Well, "celebrate" may sound a little exaggerated, but it is pretty cool that some popular media (Reuters or The Guardian) paid attention to this fact this year.
This illusion was first performed in January 1921 by an English magician P.T.Selbit (who invented a lot of other cool illusions, e.g. "The Mighty Cheese") and soon was copied by an American performer Horace Goldin. Goldin did everything that he could to make sure the in the US he was known as the originator of this trick.
P.T.Selbit performs \"Sawing through a woman\"
Selbit's original version was done with a regular (ungimmicked) wooden box, which I think is pretty cool. This illusion fit well in the trend of "naturalistic horror": audiences of the time loved performances that involved violence, blood and gore (google "Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol" for another example of this trend). Fun fact: there were ambulances waiting near the theatre (if the saw slips) and Selbit's assistants took buckets with fake blood out of the theatre after each show and poured it into the gutter.
Introducing a woman as a passive victim (which was also quite a new idea) added a controversial element (it was the time of women actively fighting for their rights) + created the image of a "pretty&sexy female assistant" which became one of the key elements of magic shows in the XX century.
This trick became extremely popular and soon was associated with magic. Here is an ad by Camel cigarettes using it in their ad campaign in 1933
https://preview.redd.it/u4v8cz8ituk61.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e516a5eed6283d89888235338243f54827708ff3
And here are some links for you to enjoy different versions of "The Sawing"
The original Selbit's version - recreated by the great Paul Daniels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceFtQw8Vr4I&t=1s
Harry Blackstone, "The Buzz Saw" - this one was created by Horace Goldin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUOgOROGd2k
Doug Henning and his "Double Sawing" - a variation on the classics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns-NoqwJ5wQ&t=230s
Penn & Teller Sawing - well, it's Penn and Teller :)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNsGGTt9CTs](https://
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If you feel it's appropriate to share NSFW jokes with your kids, that's on you. But a real, true dad joke should work for anyone's kid.
Mods... If you exist... Please, stop this madness. Rule #6 should simply not allow NSFW or (wtf) NSFL tags. Also, remember that MINORS browse this subreddit too? Why put that in rule #6, then allow NSFW???
Please consider changing rule #6. I love this sub, but the recent influx of NSFW tagged posts that get all the upvotes, just seem wrong when there are good solid DAD jokes being overlooked because of them.
Thank you,
A Dad.
Martin Freeman, and Andy Serkis.
They also play roles in Lord of the Rings.
I guess that makes them the Tolkien white guys.
'Eye-do'
This is my first post pls don't kill me lol.
The people in the comment section is why I love this subreddit!!
Cred once again my sis wants credit lol
She said apple-lutely
I heard parents named their children lance a lot.
First post please don't kill me
Edit: i went to sleep and now my inbox is dead, thank you kind strangers for the awards!
Some famous Jewish magicians:
Houdini, copperfield, blaine, uri geller, ricky jay, teller, lior suchard, oz pearlman, johnny thompson, max malini, alexander hermann, fred kaps, max maven, marc salem, david regal, jonathan levitt, tommy wonder, rick lax, peter samelson, horace goldin, okito, nate leipzig, emill jarrow, jamy ian swiss, david roth, jerry sadowitz, david berglas, herb zarrow, abraham hurwitz, al flosso, steve cohen, chan canasta, howie schwartzman, guy bavli, mac king, julius dein, alexander conlin, lee asher, aaron fisher, martin levy, richard kaufman, dr q, joseph dunninger, meri yedid, david acer, menny lindenfeld, yigal mesika, simon aronson, maurice rooklyn, rafael benitar, danny orleans, david kaye, erdnase, hofzinser, marvin roy , me
second hand stores!
it's Hans free now..
Old Neeeeiiiiighvy
10+10 is twenty and 11+11 is twenty too
A buck-an-ear!
I Thank ye kind Matey for the booty! I be truly overwhelmed! Thank you!
Holy cow! Thank you everyone for the upvotes and awards! I wasn’t expecting this!
He should have a good vowel movement. His next diaper change could spell disaster though.
Making it all the way home and realizing that they forgot one of the containers:
Riceless
That was the punchline
Without missing a beat he asks "Daddy, do you know how much room you need to grow Fungi like that?"
I did not know.
So he tells me "as Mushroom as possible!"
So proud.
Feyonce
He was so brave and even tried to encourage us, the family around him, with his last breaths. He kept whispering to us to Be Positive.
He said, “Change the batteries in your hearing aid”.
She was pretty mad when I only picked seven up
So far no one has given me a straight answer.
Alzheimer, Grandma, it's Alzheimer.
You look for the fresh prints!
Transparent
(sorry it sucks, it's like 2:30 in the morning right now and I haven't slept)
(Edit: holy shit! I wasn't expecting this to get so many upvotes. Also thanks for the awards guys, I really appreciate it!)
It’s a dad-ly disease.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads that get me though my day to day life, without you Dad Jokes wouldn’t mean a thing 😉
Oops, wrong sub.
Attire
I'd accidentally left my phone in Airplane mode.
Our newborn was sleeping on my chest yesterday. She woke up crying. "Woke up on the wrong side of the dad huh?" I said. She stopped crying.... Felt good.
