Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Google celebrates Houdini's birthday

Now this is too cool! Google will honor Houdini on his birthday tomorrow by changing their logo to this terrific image.


Since 1998 Google has created special logos called doodles to celebrate holidays, birthdays and special events. This Houdini doodle is currently live in Australia, New Zealand and some other countries where it is already March 24th.

Looks like 2011 is truly the year of Houdini!
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10 comments:

  1. melboMarch 23, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    A nice surprise this was.

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  2. John CoxMarch 23, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    I'll say! :)

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  3. John CoxMarch 23, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    Someone has posted a screen grab, if you can't wait for tomorrow:

    http://wannabeblogger.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/google-doodle-march-24.png

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  4. AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Take THAT, Thurston!

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  5. webeidaMarch 23, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    It's only 33 minutes into March 24th and already wikipedia makes mention of this fact.

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  6. UnknownMarch 23, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    It isn't often mentioned that Harry Houdini and Al Jolson knew each other. Jolson liked magic and Houdini liked Jolson's singing. Both came from a Jewish heritage. Each in their own way were great entertainers!

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  7. John CoxMarch 23, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    That's very true, Don!

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  8. AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    Wonderful since he's the greatest magician to ever perform magic. even if the trolls say no.

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  9. melboMarch 25, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    I can't believe it ... "Illicit Loves of Harry Houdini" is in second place after all this time.

    "Scary Houdini" (as some have called him) is the new number one.

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  10. John CoxMarch 25, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    I think "Illicit" will claw it's way back over time. It consistently draws traffic for some reason.

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