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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts) Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:22 PM Apr 2018

Harry Anderson's Geek Trick (GRAPHIC WARNING)

I saw him do this on SNL in the early 80's and it was stunning!!!

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Harry Anderson's Geek Trick (GRAPHIC WARNING) (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Apr 2018 OP

OK, I give up! MyOwnPeace Apr 2018 #1

google is your friend Hamlette Apr 2018 #6

Saw that live way back when-- once was enough. LOL Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2018 #2

K&R! He was one clever guy and will certainly be missed... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #3

Yeah, I've missed him snce Night Court RandomAccess Apr 2018 #4

Then he starred in "Dave's World" - he was good in everything he did Rhiannon12866 Apr 2018 #5

Geek Trick dugog55 Apr 2018 #7

I remember this on SNL when I was a lad. mikeysnot Apr 2018 #8

MyOwnPeace

(17,609 posts)

1. OK, I give up!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:35 PM

Apr 2018

How'd he do that?

Hamlette

(15,556 posts)

6. google is your friend

Reply to MyOwnPeace (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:46 PM

Apr 2018

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)

2. Saw that live way back when-- once was enough. LOL

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:53 PM

Apr 2018

This was back when SNL still wanted to do unusual stuff

Rhiannon12866

(258,780 posts)

3. K&R! He was one clever guy and will certainly be missed...

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 09:55 PM

Apr 2018

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

4. Yeah, I've missed him snce Night Court

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 10:29 PM

Apr 2018

I thought he was fabulous.

Rhiannon12866

(258,780 posts)

5. Then he starred in "Dave's World" - he was good in everything he did

Reply to RandomAccess (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:11 PM

Apr 2018

This season premiere is kinda prescient:

dugog55

(380 posts)

7. Geek Trick

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 09:53 AM

Apr 2018

I saw Harry Anderson do this in a small comedy club near Pittsburgh, 1980ish. I was no more than 10 feet from him through the whole show. He was funny and a great magician. This particular stunt, looked very real from where I was sitting. He also took a 20 dollar bill from a spectator after he read the serial number, and tore it to pieces. Then took a cigarette from another spectator, lit it, took a drag then stubbed it out. When he crumbled the cigarette, the original twenty dollar bill was rolled up inside it. Great show.

mikeysnot

(4,927 posts)

8. I remember this on SNL when I was a lad.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 10:17 AM

Apr 2018

First thing I thought of when my wife told me this morning that he passed. We watched night court in college.

Only the good die young.

My friends hung out with him in New Orleans, he stole my friends watch right off his wrist.

He gave it back.

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