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*  Mr. X  - Gambling Trickery (possibly [[Paul Embling]])
 
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* [[Art Baker]] and [[Mr. T.N.T.]] Dynamite Stunt
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* MR. X. Card Cheating (possibly [[Paul Embling]])
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* [[Aubrey]] Floating Ball
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* [[Mohammed Bey]]   Water Burial
* Mohammed Bey   Water Burial
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* [[Irby]] Water Torture Cell
* Irby Water Torture Cell
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* [[Carl Eddington]] Wet Rope Escape
* Carl Eddington  Wet Rope Escape
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*  Aubrey - Asrah
 
*  Aubrey - Asrah
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* [[Hereward Carrington]] - Spirit Trickery
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* Wrestler [[Gorgeous George]] Card Effects
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[[Harlan Tarbell]] Eyeless Vision
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* [[Arthur Buckley]]  Miser's Dream
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* [[Harry Blackstone Sr.]] Buzz Saw
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* [[Bob Haskell]] and Art Baker  Card Cheating
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* [[Dante]] Backstage
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* [[Jim Conley]] Living Head on Swords
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* Kirk Kirkham Sword Basket
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*Aubrey Cremation
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* [[Al Wheatley]] Suspension
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* Aubrey Disembodied Princess
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* Irby Torture Wheel Escape
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*Aubrey Vanishing Princess
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*[[Marvello]] Burned Alive
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*[[Lee Grabel]] Floating Piano
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*[[John Fabjance]] Miniature Illusions
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*Kirk Kirkham Spike Cabinet
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*[[Eddie Silverman]] Bullet Catch
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*Kirk Kirkham Guillotine
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*Aubrey Shooting Through a Woman
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*Peter Godfrey Indian Rope Trick
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==External links==
 
{{Wikipedia}}
 
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Revision as of 13:04, 30 September 2011

You Asked For It was a popular human-interest show created and hosted by Art Baker. The program originally aired on American television between 1950 and 1959. Later versions of the series were seen in 1972, 1981 and 2000.

On the show, viewers were asked to send in postcards describing something that they wanted to see on television, such as the reenactment of William Tell shooting an apple off his son's head. (1950 US national archery champion Stan Overby performed the feat, shooting an apple off his assistant's head.) The show was originally broadcast live, so some of the riskier propositions took on added elements of danger and suspense. A segment where animal trainer and stuntman, Reed Parham wrestled a huge, deadly anaconda, for example, nearly became disastrous until assistants interceded with guns drawn, visibly unnerving host Art Baker.

The program was named The Art Baker Show, after the series creator and host; in April 1951, the show's title was changed to You Asked For It. Originally airing on the cash-strapped DuMont Network from December 1950 to December 1951, it moved to ABC, where it remained until the end of its original run in September 1959. The show was sponsored by Skippy peanut butter and Studebaker Automobiles.

Art Baker hosted the show, until early 1958, when Jack Smith took over for the remaining twenty months.

Magic Acts

  • McDonald Birch Packing Case Escape
  • Aubrey Cremation
  • Al Wheatley Suspension
  • Aubrey Disembodied Princess
  • Irby Torture Wheel Escape
  • Aubrey Vanishing Princess
  • Marvello Burned Alive
  • Lee Grabel Floating Piano
  • John Fabjance Miniature Illusions
  • Kirk Kirkham Spike Cabinet
  • Eddie Silverman Bullet Catch
  • Aubrey Swimsuit Manipulation
  • Kirk Kirkham Guillotine
  • Aubrey Shooting Through a Woman
  • Peter Godfrey Indian Rope Trick
  • Jack Kodell Parakeets
  • Aubrey Dancing Hank
  • Dante Crushing a Woman
  • Aubrey Spirit Paintings

External links

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