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

Cain. People have been fascinated by magic for centuries.

And I think it's wild myself to see someone who appears to be breaking the

of physics and then try to figure out how they did it.

So far, I haven't done it one time. But I promise you, you will make that very

same effort many, many times tonight as you watch our masters perform.

So are you ready to give it a try?

Outstanding.

There is a stranger hiding in this garden.

Can you find him? The brain can be distracted.

Our military men wear camouflage uniforms to blend in with nature, just

figure is hidden among the flowers. And just like our illusionists tonight,

we'll hide their intentions.

Time now for the always lovable antics of a magician who has as much fun

performing as the people he's entertaining.

There's always a lot of trickery involved when you interact.

with Chipper Lowell.

Thanks very much.

This is Hannah, and give it up for Hannah and Ashley, everybody.

If you would. All right. Would you hold on to the bag for me? Excellent. And

inside the bag, we have a soda can. Now, you may notice that there's nothing on

it. I took all the print off because no product placement on my watch.

All right. But we will initial this. Hannah, how do you spell that?

P -A -N -A. P -A -N -A, just like it sounds. Pana. Very nice.

Excellent. There we go. I noticed you have a watch.

Would you do me a favor? Take that off and hold it in your left hand, if you

would, please. Okay?

Very nice. All right. We can see Pana written on there. I'm going to have you

hold this side of the bag. There you go. You hold that side. Okay. Very nice.

This can is going in here. Would you, with your other hand, reach underneath

just hold the bottom of the can?

All right. You got it?

Excellent. But big smile out. There you go. There you go. Beep. Good, good,

good. All righty. Excellent. Now, let me see your watch.

Oh, this is very nice. Oh, wow. Do you get this as a gift?

Oh, very cool. Okay. That watch is also going into the bag. I want you to hold

it as well. All right. Very good. All right. Now, hold it just like that.

I'm going to have you guys release the items on the count of three. They're

going to disappear.

Are you ready?

One, two, three, release.

And they're gone.

Okay, we're going to do a different trick.

You know what? You know what happened? This is amazing.

Your watch has turned into a can and your can has turned into a watch.

They don't believe me. Reach in. Grab the can. Grab the can if you would,

please. Right? Yeah, show it to everybody, if you would. Excellent. And

ahead, reach in and grab the watch. See, they've switched places.

Absolutely amazing. Yeah, yeah. No, show it to everybody.

No, no, go ahead.

Are you kidding me?

Okay,

that's weird.

You know what? I vanished one of them. Yeah, yeah.

You know, the glass is half full kind of thing, or maybe the soda can is half

full.

Yeah,

yeah, just give it a little shake.

Yeah, it's a little weird, huh?

It's going to get even weirder, all right? Because I want you to see that

entire can, all the way through, all sides, completely solid.

All right, I'll try not to hit the object inside.

All right, there we go.

I'm going to open this up very, very gently, sort of like breaking open a

roll.

There is something inside. You can see it right there.

Would you please take that out, show it to everybody? Is that your watch?

Yes, there we are.

Thank you so much. You did awesome.

Thank you. Take them out.

All the way from Stockholm, Sweden, in a magic world that he has personally

created, This is the very deceptive Hockenberg.

It's impossible in our mind I can't believe it, we are

so blind Gotta believe in magic

Don't get lost in this confusion

Gotta believe Even magic

is not an illusion.

Magic time.

In your

face.

One more time.

Hello. I can't hear the music. Gotta believe.

Gotta believe.

It's a delusion.

I love you.

The Japanese

call

him a genius.

His manipulations are beyond explanation.

So can he live up to his name tonight?

We'll see. From Tokyo, here is Shoot.

Thank you very much.

Well, I would like to show you one of the classic magic, because classic magic

is really good stuff. So, I want to show you. This is what I learned a long time

ago. I was around 10, 11, 12 years old. I don't remember exactly.

Magician has four coins and four cards like this way.

It looks really fast, but hopefully you enjoy it. I have four cards and four

coins like that way. Okay.

So it's very simple.

I put card on the coin. You can see it. Count three.

One.

Two.

Three.

It's three.

Interesting.

When I was around 17 years old, I broke my left hand three weeks before the

magic competition in Japan.

But I really wanted the magic, so I...

tried to create one -hand magic with my right hand, but I was lefty.

So today I would like to show you one -hand magic with the right hand, exactly

what I did when I was 17, okay?

But I have two hands right now. Why I have to do it?

I know, like, why we don't try something more?

You know, like, maybe if I have two hands, why we don't try something more

we think?

I know. It's kind of strange because it's not 8 -coin magic. It's like a 4

2 -card, right? 4 -coin 2 -card and one hand and one hand. So now it's very

tricky because, you know, from center to right, you're going to see this side.

From center to left, you're going to see this side. Or if you want to, you can

see just one eye and one eye. So you can see 3D.

Okay. All right.

Simple thing is very hard. I just toss coin and catch, which is very hard.

Take coin. Just hold it. Just drop from here.

Just like that.

So now you can see it's 2 and 2.

Yeah, I know. It's very interesting.

Okay, let's try again. I just throw coin from here to there just like that. So

now it's gone.

3 and 3, right?

So now last thing is here.

I drop coin here. So very simple question from this side. When I drop

that, how many coin there?

