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

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

Meet the Masters of Illusion.

Hello, everybody. I'm Dean Payne, and welcome to Masters of Illusion. Right

we are about to dazzle.

astound, spellbind, and amaze.

Can I show you what I'm talking about?

Our brain can manufacture motion when there is no motion.

Look at this design.

Does it move?

How is that possible?

It is a flat, motionless artwork.

Well, beware of the illusions you see tonight.

Deception is every magician's goal. It is time to believe the impossible.

Welcome to the world of Nathan Burton.

Thank you very much.

Wow, great crowd.

It's a pleasure to be here. I'm Nathan Burton.

And we're going to try something very special tonight. I'm coming out of the

audience. Good -looking crowd tonight. How are you guys doing? Right over here,

what's your name?

Sandra. Sandra. Give Sandra a big hand. Let's hear it. Come on, Sandra. Leave

your purse. Leave your phone.

Come on over. I'll help you up the steps.

Come right up here.

Come right up to your center stage.

Sandra, say hello, audience.

Hello. Hello, yes.

Now, Sandra, we're going to try something very special tonight. Right

the edge of the stage under full lights. And I promise you'll never forget this.

Here we go.

Sandra, I'm going to have you come right over here. You're going to jump up here

and sit on here just like that for me. So come right over here.

Hop up.

Yep. A little bit more. Hop up.

Right there in the center. You're going to lay back. You're going to let your

head hang off. Just relax. Close your eyes.

Just like that.

And relax.

You're going to do great. Here we go.

Here we go, Sandra.

You're doing awesome, Chandra. You're doing awesome.

Give it up for Chandra.

You're doing awesome.

Big hand for Chandra. She did amazing, Chapa.

Woo. Big bow.

Give it up for Chandra.

Let's go down to our audience where our next magician is looking for someone to

help him change a dollar bill.

Here is Bill Cook.

Folks, my name is Bill Cook, and I have to tell you, magicians get asked an

awful lot of questions. Can you make my wife disappear? Can you make my check

disappear? Can you make me more money?

Yes, I can.

Let me show you how.

One, two, three, four dollars. Not a whole lot of money, but enough.

One, two, three, and four. By taking those $4 and nearly snapping my finger,

I can get them to change into something that's a lot more impressive.

$100, $200, $300, and $400.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Is that real? Take it. Check it. Is that real? Take it. Check it. Is that real?

Take it. Check it. The more fingerprints you get on it, the better it is for me

when I get in front of the judge.

Did you just smell it? What's wrong with you?

Don't you know where these have been?

But I can't keep it this way, folks. Technically, this is considered

counterfeiting, so I have to change them back. What's your name?

Sam. Sam, watch.

By just snapping my finger and twisting them between my fingers, they change

back. Sam, go home and look under your pillow.

They won't be there.

But that would be amazing. Folks, I'm Bill Cook, and enjoy Masters of

Chipper Lowell is a fast -talking guy, but in this performance, it is his

turtle, Blinky, that produces the magic. Here is Chipper Lowell.

How are you?

Come on. I gotcha. I gotcha. Here we go.

It's my colonel.

There you go. Yeah, you're okay.

You're okay. I gotcha. I gotcha. Yeah.

Up the daisy. There we are.

All righty.

There we go.

All right. I, um...

I wanted to introduce you to my turtle. It's my pet turtle. His name is Binky,

and he's really, really smart.

And you know how those really, really smart turtles, usually they become

right? He decided, why not get into show business? So tonight, the world

premiere of his own variety act, with me assisting. I think we're all set to go

here. Everyone do me a favor, give it up nice and big for Binky!

Give it to me.

Give it to me.

Give that to me.

Ow!

What are you doing?

Okay, you know what?

No, no, give it back.

Give it back.

Give it to me.

Ow!

Okay,

you know what?

All right, let's try something else. How about math?

Two plus two equals, and here's the magic marker.

Okay, let me see it.

Yeah, pretty good.

No, give it to me.

Let's see here. Oh, try this.

Balloon, balloon.

Just like that. Okay, blow up the balloon.

Give it to me. Give me the... Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!

Ah!

Get out here.

Up a little higher. Right about there.

You ready?

All right.

Let's see how you did.

Oh, no.

Oh, my goodness. Come on. I got you. I got you.

Thank you very much. Stop the music. Stop.

Next up, a challenge to technology by T2.

And he always delivers the impossible, Greg Lee.

Now, direct from France, along with his magic tablet, welcome T2.

Hi, guys.

All right.

