10 years after Doug Henning left magic.
Secrets are great to know but when someone as talented as Henning does a trick, secrets make no difference.
He was so good that even when you know the secrets, he still fools you.
RIP, Little Man.

[funjuror]

Well, the Rubik Cube has undoubtedly stood the magic test of time.

[nibiru]

Cool music on the last set.. really interesting ancient time the 70s were

[mitchelltheawesome]

Wow, Doug seems like he was a great guy to be around

[MaryJeanneMoyer]

In 1988 at a Barbara DeAngelis "Making Love Work" presentation in Los Angeles, Barbara spoke candidly about her first husband. Her recollection of his illusions and of his character was particularly fascinating.

[Silenced]

That little boy was like, can I go home and play some Commodore?

[austing]

Little did he know, at 4:26 Doug had selected little David...COPPERFIELD from the audience!

[deadlyapollo]

The kids are like "Your a FING wizard aren't you?"

[daricemcbide]

What's the music call with the ball in cup?

[tailtap]

The following year, the Empire Strikes Back will hit theaters across the world. That's real magic.
(Cool disco version of Blue Danube, though)

[skivvy]

1:10 the kid being held hostage needs help, he couldn’t even blink to signal his distress

[DoctorBlankenstein]

It's not even magic... It's like illusion ballet.

[davidshareefChTPhD]

Doug Henning was David Copperfield before David Copperfield was David Copperfield!

[LevCallahan]

Back when the presentation was more melodramatic.

Tricks still hold up though.