This week, I asked if Houdini pulled off the Chinese Water Torture Escape before or after 1896. The answer was after (He did it in 1911.) Here he discusses his escape from the Torture Cell. And here the question was came up last year: Was Houdini murdered? Turns out that Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began as good friends, but turned into arch-enemies due to their feelings about spiritualism, and there are some who think that Doyle and his Spiritualist followers may have had something to do with Houdini’s death. Pretty interesting story either way. And here’s something else you probably didn’t know about Houdini: There is a museum dedicated to him in Scranton. Yes, you heard me, Scranton. And their website was apparently built in 1994.

Oh wait, apparently they did, along with just about every WWF wrestler of the 1980s. This is amazing.

A bus driver in Vancouver has been quizzing riders on his bus route since 2003, and given away over 4,000 candy bars since.

As you all know, the Applebees at 15th and Locust is my favorite restaurant in the world. Well, things there just got even more exciting, as they are hosting an open call for models for the Price is Right tomorrow. Try to top that, Good Dog!

Went to see Chikara Wrestling at the Alhambra Center on Sunday. Texted a bunch of friends to see who wanted to go, and April Annie was the only one tasteful enough to accept (What is wrong with you people? Seriously? You can’t even get excited about live wrestling?) So we headed down there and truth be told, we both acknowledged that it was one of the highlights of our collective lives.

The inspiration came a few weeks ago, when we got dinner at Distrito and saw all of the wrestling masks on the wall. I looked up Lucha Libre Philadelphia online and this was as close as it got. Most of the wrestlers wore masks. The wrestling was surprisingly well done. In fact, there were several moves that simply had to hurt, real or not. There was a lot of outside the ring action, with bodyslams and aerial moves on the concrete. There was even a female wrestler, Sara Del Rey, who fought the men. April cheered loudly for her and her teammate, Bobby Dempsey (above). I rooted equally hard for their opponents, the Fabulous Two, who wore feather boas and long gowns, a la my hero, Ric Flair.

The scene was much more Sci-fi convention than meathead. The wrestlers apparently inspire their fans to draw little comics and make paintings, which they then present to the wrestlers after the event is over. After the final event, the two largest wrestlers (Brodie Lee and Claudio Castognoli) started going at it, and the next thing you know a full scale riot involving every wrestler there had broken out. Finally, the Commisioner of the League had to come out to try to calm things down. There was a Chikara regular sitting next to me who kept giving me the backstory to all the wrestlers, and when the Commissioner came out and said “There is only one way to settle this,” the guy turned to me and mouthed the words “cage match.” Moments later, his hunch proved correct, as the Commissioner said, “We’re going to need to have our first ever cage match right here on September 7th.” I am so going to be there.

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After going to wrestling yesterday in South Philly (details and photos to follow at a later time), April Annie and I headed to the Cantina for a margarita. When we got there, we noticed a pretty kickass rainbow dominating the sky of South Philly. It was even more spectacular because there were streaks of lightning crackling through the rainbow and the sky was a strange orange color. I realized this morning that I had caught a little spark of lightning in one of my photos. Thought it was kind of neat.