{"id":481891,"date":"2026-10-31T00:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T00:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481891\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T00:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T00:02:10","slug":"magician-paul-driscoll-brings-houdinis-magic-into-the-spotlight-on-national-magic-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481891\/","title":{"rendered":"Magician Paul Driscoll brings Houdini\u2019s magic into the spotlight on National Magic Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 There\u2019s no better way to celebrate National Magic Day than with a little magic of your own!<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Magician and comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/magicpaul521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/magicpaul521\">Paul Driscoll<\/a> appeared in the \u201cHouston Life\u201d studio to mark the occasion and honor the legacy of legendary escape artist Harry Houdini. Oct. 31, 2026, marks 100 years since Houdini\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">During his visit, Paul performed an illusion with a little help from Houdini himself \u2014 well, a picture of him! Watch the video above to see how Houdini helps reveal the card Lauren picked.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/V3PL4WU6UBGGRLZFCBMT7PDDVU.jpg\"\/>Magician and comedian Paul Driscoll celebrates National Magic Day with an illusion on &#8220;Houston Life&#8221; (Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PIYV4FB7BRDOZBJBTIE5KABBJE.jpg\"\/>Magician and comedian Paul Driscoll celebrates National Magic Day with an illusion on &#8220;Houston Life&#8221; (Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.)Want to see more of Paul\u2019s magic? <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Catch Paul performing Saturday, Oct. 31, at Theatre of Magic inside the JW Marriott in downtown Houston. He has two shows at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/feverup.com\/m\/621914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/feverup.com\/m\/621914\">Click here for tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 There\u2019s no better way to celebrate National Magic Day than with a little magic of your&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[64,987,56,58,1735,57,69],"class_list":["post-481891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-events","tag-halloween","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-life","tag-houston-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}