It's all a giant con always going on...
If you ever wondered WHY, EXACTLY Weiss (White) assumed the stage name HOUDINI (HOW-DEE-NEEH), which has become a trademark for that kind of tricks, you may learn of a French conjurer named JEAN ROBERT-HOUDIN: that's why Houdini was pronounced a la French after all.
What Weiss might have thought as an homage, or an easy capitalization on Houdin's true fame (much as Lon Chaney, Jr. chose his father's name as screen name...but who has ever known who Lon Chaney Sr. is...since the 1930s?) became a sort of con to defraud Houdin of his renown over time...how many of you knew of him, anyways?
If you ever wondered WHY, EXACTLY Weiss (White) assumed the stage name HOUDINI (HOW-DEE-NEEH), which has become a trademark for that kind of tricks, you may learn of a French conjurer named JEAN ROBERT-HOUDIN: that's why Houdini was pronounced a la French after all.
What Weiss might have thought as an homage, or an easy capitalization on Houdin's true fame (much as Lon Chaney, Jr. chose his father's name as screen name...but who has ever known who Lon Chaney Sr. is...since the 1930s?) became a sort of con to defraud Houdin of his renown over time...how many of you knew of him, anyways?
A.A Mole University
B.A London Institute of Applied Research
B.Sc Millard Fillmore
M.A International Institute for Advanced Studies
Ph.D London Institute of Applied Research
Ph.D Millard Fillmore
B.A London Institute of Applied Research
B.Sc Millard Fillmore
M.A International Institute for Advanced Studies
Ph.D London Institute of Applied Research
Ph.D Millard Fillmore