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Illusion, the art of tricking the brain, distorting the senses, challenging

perception. You can't trust what you see, even with your own eyes, because

brain can be misled. Meet the masters of illusion.

Perception is the key to illusion. Can the brain always judge what is true and

what is false?

Can we be right and wrong at the same time?

Take a look at these kitchen utensils.

Are they purple or are they white? Or can they be both at the same time? Can a

person be in two places at one time?

Master illusionist Michael Giles makes it possible.

Rob Lake enjoys the art of deception.

Focus on his actions.

He is the master of surprise.

If you are a male in the audience, an adult male in the audience, please stand

up right now. Adult males, you know who you are.

Gentlemen, I have here two Frisbees. If one of these comes near you, please

catch it.

Gentlemen, join me on stage.

What is your name, sir?

Alberts. Nice to meet you, Alberts. And here we have Eddie. Nice to meet you,

Eddie. Gentlemen, this box should be of big importance to you. In a moment, I'm

going to be inside the box.

Eddie, I want you to come on this side over here.

These are going to be your swords. You're going to put them in. While I'm

inside, I have to dodge them at random.

If you, sir, these are your swords over here. Well, each of these swords is a

different length, a different sharpness, but they're all very sharp. Please grab

them by the handles only.

It does not matter which sword goes in which hole, as long as it's very fast

very random.

One at a time, two at a time, five at a time. It doesn't matter.

Gentlemen, do you understand?

Excellent. If you would, please secure it from the back. Come to the back here.

I want you to follow me up the stairs here. I want you to lock me in the box

from the top.

Gentlemen, do you understand your instructions?

Gentlemen, give it your best shot.

Next, would you trust this man with your precious jewelry?

Michael Grandinetti is a world -class illusionist. But would you trust him

your wedding ring?

I need your help. I need to borrow a three -finger ring. Three finger rings.

Everybody go like this.

I'll tell you what. You, you.

And you, come on up.

And give them a hand as they come up here.

Yes, join us up here.

How are you? I'm Michael. Alyssa.

Alyssa. Stand right here. And your name is?

Sammy. Sammy, hi. If you could stand next to Alyssa.

And last but not least?

Virgil. Virgil, thank you for being here. Now, I saw you had some beautiful

rings. Can you take one off and hand it to me?

Take one of those rings off and hand it to me. And actually, I don't want to

touch it. Just place it in our tray.

Perfect. With diamond.

Thank you, Sammy.

And Virgil.

That is beautiful.

Now, ladies, I know you know your rings, but I want you to look at the other

ladies' rings, too, and make sure you remember what these rings look like,

in case we should ever see them again.

Okay.

Now, watch this very closely, everyone.

I'm going to show you all the newest method of cleaning these rings.

Believe it or not, these are going to look better than when you first bought

them.

Alyssa, you don't look like you're trusting me over there.

You're going to like this. Watch.

Here goes the first ring.

Virgil, I think this is yours.

It goes down inside the tissue paper.

Sammy, there's your diamond.

And last but not least, right there, Alyssa.

All right. And we're going to crumple them up in this piece of tissue paper.

Now, we also have...

This plate glass stand right here that we're going to drop the rings into.

It's actually a bowl.

Everybody keep your eye on those rings.

We have one last piece of this illusion. Thank you, Robin.

We're going to clean those rings.

You trust me? No.

Can you feel the tension? This is pretty tense. Here we go.

Thank you, Robin.

And if you look, those rings are actually better than when you're first.

Alyssa, hold out your hand. Here's some of yours.

Tammy.

Oh, wait, there's your diamond.

Virgil.

Thank you very much for coming up here.

I'm kidding.

I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

Actually, you're probably wondering what's under this cover.

Normally, we don't get to this, but this is my insurance box.

They tell me to keep enough bread in this box to cover the cost of any

Let me show you. Alyssa, would you stand right here?

Sammy, would you stand right here?

There's enough bread in this box that we should be okay.

What do you expect?

Well, watch closely, everyone.

I want you to notice there's actually a blue ribbon baked right through the

center of that bread. Can you see that?

Alyssa, hold here.

Sammy, hold here.

Virgil, watch closely.

You're not going to be happy with this bread, are you?

I'll give you the next best thing.

Watch, everyone. With empty hands, I'm going to tear into this bread.

Hold it tight.

Don't let go.

I want you to notice the tide on the ribbon baked in the center of that bread

are your three finger rings.

Give him a hand for being so generous.

Let's cut him off.

Now, the solid one with the diamonds, is that your version?

There you go.

You get to keep the blue ribbon as a souvenir.

Sammy, there's your diamond.

And last but not least, Alyssa, I hope this is yours.

Okay.

There you go. You can return to your seat. Please give him one more big hand.

Thank you, ladies, so much.

Rick Thomas dares you to catch him in a now -you -see -it, now -you -don't, now

-you -do illusion.

And later, enter a new realm of beer with Aaron Prok.

Vegas legend Rick Thomas gets a little help from an audience member who

the surprise of a lifetime.

Eric's Logan has the ability to make reality seem like poetry.

Yet in this case, his reality is more than your imagination.

Next, three volunteers face off with the daring and dangerous Aaron Crow.

This next illusion is incredibly dangerous.

Remember, nothing you see here should ever be imitated or attempted.

Aaron Crow is a trained professional and a true master of illusion.

Keep that in mind as you watch this potentially deadly performance unfold.

Well, there you have it. An eye -opening performance by a one -of -a -kind

illusionist. Do you know how he did it?

I don't.

Remember who we're dealing with. These are the best in the world. These are the

masters of illusion.

Until next time, I'm Dean Cain.