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The magic of Christmas. The art of treating the brain. The season of joy,

fantasy, and imagination.

Believe what you know is impossible.

Meet the Masters of Illusion.

Hello, I'm Dean Cain, and welcome to the special Christmas edition of Masters of

Illusion. And the holiday season is magical enough all by itself, but we're

about to make it even more magical by adding, what else?

Some actual magic, of course.

See, the holidays are here, and I'm going to do the famous

sleigh floating and the Christmas reindeers. You want to see my first test

flight? I'd love to. It's a miracle.

Here we go. Those are the reindeers.

Nice!

Bus! Bus!

Maybe a bigger reindeer?

Yeah, that would help.

Get ready and expect the unexpected.

As we welcome to the stage, Craig Watson.

Thank you.

So, we do things on Christmas Day we would not dream of doing any other day

the year.

We spend all day in our pajamas.

We gorge ourselves on chocolates and peppermint. We willingly allow a weird

bearded man to break into our house through a chimney.

And we attend parties wearing ugly sweaters.

I actually have a collection of the tackiest Christmas sweaters right here,

I'd like to play a little game using all of these. I've asked someone from the

audience to help me out. Hi, Jessica. Thanks for helping.

Appreciate it.

So here's the game. I will be making a guess. I'm going to take one of these

tacky sweaters. You see we have snowman, we have Santa, we've got candy canes,

all kinds of options. I'm going to make one guess. I'm going to clip that inside

the mic stand. You will then be choosing your very own tacky sweater from this

set here.

And if my guess matches the one you choose, you're a winner.

Okay, are you ready to play? Yeah. Okay, now I don't want you to see my

predictions, so go ahead and cover your eyes. No peeking.

Okay, perfect.

Let's see here. I think, yes. Okay, I think I've got it.

I'm going to show it to everyone else.

Here you go, everybody.

Got it.

Got it. Okay.

And we'll clip it over here on the stand. Now Jessica will be

choosing her very own tacky sweater from this set of sweaters here.

So many different options, so many different choices.

We got the snowman and the candy cane.

All right, welcome back, Jessica.

You can open your eyes, yes? Go ahead and just reach in there and take out a

sweater. It doesn't matter. Just kind of reach in there. Anyone you like?

That one right there? Okay, hold it up to your chest so no one else can see it.

I want to recap.

I have chosen one, one sweater only. I put it inside this little mic clip.

You also have chosen your very own sweater. For the very first time, take a

at that sweater that you have.

So you can see it, and I want you to say it out loud. What did you get?

It's a Christmas tree with a star.

It's a rat sweater.

I mean, not the one you'd like. I mean, what is the actual one that you're

saying? A rat sweater with Christmas tree.

So it is.

Ta -da!

because I may or may not have chosen the Christmas tree as well, ladies and

gentlemen. In fact, Jessica, I was so sure that you would choose the Christmas

tree, I even dressed for the occasion, folks. I am ready.

Thank you so much.

Let's go, everybody.

Appreciate it.

It's time to present the larger -than -life illusionist.

who has a flair for suspense and dramatics.

Here's Rudy Kobe.

That's right.

Merry Christmas.

This is Sally from our studio audience. I'm going to be doing something that no

other magician would dare do. I'm going to do an illusion in the living room of

the people at home. Now, this is not a joke. Come close to your television. I

promise it will be worth it. You will see amazing visual illusions.

Now, to make this a Christmas scene, this is a fireplace. Now, it's not a

screen. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to spin the hypnotron for 20

seconds, and you guys need to look at it for 20 seconds. I'm going to turn this

one on stage.

Sally, you look here. And people, stare at the center of the wheel.

Keep staring at the center of the wheel. You need to look and not blink.

Don't throw up in your television, but seriously, this will be worth it. When

cut back, you're going to be looking at that fireplace again, but it's going to

look completely different this time.

Okay, stare at the photo.

Yeah, it actually looks like it's flaming.

But look, it's just, yeah, pretty cool. But look, it's just a flat photograph,

okay? Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking this is a trick. But no,

no, no.

We're going to do it one more time. But this time, we're going to use the people

at home in a very personal way.

So, I'm going to spin the wheel again, just like that.

