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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.

Meet the Masters of Illusion.

Hello.

Hello and welcome to Masters of Illusion.

is former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson hugging a friend at the airport.

Reality and perception are not always the same.

Which one is she? The lady wearing white?

Or the lady in the gray outfit?

I don't think our brain can tell.

That is what illusion is all about.

Having fun with the dangerous side of life, here are Jared and Raj.

Thank you.

so so

Now an illusionist known for lying.

At least he admits to lying.

But I don't believe him. I think he's lying.

Here's Beryl Dillon.

I got into magic because I always wanted a lion.

And magicians are famous for doing magic with lions. So tonight, for you, I'm

going to make a lion appear inside this crystal box.

Ladies and gentlemen, behold, a lion.

All

right,

so I guess they're not really buying this, are they?

That's okay. You know, magicians are also known for having one of these.

Good evening.

I am Jonathan Pendragon, and this is Masters of Illusion.

In my hand is a canary cage.

Used to be a canary inside.

He bought a condo.

So now I use an origami bird.

In a moment, the bird and the cage are going to vanish, and you won't see where

they go.

Are you watching?

Pendragon returns when we come back.

Once again, here is Jonathan Pendragon, who has a unique way to saw a woman in

half with a laser.

Jonathan Pendragon.

Trivia question.

The most famous illusion in the history of magic.

Very good.

Sewing a woman in half.

Now, the audience always assumes that it only works because they're in the

audience and I'm on stage.

So we are going to break that rule.

I need a male volunteer to come up on stage and join me for this effect.

Okay, come on up. What's your name?

Tim. There are those who call me Tim.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Okay, Tim.

Come on over here.

All right?

Get in the box. I'm going to saw you in half.

No, no, no.

You're going to watch at close distances, all right?

We're going to use jacosa.

Ladies and gentlemen, jacosa.

How are you doing?

So cute.

Watch it. She's my daughter.

I'm married.

Okay, okay, okay.

Like that ever stopped her. Okay, all right.

I'm kidding. I'm just going to get in a lot of trouble for that one.

So, Jacosa's going to get in the box, and you're going to make sure that, in

fact, that there's no room for her to maneuver, okay? Okay.

So, take a look.

It looks legit to me. Tight? Good and tight, right? Good.

Okay. Hello, Jacosta. How are you doing? Good.

Good. Go ahead and touch it. Make sure it's over here.

Watch it.

Hello. You're good.

Okay.

That locks there.

That locks there.

Now, she is not out the back.

She is completely inside.

So, I want you to do me a favor. I want you to come over.

You notice that the bottom box is attached to the base.

But this can slide under the table.

Try and slide it over to the table. Slide it towards me.

You can't. You know why?

Why? Because her body is in the way.

Doesn't work.

Don't worry.

I'll take care of that.

Step back.

Okay.

That should do it. You ready?

You push, I'll pull.

One, two, three, go!

Like that.

Look at that.

Now, I know what you're thinking, but go ahead,

touch your feet.

They're real.

These are her legs.

Those are real.

These are real, too, but don't touch those.

Okay?

No, go ahead, take a look. Be my guest.

She is actually...

in two pieces, and you're no more than a foot away.

And that's the very technical term, impossible.

So, you close that, I close this,

you pull, I push.

A little bit farther.

Excellent.

Come on.

Ladies and gentlemen, your customers.

Thank you very much.

And thank you.

Coming up, sauce and Victoria.

fashionable takes time.

Well, here is one lady no one will have to wait for.

Welcome Sauce and Victoria.

Thank you for watching.

Coming up, Fielding West and John Gabriel.

I'm not sure anyone would want to face a ferocious tiger.

But trust me, this is no illusion. Here is the very, very brave Fielding West.

I brought a magic sheet in with me tonight. I brought this in to prove a

to this audience about the very art of magic.

That point being, whenever you do magic, whenever you do illusions, or whenever

you just like to have fun with people like I do, one thing I have learned is

that you do not need special props.

I don't think you need fancy boxes, mirrors, wires, or trap doors.

All you need is a great crowd like we have here tonight. Thank you all for

coming in.

Okay, kids, pay attention.

This is going to be fast and well worth the price of admission and the next 30

seconds on this open stage.

With just the use, with just the use of this beautiful designer seat from my

very own bed, I will produce for this audience a 600 -pound Burmese man

Bengal tiger.

need a lift this is a magician who will never let you down the incredible john

gabriel

I hope you have been amazed as I have. Be sure to join us next time for more

Masters of Illusion.

Until then, I'm Dean Cain.

Good night.