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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. Now, when you see

of the magic you're about to see, you'll probably ask...

How did they do that? And I can tell you the answer.

Very well. Because these are the masters of illusion.

You know, I noticed you're holding in your hand something. I was looking for

back foot.

That's a pin cushion. You know, I needed that pin cushion because the button was

loose for my performance later on, and I need to sew it. But you know, before we

do that, I want to tell you, magicians have to protect their fingers. And to

protect their fingers, they need a symbol. If you have one symbol, you

well have two symbols. If you put one symbol here, one symbol there, you go

this, you have, oh, you've got three symbols. You go like this, you've got...

Four thimbles. I'll tell you what. You know, let me put this one here.

If you've got thimbles, you also need thread. You need thread. But the most

important thing is pin pushing because I need one of these pins. Give me a

needle. Just pull one out. Just pull it out. It's not coming out right.

There we go. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.

Okay, that's a little bit. I'm going to need more thimbles to protect my hand.

Well, where did that come from?

Cool. Okay.

Thank you. Thank you.

Next up is an example of

how magicians can use their powers to cheat.

I'm serious.

Here's Murray Sartre.

Hey, everybody. How are you? I'm so excited to be here, and I love playing

games. We have a volunteer from the audience here. What is your name? Joe.

Jeff, thanks for being here. You play board games still? I do. It's kind of

right? So you and I are going to play a game. You're okay with that? Yeah, sure.

So it's a three -part game, okay?

So first of all, I've got a deck of cards, a jumbo deck of cards. I'm going

take these out.

And Jeff, I'm going to have you select the card for me, okay?

We've got all sorts of cards. You know, the huge deck of cards, you can all see

them, all different kinds of cards here. And I'm going to shuffle the cards. You

say stop whenever you wish. Sure, you look at it. The idea is for me not to

what the card is, okay? Okay. All right, here we go.

Right there? Great. Have a look at the card. Lock it in. Make sure you know

it is. You got it? You're sure?

Audience, have a look at that. The idea is for me not to know. That's the idea.

That's your job. That's all you got to do. You got it?

You're sure? Yep. All right. Very good.

Take these. I'll put those away. Next, I have a bunch of hair products. Very

excited. Shocking. Why would I have hair products? I wonder why.

I got all sorts of things. All right. I got bows and I got...

Little curlers and all sorts of things like that. So, Jeff, I'm going to have

you reach in.

Grab one of the items. The idea is for me not to see it. Show the audience.

We'll drop it back in. We'll put the bag away. Okay? So, sir, reach in the bag.

Anywhere. Reach nice and deep. I'm going to look away.

Okay? And close my eyes. I will turn around.

Okay? Once you've got something, I will turn around and show the audience.

Audience, have a look at what Jeff's chosen.

Have a good look.

Memorize the size and the shape of it.

If there's a color associated. You got that, Jeff? Got it. All right. Put it

back in the bag.

All right. Great. And we'll get rid of the bags. Don't even see where that

have gone. All right. So that's two.

Now, by your applause, have you ever played tic -tac -toe before?

Everybody. Of course you have.

It's a fun game. You can play it anywhere. With a napkin or a pencil

played it, right? Yes. All right. You and I can play tic -tac -toe, okay?

We have a board here.

Danny's brought this up. This is a clear board. It's very important that that is

clear, that you can see through that. It's kind of like our Hannibal Lecter

special. Check that thing out.

Jeff, does that not look like your neighbor looking at you across the way

you're doing your dishes?

Yeah. You should be so lucky. I know. We're going to put this up here so you

guys can actually see through it. And you and I are going to play tic -tac

We, of course, have the X's and the O's. Thank you, ladies. We have the X's

right here. Thank you.

And we have the O's right here. Thank you so much. And so you and I are going

play. Now, look, Jeff. It's my game. All right? And it's my board. So I'm going

to start. Okay? And I'm going to be the O's. You're going to be the X's. Cool?

Cool. All right. Here we go.

All right.

Here we go.

Where do you want to go?

Upper right. Right here? Oh, nice choice.

Very nice.

Here we go.

Like that.

Top middle.

Oh, up there. Very nice. Very nice.

Let's have a look. I'll go over there.

Very good. That's excellent.

Bottom corner.

Oh, over here. Yep. Oh, it's still pulling you. All right.

Perfect.

We'll do that there.

A little for the block.

Oh, there's no fooling you, is there? All right, fair enough. Okay.

And then, of course, we have that right there. Excellent. Big hand for Jeff,

everybody.

Thanks for nothing, Jeff. We just live 45 seconds on our lives and can never

back. You know, I find this interesting, though.

There's nine squares here. You can see that, obviously, right?

But did you guys realize that there is 255 ,168 different tic -tac -toe

patterns of nine squares? Do you know that? No idea. Pretty impressive.

