With his magic shows, he rejected the traditional tuxedo and top hat costume and prefered bright multi coloured casual clothing and tights. Also sported long hair and a long bushy moustache.
He is credited with reviving the magic show as a form of mass
entertainment in the 1970s and popularizing it on television.
Encouraged students of magic to make their own props and equipment, and not rely on ready-made magic kits. "Those magic tricks you buy in stores are junk. They don't teach you anything.".
Ran for the House of Commons in Canada as a candidate for the fringe
Natural Law Party.
A student of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who praised Transcendental Meditation and worked
to help Maharishi open a proposed theme park called "Vedaland", in the
US or Canada. Henning's widow continued the work after his death.
To prepare for his career, Henning studied psychology in college, to learn more about the human mind and perception.