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

The sky is up, the ground is down.

These are facts. We all know these to be true. But what might happen when the

reality we know is turned upside down?

Are you ready to find out?

All right.

Here we go.

Perception is the ability to judge color and distance.

So look at this illustration right here. Which line is longer?

A, C, or A, B?

Anybody?

A, C, you say.

So let's take a look here.

AC looks like it's about 12.

AB is about 12. So they're exactly the same distance.

Hmm. Don't judge our masters of illusion too quickly because the obvious is not

the rule tonight.

Now, from Paris, here is an illusionist who always surprises himself.

When he makes his assistant disappear, he's not always sure he can bring her

back. Here is T2.

It's hard to imagine the cleverness of our next performer. When you think he

really impressed you, he always finds a way to top himself.

Time now for Greg Furin.

We've all seen card tricks before, but never with this deck of cards.

Pay close attention to Montreal's Spidey.

What is your name?

Michonne. Michonne, pleasure. Thank you so much for being here, Michonne. I'm

going to teach you guys a card trick. Before we begin, on the box, on the back

of our deck, we draw, with a marker, a little door. I know this sounds crazy,

but bear with me.

We draw right on the back of the... Boom.

Like that, that's a box.

Little door, just like that.

Then we take out the cards. Now here's the reason you never see it. We place

box down this way. And then we show you that all the cards are different. You

see that?

Verified? All different?

Great. Now we have you pick a card. Michonne, I'm going to run down the

like this. You just say the word stop whenever you like. Okay, here we go.

Stop. Is that where you said stop?

Yep. Great, I'm going to show you guys the card. I'll take a look at it too.

That's the king of clubs.

Now here's what we do. In a very sneaky manner, we put that card at the bottom.

You don't know that because we're usually very quick with our hands.

Now as the cards go back into the box, We leave it at the bottom. You don't see

it because we do it quickly. And here's where the secret comes in. This is

crazy. You guys are going to love this.

With the box facing us in a way that you can't see, we open the little door and

we see right through the box. No, we do it. This is how we do it. It's crazy.

We look right, because look, remember I put your card at the bottom, the king of

clubs. So when I opened the little door, I could see your card, right? The king

of clubs. This is how it's done.

But here's the crazy part. Of course, magicians don't want you to know how all

their magic works.

So when we're done with that, With our one finger, we just erase the little

door. That way you'll never find out how we did our trip.

But we come back. Is your mind able to keep up

with the antics of Billy Kidd?

Balloons are always a symbol of parties and fun.

Our next performer comes to us from Canada. Whenever she blows up a balloon,

watch out.

Expect the unexpected. Here is Billie Kid.

Thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that magic is not all about rabbits, cheese,

and top hats.

Magic is about mystery

Magic

is about not knowing what is going to happen next

There's a certain thrill when you watch magic, as it's mixed with feelings of

apprehension, anxiety,

yes, and of course, tension.

How are you, sir? You alright? I'm good.

Now, because you guys, I'll be honest, you look like such a beautiful audience,

I tell you what, I think you deserve a few surprises, yes?

If I didn't do, I'm going to make it up to you. If you help me up on stage, you

guys give this man a great big round of applause. Coming up, sir.

Here he comes.

What's your name? Kniez.

Kniez. Excellent, Kniez. Now, I know it can be nerve -wracking coming up on

stage, so I'm just going to relax, Kniez. So, Kniez, if you just breathe

Breathe out.

We'll practice. Breathe in.

Breathe out. And just, Kniez, you're just going to relax, okay?

But keep breathing, Kniez. Breathe in.

Breathe out.

Slowly.

skill of Jibrizy.

Now in the audience where we usually ask, please put your cell phones away,

are looking for a volunteer with a smartphone.

This is the always friendly Jibrizy.

What's up guys?

It's Jibrizy, the hip -hop illusionist, here to give magic the swag it's never

had. So, do you have a phone on you by any chance?

Could you unlock it for me? Yeah.

Alright, so check this out. What I want to attempt to do is I want to attempt to

read her mind. So if I could see your phone. Have you ever had anyone read

mind before?

No. Your calculator. Where is it at? Okay.

Okay, perfect. There we go. Her calculator.

Awesome. Alright, take your phone.