Yeah, you can Google it. But you're watching us right now, so do not Google

yet. So check this out. This is actually only one of the 25 ,168, and you made

it. How do you feel about that, Jeff?

Looks great. Nice. Thank you for the overacting. I appreciate that, Jeff.

I don't know if you realize this. This is like a higher glyph.

Like, if you look, you know those things that need to be against the wall? If

you look at this, Jeff, and you look at it properly, this says your card, and

this says the hair item that you chose.

What did you choose? What card?

Seven of hearts. Seven of hearts. And what was the hair thing?

It was like a green bow. A green bow.

This says, if you look at it, the seven of hearts and the green bow.

Do you guys see it?

You don't. So here, squint a little more. No? Nothing? Here, maybe I can

you guys out. Check it out.

There you go. The seven of hearts and the green bow.

There. It is just like that.

See? You didn't even know you were so smart at Egypt and hieroglyphics, did

No, I didn't. Thanks, guys.

Psychic abilities have been recorded for centuries.

I'm just happy that these two used their powers for good.

Here are the clairvoyants.

Thank you so much. Thank you. And tonight, we want to try something very

Therefore, I have a simple cup.

A simple dice and a couple of audience members.

Hello, what are your names? Hi, I'm Lisa. Lisa, and? Hi, I'm Tyrell.

We'll try a little experiment. Maybe we'll start with Ty. I will hand you the

cup. Do me a favor. Put one hand on top.

Shake it.

Have a look and let us all know what number is on top.

Number one. Number one, okay.

Let's do it one more time. Shake it again.

You're going for it. Great.

Have a look, Ty. This time it's number four. Number four. A different number.

Getting better.

Do me a favor. We'll do it one more time, but a little bit different. Hand

top. Arms like this.

Shake it as long as you like.

You're done?

Sure?

Whenever you're ready, Ty.

Do me a favor. Look into the cup. We'll look away.

Remember your number.

You have your number.

Hand is on top of the cup.

Yes. Look into Amelie's eyes and count loud from one to six now.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Good. Hmm, Tyrell. I have the feeling you didn't

roll a low number.

I can hardly tell from your voice, but... There is still your faith. And I

that at the beginning you were pretty relaxed.

So it was not a one and not a two. It was not a highest. It was not a five and

not a six.

And I don't know if you realized it or saw it, but when you said number three,

there was like this slight movement underneath your right eye. So I think

rolled a three, didn't you? Is that correct?

Very correct. Can I have a look? Yes, it is. Number three on top.

Thank you.

That's amazing, Kyle.

That's how easy women can read man's mind.

Makes sense. Makes sense, yeah.

But what if we try it the other way around? So, Tommy, you are reading the

of a woman you've never met before. I would love to, and that's you, Lisa,

right? Lisa, we'll do it with you. Take the cup, hand on top, shake it as long

as you like.

Happy? Yeah.

I will look away.

You can shake it again if you like.

Oh, okay.

I just wanted to make sure. You know the number?

Oh, I do.

Hand it on top. I cannot look inside, right?

Perfect, Lisa.

Because I will ask you a couple of simple questions, and you will always

yes, even if you have to lie, okay?

Okay.

Yes. Yes. Great.

Lisa, always say yes. You wrote number one.

Yes. Okay.

You wrote number two.

Yeah. You wrote number three. Yeah. You wrote number four. Yeah. Number five.

Yeah. Number six.

Yeah. You know what? She looked away when she said number five. That tells me

nothing. But okay.

Lisa, one more time. You wrote number one. Yeah. Two. Yeah. Three. Yeah. Four.

Yeah. Three. Yeah. Two. Yeah.

Number three. Yeah. Number two. Yeah. Number three. Yeah. Number three. Yeah.

have it. You wrote number two. Is that correct?

Yeah. Can I have a look?

Yes, it is. Number two on top.

Thank you, Lisa. Thank you, Ty. Thank you so much.

The closer you watch, the faster you are fooled. It's Jeff Hobbs.

Next.

Magicians have this innate ability to make everyday, ordinary objects do

that are anything but ordinary.

Check this out.

It's Jeff Hobson.

Oh, you look so wonderful. We have lots of magic for you. A little sleight of

hand. One with a half dollar.

And an English penny.

These are no longer minted.

They're approximately the same size, which is confusing in the pocket.

But you can plainly see that one is of a copper color, one is of a silver color.

Silver color, copper color. Silver, copper, copper, silver. Watch carefully.

This is where you have to work.

I'm going to take one coin out of the hand, place it down over into my pocket.

Ah, I can see you were watching this hand.

Pocket, because that's misdirection, you see, just like politics.

Let's begin again, now that you know what to watch for. Silver, copper,

silver, silver, copper.

We'll try it again.

Two coins, two hands.

Going again even slower into my pocket.

