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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.

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

So, fact or fantasy?

That's the game we are about to play as we watch and try to figure out what is

real and what is just pure illusion, performed by our masters of illusion.

Now, it always baffles me, and I think that you'll agree, it's truly amazing.

So are you ready to be amazed?

Me too.

This one gets me every time.

The first time I look at it, I see four blocks of wood.

The second time I look, there are only three.

How many do you see?

Count them again.

There are only three.

Well, something I promise you can count on is that our magicians tonight, they

will confuse your mind.

Now, the always classic trick of sawing a woman in half, but with a new twist.

This is a very innovative young performer from San Francisco. Ladies and

gentlemen, please welcome Alex Ramon.

The most famous illusion in magic is sawing a woman in half.

A long time ago in the days of vaudeville, there was a magician named

Jarrett. Now, Jarrett was a kind of genius, and he hated the illusion

realized there's only two possible ways to saw a woman in half, either the lady

moves or the blade moves.

And then Jarrett had an epiphany.

He discovered a third way to perform this illusion and recreated for the very

first time Jarrett's ominous invention.

Now, some of you may be thinking, this almost looks big enough for someone to

fit inside.

And you'd be wrong.

It is big enough for someone to fit inside, and that lovely someone is, of

course, Miss Megan Doyle.

You're about to see something even I think is impossible.

Thank you.

for the second element, the blade.

Here's the blade with no trapdoor. And obviously, it's real.

past three minutes, you just witnessed what some magician said was impossible

for the past 80 years.

Is there a third way to solve a woman in half?

Is there a third method?

From Texas comes our next performer, a young magician who began touring the

United States at the age of 17.

His fast -paced humor makes him both a popular and creative magician.

Please welcome Eric Eaton.

I'm going to do a trick involving a beach ball.

I'm going to throw this beach ball out. If it comes to you, please catch it.

Whoa, I didn't even see you there. Perfect. Hi, what's your name? Carly.

No way.

That's my mom's name.

I'm just messing with you.

Carly, in a deck, I have red cards and black cards. Which one would you like?

Red. Red. Perfect, Carly. Can I get you to throw that to someone else?

Oh, wow. One row back.

That's not obvious. Hi, what's your name?

Kristen. Kristen. No way. That's actually my mom's name.

No, Kristen.

Now I have hearts and diamonds. Which one would you like?

Diamonds. Diamonds. Ooh, expensive.

Kristen, can I get you to throw that now to someone else for me, please?

You, sir. What's your name?

Luca. Luca.

No way.

That's my mom's name.

Luca, now in diamonds, I have face cards and number cards. Which one would you

like? Number.

Number card. Perfect. Can I get you to throw that one more time?

Yeah, adds up. It's a big ball. You can't miss it.

Hi, what's your name, sir? Sean. Sean.

Now, in number cards, I have high and low numbers. High numbers would be 6

through 10. Low numbers would be 2 through 5. Which one would you like?

High. Throw that one more time for me.

All right. So now in high, I got 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Which one would you like?

Perfect.

Everyone give him a round of applause as he makes his way to the stage.

Come on up here.

Good. I'll take this.

Now, in full view this whole time.

I have actually had a deck of cards.

And you guys aren't going to believe this, but somewhere in this deck, I

actually have the six of diamonds.

Thank you. That doesn't seem to impress you.

Let's step it up.

This beach ball has been in full view the whole time. Can we agree?

It went to several different people. You guys got to pick who it went to,

correct? Yes.

Check this out.

Can I get you to come over here?

And can I get you to reach inside there? Is there anything inside there?

Check that out. Pull that out. Show them what's inside.

A card. Show them. What card is that?

The six of diamonds.

Thank you.

Thank you, guys.

The impossible is made possible by Paige Thompson.

In an art form traditionally dominated by men, our next performer learned her

craft as a magician's assistant.

After years of experience, she decided to combine her passion for magic and

performing. And now we have her here. Here is Paige Thompson.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I'm not just doing a card trick. It is mentalism.

I'm working on it, so it may not be great. But let me try. I have made a

prediction. In this deck of cards, I have made one card flip over.

Completely different than the other cards.

Crazy, right? I need somebody. I see somebody in the front row, pink shirt,

long. What is your name? The Horry.

The Horry.

Beautiful name. To make this random, you're going to point to somebody for

So this way, it's not my fault. Point to somebody you like, don't like, want to

meet, look pretty. I don't know.

Hi, Leopard Prince. What is your name?

Lily. Lily!

Do you wish to accept this challenge or pass it off?

It's not a hard thing, I promise.

Thank you.

Okay, great. Lily, here we go.

I'm not even going to have you pick a card. I just want you to put one card in

your brain. Let me know when it's there. Is it there?

Okay. Make it crazy. Not a joker. I don't have those. Maybe not an ace

everybody picks an ace. You got one in your head? Yes. Boom.

Lily, send it to me magically.

Whoa, that's good. I like that.

