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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.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

I'm Dean Payne, and welcome to this special holiday edition of Masters of

Illusion. Now, everybody knows the most festive season of the year is already

magical. But we're about to make it even more.

Ding, ding. We're going to stay here for a second. That's a rope rack, finally.

So remember, I was telling you how Santa, he's got the magic in his bag

allows him to carry a bunch of presents, right? Yeah, of course. I was talking

to him because I wanted to be able to hear. Can you hold out your hands for

Just hold that. Perfect. So I wanted to be able to utilize the same kind of

magic in my show and be able to have a whole bunch of presents. And this way, I

can carry around a whole bunch of presents.

and not have to worry about as much space because my car's not that big. So

I can have as many presents... I can have a bunch of presents and carry them

around and it won't take up all the space in my car. Isn't that cool?

That's really cool. You can keep the bag. Can I keep that bag? Absolutely.

can fit at least five more in there. Thank you, Nathan.

Think of your favorite Christmastime characters.

There's Santa, Rudolph,

the Grinch, and for many, The snowman.

Well, here's a little something involving that very popular Frozen

And I'm not talking about the magician.

He's not Frozen.

He's Rob Lake.

Merry Christmas. This holiday season, we are going to show you the secret to one

of my illusions. Now, to learn the secret, you have to watch an illusion

the back. Let me show you what this one looks like from the back.

Don't tell anyone.

So you are watching from the back, and I will perform as though the audience was

in front of me here. Now we're going to start things off by showing this box

here completely empty.

Empty.

And now we have to cause a little bit of misdirection so that we can show this

box on this side completely empty as well.

Also empty.

And one more time, a little bit more misdirection.

Just like that.

Now that we've proven the boxes are completely empty, we're going to combine

them together.

Just like this.

One, two.

Empty, completely empty.

And that is how we make the magic happen.

Merry Christmas!

When you were a kid, did you ever ask Santa or your parents for a puppy?

I did.

Well, we don't always get what we ask for, right?

However, I think we can make that Christmas wish come true right now.

At least for a few minutes.

Here are the clairvoyants.

Thank you so much. And tonight we have one assistant from the audience. Hi.

is your name? Faith. Faith.

Tonight we will introduce you to our newest team member.

Ladies and gentlemen, here it is, Mr. Coney Hondini.

Hi, Coney.

Oh, yeah, he's already, he's ready for it. Here, Coney, that's for you. He

being on stage, actually, yeah. Yeah, he can do a lot of tricks with the magical

freak. He can do stuff like this.

Okay, yeah. Down.

Down. Or in action movies, he's doing things like, bang, bang, bang.

Stay. Yeah, that was like Die Hard Part 9, I think.

Oh, yeah, okay. Okay, go for it.

Or,

sit. I will show you his favorite role. Down.

Down. Perfect. Your favorite role.

That was his favorite role. Great, right?

You can't. You can't. Yeah.

And Tony, since he's in the show. Yeah, he got a lot of presents. And last year

he got a really interesting Christmas present, I would say. Bear with us.

Poor dog, he got this book.

A book about celebrity tales.

Tony, you like your present?

Yeah, he has to admit he loves celebrities.

Oh, so that's great.

But now, you know what?

Tony will try to read your mind.

Okay.

Tony, you're ready for it?

So do me a favor, Connie.

Look into her eyes.

Look into her eyes.

Oh, yeah, great. Good boy.

Good boy. Good boy, Connie. Good boy.

And, oh, do me a favor.

Look into his eyes.

Look into his eyes.

Yes. Good girl. Good girl.

I'm okay. I'm on a diet.

Oh, okay. You want to give it to Connie? Oh, yeah.

Thank you, Connie.

But maybe...

He already influenced you. Because here, in this celebrity fail book, there are

all together, Mick Jagger, Christina Aguilera, and so on and so on, 130

And now it's your job to select any page you like. It's totally up to you. Any

number between 1 and 130.

What would you like?

76. 76. Are you sure or you want to change?

I'm sure.

100%. 100%. 76 it is.

Let's see if Kony was able to influence you.

Let's see. 76. You don't want to have number 80?