Hi. Thank you for having me on. What's your name? Emma.

Tama, I'm very happy to introduce you to my new assistant.

It's a digital assistant.

It's pretty cool, right? She's pretty cute, right? Yeah.

She's very quiet. She doesn't talk that much.

And she speaks only French like me.

That's why I have a weird accent.

She does have a weird accent. Hey, come back.

There you go. We'll try something for you.

Thank you very much.

Is this real or is it magic? When you see this next performance, I think

agree it's really magical.

That amazing is the only way to describe Greg Fruin.

Our next Master of Illusion needs two strong volunteers from the audience to

help him in a traditional cut the woman in half.

Here is Greg Fruin.

Thank you very much.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I need a little bit of help. Ladies, help me out.

need to get two big, macho, GQ, Tom Selleck, Tom Cruise, bodybuilding kind

guys over 21. Ladies, do we have any out there this evening?

It got awful quiet, okay.

All right, we'll just get two younger guys. Right there looks like a good

one. And right over here, sir, in the green, number two.

Let's give our gentlemen both a big round of applause as they make their way

Check this out. Right over here, we're going to bring out on the stage a

surgical table. We have a few other items right over here. I've got a strap.

the end of the strap, we have a leather neck strap.

And right over here, we have another strap with some ankle straps.

Have you ever seen anything like these before?

No. Liar.

All right, gentlemen, we're actually not going to place either of you down on

the table. However, we are going to invite...

The lovely Alex to come on and join us tonight. Give her a big round of

applause. She's doing a fantastic job.

Alex, we're going to have a seat on the table.

You'll notice through the table, there's a couple of small holes.

I'm going to place that strap down there. If you can reach underneath, grab

strap. Pull it all the way through, all the way. Keep going.

Very good.

Alex is going to place her feet around the straps.

And we're going to help her with her shoes.

We're going to close these up. You can take that strap and just go around it

here. You're going to make sure that's good and tight, making sure, in fact,

that is solid and her feet are strapped very well.

Very good. It's all good.

All right, grab your strap. Come on back as far as that will take you. Two hands

on the strap, on this rope that will keep her feet on the table.

We're going to do the same thing over here. We're going to place this around

Alice's neck. If you can make sure that's good and tight, go ahead and do

up as well.

Making sure it's tight, but don't go too tight. She's got to breathe a little

bit, all right? Make sure it's good.

Excellent. Come on back here. Grab your strap.

Go as far as that strap will take you. Two hands on the strap. And now you're

just going to pull her down to that table. Go ahead.

Yep, careful.

Okay.

All right, gentlemen, your job is now simple.

We're going to keep enough tension on these ropes that keep her feet and her

head attached to that table. We're going to cover Alex up now with a couple of

empty boxes.

That is box number one.

And over there we have box number two.

We're going to secure them down as well with a couple of straps.

But you'll notice, gentlemen, At the front of each of these boxes, there's a

couple of small doors.

Right over here, we have door number one.

And over here, door number two. While keeping the tension on your rope, just

take a step forward. Peek inside. Make sure she's still there.

It's all good?

All right, back to your spot, guys.

We're going to have a little bit of fun. Check this out.

Solid.

Stainless.

Steel.

What?

Oh, sorry.

I forgot to...

Close the box. That's important, gentlemen. Keep those ropes tight.

That is blade number one. Gentlemen, bend down. Look underneath.

That blade goes all the way through.

100 % through that box.

But ladies and gentlemen, she is still in one piece. Give her a well -deserved

round of applause.

All right, gentlemen. Keep those ropes tight. We're going to do it again. Here

we go. Blade number one. Excellent.

Blade number two.

Huh. That was a little bit stuck. Just give that strap a yank.

Thank you.

Gentlemen, we also have two three -foot swords. Right here, that is sword number

one. And right here, sword number two. And ladies and gentlemen, this here is a

lady cut in two pieces.

All right, boys, let's bring her back together.

Very good.

Sword number one.

Sword number two. Ladies and gentlemen, two solid stainless steel blades. Guys,

check it out. She is back in one piece. Let's move those boxes and give her a

well -deserved round of applause.

Undo your straps.

Undo your straps here. Let her free.

Jason defies gravity when we return.

Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity when he saw an apple fall out of a tree. But

this guy would like to show you what comes down also goes up.

Defying gravity, here is Jason Bishop.

So that's it. The masters of illusion, they make the impossible happen right

before your eyes.

Seeing is believing.

Or is it?

Thanks for joining us. Until next time, I'm Dean Cain. Thanks.