Of course, it should be like 4 coin like this way. 1, 2, 3, 4. And how many coin

there? Of course.

As you know, it's a one, two, three, and four point.

So, what I can do, hopefully you like it. Thank you very much.

Technology seems to run just about every part of our daily lives now. So, if

you're anything like me, nothing really ever seems to work quite right.

Well, our next performer seems to have...

the same problem.

His solution is just as puzzling.

This is Chris Funk.

So I've been trying to create the perfect illusion since I was 16 years

Going a little further back, I've been trying to create the perfect song since

was four years old, and I realized that writing the perfect song and creating

the perfect illusion have a lot in common. So I want to share a little

with you right here, right now.

Of course.

All right.

Got to plug it in. I guess that would help.

There we go. Okay.

So, got a little looping pedal here. I'm going to lay down some music for you

live, and we're going to do the illusion to some live music. I've already taken

the liberty of creating a bit of a beat and a bass line. You ready for this?

Coming together.

And the last one to bring it all together.

And once you have that, That's when the magic can begin.

Hang on.

What if...

the amazing card wizardry of Nick Dopich.

Let's go into the audience right now and try to keep up with the fast -paced St.

Louis native magician who has never disagreed with himself.

Don't be distracted by the very deceptive Nick Dopich.

What's your name?

Denise. Pleasure.

Fantastic. And you are? Mark. Mark. All right. We're not going to pay attention

to Mark. We're going to pay attention to you, all right? So here's what we're

going to do. If you would here, I'll tell you. Go ahead and grab any card you

want.

Perfect. All right. Seven of spades.

Go ahead and write your name on the face of that card, if you would. Oh. Yeah,

you go ahead and sign that.

And what's your name again? Mark. Mark. I'm just going to grab the four aces out

of here that are surreptitiously next to each other. Don't worry about that.

Which of those two is your favorite? The heart.

You know what the heart is? Oh, you just decided that. Okay, good. All right.

Now, do you sign your card? Yes. All right. Fantastic. All right. Now, here's

what I want you to do.

Oh, that's nice.

Look at that.

I know. It's a solid signature, isn't it? That's really good. That's good.

Look at that. All right. We're going to get back to those in a second. We're

going to use the aces to find your card, okay? Does that make sense? All right.

One, you can find it directly just looking right at it. All right. Two, you

distinguish all the other cards around it, which makes your card stand out.

that make sense? Yes. Okay, good. I'm glad everybody's coming with me on this.

So, for instance, if I want to distinguish the four aces here, if I

distinguish these four aces from the rest of the deck, for instance, what I

could do is I could take those cards and I could pass them right to my hand like

that.

And then now we have four blue cards.

I know. I know.

I know.

Don't worry.

It's the age of the smartphone.

I know this isn't impressive yet. It's okay. We're going to get there, though,

okay? But I can find them whenever I want, all right?

Now, Ma, which suit did you say your favorite was? The heart. The heart.

So now we want to distinguish that one, for instance. So, for instance, we go

like this, give it a snap.

Now we go like this. Now we still have our four customers.

But now we've distinguished the ace of hearts by making it a red one. Oh.

Ah. So now I can find it.

Face up, face down, it doesn't matter. Whichever way I want to find it, I know

exactly where it's at.

Now, if I want to distinguish the ace of hearts even further, we wave it across

the pack, give it a snap, and we distinguish the ace of hearts by turning

into... What?

Denise's sign.

It is the only red card. Absolutely.

I know, right?

Science! All right, good. Fantastic. We got that. Okay, good. Thank you very

much, Denise. But we'll bring it back to that in one second. Here's what I'd

like you to do, sir, if you would. Mark, just go ahead and grab any cards you

want. All right, good.

Fantastic. All right, show it around to everybody.

Okay. Do you want to change your mind?

I do not.

Okay, good.

All right, now here's one. It's okay, I can see it. Go ahead and scribble on the

back of that for me. Just write, sign your name, draw a picture, whatever you

want to do.

All right, good.

Yeah, I know, look at that.

So we have Mark's card, sign on the back. We have Denise's card, sign here

the face.

All right, now, Denise, take those cards. I want you to cut them. Just cut

wherever you like.

Okay, good. Now, fantastic.

We're going to place your card exactly where you cut.

Complete the cut, please.

All righty, and now, Mark, it's up to you.

Let's see if you can find Denise again.

All right, say stop whenever you want.

Stop. I can go further if you like. Go further. Go further.

Stop. Right there?

Is that exactly where you went?

I'm going to mark it exactly where you stopped me. Fair? Fair. Is that fair?

Fair. That's fair. Okay, good. Fantastic. All right, so now no sleight

no tricks, no nothing.

Mark has stopped me at any one of those cards. He stopped me at this card right

there.

Let's see if Mark found it.

No.

No.

No! There you go.

Absolutely.

You guys found each other before you even met.

Mark, thank you so much. You take that home. You can frame it, tear it up,

whatever you want to do. Thank you all very much. I appreciate it. Thank you

guys very much.

May win.

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

Our next performer brings an extraordinary illusion to life.

right before your eyes. Please welcome Mae Brown.

Well, that's all the magic we have time for tonight.

But there's plenty more next time. We hope you'll join us again. Until then,

Dean Cain.

See you next time.

Thank you.