You're still watching me. You should never watch me again. Misdirection wins.

We'll try it again.

Two coins.

Watch carefully. I'll do this so slowly, I might actually fall asleep, of which

I apologize in advance.

La -la -la -la -la -la -la -la.

La -la -la -la -la -la -la -la. La -la -la -la -la -la -la -la. La -la -la -la

-la -la -la -la.

Silver copper, copper, silver, silver, copper. I'm going to do it one more

Some people say it goes up your sleeve.

No. Watch again.

You can actually see. Two coins will not enter my sleeve. I take out one coin.

One coin only.

Down into the pocket.

Some people are confused. Is there one? Is there two?

You're not even paying attention.

Forget it.

The masterful manipulation of Levin.

Next.

Our next performer isn't just an expert illusionist, but a fisherman as well.

A man of many talents.

Let's welcome to the stage, Levent.

Hi there, folks. I have a lovely volunteer here. Your name is?

Leah. Leah, Leah, we're going to do a little card trick together. I brought

a little pack of cards. I just want you to relax, Leah. Pick a card, any card.

Pick a card.

Don't be afraid about card tricks. You know, I'll tell you what. If you're

afraid of card tricks, I'm going to give you a knife. I want you to hold on to

this knife. You're going to use that a little bit later.

Because we're going to do a trick with a stool and a deck of cards. But I'm

going to show you the stool. It's very, very interesting.

If you look on the bottom of the stool, do you notice something very unusual?

Okay, maybe you don't notice it.

See this leg?

This leg is one millimeter shorter than the rest of the legs. And I know this as

an absolute fact because I used the bubble level backstage, and I checked

that leg is slightly shorter. But Leah, we can fix that. It's not a problem

because it turns out that playing cards are one quarter of a millimeter thick.

So we're going to place one card under there and fold it up, and this is the

card. You ready for it?

You see that card? What card is that?

King. King of spades. The king of spades. Hold on to the box for a moment,

because I'm going to take this card, and I'm going to fold this card up, and I'm

going to place this card under the stool leg, right? Just like that.

Now, Leah, now that it's completely level, I brought here a little bucket.

going to place a little bucket here, and a piece of rope, and we're going to

start with the card.

Now, normally a person would have someone pick a card. They'd have them

pick a card. You fan out the cards, they pick a card.

Since you've got the knife, We're going to do this in a completely different

way. See, I'm going to turn the cards face up.

And by the way, I'm going to show you. See, they're all different cards in

okay? What we're going to do is we're going to take this deck of cards, and

going to riffle through them like this.

And you're going to take that knife, and you're going to stick that knife inside

the cards, like through the cards.

And whichever card is below the knife is going to be the card you're going to

pick, okay? So I want you to take the knife.

Here we go.

Right there. Okay, very good. The card you stopped at is the ten of diamonds.

The ten of diamonds. So I'm going to take this card, and I'm going to tear

corner up a little bit.

And I want you to finish this up. So I'm going to take the knife from you, put

it in my pocket, and I want you to grab the corner of the card and pull it. Just

pull it.

Boom! Just like that. And hold that card out for all to see. And do not lower

this hand until the end of the trick, because I want people to know that that

card matches up.

Now I'm going to take the rest of the cards, put the rest of the cards inside

the pack, and you're going to hold them in this hand. Just hold them securely in

this hand. And I'm going to tell you where you're going to put those cards

because we have here an empty bucket.

Make sure to drop the cards inside.

Very good.

And I'm going to try to find the card that matches that torn corner inside the

bucket through a very unusual means.

I'm going to try to do fishing.

So imagine inside that bucket is full of water.

And each one of those cards fish, just swimming around.

And does this look like a fishing pole?

Okay, how about this? Looks better, right?

Go inside the bucket.

Like this.

Do we have the card? I think we do. Look at that. Look at that, folks.

There's one card that's tied onto the rope just like that.

Take this off here and see this card here. And I want you to take a look at

this. Does this card match?

Yes, it does match.

But you know what? I'm going to ask you an important question. What card is

underneath the chair there?

It's the king of spades, right?

So watch this card. This card changes into the king of spades, which was the

card that used to be under the chair, which means that the card under the

is the ten of diamonds, the card you picked a moment ago. I want you to

that card, take a look at it, and see, does the card match? Show everybody the

card match.

There you go.

Amazing is the only way to describe may win.

When we return.

Magicians make the impossible possible.

And that's exactly what you're about to see. Here from Vietnam, it's may win.

Thank you.

The amazing, astounding, incredible masters of illusion.

Thank you for watching, and don't forget to join us next time. Until then, I'm

Dean Cain, and good night, everyone.

I

have

a bunch of hair products.

Very excited.

Stalking. Why would I have hair products?

I wonder why.

You're not even paying attention.

Forget it.