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World of MagicThe first special — live on NBC, December 26, 1975

53 stills captured from videotape of the first broadcast, in the order they aired. Gene Kelly introduced the hour; Bill Cosby, Shimada and Lori Lieberman appeared. It closed with the Water Torture Cell escape.

Show Open Credits

Still from “Show Open Credits” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Show Open Credits” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Show Open Credits” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Introduction by Gene Kelly

Still from “Show Open Credits” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Show Open Credits” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Show Open Credits” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Show Open Credits” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Show Open Credits” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Fickle Nickel

Still from “Fickle Nickel” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Fickle Nickel” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Bill Cosby Juke Box Production

Still from “Bill Cosby Juke Box Production” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Bill Cosby Juke Box Production” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Doves From Nowhere

Most of Doug’s props in these early years were built by Owen Magic Supreme of California — the Doves from Nowhere may well have been one of theirs.

Still from “Doves From Nowhere” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Doves From Nowhere” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Vanishing Bird Cage

Parrot Production

Still from “Vanishing Bird Cage” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Vanishing Bird Cage” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Owl Production

Commercial Break

Still from “Commercial Break” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Commercial Break” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Commercial Break” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Commercial Break” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Closeup: Card in Cigarette

Still from “Closeup: Card in Cigarette” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Closeup: Card in Cigarette” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Closeup: Card in Cigarette” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Cut and Restored Rope Trick with Bill Cosby

Still from “Cut and Restored Rope Trick with Bill Cosby” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Cut and Restored Rope Trick with Bill Cosby” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Shadow Box

Still from “Shadow Box” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Shadow Box” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Shadow Box” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Operation Table

Still from “Operation Table” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Shimada Parasol Act

Still from “Shimada Parasol Act” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Sands of Egypt

Still from “Sands of Egypt” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Gene Anderson's Newspaper Tear

Still from “Gene Anderson's Newspaper Tear” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Lori Liberman sings "Killing Me Softly"

Still from “Lori Liberman sings

DeKolta Chair Vanish with Lori Liberman

Still from “DeKolta Chair Vanish with Lori Liberman” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “DeKolta Chair Vanish with Lori Liberman” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Things That Go Bump In The Night

Still from “Things That Go Bump In The Night” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Things That Go Bump In The Night” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Things That Go Bump In The Night” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Things That Go Bump In The Night” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Water Torture Cell Escape

Still from “Water Torture Cell Escape” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Water Torture Cell Escape” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Water Torture Cell Escape” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Water Torture Cell Escape” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Water Torture Cell Escape” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Commercial Break

Still from “Commercial Break” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Commercial Break” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Still from “Commercial Break” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Show Close with Bill Cosby

Cosby figures out the rope trick

Still from “Show Close with Bill Cosby” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975

Credits

Still from “Credits” — Doug Henning’s World of Magic, 26 December 1975