Talk:Doug Henning/Archive 1

Wouldn't it be nice
I want to add a tidbit, but I want it to be consistent with similar listings. I was watching a YouTube video of Doug Henning on The Joan Rivers Show, and he said he learned many of his magic secrets from Kuda Bux toward the end of Kuda's life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oB988DB8gk A reference should be in Doug's and Kuda's listings. Spookily, right before he tells this detail, he talks about another magician and wife team and how the magician died, "But that's not going to happen in this family," Doug said.

If this page had a nice chronology of each of his specials(when aired, where filmed, etc.)?? Maybe I need to just do it! Buddpaul (talk) 18:16, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Should not the title of the section, currently titled "Involvement with TM" not be titled "Involvement with Transcendental Meditation" since most people will not necessarily know what "TM" stands for? Bigweeboy 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Barbara DeAngelis: when were they married? Is she the sex therapist on IMDB?--Gbleem 20:10, 15 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Good question....I'll research that. Also, just stating the obvious: vandals get on my last nerve. Buddpaul 00:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Barbara De Angelis is billed as an author and relationship expert, not a sex therapist, Gbleem. &mdash;QuicksilverT @ 07:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I have just completed writing the only existing biography about Doug Henning. It will be available in late July. I have placed an external link to a page of the book's website which includes detailed synopses of both Merlin and The Magic Show, setting forth in detail the plots of those shows and how the songs and illusions fit into the plot. I don't believe such detailed synopses appear anywhere else (on the web or off). The site also includes the most complete listing of Doug Henning's illusions listed by television show, broadway show and touring show anywhere on the web. Finally, it includes a reproduction of Doug Henning's last press bio before his retirement. The site does offer the book for sale, but as the author, I make very little from the sale of the book. I believe the resources provided there are completely unique (the synopses were the result of a review of the actual scripts and production notes to the shows)and are a valuable addition to the entry. I also believe the link complies with all of the criteria for external web links, except for my association with the site. These are materials that were to be appendices to the book; however, they would have caused the book to exceed the publisher's 440 page limit. I had initially placed the link to the home page of the site, but I have revised it so that it goes straight to the page with the links for this extra material.71.190.252.230 (talk) 03:50, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

External link to "Spellbound" book
I had removed a link to doughenningbook.com as I could find no external coverage or independent reviews of the book or its author, but I have reverted my edits per the discussion above of the site's content meeting WP:EL. Any opinions? Flowanda | Talk 07:10, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

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This text sounds like OR and creative writing. If any editors can find reliable sources it can be added back into the article.
 * He is credited with reviving the magic show as a form of mass entertainment in North America, beginning in the 1970s. Henning changed the image of the stage magician when he rejected stereotypical costume accessories as the tuxedo, top hat, thin moustache, goatee and short hair in favor of long hair, a bushy moustache and bright multicoloured casual clothes, which gave him a distinctively flamboyant image.
 * One of Henning's greatest strengths was presentation: he successfully used his natural exuberance and his colorful costumes and props to make old illusions seem new, and make simple tricks seem like miracles.-- — Kbob • Talk  • 19:41, 19 October 2009 (UTC)