Performing human blockheadProfessional sideshow performer who can perform this variation of the human blockheadClose-up of the human blockhead using a 6-inch (15 cm) nail
A human blockhead is a carnival or sideshow performer who hammers a nail or other implement (such as an ice pick, awl or screwdriver) into their nasal cavity via the nostril.[1]
^Nickell, Joe (2005). Secrets of the sideshows. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-7179-2. OCLC 65377460.
A humanblockhead is a carnival or sideshow performer who hammers a nail or other implement (such as an ice pick, awl or screwdriver) into their nasal...
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Melvin Burkhart (1907–2001) was a sideshow performer known as the HumanBlockhead for driving a large steel spike up his nose with a hammer. He was also...
monkey toy. There are also shots of side show attractions like the HumanBlockhead, knife throwing and sword swallowing. The main recurring element features...
sword swallowers, the humanblockhead, the human pin cushion, and knife throwers. Some of these types of acts, such as the human fountain, were later found...
Believe It or Not, making a name for himself as the father of the HumanBlockhead act—hammering a nail into one's nostril. Burkhart's last performance...
as classic sideshow and fakir stunts such as sword swallowing, the humanblockhead, walking across broken glass, fire eating and breathing, eating broken...
future collaborator, Blockhead, in 1994 during the latter's only year at the school. After hearing Aesop Rock freestyle, Blockhead decided to forgo his...
segment on Anderson Cooper 360° where he taught Sanjay Gupta "the human blockhead". In CNN's Life Beyond Limits Brushwood taught Gupta how to eat fire....
with bare hands. Traditional Fakir Demonstrations - The humanblockhead, bed of nails, the human pincushion, fire eating. Escape Artistry - Straitjackets...
Mr. N. Visible: Human pincushion and masochist Nurse Narcissa: contortionist and masticator Charlie Tips: juggler and humanblockhead Kennie: Wielder...
sword swallowing, her acts include fire eating, fire breathing, humanblockhead, human pincushion, and bed of nails. She calls her overall act "Odd Girl"...
format featuring such acts as fire-eating, sword swallowing and a humanblockhead, with show times lasting two and a half hours. Carnival Diablo opened...
hop. In 2013, Woods released Dour Candy, which was entirely produced by Blockhead. In 2017, he released Known Unknowns. It was included on Rolling Stone's...
Carey. Block is ethnically Jewish. Block is noted for presenting the Blockhead argument against the Turing test as a test of intelligence in a paper...
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