Houdini would then adjust one of the dials until a radio station started playing. Houdini would open the doors to show that there was nothing inside except transformers, coils, and vacuum tubes. The front of the radio had huge dials and double doors. Then his assistants would place a giant radio on the table. Houdini would walk around the table, lifting the cloth to show that there were no mirrors or anything else under the table.
The radio was a novelty at the time, and the act featured what Houdini said the radio would look like in 1950.Īccording to Dorothy Young, Houdini’s assistant, the magician would begin by introducing a large table with a tablecloth that fell halfway down the table’s legs.
Houdini created the “Radio of 1950” illusion for his evening shows from 1925 until his death the next year.
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