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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 Payne, and welcome to Masters
of Illusion.

Matter and energy, time and space.

There are elements of the universe that
cannot change, that cannot bend, that

cannot break.

There are rules and laws to this stuff,
right?

But what you're about to see will
challenge even the most fundamental laws

physics. Deep, deep, deep, deep. I gotta
show you this. I just invented it. Time

machine, huh?

That's a time machine. Yes, I spent like
a minute on it.

And one magic marker. But it's a time
machine. For instance, look, empty

of wine, right? You put it in the time
machine. You just press this forward,

backward. You're going to go back in
time, and you'll have a full bottle of

wine. Should I press it? Oh, if you want
to press it. That's it?

Yeah, well, yeah. Actually, let me take
a look.

I went back too far.

I'm so sorry.

Yeah, that's... There you go.

I can't... I can't... I can't... That's
not how

I... Anyway...

What you're about to see is

nothing new.

But it is something a mere mortal
shouldn't be able to do.

Here's Kid Ace.

What's your name? My name's Alex. Alex,
thank you for joining us on stage

tonight, Alex.

Okay, so Alex, we're going to have some
fun. I'm going to try to make a

connection with you, okay? And we're
going to do that through book.

Now, I have two books. I have The
Invisible Man and The Legend of Sleepy

You may have read both of these books.

Neither. Okay, they're classics, but
that's okay. Someone has, you know.

You're going to choose a book that you
would like to continue with. Your

Invisible Man. All right, so you take
The Invisible Man. That's cool.

Go ahead. I want you to open that book
to a random page or a number that you

like, something that has significant
meaning to you.

Any page number you like.

Okay. And what page number is that? I
picked 64. 64. I have a playing card.

playing card has a hole cut out right in
the center of it. Now, I'm going to

show you guys at home, but also I want
you to see that.

In a moment, I'm going to place that
into page 64, was it? Yes. I'm going to

close the book. I'm going to run this
card down the book from top to bottom.

will say stop wherever you like. Okay.
When you say stop, I'm going to open the

book, and hopefully we isolate one word
in that cutout. Okay. Cool. So open that

book.

Which side is 64 on this side? That's
great. That's the page with the most

writing on it. So I'll hold it like
this, and I'll keep it sticking out the

so our audience can see and you can see.

directly on it, wherever you feel
comfortable.

Stop. Right there. All right. Do you
want to go up, down, or commit to that

position? I'm going to commit.

All right. I'm going to open this book.

If there's a word there, just memorize
it. Don't say it out loud. You got one?

All right, I'll keep it here in case you
need to call back to it.

Now, what I'd like you to do is reach
out. This is your left. This is your

because now you're open. Now we can
really pick up some vibes. Think of the

first letter of the word. You just
stopped that. You got that?

Okay, perfect.

I'm going to see if we can do this. I
like the spirit finger.

First letter.

Now put on your best poker face.

All right, best poker face.

Think of the last letter.

You're doing great.

I think we're almost there. Imagine the
word in front of you, the entire word

that you just stopped at. Just imagine
it. We're going to go right through

Done.

That's it.

For the first time, what I'd like you to
do is say the word you stopped at.

Popular.

That is correct.

It is?

This was my prediction.

You see?

This may look like a bad fraction to
you, but it has some meaning.

Five, five, eight over seven.

There's another book I didn't disclose I
had on this table.

Now, I could have simply just wrote
popular because I felt that vibe, but I

wanted to leave you with a moment you
surely wouldn't forget.

And that book I have is a Webster's
Dictionary.

There are thousands and thousands of
defined words in this dictionary.

You're going to take that dictionary.

You're going to open the page 558.

Open that dictionary 558. And when you
get there, I want you to take a moment

because I put seven on the bottom for a
reason.

Count seven defined words up. I
highlighted.

What's the word?

It's popular.

It's popular.

And that's a prediction.

Yes. Thank you so much.

Make your way back to your seat, and you
can cheat that dictionary if you like

for a souvenir.

Take note. Our next magician has a
pretty interesting card trick planned

Here's Trino.

Thank you so much.

I have a wonderful assistant here, and
your name is?

EJ. EJ, great to meet you. Thank you so
much for volunteering.

We are going to do a card trick today.

All right.

It's pretty easy, EJ. I'm just going to
spread the card like this. I'd like you

to touch the top of one and go ahead and
pull it out.

Do this one. Yeah, take it right out of
there.

And EJ, if you would, write your name.

Or EJ.

Nice and big on the face of that card,
if you would.

Done. Wonderful.

I'll take the card back. We'll show it
to the camera here.

EJ, sign selected card. Now, the only
card in the entire world that looks

exactly like that, we're going to cut it
into the deck and set it right there.

EJ, I would like you to think about your
card and send it to me with your mind,

into my mind. I'm going to read your
mind, and I'm going to write down your

on this Post -it now. All right. Ready?

Here we go.

All right.

Perfect. And EJ, the name of your card
was?

The Queen of Hearts. The Queen of
Hearts. And I wrote down your card.

That's okay.

That's okay. Some things are just for
me, EJ.

The sticky note.

We are going to stick the sticky note
right on the back here.

Now watch. If you watch the sticky note
here, just like this.

Vanishes. And ends up one card in the
deck.

And that is EJ's sign, Queen of
Diamonds.

That's what I meant to say.

Hold back.

Thank you, EJ, so much for your help.

Keep your eyes on the screen and your
hands on your wallets.

Here's Nick Dopich.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank
you very much.

