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F.A.M.E.〔http://www.houdini.org/fame.html〕 (Future American Magical Entertainers) was a pioneering organization in the magic field for adolescents and teenagers that existed in New York City, USA from the early 1940s until the early 1980s. Initially it had been called the Peter Pan Magic Club until the name change of ''F.A.M.E.'' in the early 1950s. After overseer Abraham "Abe" Hurwitz died in 1981, the remnants of the club became the Society of Young Magicians, which was started by ''F.A.M.E'' alum Dick Brooks. Many early ''F.A.M.E.'' members would go on to become famous American magicians, magic consultants, puppeteers, and motion picture and television personalities. Most notably, Shari Lewis (daughter of overseer "Abe" Hurwitz) would gain major recognition in the Emmy and Peabody award-winning children's TV series ''Lamb Chop'' on PBS; Stan Burns would principally star with Madonna in ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Stanley Burns - IMDb - )〕 and in Woody Allen's ''Radio Days'' (1987),〔 both as a New York ventriloquist; George Schindler would write for many ''Billboard'' magic/comedy columns (1950s-1960s), publish at least 8 magic books, do TV commercial voice acting, star as a magician in Woody Allen's ''New York Stories'' (1989) and hold title as spokesman, president and dean of the ''Society of American Magicians''; and Dick Brooks would open the Magic Towne House (now closed) in Manhattan and the Houdini Museum, the Only Building in the World Dedicated to Houdini, in Scranton, Pennsylvania with collaborator Dorothy Dietrich. == Founder == Dr. Abraham Hurwitz, known as "Peter Pan the Magic Man", originally headed the club. Hurwitz was a Yeshiva University education professor who was so reputed in the American magic scene that he was named New York City's "official magician" by then-Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Hurwitz was a city recreation director when Mayor La Guardia gave him the official magician title during the Depression. For 18 years, he took his magic show to schools and recreation centers and put on annual magic shows in parks in every NYC borough. For years after he left the department he continued his magic shows as a volunteer. Among his protégés was his daughter, television star Shari Lewis, the world famous ventriloquist and developer of Lamb Chop. Hurwitz was born in Lithuania in 1905. He graduated from City College of New York, obtained his master's degree from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in educational guidance from New York University. He began mixing magic with teaching as a guidance counselor at the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphanage. He retired from Yeshiva in 1974 and died on September 29, 1981. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Future American Magical Entertainers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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