I don't know about that, but I'm fine. I'm getting it. I'm getting it. It's

coming. Yes,

it is right. I have made sure that one card is flipped over.

Your card.

Before I even opened the box, what was your card?

Five of spades. The five of spades. Oh, my God.

Are you sure?

Yes.

Like, for real?

Yes. You know what?

Okay.

Well, you see, Lily, now, it looks like I failed, but you know what?

I didn't mess up, because these cards are the only different cards from the

whole deck. So the aces, they actually are marked on the back. They have a

little message.

The message starts with the five.

Back in our audience, our ambassador from Las Vegas has a quick surprise for

Here is Marie Satcha.

So, I love random tricks. This one I came up with during breakfast. Having

breakfast, having my orange juice.

And I want you to help me. Tell me your name.

Ashley. Ashley. Ashley, thanks for helping me. I thought orange juice was

-calorie. And I found out it's not.

But my orange juice is low -calorie. You know why?

Why? Because I said so.

So I'm going to...

I'm going to pour this orange juice into the cup just like so. I'm going to fill

up the cup a little bit. Yeah, pretty much.

And that should do it right about there.

Can you hang on?

Yeah, thank you very much.

Boy, it's pretty cool, yes?

Yes. I'm going to do it very carefully.

My orange juice is so low -calorie, it's almost invisible.

Now, check this out.

No, it really is.

No, no. Please tell me it's not low -calorie. Come on now, people.

Look at that. Mm -hmm. Yep.

And that's my orange juice right there. Thank you for your help.

And now, it's to you.

There you go.

Next, the amazing card wizardry of Sean Jones.

Our next magician is very difficult to keep up with. He is the epitome of the

hand is quicker than the eye.

Please enjoy the deception of Sean J.

I'm going to give you some cards in a moment. I'm also going to use this box

here. Now, I have a dry erase marker, and you're just going to do this so you

can experience this yourself.

Just make a little mark on that box.

Just make a squiggle.

You notice that once it dries, you can wipe it away really easily. It doesn't

move until you touch it or something with your finger.

So we're going to try this. Can you put the cap back on?

I'm going to have you do this whole thing.

52 different possibilities.

52 different possibilities. Now hold up your finger.

You're just going to touch the back of any one of these cards that you like.

Which one here? This one?

Not this one. If you would have gone one further, it would have been the Jack of

Diamonds, but it's not that one. You want this one here. Take a peek at that.

Remember that?

I'm going to show the rest of the audience. Y 'all can see that?

Remember that card.

Remember that card. Now.

We're going to try a little experiment here. May I see that?

Actually, I'll have you do it again.

Just make a little dot just like right there.

There you go.

I'll fill in a little more so everybody at home can also see this.

I'm going to check this out. We're going to try hold up.

Your right hand again with that finger.

This is crazy if this works. I don't know if it's going to work.

But I want you, in a moment, you're going to touch my finger. When you do, I

want you to watch that squiggle of ink on the box.

Okay? See the card. Imagine the card traveling from your mind down your arm

the end of your finger. You're going to send that card to me.

Okay? You're going to send it to me.

It's going to make sense in a second. Watch.

Three, two, one.

Watch the ink on the box.

Watch the ink on.

The box, as it slowly starts to make its move,

ever so slowly, follow the path and see

your card come into view. You're actually going to see, it looks like a

there and a diamond.

Do you see a seven and a diamond?

Yes, I do.

Was the card, ladies and gentlemen, the seven of diamonds?

Our next illusionist is unique and combines his gift of blending the use

understanding of the Internet and quick deception.

For him, there is no difference between fantasy and reality.

Hmm. This is Leon Etzner.

Now, the impossible is made possible by Chris Funk.

Magic evolves within time, and so do the performers who perfect this art. One of

the most talked about contemporary performers in the world is refreshingly

different. Here is Canada's Chris Funk.

Here is Imani from our live studio audience.

Imani, I've got a question for you. Have you got something that we could use to

write with in a moment, like a pen or lipstick or eyeliner, mascara, something

like that? I might. Okay, go ahead. I want to try something right now using

time. You see, time is an important thing. It affects us all. A lot of

think that we don't have enough time or we have too much time. You have

something. Awesome.

Imani, you can put your purse down. I want you to think of a time.

Okay, I want you to think of a time, and you're going to actually put it right

here on my hand. I want you to write it right on the palm of my hand, Imani. Can

you do that? Go ahead.

Okay.

Oh, wow.

This is the weirdest thing. 8 .15 a .m. My hand has been like this the entire

time. Yeah. You got to watch.

It doesn't work.

I just wear it because it looks cool.

It is very cool. You see, it actually stopped working at a very specific time.

You wrote 8 .15. Yeah.

And if you look at my watch, you'll notice it stops at 8.

How much

praise can you

bestow on a performer and still feel like it's never enough?

Well, from Holland, here is probably the best illusionist in the world.

Hans Klok.

For this edition of Masters of Illusion, we hope you'll join us next time for

more amazing magic.

Until then, I am Dean Cain.

Thank you for watching.