No. No? That would be Mark Wahlberg. You don't want to have 30?

Chasey? No? No? No? Not 52?

Eminem? 54?

Justin Bieber?

Julia Roberts?

Sylvester Stallone? Number 60?

Wesley Snipes?

62, Cher.

64, Keith of Sutherland. We're coming closer. And 76.

Let us know. Who is 76?

Heidi Klum.

It's Heidi Klum. Oh, she loves Heidi Klum.

Yeah. For example, if you would have said 78, it would be?

Naomi Campbell. But you said no.

76, Heidi Klum. And maybe Kony was able to influence you a little bit. You see,

the entire time, here he has this little name tag.

And on the name tag, you can touch it. And great. It's his full name, right?

It says Mr.

Coney Humdini. Your full name, Coney.

And you've selected what was it? Heidi Klum. Heidi Klum. And on the back is her

favorite personality.

You can touch it. Is it engraved into the metal?

It is Heidi Klum. That's a little Christmas present from Coney to you and

round of applause. Thank you for helping out using the bag.

And ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Mr.

Tony Humphrey!

Masters of Illusion Special Holiday Edition will be right back after Ed

teaches me something.

Hey Dean, how are you? I have a Christmas ornament with a prediction

Name any playing card.

Eight of hearts.

Wow.

One card inside, and it is the Christmas

card. Two of clubs.

Hold on, I've got more.

I'm as confused as you are, but we'll be right back.

Santa has a huge job during Christmas. He loads up his sleigh and delivers toys

to boys and girls all over the world. It's an impossible job.

But Santa has special little helpers.

Elves. He couldn't do it without them.

Well, here is also a magic trick that couldn't be done without a little help.

Here's Chipper Lowell.

Hey, everybody.

Thank you so much. And give it up for Andrea, right?

Nice to have you here, Andrea.

We are going to do some magic using some playing cards, which nobody's ever done

on a magic show before.

I want to show everybody, though, that they're all mixed up, all shuffled up. I

think the camera can get a good look at that. But I also want you to take a look

as well, just to verify that they're all mixed up. Yes, thank you.

Excellent. Okay, now I'm going to spread them out face down like this. And I

want you to go ahead and choose any card. Slide it up against yourself so

nobody can see it. So tell me. and you've got one?

Do you have one split up there? Yes? Okay, good. I want you to go ahead and

at it, if you would, please.

Study it, memorize it, and then show it to the audience. Show it to the people

over there. Show it to the people over there. Once you've done that and you're

good, then hold it against yourself one more time before I turn around.

Are you good? Yes.

Excellent. Okay.

I'm going to have you put it right back into the deck. Anywhere you want, face

down. All right.

Is that good? Right there. Okay, excellent.

All righty, and we're going to cut the deck. Now, I am going to attempt to find

your card, but I've got to be honest, I don't really want to do it this time. I

have a special guest, a celebrity guest right here.

Look, it's a holiday elf.

Yes, and you know what its name is?

Elfie, because I don't have a vivid imagination.

Yeah, are you ready? Wave to everybody.

Hey, hi, hi.

Say hi, Elfie. Say hi. Okay, good.

Are you ready to do this?

He's ready. He's going to find your card, okay?

All right, we'll place you right here, Elfie, just like so.

I'm going to spread the cards out, and then you tell me which one it is, okay?

No, no, Elfie, wake up, wake up. He's been making toys all night. Okay, so I'm

going to spread through the cards. You just tell me which one.

You sure?

That one?

Okay, you sure? Okay.

In a loud voice, would you tell everybody what was the card you chose?

A four of spades.

Four of spades.

He did it! Yeah!

Give it up! Yeah!

High five!

Yes! Okay, great. What? What?

Oh, Elfie says he can do it again. Okay. Yeah, let's do this again. This would

be fantastic.

All right. Just like before.

Oh, he wants to do it blindfolded. Okay.

I'm going to put you in there, Elfie. There you go. Okay.

I'm going to spread these out. Go ahead and pick a card, if you would, and then

hold it against yourself.

