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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, good evening.

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

Now how would you describe an illusion?

You might say it's the impression or the perception of something that in reality

is not as it seems.

That's a very broad and complicated definition of what we're about to see. A

shorter way to describe all that is magic.

So are you ready to see some magic?

Some people are masters at throwing dice.

Others are complete failures.

They never throw a 7 or an 11, only snake eye.

This portrait right here, composed of dice, is a masterpiece of one of the

greatest minds of our generation.

Do you see the image of Albert Einstein?

Well, can our magicians tonight reveal their talent of hidden deception?

We'll find out.

Our next performer is known as one of the great illusionists of our time,

Holland's very own Hans Klok.

Thank you.

Time now for the Las Vegas magic, as opposed to, you know, California magic,

the very popular Tommy Wind.

How we doing tonight, folks?

Oh, that's a good job.

Somebody from the audience who wants to help me out, raise your hand. Anybody

want to help me out? Let's see.

What's your name?

So, Ori, would you mind helping me out on stage? Everybody give Ori a big round

of applause.

How you doing, son?

How you doing? Would you happen to have a cell phone on you?

Would you mind if I borrow it? Oh, okay, great. I'm going to place your cell

phone, if that's okay, in this bag.

Okay, we'll place the cell phone right in the bag. Now, as you can see, that's

in there. Now, this bag obviously has some weight to it because the cell phone

is in there, right? So you can feel that there's weight. What I've done is, in

the other bag that don't have your cell phone, I've actually gotten these wooden

blocks.

They're about the weight of a cell phone. So we'll use those. So this way,

don't know which one the cell phone is actually in.

What I'm going to do is I'm going to turn my back for just a second. And I'm

going to have you mix up all the bags in all different ways.

Okay? Sound good? I'll turn my back. Tell me when you're done.

Go ahead and mix them up.

And make sure that the bags pretty much all look the same. So there's no way

that I can tell where the cell phone actually is.

And as soon as you're done, just let me know.

All right. You're all done? Now I'm going to have you turn your back, and

going to mix up the bags.

Okay. Here we go.

All right.

So, Ori, you can turn around now.

Would you say you would not know where your cell phone is since you mix them

I don't know where they are, especially with the weights in the bags.

And since I mix them up, you wouldn't know where they are. What I want you to

for the first time, just by thinking about it, I want you to choose a bag

you think your cell phone is not in. Very important. A bag that you believe

cell phone is not in.

Go ahead. Choose one.

That one.

Are you sure?

No. You're not sure? You want to stick with that one or change your mind? Stick

with this one. Okay, cool.

The wood block.

That was good. Wow, you seem a little excited now. You're a little worried.

You didn't know that was going to happen.

That's all right. Okay.

We'll try this again. Go ahead. Pick another bag.

The pressure's on now, folks.

All right. Go ahead.

Go with this one? Are you sure?

Yes. Okay.

We're safe.

Still the block of wood.

All right, now we've got three bags left. Your cell phone could be in any

these bags. It's up to you. Go ahead. Choose one of the bags.

You can change your mind at any time if you'd like.

I'll go at the middle. You're sure?

Yeah. You're doing this. It's not me.

Yeah.

All right.

We're still with the block of wood. Okay, cool.

Okay, now, we have two bags left.

Okay, now this is where it comes down to 50 -50, and it's completely up to you.

I hope you saved your stuff to the cloud.

All right, now, either one, my right or my left, it's up to you.

You can change your mind at any point.

That one?

Okay, no?

This one.

Oh, you were going to say that one.

You want this one.

It's the block of wood. That can only mean one thing.

You were correct when you said that that was the one with your cell phone. Give

a big round of applause, folks. That's for you to take home.

Thank you so much. You did a wonderful job. Give a big round of applause.

Come on, let's hear it.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Kyle Marlette. We'll make you doubt your senses when we come back.

Let's go now to our audience camera and watch the close -up magic of Kyle

Marlette. What's up?

