SIEGFRIED & ROY'S FIRST TV APPEARANCE

Here's a clip of the SARMOTI duo broadcast in the late 1970's on an HBO special hosted by Dick Cavett. This has to be their first TV appearance, but if anyone has anything before this, please share it!

[@ManUtd01109]

They're amazing.... and I'm totally loving the hair on the two of them.

[@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880]

And 8 months later, Siegfried passed away in January of 2021 at the age of 81. 😭😭 Rest in peace: Roy Horn (Octuber 3, 1944 - May 8, 2020) Siegfried Fischbacher (June 13, 1939 - January 13, 2021)

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@Demico_art]

It's amazing, just two guys doing what they enjoy doing and doing it great. Such charisma and fire in their smiles :) RIP

[@kitklein94]

I love everything about them. Their smile's their hair the magic. I just love them to death forever and always. ♥

[@miamimagicians]

me 2, you have great taste! Their the #1 most important act Las Vegas has ever had!

[@Demico_art]

Same.

[@JEKIYOO]

Rest in peace Roy❤️

[@MomoMomoyan]

Both of them 🙏🙏🙏

[@AlexMcGillvrey]

What a duo.

[@anthonya1151]

Agreed.

[@anthonya1151]

R.I.P. Siegfried Fischbacher

[@bettiethompson3515]

Rest in peace Roy 🙏 you were and allways will be great will miss you

[@michellerosemarieflynn8897]

THIS IS THE COOLEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN ! I LOVE IT !

[@generalgibberish]

This is from the tv special "Hocus Pocus It's Magic", which Dick Cavett hosted in the 70's. He also hosted another similar one called "The HBO magic show". S&R had their own tv special in the 70's as well. I'm not sure if it was before this or not but believe so. I've never seen it since I saw it as a young magician when it aired. Thanks for sharing this. :)

[@shalawndillon4525]

Yes. Siegfried and Roy: Superstars of Magic in 1980. You can fine it on KZbin and Daily Motion.

[@jadeharmony7964]

RIP Roy Horn

[@randysager3523]

It wasn't their first appearance on T.V. They were on a segment of Gunther Gabel William's T.V. Special which aired around 1977 and as others have posted there were other T.V. shows as well.

[@nicolelefort985]

Die sind echt super,was die abliefern.

[@lizetnl]

GREAT!!!

[@ciana86]

Siegfried and Roy. Lido de Paris. 1968 . -downloaded by: DOMINIQUE Risbourg

[@ciana86]

Magic Act : Siegfried and Roy on French TV - 1969 -downloaded by: TheMagicWallTMW

[@Roscoriver]

Siegfried passed away today...

[@howief86]

rip mr horn. covid19 sucks!

[@randysager3523]

Roy is still very much alive.

[@Air_Serpent]

This didn’t age well 😬

[@TheAverycross]

Classic!

[@timsmith8685]

That music drives me batshit

[@missy12061]

it was they were at the mgm so it was in the 1970s some time forgotten the year

[@jenniferstackell]

SIMPLY THE BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cooltig]

love it! Does anyone know the names of the music they used in this clip. I know the Sabre Dance is the second, but what about the 1st and 2nd? Thanks

[@benvolieo]

those were the days and born free

[@sportsman214]

lol if you pause it just right at 1:49 you can see the trap door... hahah

[@carolinejahn1]

This is amazing, but does anyone know what happened to the large adult male lion that was in the large cage? It seemed to turn into a tiger without any explanation?

[@magoelite]

roy horn has not died. he's 68 years old.

[@michaelmcjunkin1372]

I feel bad for the guys.

[@anthonya1151]

R.I.P. Roy Horn

[@lucasgerhard]

Clássico!!! Hahaha

[@kennethknife]

dat hair

[@tygrzluv]

awww, I wish you hadn't pointed that out. :9

[@EmilyLucille523]

They would never allow shows like this in today’s day. They would call it animal abuse.

[@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880]

You're true, it could be made today but without animals.

[@Wis_Dom]

It technically, is.

[@n.h.3048]

People today want to destroy everything good... And no its not abuse. Yes, I have the knowledge to tell that.

[@ivanboskovic1260]

How can the audience be unprotected from the big cats?

[@MrAussieJules]

in the days when people were freer, and did not sue like infants .

[@BEEyonced]

Oh big bad Ivan is afraid of born house cats. Those evil bastards called humans should not roam freely and put in cages! All they do is extinct and kill all others in their egoistical quest of massive overpopulation.

[@ivanboskovic1260]

@@BEEyonced Many of such cats did bloodshed. Remember Russian professor's lion who killed his son. After all, such one crippled Roy.

[@Wis_Dom]

@@MrAussieJules In the days when people were more ignorant to the rights that they possess. You moron.

[@dipsydoodle7988]

First lion: WTF, how did I get here??" All joking aside, I can very clearly see that this act was an accident waiting to happen.

[@MoonSparkles11]

This is horrible how they treated animals that guy that ended up getting hurt deserved it

[@miamimagicians]

No way man, they NEVER toured with the animals, the Tigers where treated like KINGS! You can tell they enjoyed being on stage as well as the tigers did too! Their VERY kind to animals

[@MoonSparkles11]

miamimagicians right because a Tiger wants to be a performer and be taken away from its family and its natural habitat your an idiot or too young to understand

[@ChrisMeece]

Humans>animals, always.

[@MrAussieJules]

nonsense, they bread cats in danger of extinction. you think animals live in disneyland ? these cats loved Roy.

[@sealab7030]

White tigers are not an endangered species. They are just a genetic malfunction continuously interbred to create an illusion, and completely separate from albino cats.