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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, everybody, and welcome to Masters of Illusion. I'm Dean Cain.

Now, what you're about to witness will make you wonder if I'm telling you the

truth right now.

Are you ready to question your own senses?

Yes!

Good. Let's do it.

Okay, what do you see here?

A line of men dancing?

Or is this a chorus of women?

Can it be both? Can our illusionists confuse you in a test of reality?

Hmm.

How can you be in two places at one time?

Well, it's an easy task for Italy's Eric Slogan. What?

Here's a performer that sees his friend Jeffrey in a new light.

Something fishy about this.

Meet Farrell Dillon.

Hello, everybody. Thank you guys for coming out tonight.

I'd like to introduce you to my friend.

His name is Jeffrey. He's a goldfish.

He's going to start by telling you a joke. Jeffrey, are you ready to tell

joke?

I don't know, what?

He's a fish.

All right, so I guess, Jeffrey, the comedy's not really your thing, so I

it's time to start with your magic trick.

Can I get a little bit of music, please?

When we come back, the shocker. And Matt Marcy.

Now, here is an impossible illusion. It's Matt Marcy.

Thank you very much.

I love Matt. But being a magician is getting harder and harder. And the

is that science and technology... are advancing so fast that we see things in

our everyday lives that are amazing, right?

Smartphones, computers, unbelievable technology.

And with that in mind, I created this piece because it's based on a science

experiment. You take a glass and some liquid. This is just water. You fill the

glass halfway, maybe a little bit more.

Then you take a piece of paper. You can use any heavy paper, cardboard or

something. I'll just use construction paper. You get it really wet.

And then that goes over the mouth of the glass. And this creates something

called hydrostatic. Pressure.

So if you do this right, you can actually make the paper hold the water

glass.

Pretty cool.

Yeah. But it's science.

It's not enough for you people, is it?

I'm a magician.

I have to go further and get rid of the paper.

And that's my job, learning that line between what's possible and what's not.

Thank you very much.

Have you ever been frustrated trying to solve the Rubik's Cube?

Well, here's a new twist.

Watch the antics of The Shocker.

Have you guys had fun so far?

Well, we're going to make it. Even more dangerous tonight. I am the shocker.

This is Bizarro.

And we'd like to talk to you about something very important to each and

one of you.

Rubik's Cubes.

Now the Rubik's Cube has experienced a resurgence of late. You can find tons of

viral videos of people solving these things very fast or in interesting ways.

Bizarro and I decided we needed to do it our way. So we're going to use this.

Rusty, dangerous tool.

Now, I need someone familiar with sharp objects. Maybe a barber. Maybe a chef.

This young lady right here.

Come on up.

This is awesome.

Stand right over here.

Check this out. Make sure that is nice and solid. Bang on it.

Don't touch.

It's sharp, so don't hurt yourself.

Perfect. Now I want you to take this right here.

Give it a scramble.

Mix it up.

Tell it it was a duct tape.

While you do that, we are going to show you how this works using the world's

worst Halloween haul.

You kids know exactly what I'm talking about, too. There's that one neighbor

gives you this every year.

We're going to place it right in here, and before you can say just the tip,

Mazel Tov. You take that souvenir.

I'm going to take the cube.

Now, anybody who spends enough time on the Internet could probably learn how to

solve the cube.

Even with this added amount of pressure.

But could they do it in less than a minute?

That's what we're going to try to do. Give Bizarro the blade back.

He is going to place his hand in the device.

Yes. This timer is going to count down.

And when it hits zero, you're going to hear this noise.

If you hear that noise, that is your cue to take your hand.

and slam it down on that device. Now, if you look on the internet, you can

probably find some 12 -year -old kids who could still solve the Rubik's Cube

under a minute with the added pressure, but could they do it completely

blindfolded?

This should be fun. We didn't actually rehearse it this way.

So Bizarro has got one minute to solve

that hue.

Go!

Now what he's doing right now is he's using a complex series of mathematical

equations and algorithms to get that hue right in the proper placement so we can

solve it within the time limit.

Oh, I've seen him get to this point before. Right now, he's within six moves

of... Two? Two moves of solving... Four. Four moves of solving that cube.

Count it down with me. Ten. Nine.

Eight. Seven.

Six. Five.

Ladies and gentlemen, tonight you have witnessed

Bizarro has sold the cube!

Thank you!

When we return,

it's Bill Cook.

and the incredible R .J. Kansu.

Now let's watch Bill Cook as he works his magic on our audience.

Ladies and gentlemen, magicians learn their craft through many different

mediums, whether it's online,

from other magicians or in books. One of the first tricks I ever learned from a

magic book I still do in my show. It utilizes one of these.

Thank you. It's a spoon.

It also needs a coin envelope with a special thing done to it. I have drawn a

very crude spoon on the front. I have cut the top off the envelope. I've cut a

hole in the bottom and I've cut a hole in the front. This is effectively known

in the magic business as the magic box.

Ooh.

Can you guys come to all my shows? That'd be great.

The spoon goes inside the magic box. Now, according to the instructions in

magic book, you also need one of these. This is special.

It's a knife.

A little bit of choreography.

Don't jump. It's okay.

And the knife gets pushed straight through.

Like that.

Now, I know what you're thinking. I know what you're thinking.

Gotta be a trick spoon.

No.

It's a tricked fork.

Because after all, in my favorite sci -fi movie, they did tell us that there

no spoon.

Thank you.

This next magician is known for using lasers in his illusions.

Take a look at the incredible R .J. Kansu.

Next, one of Europe's most intriguing illusionists, Sita.

Now from Amsterdam, amazing intrigue meets spectacular timing. Welcome to the

world of Sita.

The masters of illusion, they make the unexplainable happen right before our

eyes. How do they do it?

Well, I wish I knew. Until next time, thanks for joining us. I'm Dean Cain.