I want you to put in four random digits. I'm going to turn away. Go.

You got it.

Okay, now I want you to hit the plus button, and I want you to add your

passcode, then hit equal.

You got it?

Okay, sweet. Now, check this out. Can I see it?

Yeah. Beautiful. Does that look anything like your passcode? Yeah. No.

Check this out. This looks nothing like her passcode at all.

Could you hit the clear button?

Yeah.

Beautiful. I'm going to lock your phone just like so. All right?

I'm going to go ahead and hit the little button right here to get the codes

open. I want you to think about the first digit in your passcode. Okay.

Okay.

Three. Yeah.

Yeah? Okay, so look, check it out. We're going to do it again. Okay, think about

the second digit.

One.

Yeah. The last two.

If I got this right,

it should be four. Can I see your finger?

And one.

You do have to change your passcode. All right, so here we go.

Check it out.

We're going to do something. We're going to take it up a notch. If you could

hold your phone out to the camera.

Yeah, just like so.

Beautiful.

Now let's try this. I'm going to try some more digits. Think about your whole

phone number and repeat it in your head over and over again.

Okay?

I'm calling.

It should.

Ring. Is it ringing?

Yeah, it is.

Answer it.

Hello? Put it on speaker.

Okay.

Hello?

I'm Jibrizy, and I just gave Magic the swag it's never had.

Peace out.

Ever stand in front of a parking meter and realize that you have no coins?

It's a real dilemma, especially if the meter maid is approaching.

One answer to this problem is Chris Randall.

Thank you very much.

This is where I get a kid out of the audience and I make him into a magician.

So we have any kids in the audience?

Can you come up and help me, buddy?

Give him a big round of applause. He makes his way on stage.

Excellent.

Awesome. What's your name?

Colin. Audience.

Audience. Colin. Give him a big round of applause. Good job.

Here, take this out.

Take the bucket and hold it above your head.

Hold it above your head. There you go. All the way above your head. And don't

move. Okay.

These are the invisible coins.

But check out the invisible coin.

Watch. I can toss it up through the air.

That was good. That was good. We'll do it again.

Here, watch. You catch the invisible coin. Catch the invisible coin. Good

Good job.

Excellent acting. I love it.

And go ahead and toss the invisible coin.

That was good. That was good. All right.

Your turn. Your turn. You wanted to do it. I saw it. I saw it in your eyes. Go

ahead. Try it. Try it. And time zone there. Here, dump out your hands like

you're going to catch water. Like you're going to catch water.

Oh, that was pretty good. Show it to him. That was pretty good. He's like a

human saw machine right there. Here, drop it in there.

Let's see.

There's one more.

That leaked through the bottom.

What's that behind your ear?

It's not a coin. You should get that checked out.

Let's see.

There's another one.

Here, I'll teach you how to do it. Watch.

Look this way. Watch. Look this way.

Excellent. Awesome.

All right.

Showbiz. Grab a coin like this.

Drop it in.

Good job.

Excellent.

All right. And do me a favor. Hold on to the bucket for me. Hold on to the

bucket and go ahead and look inside.

Thank you very much. High five, buddy.

Go back to your seat.

Thank you very much. The human slot machine.

Thank you very much.

Next, the impossible is easy for George Iglesias.

On the steps of our

stage, it is snack time and a visit with Peru's George Iglesias.

When you are watching movies at home, right, there is always something very

important. What's that?

Popcorn. Yeah, you're right.

Sometimes you go to the movie theater and the worst thing that can happen, you

run out of popcorn. Yes, empty.

Now you can do your magic thing. Everybody say abracadabra.

And if you said so, watch.

You can feel your popcorn again.

Now keep your eyes concentrated on Murray Sawchuck.

What's up?

How you guys doing?

I'm so excited to be here.

My hair is excited to be here.

This next trick I'm going to do is one of my favorites. It's actually one of

fastest tricks I ever do. So please keep your eyes on the trick. Here we go.

Locked? Yes.

Locked? Yes.

Locked? Be dry and watch carefully, all right?

Here we go.

For you, all right?

Oh!

So that's it for tonight.

How do they do it? Well, really well, because they are the masters of

Until next time, I'm Dean Cain. Thank you very much, and good night.