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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 Cannon. Welcome to Masters of Illusion.

In the imagination, anything.

can happen but in real life the possibilities are limited right but

and there's physics but don't be so sure see if you can tell whether what you're

seeing is real or if you're just imagining it take a look

this is a farm a baby deer looking

for its mother Well, her mother's actually not very far away. Can you find

The artist found a way to look after the little one and protect it. Well, I

promise you, our magicians protect their secrets, and at the same time, they

find a way to baffle your brain.

You'll see.

Magicians seem to be able to get us through the most impossible things. I

know why we trust them so much.

Actually, I don't trust them that much. But would you be willing to follow?

Our next performer's instructions?

Hmm. Here is Kyle Marlette.

Hello.

That's what they did.

Dead?

Guys, I'm going to try a brand new thing for you guys. I've never done this

before, and I thought, what better way of doing that than on national

on The CW? Is that okay?

I don't want to do this. I need someone to help me.

Someone who looks nice.

You look nice. Hello. What's your name?

Me. You want to help me?

Let's give a huge round of applause.

Good thing right over here. Nice to meet you. Have you ever done magic before?

This is your big debut?

You're very excited. Okay.

So we're going to try a trick together. I've never done it.

You've never done it.

If we mess up, they can't get mad.

Right?

Right. So all you have to do is follow my instructions exactly, and everything

is going to go great. So I have a newspaper here for you, and I want you

it just like that in your right hand.

Okay? Perfect. Hold it in tight.

Let's try that.

Just when you think you've seen God, a magician comes along who changes all the

rules. Pay attention to the masterful manipulations of Ed Alonzo.

The impossible is made possible by Matthew Levin.

Ever been to one of those sporting events where they shoot t -shirts into

crowd? Well, I knew it was only a matter of time before a magician would get the

idea to turn it into an illusion.

Enjoy the t -shirt cannon madness of Matthew Levin.

Thank you.

I'm really excited because I want to try something fun with this t -shirt on.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm so sorry.

Lisa and children, my assistant, Maria.

Wow.

Let's try that again. Time to reload.

Reload. T -shirt.

T -shirt.

Ramrod. Ramrod. Who wants a t -shirt?

Who wants it? Pretty cool. Let's see.

And... Wow.

Oh, yeah.

These things are so much fun.

And the cool thing is, they can shoot other stuff, like candy, confetti, even

playing cards.

Let's try something fun with this deck of cards and the T -shirt cup.

For this, I'm going to need the help of a few random people from the audience.

Let's see.

How about the three of you? Would you mind helping me out?

All right, we're going to start over here.

Here's what you're going to do. I'm going to ripple through the cards, and I

just want you to tell me when to stop.

Right there?

Sure? Cool.

Grab that card.

The next one will be yours.

And with your card, we're going to do something a little special.

Let's see.

We're going to tear the corner.

Off of your card.

To make it different from all of the rest.

Let's see. Right there.

Cool.

Hold on to that if you don't mind.

I'll take your card. You looked at it and memorized it. You got that?

Cool. Alright.

I'll take your card.

You looked at it. You know it.

Perfect. Cool.

Three random people.

And three freely chosen cards.

Remember those cards.

Hopefully, we'll see them again.

To start, I'm going to load this rag into the gun to keep the blast from

blowing these cards to bits.

Next, the deck of cards with the three chosen cards.

In a moment, Mario will aim the gun at my face and pull the trigger.

To further cushion the blow. I'm loading this soft t -shirt into the gun as

well.

Once again, do not try this at home.

When the gun goes off, the cards will be flying at my face at almost 200

miles per hour.

So my mom told me to wear these safety glasses.

So this.

It's for you, Ma.

Maria, take your position.

On the count of three.

One.

Two. Ah!

Ah! Whoa!

What happened on three?

You missed my bell.

Weird.

Wait a second.

I caught three cards on the t -shirt.

I even caught the actual t -shirt.

