Mark Wilson's Magic Circus - The First Special VHS - RARE, 1971

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For sale is the original Magic International release of Mark Wilson's very first "Magic Circus" TV special, on high quality VHS tape with its original full color hard shell cases.  Mark's specials inspired generations of magicians when they aired in the early 1970's, when legendary magician Mark Wilson was at the top of his game, working with collaborators including Alan Wakeling and John Gaughan, to bring some of the most astounding grand illusions, stage magic, and close-up magic to TV audiences.  During this time, Mark was also the lead magic consultant on Bill Bixby's The Magician series, as well as other shows including The Six Million Dollar Man, Charlie's Angels, and more, and making many appearances on the top talk shows of the day.
In this video, you'll see Mark at his very best.
MAGIC CIRCUS #1 includes:
The opener on this first MAGIC CIRCUS Show is THE GILDED CAGE, in which three beautiful girls magically appear in a golden cage high above the studio audience. Then we see Mark performs his renowned SUCKER EGG TRICK, and Rebo rides in on a live ELEPHANT, which Mark impossibly causes to VANISH in full view of the cameras and the audience.
The lovely Nani Darnell joins Mark for their rendition of Mark’s version of the impossible NANI DIVIDED IN HALF.
This is preceded by the first and only television presentation of Alan Wakeling’s incredibleGORILLA CRUSHING, featuring Nani on the flying trapeze, who inexplicably vanishes as she is being crushed by a 400 pound gorilla!
Mark follows with several sleight of hand effects performed with the audience all around, followed by a beautiful ASRAH LEVITATION with Nani vanishing in mid-air and then magically reappearing in the STACK OF BOXES!
The grand finale is the classic SHOOTING A GIRL FROM A CANNON to an empty base drum suspended high in air incorporating several improvements by Alan Wakeling and John Gaughan.