All right, you got one? Yes. Okay, now, this time around, study it, but I don't

want you to show it to anybody, okay? So I'm going to turn my back again.

Tell me when you looked at it, you studied it, you memorized it.

Okay. Yes? Yes. Okay, excellent. Go ahead and put it back inside the deck,

anywhere you want.

You got it? Okay, great. We're going to shuffle these up just a little bit more,

and we are going to throw them randomly into the bag.

Elfie is going to attempt to grab it. Okay, here we go. You ready? Okay, here

go. Watch close. Yeah, what? Oh, okay. This has never been done before. Elfie

would like to do this blindfolded. Okay, so here we go.

Just like so.

Okay, all right, all right. What?

Oh, he says he got it. He says he got the card.

Oh, my goodness.

For the very first time, would you tell everybody what card were you looking at?

It was the nine of spades.

The nine of spades.

Elfie did it. Yes.

Fantastic.

Thank you so much. Take a big bow.

Excellent job.

Have you ever seen one of those snow globes that contains a little tiny

miniature Christmas scene inside?

They can be truly magical.

Some much more than others.

You'll see what I mean. Ladies and gentlemen, Trig Watson.

I love fun houses. These are great. This is a win.

Jarrett and Rajah, when we return.

Her

kids all

over the world waking up on Christmas morning is just about the most fun

have all year.

Well, what you're about to see might even be more fun than that.

Here now are Jarrett and Rajah.

Fun house? Yeah, I love fun houses. These are great.

Hey, Roger, you go in.

Who, me? Yeah, you.

No, no, no, no, no, no. No.

What? Put

your

hand out.

Your other hand.

Your feet.

Good.

Ready for this?

speaking to each other again.

The Masters of Illusion holiday special will be right back after Alex Ramone. I

have something to show you. In fact, this is actually a challenge.

Me versus you.

Challenge, let's go. I thought you would be.

These are your scissors, bud. This one's here. My friend, this is a snow

Christmas. Snow?

It's a snowflake -making contest.

Me versus you.

Don't be nervous.

Can I bend it? Can I do it? Yeah, of course.

I'm going to fold these up, and then you have 10 seconds.

To make a snowflake? 10 seconds to make a snowflake. We're going to see whose is

better. The audience, you'll decide.

I'm already cheating trying to follow what you're doing, but it's not working.

I'm just folding it. I know, but your fold's different. I don't know. All

I'm ready. Are you ready? I'm ready. 10 seconds.

Dean, on your go.

And go. Wait, you didn't even say on your mark. I wasn't ready. Okay, go. On

your mark, go. On your mark, go. You're already. All right, 10, 9, 8, 7.

Mine's not.

6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Stop.

I might have had one more cut in, but that was.

I'll let you. I'll let you. I'll let you. I'll let you. Go ahead. Open yours

first. Let's see how you did.

Yeah, mine looked like.

Like that. It's a zipper.

It's a Christmas zipper. If you need this, you can hang this from your tree.

right. We'll check mine out. This is my Christmas snowflake.

Let's see. How did I do?

You made Santa.

You can wear this.

You can keep that.

We'll be right back.

Next. And now, ladies and gentlemen, up in the air, into the south, so that I

can understand myself.

The magic of Christmas can always be enhanced by the right holiday music.

Here with a bit of magic and music is Ed Alonso.

I love playing holiday music.

Looks like I'm the little drummer boy.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, presenting Kanoe the

Christmas Elf.

Ah!

No one wants to wake up on Christmas morning and find a lump of coal in their

stocking or under the tree.

Unless you're this next magician.

Here again is Nathan Fann.

Hi, everyone.

Happy holidays.

I have something very, very special for you all. We're going to do the magic

appearing coal trick right here.

Up in the air, into the sack.

Yes, let's see for it did.

There is a piece of coal. Look at that.

Now it's time for the magic vanishing coal trick. So we'll take the piece of

coal and watch it vanish.

Gone! Absolutely.

Oh, no, it's still here. Sorry. We'll take the piece of coal and place it.

here. Take the piece of coal and place it. Take the piece of coal and place it.

End slow motion.

Take the piece of coal.

Put it in.

Oh, no.

