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P PolynesianPop Tiki Socialite Corona, Ca Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2371	P PolynesianPop Posted posted on Sat, Oct 4, 2003 6:12 PM On 2003-10-04 17:50, emspace wrote: What sort of a knob has a magic act with a guillotine in a Polynesian restaurant anyway Actually, Ren Clark was quite an acclaimed magician in his day. He was the President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, President of the Fort Worth Magicians Club, helped found the Texas Association of Magicians and opened and ran Ren Clark's Polynesian Village. His restaurant was known as the place to see a quality magician's show in Austin in the 1960's (similar to the way Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA is today). Ren Clark was the featured magician there and his signature trick was the final stunt in his act, where he took a volunteer from the audience and "cut" their head off in a guillotine. A souvenir from this trick was the, now sought after, severed head mug pictured here: Here is a somewhat recent thread discussing an eBay auction of this mug. Here is a webpage listing Ren Clark's credentials and his somewhat significant contribution to the magic industry. I hope this info answers your question. Poly-Pop * He who dies with the most broken mugs WINS! [ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2003-10-04 18:13 ]

On 2003-10-04 17:50, emspace wrote:
What sort of a knob has a magic act with a guillotine in a Polynesian restaurant anyway

Actually, Ren Clark was quite an acclaimed magician in his day. He was the President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, President of the Fort Worth Magicians Club, helped found the Texas Association of Magicians and opened and ran Ren Clark's Polynesian Village.

His restaurant was known as the place to see a quality magician's show in Austin in the 1960's (similar to the way Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA is today). Ren Clark was the featured magician there and his signature trick was the final stunt in his act, where he took a volunteer from the audience and "cut" their head off in a guillotine.

A souvenir from this trick was the, now sought after, severed head mug pictured here:

Here is a somewhat recent thread discussing an eBay auction of this mug.

Here is a webpage listing Ren Clark's credentials and his somewhat significant contribution to the magic industry.

I hope this info answers your question.

**Poly-Pop ***

He who dies with the most broken mugs WINS!

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2003-10-04 18:13 ]

Post #53794 by PolynesianPop on Sat, Oct 4, 2003 6:12 PM