Pretty good, right?

It worked out!

But are they the right cards?

Starting off, what card did you choose?

The three of hearts?

The three of hearts.

What card did you choose?

The eight of hearts?

The eight of hearts.

And the lady with the torn piece.

Would you join me up here?

Huge round of applause for her. She makes her way up to the stage.

What's your name?

Carissa. Carissa, nice to meet you.

Carissa, is that the card that you chose right there?

Yeah. It is? Okay, good start.

Can you remove it from my T -shirt? Start at the corner right up there, and

should just come right off.

What?

Wait, hold on.

I can't get it.

There's no way.

Your card is, like, embedded into the fibers of my T -shirt.

But there's a corner missing.

You have that torn piece?

That piece fits. That'd be amazing.

A perfect match.

Thanks for helping me out. You can grab that.

Huge round of applause.

Thank you all so much.

Next, an impossible prediction by Angela Funavit.

Our next performer is not only an accomplished mentalist, but also a

physician. And now, just for the fun of it, here is Angela Funavit.

Have you ever wanted to freeze a moment in time?

Yes.

We all have times that are meaningful to us. And what I actually want all of you

to do right now, each of you, is think of a time in your mind, like a time that

you would see on the face of a clock, but a time that has some personal

significance to you.

Maybe the time someone was born or the time some other major life event

happened.

And just nod your head if you can think of something like that.

Good.

So what is your name?

Molly. Molly?

Everybody give Molly a round of applause. Come on up here.

Okay. And Molly can come right around here.

So, Molly, you're thinking of a time that I couldn't possibly know, correct?

Yes. Before we go any further, I'm going to write something for you.

I just want you to close your eyes and envision what this time would look like.

If you did see it on the face of a big cloth. And also the significance to you.

Okay. We're not going to get to that just yet.

I need another volunteer. So you, would you come up and join me?

All right. You can open your eyes, Molly. What's your name?

Savannah. Savannah, nice to meet you.

Okay, so.

I have here with me, this is actually something very special to me. My husband

bought me this little pocket watch for me when we were on our honeymoon in

Paris. And I'm just going to open it up. I'll pull this stem out. Go ahead and

spin the dial a few times. Just make sure everything's working properly.

It's a beautiful watch, right?

Savannah, you're going to look into Molly's eyes.

The two of you are going to form a connection. I'll have you take your left

and just pinch the side of the watch there.

And go ahead and start spinning the stem.

Look at her as you do that. Come a little closer.

There's going to come a time when it feels right to you to stop.

When you feel that it's right to stop, I want you to go ahead and do it, but

only when it's right.

Right there?

You sure?

Go ahead and push in the stem.

There you go.

Okay.

So, Molly, what was the significance of the time that you thought of?

That was the day that I got married.

The day you got married?

Mm -hmm. Okay.

And for the first time, what were the numbers?

Can I say? I'm good to say? Okay.

352. 352, so 352.

352, yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Now... This I appreciate, but that's my job. I had nothing to do with this.

You stopped where you felt it was right?

Go ahead and take a look at where you stopped.

What does it say?

352.

352. Is that 352?

Yes.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Laughs and the unbelievable talent of Lefty.

From Las Vegas, our next performer loves to reveal his magic through a story.

Tonight, with a beautiful love story.

Please welcome Lefty.

Good evening. For this routine, I need to borrow someone from the audience.

Would you mind helping me out? Come up on stage.

Give her a big round of applause as she comes on stage.

How you doing?

Come up right over here.

Perfect.

My name is Lefty. What's your name?

Vivian. Vivian.

You had said righty. That would have been really funny.

You see, when I'm not doing magic, I love going to the movies. And my

kind of movies are romantic comedy.

Why? Because the guy always gets the girl.

Mrs. Brady.

Wow.

That was amazing.

All of it.

And that's it for this edition of Masters of Illusion. So be sure to join

next time. Till then.

I'm Dean King. Good night.