Here, we'll just try to make it disappear inside the bath.

All right.

We'll just put that one there and we'll put this one here and we'll... Put this

one right here. We'll put this one right here. Maybe if I hold it higher up,

we'll put this one over here.

Nope, still not working. That's fine. Maybe if I hold it over here, we'll just

take the piece of coal and drop it in like that.

Perfect. So now that... Okay, so just drop that in there.

Yes. Yes.

All right.

I think we got the thing.

All right. I'm going to put this in here.

And we'll see if we can get all those pieces of coal to magically disappear.

I think it worked.

Let's see.

Uh -oh. Oh, no. Oh, no.

Oh, no.

That's all right. I swear I've been on the good list.

There we are. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

I predict that this Christmas, someone

is going to be getting some presents.

Pretty safe prediction, right?

Well, here with some holiday predictions of his own is none other than Murray

Socha.

Merry Christmas, everybody. I am so excited to be here. I have a volunteer

the audience. What is your name?

Marissa. Marissa, thanks for being here. I appreciate it. My favorite holiday of

the year is Christmas.

What's your favorite holiday? The Christmas?

I love Christmas. You do? So I got a cool Christmas trick. I've intended to

fun. You want to help me? You're cool with this? All right. So Danny has some

items that they're very close to my heart that...

Make me feel like Christmas is in my heart and my family. Photos I'd see

the house. I'm going to show you guys what we have. We have all sorts of

We've got a present right here, a Christmas present you can see.

All right. That's Santa Claus.

We have a gingerbread man.

We have a Christmas tree.

We have Rudolph the Red -Nosed Reindeer, which is wonderful.

We have a fireplace.

I always love a fireplace.

And a stocking, of course.

And, of course, Santa Claus. Now, I'm going to pick one of these myself.

You're not going to see it.

The audience, you will actually see what I choose, all right? So keep that to

yourself, all right? Let's have a look here. I think this is the one I want

right here. That's the one I want right there. Can you guys all see that? That's

going to be my selection, all right? I'm going to put that right on top.

Actually, I'm going to put it over here so the audience can see that it's right

there and it's not going to change. That's my selection. You guys know that.

Keep it to yourselves, all right?

And I have the same set of pictures as well right here. I'm going to go through

them as well. And you're going to select one, but you're not going to see what

you're going to choose. You're going to pick one at random, okay?

Let's have a look. We have the gingerbread man here, everybody. Yeah.

Yeah, excellent.

And then, of course, we have Santa Claus. Yeah.

And we got the stocking. Yeah, of course.

And then we have the fireplace, which we all love.

Yeah, very nice.

And, of course, we got Rudolph. So we got a bunch of them, right? Of course,

sorts of different ones we can choose and select from.

Marissa, you're going to choose one for me. As I go through, you can just say

stop whenever you wish.

Whenever you feel it, Marissa.

Okay, stop.

Right there? Okay, now do you want this one here or do you want that one? Which

one would you like?

This one or that one? I'll do this one. This one right here?

Okay. So we already know they're obviously completely different.

Don't look at it, but put it right against your chest, okay? Got it? Cool?

know what it is? You don't know what it is, do you? You sure?

Yes. Okay, all right, perfect.

Thank you, Dani. All right, we're going to see what our prediction is. I have

mine. Of course, she has hers.

And I'm going to see how close ours are together. And I'm going to take a wild

guess.

And I'm going to predict that I chose the same one that you decided to choose.

And you got a totally free selection, right?

Yes.

All right. Here we go. The one that you chose. Now, I'm going to say something.

You just peek at it a little bit. All right. You just say yes or no, okay?

So the image that you chose has green on it.

Yes. Yes?

Hey, so good.

It has red on it.

Yes. This is so good. I can't even stand myself.

It has a bow on it.

No.

Pardon me?

No bow.

There's no bow on it?

Like a big red bow?

No. There's no bow on it. Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Turn around. Let's have a look.

Show the audience.

Ha! It's a picture of me as an elf. You know why? I'm a magician.

Check it out.

Me as an elf, just like that.

That's how it works, people. Come on now.

Merry Christmas, everybody.

