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The origins of the series were in a locally broadcast show that Wilson arranged in Dallas, Texas, in 1955.That grew into other shows in Houston and San Antonio.With the introduction of videotape and the help of Alan Wakeling, Wilson created The Magic World of Allakazam as the first magic show to be videotaped and nationally syndicated.
Molly Wilson is a young librarian who is transformed into Thunder Girl by shouting the magic word, "Alakazam!". She returns to normal by shouting this again. As Thunder Girl, Molly has the power to lift skyscrapers and fly at subsonic speeds. Sometimes, Thunder Girl refers to Molly in third person, suggesting that they are two different ...
Alakazam is a magic word or incantation along the lines of abracadabra. Alakazam or Allakazam may also refer to: Alakazam , a Pokémon species; Alakazam the Great, a 1960 Japanese anime film "Alakazam !", a 2016 song by Justice; The Magic Land of Allakazam, an American television series
Examples of traditional and modern magic words include: [1] Abracadabra – magic word used by magicians. Ajji Majji la Tarajji – Iranian magic word (Persian). [citation needed] Alakazam – a phrase used by magicians. [2] Chhu Montor Chhu – a phrase used by magicians in Bangladesh. Hocus pocus – a phrase used by magicians.
Mark Wilson was the son of a salesman and he spent much of his youth traveling with his parents as his father moved about on business. He has said his interest in magic began when he was eight years old and saw a magician named Tommy Martin perform at a hotel in Indianapolis, where the Wilson family were staying at the time. [3]
Abracadabra is of unknown origin, and is first attested in a second-century work of Serenus Sammonicus. [1]Some conjectural etymologies are: [2] from phrases in Hebrew that mean "I will create as I speak", [3] or Aramaic "I create like the word" (אברא כדברא), [4] to etymologies that point to similar words in Latin and Greek such as abraxas [5] or to its similarity to the first four ...
Darnell worked as a dancer and stewardess [4] before marrying magician Mark Wilson in 1952. [5]The role that most defined Darnell's public image was as a magician's assistant in Wilson's television series The Magic Land of Allakazam, which premiered in October 1960 and ran for four years nationally in the United States.
1960 Saiyu-ki, aka Alakazam the Great (USA), aka The Enchanted Monkey, aka The Magic Land of Alakazam (USA) 1961 Master of the World; 1963 The Raven; 1965 Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine; 1966 The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini; 1970 Dirty Dingus Magee; 1974-75 Cannon TV series, "Man in the Middle", "Voice from the Grave" 1979 The Curse of ...