[Ads-l] weirdo

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM AVMC (USA)]

>  It's probably not too weird to find a "Weirdo the Magician" operating in
>  Sydney in 1942:

>  1942 _Sydney Morning Herald_ (Oct. 17) 1: WEIRDO THE MAGICIAN The Kiddies'
>  Favourite.


There was a magician under the name of Weirdo performing in Chicago in 1926, and a card trick called "Weirdo!" was marketed in 1919.
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