I'm going to let you in on a little bit
of a secret here in magic. One of the

things that you'll notice magicians we
tend to do is we tend to over -explain

things. We tend to take very simple
objects and we over -explain them almost

a fault. But that allows us to lull you
into a false sense of security, which

allows us to do all of our magic.

Without further ado, there's no way
around it, so let's just hop into it.

This right here, we're going to do a
coin using a candy half dollar. Have you

ever seen one of these sports? You
haven't? Well, let me tell you all about

especially this one in particular.

It's a very special one. This one right
here has a candy sports shirt on it. It

was made in 1993.

Half dollars are worth two quarters,
five dimes, 11 nickels. Nobody's doing

math.

However, like a really cool thing about
these is the weight. If you wanted to

check on, ah, look at that, and we're
off. We're off. You thought it was going

to take a while, but it didn't.

I know.

However, we have to get that half dollar
back. So we have to get the half dollar

back using my ring.

We're just going to use my ring to try
to get this half dollar back. Now,

normally I'd use one of your rings.

However, some people get mad at that
because most people's rings are usually

worth a lot more than 50 cents. I know.
People get angry at that. They just get

mad because you had a ring. Now you got
50 cents.

Now we have a coin. Now we're missing
the ring. That's the problem with this

trick. You're always missing one of the
two things. But which one would you

rather have? You'd rather have the ring.
So we're going to find the ring back

here. Just very, very quickly.

Just like so.

And we can get a jump right back onto
the finger. And that's how you leave 50

pence. But you still have your ring.

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
Thank you very much.

The always amazing sleight of hand of
Johnny Ace Palmer.

When we come back.

This next illusion has really been.

Bugging me.

I don't know how he does it.

Here's Johnny Ace Palmer.

I'm Johnny. I'm Heidi. I'm Heidi.

I'm Johnny. I'm Angela. I'm Angela. Nice
to meet you.

This is a new trick. I haven't gotten
all the bugs out yet.

Please notice when I push a drawer in,
the other drawer goes out.

That's not magic. That's physics.

But it still works when I put something
solid.

like a credit card in between the boxes,
and push one drawer in, the other one

goes out.

See? It works also when I put it on the
side perpendicular like this,

or like this on top.

Even between my fingers it works.

Heidi, will you cup your hands for me,
please? Thank you.

Notice, they're just boxes.

Look, Angela, nothing inside.

See?

When I put them back in, let's see if
it'll work. I don't know if it will or

not. Angela, will you put your fingers
like that and push that drawer in?

It does.

Thank you, Heidi and Angela.

The only way I can get them to stay in
is if I put the bugs back in, and then

they stay shut.

Thanks for your help.

epitome of elegance and international
panache.

Our next performer is none other than
Nathan Phan.

Yes, hello!

Excellent. All right, so I've got a card
trick for my three new friends here,

Dan, Sonny, and Chris, correct?

Got a card trick, but it's going to be
slightly different, all right? Here's

what's going to happen. I'm going to go
through the cards, and I want you to say

stop any time you'd like. Let's start
with you, Chris. Just say stop. Stop.

Excellent. Go ahead and take a look at
the card, memorize it. You got it?

Excellent. And if you do want to help
out, make sure the card's memorized,

that's fine too.

Go ahead and, Sonny, say stop for me.

Stop. Right there. Take a look at the
card. You've got the card.

Fantastic. And for the last, we'll go,
we're running out of cards, so say stop

for me anytime you can. Stop. Right
there. Take a look at the card.

Memorize it. You've got the card. You've
got it memorized.

Fantastic. Now, here's the deal.
Normally, at this point in the card

you'd hand out the deck that you
shuffled, or I would shuffle the card,

you'd be very unconvinced that the cards
are truly shuffled. So, to make sure

that it's completely out of my hand, I'm
going to take the cards, and I'm going

to put them inside this cocktail shaker,
and that is how we are going to shuffle

the playing cards, like this.

My favorite part, just that sound.

Excellent. All right. And so now if I'm
able to reach inside the deck here, and

if I'm able to pull out somebody's
selected playing card, let's say we go

I think we've got a playing, who had the
Jack of Diamonds? Was that you, Sonny?

Yes, it was. There's Sonny's card.
Excellent. So now if I'm able to reach

here once again, if anyone wants to see,
there's no little gremlin or anything

inside helping me out. If I'm able to
reach in here, if I'm able to fish out

another playing card, how about this one
right here? Whose is that? Is that?

Dan's over there. Excellent. There's
Dan. Three of diamonds.

And for the very last playing card, one
more time. We're going to take the cards

and shuffle them up.

And this time, I could absolutely reach
in here and pull out your playing card.

Instead, here's what we'll do. I'll
reach in here and pull out a bunch of

that are not yours.

I know none of these are yours. In fact,
I'll reach in here and pull out the

rest of the cards that aren't yours,
which I believe would be all of these.

Leaving me with one single playing card
inside the cocktail shaker.

The five of clubs. Your card, yes?

Is that right? The five of clubs? Yes?

Excellent. There it is. All three
playing cards selected and found. And I

I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I
think that trick was pretty good. I

think I deserve a break.

Next, is your mind able to keep up with
the antics of Dan Sperry? After this.

Our next performer is fond of the
classics, a real student of his craft,

definitely has his own style.

Let's hear it for Dan Sperry.

A challenge to technology by Trig
Watson.

Up next.

Get ready for a little bit of Inception
from our very own Trig Watson.

Okay, we hope you enjoyed this edition
of Masters of Illusion. I know I

certainly did. Be sure to join us next
time. Until then, I'm Dean Cain. Good

night.