Have a good one. Take care. Thank you, Marissa.

We have Nick.

What a coincidence you're out here. I just ran into one of your family members

backstage. She wanted me to come out here and do a trick for you.

That would have to be my mom or my sister. Those are the only... I'm

is their name Candy?

Candy. Candy.

Because your dick can't yet.

Yeah, that's not right. We can move past that. Okay. All right.

Here's the whole point of these things. A lot of people have problems with candy

canes because usually you break them like this. Whenever that happens, you've

got these little extra pieces.

You've got to try to make sure you've got to hide them, you know, because that

way you've got to get rid of them. Hide the extra piece? You've got to hide the

extra piece. The way you do that, you just tap it a couple times like this.

can actually get it to completely and utterly.

Now, people think you hide it in your hand, but it's actually down here.

just to teach you a thing. All right. Now, I'll show you. I'll show you again.

You watching? Yep.

All right, good. It's all about the tap. You just tap it, just boom, and then

poof. Wait. That does not make sense. I did that backwards.

Wait. I can't hear you. That's where you hide the cane part of it. That's what

you want to do.

But we'll do this one more time for you.

You'll see how it works this time, all right? So you want to watch the candy,

not the cane. Watch the cane because the candy likes to travel up my sleeve

the exact same way the cane did.

And that's kind of how it works.

I know, right? But the problem is it's still broken. The problem is it's still

broken. Can you fix this? I'm going to run off the stage. No, no, no. You want

to go like that, and that way you can actually catch it just right back on

there. And then there's your holiday save. You fixed it. Thank you. I'm

off the stage.

We're going to throw them into the fire.

Yay!

Some holiday magic with you all.

Next.

A holiday season is a joyous time of year, but it can also be a little bit

stressful. Running around, shopping, making sure you don't leave anyone off

Christmas list.

And of course, spending lots of money.

Well, our next magician has a solution for that.

Check out Chipper Lowell.

Thank you guys so much. And big round of applause for Perez. Is that correct?

Yes. Awesome. You know, happy holidays, by the way.

During the holidays, we spend a lot of money, right, buying presents and gifts,

hams, turkeys.

I want to save you money. Does that sound good?

Always does. Yeah, okay.

Do you happen to have your wallet with you, Perez?

Yeah, I do. Okay, go ahead and bring it out if you would, please.

Excellent. I'm just going to borrow it for a second. It's okay. I'm a stranger.

All right, let's see. What do we got in here? Oh, driver's license. Oh, wow,

that's a good likeness. That's good. Oh, there's credit cards. Are you okay if I

just take a look at two of the credit cards really quick?

Is that okay? No, it'll be fine. We'll do that one.

And let's, that one. There we go.

Hold on to that. Put that away, because you don't want, you know, I'm a

stranger. Put that away.

Okay, let's take a look. And I am totally not memorizing these at all.

Okay, good. Now, I'm going to hide these. That way, you won't spend money

the holidays, and I'll give them back to you a couple months later, okay?

Trust me, this is going to be great.

I'm going to put them into a little baggie, just like so.

And we're going to seal them up.

There we are.

All righty. Now, of course, everyone can see through the bag, so we don't want

them to see that these are your credit cards.

So I have this cute little envelope.

So hold on to that for me. We're going to open up the envelope.

I'm going to have you stick that right down inside, if you would please. Just

tuck it in there.

There we go. Yeah.

All the way in.

Right about there.

Good. All right. Let's get it down in there. And now, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Mmm. Tastes like strawberry.

All right. So look.

Nobody knows that these are your credit cards. We'll put them right up here.

Look at that.

Except for the fact that everyone now knows because obviously that's where

credit cards are.

So we kind of have to hide it. So look what else they did. Look at this.

Yes. Look at that. We're going to put that there.

We're going to put that there, that there, that there.

Now nobody knows.

That one is the one that has your, well, I just pointed at it. So, okay, you

know what? Let me take these off, and we'll do this. We're going to mix them

okay? No, no, you're going to be fine. We're going to mix them up. That way you

don't know, I don't know, nobody knows exactly where yours is, okay, at any

given time. And we're going to put them randomly.