Hello. You're here.

You're doing it. Hi.

What's your name?

I'm Ashley.

Ashley, we're going to try to do something really weird. I have a bowl of

We're going to take some dirt. We're going to put it in my hand. And I want

to do the same thing. Put some dirt in my hand. Okay. There we go. Perfect. And

there's some seeds there. Take some seeds.

Sprinkle them in my hand.

Perfect. Lovely.

That was a lot. Okay.

Do you garden?

I do not. I'm going to show you how to garden as a magician, okay?

All you have to do is focus on the dirt. Watch.

Wow.

Nice for you. Give her a huge round of applause.

Thank you.

Tonight, we are proud to welcome back a Masters of Illusion alumni who has been

battling leukemia and is now thankfully winning that battle. From New Jersey,

please welcome Michael Turco.

There is no way to detect the revelations of this international

mystery. They would call him 007, but they don't.

Let's go to our audience camera right now and welcome Britain's Nick Lewin.

Thank you.

Yes.

You said you'd help me. You were very good. You didn't even ask what it was

going to be. And it's actually quite simple.

I'm just going to have you examine something.

A coin. It's a dollar. Make sure it's real. Make sure there's nothing strange

about it. And I have one other thing.

I've got an empty pop bottle.

Have a look at that. Make sure that that is totally as it appears to be. There's

nothing strange about that. It's exactly what it appears.

And in fact, would you do me one favor?

Would you just put that coin inside the bottle?

No problem.

Oh.

That isn't working too well. Put the coin on your right hand.

Stretch it out.

That looks good.

Stretch out your other hand. I'll show you the way a magician would handle

Would you hold that bottle very tightly? Do not let go, or we'll kill the young

lady sitting right there.

Put that hand down to the side.

Now, if you listen, you will notice that you can...

It makes a different sound. Do you know why that is?

It's because this is thicker.

Keep your hand very steady. Hold it very tight.

Because in a moment, I'm going to wrap it rather hard with this coin. Can you

see the coin? Watch.

One. Hold tight. Two.

If you shake it, would you show everyone what arrived inside?

No friends.

It's genuine inside there, is it not, Heather?

It is.

On a good day, I can shake this and clean out the bottle. Now, this may not

good day.

I'll give it a shot. I'll tell you what. Hold out your hand.

Your other hand next to it. Get ready to catch the coin.

Can you see the coin in there? Yes. Can you hear it? Yes.

Can you feel it?

One, two, three.

There is the coin. There is the bottle. If you show them, they'll give you a

huge round of applause.

Give it up.

Heather.

Alexandra Duvivier asks you to pick a card when we return.

From Paris, the city of light, vivacious energy, and international charm, this

performer always delivers the unexpected. This is Alexandra Duvivier.

Thank you for having me once again. I'm so thrilled to be here. And I have

noticed throughout the years that women's favorite card was the king of

So I have collected kings of hearts.

I know I'm a magician. I have no life. So anyway.

So you can just tell me stuff whenever you want.

I have lovely ladies. And one more.

One more.

Oh, yes.

You scared me. That was good.

What is men's favorite card?

Let me show you.

Four of clubs.

Why on earth four of clubs?

We underestimate men, I'm telling you.

Because they have chosen a very powerful card.

Clubs is a symbol of luck, of course. And they have chosen the four -leaf

clover. So tell me stop, guys, whenever you want.

Stop. Yeah, one more.

Stop. We don't care, but that's clear.

Right. Let's try to do something with this card.

I can see you are looking forward to it. Yes, yes. So let's do it.

Oh, la, la.

Ed Alonzo adds a little fun to his magic when we return.

Well, if you're hungry right now, our next illusionist has a very special

for you.

Get ready for the quirky magic of one of our favorites.

Welcome the awesome Ed Alonzo.

We hope you enjoyed this edition of Masters of Illusion. I know I did. And

sure to join us next time. So until then, I'm Dean Cain.

Good night.

All right.

High five.