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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.

Good evening and welcome to Masters of Illusion. I'm your

host, Dean Cain.

Illusion versus reality.

We are all vulnerable.

Sometimes we have to take a second look.

What do you see here?

Two wood blocks.

Which one is bigger?

Are you sure?

What if I switch them?

Now which one is bigger?

In fact, they are both the same, but the brain sees different.

The Masters of Illusion invite you into their world as Rob Lake presents...

the fountain of mystery.

Thank you.

Fashion dolls have long been a popular collector's item. Here, Nathan Burton

shows us his favorite.

In this illusion, Michael Grandinetti has one goal.

Get to the rose.

How does he do it?

I'm going to try and reach that rose in a very unusual way. Watch.

If you could really do magic, what would you do?

For me, like most people, I'd love to be able to close my eyes.

focus my thoughts and my energy, and make my body lighter than air.

We won't cut away, so don't blink.

Even still, Michael Giles is just too fast for your brain.

Next, the inventive comedy magic of Eric Buss. And later, Spencer Horseman

submerges himself for all to see and tries to escape from a watery grave.

With

more

magic per minute than most, Eric Buss is a performer who amazes even himself.

That loves me, the duct tape.

Smells good.

I'm going to have to let it stick to itself.

A little

greasy.

There we go.

That's right, it's fast.

All right, thank you.

You guys like glue animals?

Seahorse!

With a poodle tail.

That's hard.

Next,

the master of close -up magic, Johnny Ace Palmer.

Get as close as you can. We won't cut away from

this sleight of hand ace.

It's Johnny Ace Palmer.

How about some encouragement from my volunteer?

How you doing?

My name's Johnny. Can you stand here, please?

What's your name?

This is JD, everybody.

JD, I have four coins, and I'll count them for you one at a time in a magical

way. One, two, three, four.

I'll do that again, but two at a time, and they'll split twice as fast.

One, two, three, four.

And now, thank you.

Thank you.

And now, just for fun, I will attempt two at a time, every other one. The

I say attempt is because this is the most difficult one of all. Two at a

every other one. Do you see how they're every other one, J .D.? Two at a time,

every other one, and they split.

Thanks.

Now, that's not magic. Thank you very much.

That's not magic, but that's part of magic. It's the manual dexterity part,

that's a big part of magic, especially close -up sleight -of -hand magic. See

the coin walk?

Sometimes it runs.

Once in a while it gets lazy.

When it gets lazy, it goes like this.

That's the lazy way.

That's one.

That's two.

That's three.

That's hard.

That's four.

And that's proof I have way too much time on my hands.

I know you were thinking that.

Thank you.

When I put them in this pocket like this, one coin, this coin, goes right

through my pocket.

If I squeeze that coin, it disappears and it goes behind my knee. See it back

there? I have a tricked knee.

It's an old football injury. I fell off the bench.

Kind of hurt. Kind of hurt.

It was a high bench. It was a really high bench. This is a coin falling down.

This is a coin falling up.

Oh, did you see that?

Will you please look at the coin, JD?

Thank you. Thank you for that round of indifference.

It's a special coin. It's a Kennedy half dollar from 1964.

My grandfather gave it to me. It's a Kennedy half. Thanks for looking at it.

That's the last year they were silver, and the first year they had Kennedy on

the half. Please listen to the coin when it hits my watch.

Do you hear the ring?

That's because it's silver. When it hits my watch, you can hear the ring. If I

squeeze it, you can see the ring.

Please look at the ring. It's a solid ring. It's my class ring. Class act,

ring.

Watch the ring jump from here to here and back really fast.

Want to see it again?

I told you it was fast. I'll slow it down. Jump, jump back. But the fastest

of all is when I squeeze it, it goes right back onto my finger. Thank you for

helping me. It was nice meeting you.

Thanks for your attention, everyone.

Thank you very much.

Next, no gimmicks, no tricks. Spencer Horseman must escape or face a watery

grain.

Spencer Horseman is a perfectionist. In this totally transparent escape, he has

invited audience members up on stage.

to witness his attempt.

And he invites you to hold your breath along with him for as long as you can.

Well, there you have it. An impossible escape made possible.

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 Cave.