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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.

Welcome to Masters

of Illusion. I am Gene Kane.

This is the show where we aim to dazzle.

to astound, to spellbind, to amaze.

But that's not all.

I can't really put it into words exactly. You're just going to have to

for yourself.

So are you ready to see it?

All right, here we go.

Now what you see here is a cube inside another cube. Or is it floating in the

air? Or is it outside the larger cube?

and what you see.

The big question is, can our masters of illusion change your mind tonight?

Well, we're going to find out.

To be a true master of illusion, you need many skills

honed to perfection.

Timing, dexterity, panache. And when they all come together, what you get is

artistry. That's certainly the case with this magician.

Here. is Dan Sperry.

We like to use the word impossible to describe our magicians, but in this

it is the best way to describe the talents of this performer.

Here is Joshua J.

I brought eight cards with me. Now, the first four are just the four tens. Take

them, hold them in your hands, make sure that they are what they appear to be,

four tens from a deck of cards.

And now...

I brought four very special cards along with me as well. These are four blank

cards. Take a look. Feel them. Make sure that they just are blank on one side,

almost like pieces of paper.

And on the back, they have the normal back design. Now, we're going to use

eight cards, which you guys have looked at and examined, for a little bit of

printing using magic.

The four tens go on the table. The blank cards go one for each ten.

So we get a blank for the heart, a blank for the club, a blank for the spade,

and a blank for the diamond.

This is how it works. A blank and a ten.

And I can print a card. Now feel that. That's a real card.

There's no ink that's wet. That is really just printed. Look again.

A blank and a ten. This is a misprinted card. Ten on one side, but blank on the

other. Feel that. That's a real card.

And we'll do this again.

Look, a blank and a ten. I won't just print the card on this side. I'll even

print the card on this side. Both sides. Even the cards you looked at.

Now, we won't just print half here, but we'll also print half here.

And then you get half and half printed on the card. It's dry and printed on the

card. Look, I don't even need the cards. I can do this against...

My wallet, perfectly printed against the credit card on my wallet. And we can

take this even further.

We can print against anything. We can go against the shirt.

That's against the shirt. We can go against my ear.

That's against my ear. That's really my ear. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is

printing.

You can take a look at all those files.

We'll be right back with a super quick pan of Ana de Guzman.

I bet you've never seen anyone manipulate a deck of cards like this.

Here is Ana de Guzman.

One millimeter.

I'm feeling weaker.

Thank you.

Our next performer surprises even himself with what he's about to do. From

Tokyo, the spectacular magic of Shoot Ogawa.

gets me now.

The impossible is made possible by Naked Fan.

When we come back.

Let's go to our audience camera and the lightning fast talent of Naked Fan.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.

I'll never forget one of the very first tricks I ever saw. A magician by the

name of Harry Blackstone Jr.

walked up onto stage carrying a canary in a cage.

And without any misdirection whatsoever, he made the canary disappear in the

blink of an eye.

I can't do it, but when he did it, oh, it was the best thing I'd ever seen in

life. And that's what inspired me to become a magician. Thank you very much.

All right, I see you folks are expecting more. Of course, you came to see

Masters of Illusion, not Masters of... Just a points and punch line, in fact.

So watch this.

Gone.

Gone. Gone.

Thank you very much.

Now it is time to focus our attention on the extraordinary energy of South

Korea's sensational magician.

Here is Jackie Yu.

Now I'm going to show you some interesting magic for you.

Before that, I need a little help here in this magic.

Okay, who will help me?

Did you help me a little on this day?

Yeah, please give her a big hand.

I'm Jackie. I'm Sophia.

Nice to meet you.

Okay, now I'll show you some interesting magic for you. Before that, okay, hold

this tray with your both hands. Okay, put your finger inside.

Yeah.

Thank you. and a little bit down.

And it's a sleight of hand magic. And this magic is only for you. Okay.

And not you, okay?

Not you.

Okay, and here's the box.

Yeah, one, two, three, four boards inside.

And what I'm going to do is a game.

A game.

Okay.

But it's very easy. Don't be nervous, okay?

Okay. Yeah, just a little bit. Yeah.

Okay, one, two, three, four. Two boards are here and two boards are here. So

here are four boards, right?

Right? Okay, now I put the balls one by one like this and one is here, and I

take my hand like this, just get where the ball is. Left or right?

Left. Left? Okay, let me show you my right hand first.

It's not here, and also it's not here. It's awesome.

Okay, let's do it again.

One, two, three. Two balls are here, one ball here, so here are three balls,

right?

Okay, now at this moment, I put one ball into my right hand, and two balls are

here, right?

Okay, what's here?

One, two, three.

Where the ball is? Left or right?

Uh, left. Left?

Okay, what's here?

Nothing. And also, it disappears.

It's crazy.

Okay. Now, now, we have only two balls left, right? Okay, two balls are here in

my hand. I put two balls into my right hand together and snap my finger, and

third one is gone.

It's amazing, isn't it?

Yeah.

Slide around the magic. I won't do this anymore, okay?

Okay, please believe in me, okay? Okay, put, okay, I have two words here, and

what's here? Snap my finger.

That's enough.

Okay, I'm not going to use my hands. I'm not going to use my hands, because my

hands are too fast.

So now I use ordinary stuff.

The reason is, you guys don't doubt it, right?

So, I use this bag.

Okay, first I use this hand clip, and see, nothing inside, right? Remember

Okay?

And this is the last part.

I put two balls here together, like this, and roll the handkerchief like a

like this.

Okay, and now it became bigger. It's a very difficult part. Look carefully,

carefully. I put the ball into the bag slowly, and I shake my hand, and I shake

my hand, and now it's completely disappeared.

Thank you!

There you go. Do you want to know the secret?

Yes. Okay, please come down and lift me. Okay.

Please look under the tray.

We fooled you!

High five! Yeah!

Yeah!

Sorry about that. But think about it. Think about it.

Yeah, I'm a magician, right? Right. So, yeah, it's my job, right? Yes. So they

lied to me.

They didn't tell you anything, right?

But you did a great job, right?

So I make a present for you.

Nothing in my hand. I snap my finger like this.

Oh, there's a mirror inside.

You see yourself in the mirror?

Yeah. Yeah, it's you, flower.

Please give her a big hand.

Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you.

Impossible is made possible by Greg Fruin. When we come back.

This next performance is breathtakingly dangerous.

We shouldn't have to say it, folks, but don't try this at home. Here from Canada

is Greg Fruin.

Well, that's it for our Masters of Illusion show. We hope you'll join us

time for more amazing magic.

Until then, I am Dean Cain. Good night, and thank you for watching.