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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.

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

Now, when you see really good magic being performed, you might actually

whether the magician...

can alter reality.

I wonder that all the time on this show. It's people like Ed Alonzo right here

who keep messing with my mind. Hi, Ed. I just want to thank you again for

loaning me a little cash last month. I was a little short, so I brought it

There's nothing in there. Well, no, you have to put on the magic spray cleaner

like this.

And let me just give it a little wipe here.

Well, thanks for the... You're welcome.

All right.

I'll deal with that. And Alonzo, I like him a little more than I did a minute

ago.

A few more of these in here.

I won't take his money.

I'd like to, though.

Our first performer has worked very hard to get ahead in magic.

You'll see what I mean in this mind -bending illusion from Rob Lake.

Just watch.

Yeah.

As a kid, this next master of illusion practiced his craft for a very unusual

audience. Today, he brings that experience to life.

This is Shoot Ogawa.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Well, my name is Shoot, and this is

America, I guess.

So she's from an audience, so we're going to do magic together. It's quite

exciting. So today, I have a few things for you. I have these things here. It's

a glass of water. Okay, don't touch and don't drink.

Okay, and also, I use this thing. It's a small container, small box. We call it

coin box.

It's designed for coin magic. America, what is in it?

Coin.

Nope. I'm sorry.

It's a pebble from riverbed.

So actually, when I was young, around 10 years old, I studied magic.

But I really wanted to study coin magic, but I didn't have money. I went to

river and pick up pebble. Sometimes small fish was swimming, so I did magic

fish. Oh.

This is very important to clean and also keep it because, you know, sometimes

it's hard to find a really flat one. You know, that's why, like, I always clean

up like that way. So very important to have this kind of stuff because I always

imagine coin and try to study coin magic.

So now you can see this is here, right? And I need your help. Can I have your

first finger? Okay. And I put this top over here. You can see inside here.

Okay. And now I want you to slide this top and close it like that.

Keep it like that way. Be careful with the glass.

Okay, this is what I'm going to do. I just do it this way, okay?

Throw it, like that way. And when I do that... Did you feel something?

No. Okay, please be careful. Please open the top.

I know it's a small trick, but you know, it works also.

So now I use three coins here, and I want to show you right front of your

Hopefully you enjoy it, okay?

So three coins.

Okay. Could you put your finger on the top of the cake? All right.

Watch. I do this. Awesome. It's like that way. Just like that.

Like this. So now, gone. Like that. It's very simple, right? Okay. I'll try it

again.

One more time.

Like this.

Like that.

One. Two. I know.

They cannot hear. It's illusion.

And last one, it's very slow, just like that.

Like this. But it's all illusion. It was not really real. That's why I told you

it was a pebble. I mean, three pebbles like that way.

Of course, it was made of imagination. But do you feel anything?

How many in there?

No, you're lying.

Maybe. But I'm glad you're here. That's why I can perform and I'm glad you're

here because I can do magic show But I'm glad he's here because he's my friend.

Could you open the top?

So this is my magic and this is our moment and this is your

magic show, so hopefully you enjoyed it and thank you so much for your time

The impossible is easy for the masterful manipulation of the clairvoyants. When

we return.

They say hindsight is 20 -20, but our next illusionist can see even better

that. Here are the clairvoyants.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

When Amelie and I met for the very first time around 10 years ago, we figured

out that we already know each other since the day we were born. And that is

very long time.

But the really interesting thing is Amelie, she knows me so well that she's

to, let's say, feel what I feel. And sometimes even more. I know it sounds

crazy, but let us show you.

And therefore, we have a couple of random audience members here on stage.

you so much for helping out. Just for everybody at home, nothing is set up. We

don't know if that is correct.

Perfect. Great.

And just to make sure that there is, let's say, nothing in Amelie's ear, like

loudspeakers, cameras, or whatever.

Exactly. Would you do me a favor and check out if there is anything hidden

inside my ear, like earphones, something suspicious at all? No antennas coming

out? Nothing? Great.

Thank you.

I also brought with me a blindfold.

So maybe...

Just check it out. There's nothing inside.

No Wi -Fi.

No Bluetooth.

You can hold it against your eyes just to confirm. Can you see anything?

No. Thank you so much.

Are you ready?

I am.

Just going to blindfold Amelie for a second.

And I think you have a handbag with you.

Do me a favor. Come a little bit closer.

Open your handbag and take out any objects.

How about that? Leave it on my hand. Cool. Great.