Let's see here. We'll put one here, and we'll put one here, and there you go.

No, you're fine. You're fine. Look at that.

Ta -da!

Nowhere. We don't know where yours is at all. Oh, there's a fun family tradition

that we used to play. A great game. You want to play this? Sure. Okay, get up to

the microphone, if you would, please. And I'm going to give you, let's see,

get to say three yeses or three noes. Okay. Three yeses or three noes. You can

say either one, but you can only do those.

And we're going to go down the line, okay? Okay. So into the mic.

Say hi to everybody.

Hi, guys.

Excellent. And now, stalking number one, yes or no?

Yes. Yes.

Okay. We're going to keep it. Stocking number two, yes or no?

No. No. Okay.

Stocking number three, yes or no?

Yes. Yes. Okay. We keep it. Stocking number four, yes or no?

Yes. Yes. Okay. That means that this one is a no and this one is a no, right?

Yes. Okay.

All right. You're absolutely sure because we're going to throw them into

fire.

Oh, that's right. It's a clock. Okay.

You know what? I have a better solution.

Yes. Look at that. All right. Look at this.

Isn't that nice?

Okay. There you go.

All the way in.

Very nice.

You know, they say it's a good thing to trade your credit card.

Yeah, yeah.

Okay. Now we are down to these three, and we are going to mix these up again,

just like so. And I'm going to place these out here, and I want you...

Okay. I'm going to put that one there, that one there, and that one there.

call these stocking A, B, C.

C. C. Okay. You sticking with it? C.

Okay. Okay. All right. Just want to make sure. Hold it right there if you would,

please. Don't move because these two are going bye -bye.

Yay!

Yay!

Okay. Why is everyone else smiling and you're not? Don't worry.

You're going to be fine.

Moment of truth.

All right. Tear that off. And would you reach in there if you would, please?

Go ahead and reach in and grab that.

All right. Take it out. And that, oh, that's not the cards. What's it say?

I owe you credit cards.

I owe you two credit cards. Yeah.

Oh. Oh.

You got the wrong.

Okay. Yay.

Okay. Hold on.

You know what? You deserve a prize.

There you go. Thank you so much. Have a seat.

No, okay, okay. Read that one more time. It says, read it out loud.

I owe you two credit cards. Oh, you owe me two credit cards. Oh, yes. Awesome.

Look at that.

Yeah!

You did it. That's your Christmas present. Give a nice hand, everybody.

your phone.

Thank you so much. You did fantastic.

One of the most popular activities in December is trimming the Christmas tree.

Now, even if your tree is quite small, you'll probably still want to put some

ornaments on it.

But what you're about to see is sort of that process in reverse.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Paige Thompson.

So in love, maybe obsessed is the proper word for the holidays. So I'm here to

share some holiday magic with you all. Enjoy.

We prepare something special for you.

Next.

Christmas cards are a great way to share sentiments of the season with family,

friends, and colleagues.

To show you how they do it, here once again are the clairvoyants.

The holiday season is right around the corner. That's why we prepared something

special for you But

today

It's not about playing cards

Today, it's about the most magical time of the year.

Where the family comes together.

Not only because of the presence.

Or the beautiful tree.

They come together because of love.

Happy holiday from us,

Tommy and Amelie.

from our family right to yours.

One thing people love about this magical season is all the fun holiday parties.

Who doesn't love a good holiday party?

Well, the first step to attending one is you've got to walk through the door.

Sound simple enough?

Or is it?

Let's ask Jarrett and Ross.

Merry Christmas. Ah, the magic of the holidays, Jared. Hey, I have something

show you. You do? Yeah.

Come here.

There's nobody here.

Come here.

Wait a minute.

Wow.

That's all I can say. I hope you enjoyed our special holiday edition of Masters

of Illusion. I know I certainly did. I'm Dean Cain. Thank you for joining us,

and Merry Christmas, everyone. Good night.

Now I get in my sleigh and I go...

Say hi, wealthy. Say

hi. Okay, good. Are you ready to do this?

This is actually a challenge.

A small sleigh making contest.

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays!