Neil Patrick Harris was very happy with the final result and gave AMA memberships to hosts Wayde King and Brett Raymer on the spot.
The cuffs come from the collection of Jim Bentley and include reproductions of the French Letter cuff, the Russian manacle, and the Mirror handcuffs.įor those of you who are more interested in what's inside the aquarium, the idea was to fill the tank with "dangerous" fish, including: Sabertooth Barracuda (monster fish from the Amazon with huge teeth) Redtail Barracuda (called "Dogfish" because of their canine-like teeth) Spotted Metynnis (relatives of the piranha) Blue Eye Pleco (extremely rare fish from Columbia that can eat and digest wood) and an Asian Swamp Eel (known to be good escape artists who can survive out of water for several hours). While this wasn't part of the show, it was added to the Inner Circle along with the tank and is a pretty cool addition in itself. Also notice the addition of a nice handcuff display case in the corner. But as you can see in the photo above - which the Magic Castle has given me special permission to post - original Alexander and Will Rock/Thurston Show posters have replaced the Houdini sheets, which I actually think looks much better. In the show, reproduction Houdini posters flank each side of the tank. The vintage style straitjacket the mannequin is wearing was acquired from Houdini's Magic Shop in Las Vegas. The Houdini mannequin inside was created by Quantum Creation FX, who worked from a Houdini portrait photo. There even appears to be space for two horizontal strips top and bottom. I just wish they would have completely framed the glass with riveted "brass" strips instead of leaving it with just two on each side. The stocks in particular evoke the real cell, with the front hand grips, properly shaped hinges, and lifting ringlets. While they didn't show what the designers used as a photographic reference, the tank is a pretty respectable reproduction of Houdini's real Water Torture Cell. The episode gave a very nice look inside the Castle.
The hour long episode chronicled the process of designing and building the 240 gallon aquarium, along with a lot of "reality" show complications, such as the tank springing a leak and threatening to flood the William Larsen Sr. The aquarium sits in the Inner Circle and was made by request of AMA President Neil Patrick Harris for the Magic Castle's 50th Anniversary celebrations next year. The Magic Castle's new Houdini Water Torture Cell aquarium was revealed last night on Animal Planet's Tanked.
Used by permission of the AMA / Magic Castle.
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