Sally, you stare on the center of the wheel. People at home, keep staring at

center of the wheel. And this time what we're going to do is when we cut back,

we're going to try something completely different. Keep staring.

Don't throw up.

And now when I tell you, I want you to look at the back of your own hand.

Look at the back of your hand. Look at the back of your hand.

Pretty cool, huh?

I know. Look at the back of my hand. It's pretty, yeah.

Nice round of applause for Sally.

Sally.

We've got lots more magic coming up, so stay tuned for more Masters of Illusion

right after Nick Dope just jumps in.

We're just going to go to commercial.

I just need your help real quick. I was still in stockings, and I realized I was

running out of gifts, and I still had one stocking left, and it was yours. I'm

.C. I'm D .C. Yeah, that's Dean Cain. Go ahead and hang on to that. I found this

can of mystery soup. I also found this little man, this little action figure.

I'm not sure which one you want. I'll leave it up to you. Dean Cain, Superman.

Soup or man?

Superman. Which one would you like, Dean? I'll take the soup. Okay, all

Put that in there. I didn't get that.

It took me a second. However, that's what's so great about it. So here's the

soup, and I'll keep the man in here.

Now, as long as we stay nice.

Uh, you know, we both get to keep our gifts. However, if one of us does

something naughty, like inadvertently mentioning a trademark, for instance,

what would happen is that the, the, my man would, what just,

I'm, where'd he go? I was naughty.

You were naughty. Wait a minute. Give me your soup. I want this soup. That was

nice. Wait, what just?

You're way too nice, Superman.

It's Superman.

Superman for Dean James. Well done. That's yours, sir. I can keep this.

you. All right.

We'll be right back after this.

The impossible is easy for the masterful manipulations of Chipper Lowell. When

we return.

Always a sweet treat to see this illusionist. So let's give a round of

for the magically comedic Chipper Lowe.

Thank you so much. And this is Heather.

Give it up for Heather, everybody.

Thank you so much. Happy holidays, by the way.

This is awesome.

Now, you know, for the holidays, I wanted to create some presents that were

homemade, things I could give to friends or family. So as you can see on the

tray, I've created these photo albums that I can give as presents. And as a

matter of fact, we're going to put this one off to the side. I want everyone to

take a look. That is actually me at age six.

And it's my very first magic set.

And this is what started the ball rolling. And I keep this with me

my prop case wherever I travel so I can remember where I came from and also that

I am still the same height.

So we're not going to use all of these. So which one would you like to use, red

or blue?

Let's do the blue. The blue. Okay. We'll take the blue ones. Hold on to those,

if you would, please.

And let me undo this. And we're also going to have you hold on to the ribbon.

And then let's take a look at these photos.

Oh, my gosh. That is my mom.

That's right. I grew up in the business. I'm second generation.

That's my mom as a showgirl back in the 50s and 60s. As a matter of fact, we

have a whole bunch of different photos here. Let's see what else we got. Oh,

look. That is my dad. It's a clown.

Me, mini me, right there. We're doing a show, I believe, in Honolulu. What else

we got here? This is me, obviously, on a giant horse as a ringmaster. All

different cool shots.

This is my dad pretending to be a saloon girl in a clown sketch.

Oh, this is my mom. I want you to take a look at that. That is my mom. She did

an act called Iron Jaw, where she literally hung by her teeth.

I know. It's really bizarre.

Now, my brother and I used to play a game called deal or mix, and this was

If he said deal, I would deal a photo down on the table. If he said deal, deal

another one. Deal, deal another one. If he said mix, I would mix them up and

place them on the table.

Deal, mix, however, whatever he said. You know, mix, deal, deal, right? Okay,

you get the idea, right? So you're going to play deal or mix. Just say deal or

mix. What would you like to do first?

Let's deal. Deal. Okay, there's the deal. Next.

Mix. Mix. All righty. Next.

Mix. Mix. All righty. Next.

Deal. Deal. Yes. Deal. Deal. Yes. Mix. Mix. Okay. Mix. And mix.

Awesome. All right. So thoroughly mixed up. Now, I have a question for you. Is

there a particular reason why, out of the two, you chose the blue one? Any

reason?

Felt blue.

