Talk:Needle-through-arm

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Method removed

I have removed the method from the article as it is unsourced. This is following the guidelines laid out in Wikipedia:WikiProject_Magic#Magic_Methods_and_Exposure. If the method can be properly sourced, then it can be re-added. --Kosmoshiva (talk) 00:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How is this magic?

The article calls this a magic effect and includes the magic and illusion infobox at the bottom, but it's not clear what's actually magical about this in the first place. A guy stabs himself through the arm with a needle and bleeds? Unless there's some explanation missing, that's not an illusion and shouldn't be called magic. Self mutilation isn't magic. (WP Editor 2011 (talk) 13:06, 14 April 2012 (UTC))[reply]

It's an illusion, nothing actually breaks the skin. --Ahecht (TALK
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History Section Is Needed

This is a magic trick that was invented by Bruce Spangler in 1959. Here's the definitive article from the Society of American Magicians in their publication from April 2014. http://www.sammagiccenter.com/images/MUM_May_2014_-_The_Spanglers.pdf

The original name was You-Do-Voodoo. A quick search online for Bruce Spangler and Needle Through Arm or You-Do-Voodoo will turn up lots of information. Penn & Teller actually credit Bruce in their act as being the inventor. Harry Anderson produced an unauthorized version in the mid 80s.

It is a magic trick and not self-mutilation. Bruce's claim to fame was really to invent the theatrical stage blood (fake blood) for this trick. That blood was used by KISS in the 1970s and in many movies during that time.

I'm not a wikipedia guy, but ran across this and wanted to add this so that it could be verified and added to the article. This is truly one of the classics of magic. - Carly Aspen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.93.225.221 (talk) 18:15, 11 May 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

@74.93.225.221: Thanks. Do you have a good source for when Harry Anderson began selling his version and the fact that he licensed it from bruce spangler for his SNL performance? --Ahecht (TALK
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-=-=-=- This might not be the appropriate place to post this, but the third "reference" is bogus. it just goes to a sales site -=-=-=-