Let's do this.

Okay, you already have an object on your hand, Tommy. I do think that it's

pretty light and small.

That must be chewing gum.

She tried it.

Is that correct?

Yes. And also, thank you, a scissor?

Something like a date?

The expiration date? Yeah, I do believe it's going to be July 2021.

Is that correct?

Yes.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

But now, everyone on stage, if you have anything with you, any object, any

items, whatever you have, pick it out, hold them up, but do not say what it is.

Yes, because that is my job.

Okay, we'll try this.

This object on your hand does feel, well,

it's soft.

I do believe it's something made of plastic.

But you can open it and there is something inside.

That feels like tissues.

Is that correct?

It is correct.

Okay,

now this.

That's a cell phone.

So the color.

It's white. Is that correct? Yes. Thank you, sir.

Tell me, do you have a shoe on your hand?

Yes, I do.

That must be shoe size number 13. You have number 13? That's exactly right.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Okay, let's take one more.

That must be a wallet.

So, Annalise, correct? It's your wallet?

Select any of your bills. Totally up to you. Take one out, $1, $10, $20,

whatever. I don't care, and place it on my hand.

Okay, let's try this.

Okay, you already have a banknote on your hand.

It's a $20 bill.

Please, so that is correct? Yes. Okay, Amelie, the impossible.

Everybody knows that there's a zero number on every single bill.

Unique in the world. That's exactly what I want to know from Amelie.

Okay, the first number feels like a six.

Correct. Then there's a three. No, it's a one.

Yes. The next one feels like a two.

Yes. Another two.

Yes. Four numbers left. There must be a zero.

Right. Good.

That's all correct. The last three. There is a three, a two, and a six.

Is that correct?

Your bill and the zero number, yes?

Yes. Yes, it is.

Wow. That's good.

Thank you so much.

Ladies and gentlemen, Amelie Fonsal. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

And tell me 10.

Thank you.

The impossible is made possible by Stuart McDonald. When we come back.

Some physicists believe mirrors lead to other worlds and other dimensions.

But what you're about to witness defies all laws of physics. Here are the

whimsical workings of Stuart MacDonald.

Thank you.

Up next, amazing is the only way to describe Eric Buss.

This next performance isn't just a display of the magical arts, but also

extreme athleticism.

Here's Eric Buss.

Thank you so much. I have an audience member up here on stage with me. What is

your name? Yi Xing. Yi Xing. It is Yi Xing. Thank you so much for joining me.

Question for you. Do you like rope trick?

Yes. You do. I don't. I'm going to do a card trick.

Is that okay? Yes. Good. This is a giant deck of cards so everybody can see

them. Yi Xing, what I'd like you to do is extend one of your fingers, keeping

mind it's a family show. Good choice in finger. You're going to tuck the back of

one of those cards and leave your finger there.

Perfect. Is that the one you want or do you want to change your mind?

That's the one you want. Excellent. Hold on to that card. Look at it. Show

everybody in the audience. I don't want to see it.

And then hide it from my view and stick it right back on top there and we'll

lose it into the center of the deck.

Perfect.

I'm going to try to find your card in a very interesting yet dangerous way.

For that reason, I would like you to stand right over here out of harm's way.

will find Yixing's card using this.

Pogo stick!

You just hold on to that and hop on.

No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

Holy cow.

I didn't think she was going to do it. They've never done that.

All right. I will find her card using that pogo stick. I'm going to bounce

through a little bit of glue.

Then I'm going to bounce across the cards. We're going to see what happens.

I'm not going to put glue on their stage. So I will be bouncing through a

tray that I built.

I put subtitles in case you can't see. Cards go on the card side right over

here. Spread them out.

Before the cards, I will be bouncing through the glue.

There we go.

All right.

To recap, glue, cards, pogo stick, moron. Here we go.

All right, I'll take this. You stay right there. You're doing great.

Here we go.

I'm 46 years old, people.

Kids, stay in school.

All right.

I almost owned a whole studio.

Hello.

Hello.

No hands, people.

I'm from Arizona.

Okay,

I'm getting tired.

Just catch me. Hold me up. Hold me up.

That's okay. Thanks.

All right. It's my break time.

Big finish.

Here we go.

The stage is moving.

Here we go.

Is that the card?

Is that it?

Oh, yeah. Yes!

And that's our show. I hope you had as good a time as I did. And I hope you

us next time for more magic.

Until then, I'm Dean Hale. Thank you for watching.