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

Okay. Our brains process information from all of our senses. And if something

doesn't seem to add up, if it doesn't make sense, then the brain will reject

what our senses are telling it. Well, we are going to challenge your brains to

make sense of things that I promise you do not add up.

Are you ready for the challenge?

Here we go.

The eye can be deceived.

This flat drawing right here can make you dizzy because the artist has

successfully created a rolling path to fool the brain.

But watch your step tonight because our masters of illusion make the impossible

very possible.

Time now to add a classical touch.

Our illusionist combines two of his hobbies to create an impossible

Here is Chris Funk.

Thank you. Well, it is card trick time, because heck, what is a magic show

without an abundance of card tricks?

Let's get crazy, have a bunch of you select some playing cards. Looks like

can hardly wait down here. Hello.

What is your name?

Fabiola. Fabiola, I'm going to have you select one of these playing cards. The

way you're going to do it is by saying the word stop as I riffle down the card.

Here we go.

Stop. You happy with that spot right there?

Excellent. Fabiola, I want you to take the card you stopped me at and memorize

it, please. All right. Miss right here, what is your name?

Nicole. Nicole, you ready for this? Here we go.

Stop. You happy with that spot right there?

Excellent. Nicole, I want you to take the card you stopped me at. I want you

memorize it. Show it to a bunch of people.

Last but not least, miss, what is your name?

Alicia. Here we go.

Nailed it. You want to change your mind?

Are you happy with the mind you have?

I want you to go ahead and take that card. Memorize it.

Fabiola, I'm going to have you place the card back wherever you'd like in the

pack, please.

Fabiola, thank you very much. Nicole.

Place it back here. I like how you're leaving them sticking out. Makes it a

whole lot easier for me to find them in a moment.

Alicia, go ahead and place the card back here.

Okay, I need a bit of a challenge with these three cards. Can you just help me

out and give them a little mixy -mix, a little shuffle? Just don't change the

order.

Never mind. Okay, I'll take those.

Personal anecdote time. Didn't always know that I was going to be a magician.

No, I thought I was going to be a musician.

Okay, let me rephrase.

My parents told me I was going to be a musician.

Anyone feeling my pain? Yeah.

Parents broke the news to me at the age of six when they said I'd be taking

music lessons on the violin.

Played for ten years, broke my parents' hearts, and quit. I'd always wondered

what it would look like if I combined my love of music with my love of magic,

and I figured that now's the time and this is the place. One by one, you're

going to name your card out loud, and I'm going to see if I can match the

to the card and cause something really amazing to take place.

Fabiola, we're going to start with you. The card you selected was?

Three of spades. Thank you very much. Three of spades. So this is how it

Three is a small number, a little number.

Fun. Spades. Always sophisticated. So we need something fun, yet sophisticated.

Sounds like a job from Mozart.

Here we go.

it. I get it.

You're like, yeah, there was a handkerchief on top. We'll do it

Nicole, next, the card you selected was?

Queen of Diamonds.

Ooh, Queen, elegant, diamonds, elegance.

Someone just shout out their favorite artist. Anyone, shout one out.

Bach, I like it.

Song by Bach, I think I know one. Beret in G major by Bach. To show you this is

not pre -recorded, I will insert a wrong note.

Last but not least, Alicia, what was the card that you selected?

Ace of hearts.

We have to do something a little bit more spectacular for that to happen with

ace. Something a little like this.

Nailed it.

Now in our audience, with his own personal way to conquer life's barriers,

is Tommy Wind.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Well, one of my favorite things to do is, of course, perform magic, and I get

travel all around the world performing magic as well. But one thing I noticed,

when I travel performing magic, I look out for the magic shops, and I always

want to see the cool magic they have in those shops, and they always have stuff

on the top shelf, and I can't reach it. So this is how I solve that problem. I

bring along my briefcase, and inside of my briefcase, I also bring along an

eight -foot...

From Tokyo, Japan, here is a performer whose quick dexterity baffles even the

most cynical observer.

Watch Shoot Ogawa.

Here, turn over like this. What's your name? Nicole.

Nicole? Yeah. Okay. Nicole.

All right.

But I want to borrow your ring.

It's a very personal thing.

Could you take off? Wow, you have actually a lot. Okay, good. All right. I

like to use that one because it's very fancy.

I would like to use this ring and also little magic wand. It's made in Japan,

very small size, designed for the course of magic.

Okay?

I want a ring and magic wand. I want you to count one, two, three together.

Okay? Are you ready? Okay.

Watch carefully.

Okay. One, two, and three. Like this.

But you think it's in the other hand, but it's not here because it's magic.

It's gone.

Thank you very much.

Okay, next trick. Okay, let's do the next trick.

Do you like card trick?

Of course, yeah.

All right, so I want you to take one card from this deck of cards. Okay. And

first... Take the card out, but don't turn over the card. Just put it on the

table. Take one first and keep it on the table. There you go. Okay, I look away

like this. You show to everyone.

Can you see the card, everyone?

Very good. And put it back right here.

So now, I have something.

This is a very special box.

Actually, I have this more than 20 years.

So, it's a little old box, but could you hold it here? Something in the box. It

was right here all the time. It was in front of you.

So, I want you to open the box. Please open it. This box is very fragile.

It's funny, huh?

It's alright, it's alright, it's alright.

I have one card in the box. It was here all the time. So, very first, I want to

ask you, what was your chosen card?

Ace of diamonds? Ace of diamonds.

Thank you very much.

Tonight I want to give you something. Here we go. Open it.

What do you see?

Something in it.

Show it to everyone.

Well, this is called an ember.

It's a kind of jewelry.

This insect has been inside here for over 30 million years. She was inside a

long time, just like...

Your ring.

I mean just like your ring The you're choosing got ace of diamond watch do you

see how it's well slightly in the middle of the card?

Okay

Is it sure? Are you sure?

We'll be right back with the super quick hands of Joel Myers.

Now we focus on our audience camera. Try to follow Joel Myers.

All right, so I am here with Zach and Nathaniel.

Nathaniel and Zach. Guys, we're going to try something sweet.

Get it?

Cool.

Tough crowd. All right, check it out. I got a couple of pieces of candy here. I

got a red piece and a yellow piece.

Television candy.

Here's what it looks like. It's just two regular pieces of candy. I'm going to

take both pieces and I'm going to place them in my fist.

Here's what's going to happen, Zach. I want you to name either piece you want,

the red one or the yellow one. The yellow one. Yellow one. When I snap,

this out, the yellow one will disappear.

Here's the craziest part, though. When it disappears, it goes somewhere.

Zach, have I touched you? You have not.

Reach in your pocket, Zach.

Top pocket.

Inside should be a yellow piece of candy.

And it should be the same piece.

The obvious is never obvious when you watch the always energetic action of

Cook.

Thank you very much. I would like to teach you a party magic trick that you

do the next time you're hanging out with family or friends. I do need someone to

help with this. What is your name, sir?

Jacques. Jacques. Bill. Pleasure to meet you, Jacques. Come on up and join me on

stage. Everyone give it up for Jacques.

Jacques, stand right here. First things first, it's a card trick. I hope you're

not opposed to that. The card trick is fairly simple. We begin with the

traditional pick a card.

Reach out there, Jacques, and just touch one.

That one. Are you sure? Fantastic.

Take a look at the one you touched.

For the camera, for the audience, for me, eight of spades.

Second step, Jacques, is I need you to hold in your left hand this pin.

Just stand right there.

Perfect. Third step, Jacques, is I also need your right hand.

Hold on to that.

Fourth step is I need one of these.

A balloon.

Woo -hoo.

The idea is simple.

Open your fingers a little bit.

We touch the deck of cards. We touch the pin. One card lands inside of the

balloon. The Eight of Spades!

Now, I promised to teach you how this is done, and I am a man of my word.

Let's start with the beginning.

You could have picked any card you reached out and touched when we'll use

Eight of Spades again.

I then had to put the playing card where I needed it to be in the deck.

What looked like was me going inside the middle was a lie. I just put it right

on top of the deck. Ha ha.

Magic.

Then I shuffled everything, leaving the eight of spades on top. When I went back

to get the pin, I took the eight and I threw it in the box.

