Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin Elephant", that every magician of the 20th century was "haunted" by Robert-Houdin, "…who cast an enormous shadow over their generation." American magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (born Ehrich Weiss) was so impressed by Robert-Houdin that, after reading his autobiography in 1890, Ehrich adopted the stage name of "Houdini" in honour of Robert-Houdin. He incorrectly believed that an "i" on the end of a name meant "like" in French; but Houdini, his own career and reputation established by that time, later lost his youthful respect for Robert-Houdin, believing that he took undue credit for other magicians' innovations, and wrote "The
Wiesław Weiss Wiesław Weiss Wiesław Weiss (born 1956) is a Polish journalist and writer interested in rock music and film. Weiss first rock music article was for "Jazz" magazine (the magazine subsequently changed its name to "Magazyn Muzyczny") and he has written for many other magazines over the years, including "Film" magazine and "Playboy". He has also worked in radio, concentrating on rock music. In 1991 he and his friends created a monthly magazine called "Tylko Rock" ("Just Rock"), which changed its name to "Teraz Rock" ("Now Rock") in 2003; Weiss has been editor-in-chief throughout this time. In 1991 Weiss completed his