Woody Allen loves magic. It’s a trope he’s used in many films from Don’t Drink The Water, Scoop and more. So it’s no surprise that he agreed to be a part of the new special by magician David Blaine. Entitled ‘Real Or Magic‘ the special with air on ABC in the US on Nov 19.
Woody Allen is just one of many stars featured in the 90 minute special, which has been in the work for years. Other stars announced include Katy Perry, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Will Smith, Ricky Gervais, Kanye West, Robert DeNiro, Stephen Hawking and more.
Blaine is a groundbreaking illusionist, and has created many public stunts that have fascinated the public. The new special promises new tricks.
There’s things that I traveled to Africa to learn and you see that process when I come back and perform it in front of Woody Allen, Robert De Niro and guys like that. There are new things that only a few people in the world can do.
It hasn’t been announced what magic Allen will be involved in. We will have to wait til the 19th to find out.
Many of the videos are only viewable in the US. Here’s the ones we found that were not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpFsLQ5MrLI
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Anyone happen to know what drink Woody Allen gave David Blaine, on David Blaine’s most recent special? If you don’t know for certain, do you at least have a good, and educated guess (maybe Woody is ‘famous’ for making a great something something, that he frequently drinks and makes the same drink for others?) as to what it may have been? I would love to make this drink for myself sometime, to see if I think it is anywhere near as fantastic as David Blaine apparently did. Thank you.
did you ever get a reply from anyone ever? I also want to know the drink.
Nope, sadly I never received any reply. 🙁
I just found the following:
http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/05/05/flashback-woody-allen-makes-a-brilliant-chocolate-malted-hasnt-had-a-hot-dog-in-15-years
“Chocolate malteds—I make them so brilliantly. It’ll kill you, though. You have to put in quite a bit of malt. More than you think. More is more than the traditional amount. If I make it for you, you will die. I make it with half and half, a certain amount of ice cream—vanilla ice cream—chocolate syrup—but you know, they kill you. I used to have two, three a day with impunity.” And his one health issue? “I had glaucoma in my right eye,” he says. What was it like, I asked this very funny man, a man whose work, whose life, has shaped New York sensibilities for more than four decades, to have had your cataracts fixed recently. “It’s like you moved out of Sweden.”
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/06/18/page/148/article/just-dont-cross-woody-on-malted-milk
(if this link doesn’t take you directly to the proper page, simply scroll down to page 14 of Section 5. Read the 12th paragraph, found in the third column, beginning with the word “fortunately.”)
https://holidaymag.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/conversation-with-woody-allen-by-alfred-bester-may-1969/
This was in his dressing room backstage. The most prominent objects on his make-up table were a blender, a can of chocolate syrup, a jar of malted milk and a jar of honey. He’s continually making himself malteds, still trying to but on weight. He swallows honey by he spoonful to soothe his raw throat.
http://www.cooksinfo.com/malted-milk-shake
Anyone? Good God someone please reply. David Blaine’s reaction was genuine and natural after drinking it. I want to know what it is.
I just found the following:
http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/05/05/flashback-woody-allen-makes-a-brilliant-chocolate-malted-hasnt-had-a-hot-dog-in-15-years
“Chocolate malteds—I make them so brilliantly. It’ll kill you, though. You have to put in quite a bit of malt. More than you think. More is more than the traditional amount. If I make it for you, you will die. I make it with half and half, a certain amount of ice cream—vanilla ice cream—chocolate syrup—but you know, they kill you. I used to have two, three a day with impunity.” And his one health issue? “I had glaucoma in my right eye,” he says. What was it like, I asked this very funny man, a man whose work, whose life, has shaped New York sensibilities for more than four decades, to have had your cataracts fixed recently. “It’s like you moved out of Sweden.”
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1967/06/18/page/148/article/just-dont-cross-woody-on-malted-milk
(if this link doesn’t take you directly to the proper page, simply scroll down to page 14 of Section 5. Read the 12th paragraph, found in the third column, beginning with the word “fortunately.”)
https://holidaymag.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/conversation-with-woody-allen-by-alfred-bester-may-1969/
This was in his dressing room backstage. The most prominent objects on his make-up table were a blender, a can of chocolate syrup, a jar of malted milk and a jar of honey. He’s continually making himself malteds, still trying to but on weight. He swallows honey by he spoonful to soothe his raw throat.
http://www.cooksinfo.com/malted-milk-shake