But everyone was looking at the pin that they never saw me throw the eight in

the box.

Then I take the card and I press it against the balloon. Now, for clarity's

sake, it looks like this.

I then touch this to your hand, I touch it to the pin, bam, it appears and all

is good. But what happens if you're at a party with someone who's a bit of a

jerk?

A skeptic?

Well, you need to one -up them.

And the best way to do that is like this. You start by blowing on the card.

And you get the card most of the way in.

Let's see.

We're down to a corner.

Would you go on it?

That's when the card shoots all the way inside the balloon.

And that is how you shut people up.

And that's a magic trick for you. Thank you so much for being fantastic. Good

enough for Joss, ladies and gentlemen.

Nathan Burton adds a little fun to his magic when we return.

It's time to go to our audience camera for a quick conversation with a man who

knows how to demonstrate a rule in mathematics.

Watch the quick manipulations of Nathan Burton.

Thank you very much.

What's your name, big man?

Michael. Michael, nice to meet you. I got a very important question for you.

you married?

No. Got a girlfriend?

No.

Well, I got something very special for you, Mike. I got with me a $1 bill.

I want you to hold on to it right there. Both hands, both hands. Hold it up so

that everybody can see.

Hold it like that. Nice big smile. Stay right there. Don't move. Right over

here. What's your name?

Liana. Give Liana a big hand. Come right over here.

Stand right over here.

Check her smile.

Okay, big man. Say hello to her.

Hello. Say hello back.

Now give her the dollar.

That's what it's like to be married. Good job.

Wait until you get older. You need more dollars.

Now, I brought something very special I want to show you guys. I brought with me

two little bunny rabbits.

This one's for you.

Hold it up.

They're not real.

Hold on to that one.

Hold them just so everybody can see. We've got two little bunny rabbits. Go

ahead and set them on the table, guys.

Now, this one's yours. Now, watch carefully. We're going to take yours.

going to put it in my hand. This one's for you. Open up your hand.

Squeeze real tight. Don't let go. Big man, on the count of three, you're going

to blow in my hand. Ready?

One, two, three, blow.

Did you feel that?

Open your hand very slowly. You've got two little bunny rabbits.

That one's a mama. That one's a papa.

You take them. You're going to squeeze them real tight. Don't let go. Big man,

go ahead and blow one more time.

Don't spit.

Blow.

Do you know what happens? You have a mama and a papa. You squeeze them real

tight.

Babies. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Yes.

Guys, I'm not sure how that trick works. You should ask your mom and dad after

the show how that trick works. Give it up for them. They did awesome.

Sometimes picking a card is not

enough.

Don't blink.

Just watch.

Farrell Dillon.

We're going to do a card trick.

You seem very excited about this.

I'm going to go through the cards like this, okay?

As I go through them, you say stop wherever you feel like.

Stop. Right there, okay? You have a choice of like a bunch of cards. Which

do you want? You can point it out to me.

The four of hearts.

All right, so here's the deal, Liana.

By the time the four of hearts hits the table, it will double the size of the

rest of the cards.

Are you ready for this?

I'm ready.

All right, watch.

One, two, three.

Liana, look.

It is now twice the size of the rest of the cards. See?

Look.

I didn't say this one would get bigger. I said it would just be twice the size.

See that? Look, all the other ones are little tiny cards. This one's a regular

-sized card, but it looks big.

But look, if I spread it like this now, all the other cards get big, except for

yours right there in the middle. That four of hearts now is a little tiny itty

-bitty card.

Well, we can end this, look, because I feel like you think you're

So if I pull the four hearts out, it doubles in size, gets back to normal,

that, ladies and gentlemen, is a pretty cool magic trick.

Next, is your mind able to keep up with the antics of Chris Randall?

But our next... This performer is a true master of raising expectations.

The always surprising Chris Randall.

Have you ever tried to save space by organizing a bunch of objects that just

don't seem to go together?

Well, the end result is often a surprise, even to yourself.

Here is Greg Gleason.

That's Masters of Illusion for tonight. I hope everyone enjoyed The World of the

Impossible. Until next time, I'm Dean Cain. Good night.

Hold on, you guys.