Felt blue? Okay. All right. Because there's another reason why I hold on to

photo, and that's because there was something written on the back, and it

make any sense until right now.

today at this time and it says you will choose the blue photos

i know i know it gets even better you've been holding on to these ones may i

take these and no one's touched these is that correct All right, we're going to

take those off like so. And you will admit that we have thoroughly shuffled

these ones completely, right? As a matter of fact, you told me when to

start, continuing, told me how to deal, mix, you know, so pretty shuffled up.

Let's see where you got to on the very first one. And, oh, my gosh, look at

that. That is me as a kid with a clown nose in front of our trailer growing up.

That's fantastic. Let's see what these ones are.

Oh, my goodness, look, it's me with a clown nose standing in front of the

trailer. What are the odds of that?

Let's see what the next one is. Oh, my gosh, that's my mom and dad on a show,

dad a clown, my mom an aerialist. Let's see what this one is. Oh, my gosh, my

mom and dad on a show.

This is me on an elephant. What's over here? Me on an elephant. As a matter of

fact, if we continue going through each of these unusual photos, you're going to

know something is kind of uncanny, if not impossible, and that is every single

photo that we mixed up completely.

seems to be matching the other photo on each side.

Ladies and gentlemen, that is my really unusual family.

And on behalf of your family, happy holidays and give her a nice hand. She

great job.

Thank you so much. Oh, that was great. Kick about.

Kick about.

This next trick is truly one of a kind.

Here's Farrell Dillon.

Oh, it's the holidays, Christmas time, and it's my favorite time of year. Every

year at Christmas time, I do this thing where I go to a print shop and I have

them print out these messages. And then this year, I went and picked up my

signs. This is what they printed for me. It says, Christmas, Mary.

That's really unfortunate.

I had like a thousand of these printed, and this is going to be very annoying,

but each one I'm going to have to do this to. I've got to tear it right here.

and then rearrange them to say the right thing.

Here, let me show you guys kind of what I'm talking about. If I just give it a

little fold like this, a little fold like that, and then... Nobody

saw that?

If I've done that right... Yep.

Perfect.

Look, they kind of go back together.

And it also...

rearranges the sign to now say, married person.

What? Oh, oh, this, this, this, this nothing.

This nothing. You didn't, you guys didn't see that because, uh, well, this

it's hole two, and it

says, happy new year.

Have a great year, everybody.

They say that love is magical, and this magician definitely agrees.

Let's hear it for Xavier Mortimer.

Well, Merry Christmas, everyone.

I'm here with a lovely volunteer. What is your name? Elizabeth.

Elizabeth, I've got a little gift for you. But before you open it, we are

to try something. Can you show me your hands? Just like this. Oh, they're

clean. Can you give me this string, please? Yes. Would you mind taking it

for me? Yes. Can you give it to me? What is it made of?

Silver, I think. Silver. Okay, we're going to do a heat.

This and that ring.

Let me put a little bit of cotton here because we can't do the trick if it's

real silver, you know?

That was not real silver.

Well, that's the end of the trick.

Elizabeth, I told you. I've got a little gift for you.

Here.

This is a gift for you. And you're going to be surprised what's inside.

Pull the ribbon for me, please. Go ahead. Pull the ribbon.

Just like that. Up and open it. Up. Open the top.

Inside the gift, there is something for you. Look at this. It's a watch.

It's a brand new watch.

And it's worth more than your ring.

I'm kidding.

Elizabeth.

This watch is very special.

Because the inside of the watch is made of silver.

If I shake it, can you hear something?

Give me your hand just like that.

And flat.

I'm going to open the watch for you.

Just like this.

Look. The inside of the watch, as I told you before, is made of

silver. Elizabeth, pick up the ring. Is that roaring?

We've got lots more magic coming up. So stay tuned for more of our special

Christmas episode of Masters of Illusion right after this.

Ed Alonzo.

Ed, you're on fire, my friend.

Cheers.

Ta -da.

Be right back.

Next, mind reading is the unbelievable skill of the clairvoyance.

Soothsayers, telepathists, channelers, and oracles are all apt descriptions for

our pair of performers.

But you can call them, all the way from Luxembourg, the clairvoyance.

Christmas is around the corner and we brought up presents for each and

for you tonight in the audience. But first, we have to create something.

Yes, and therefore we got some lovely help from the audience. What is your

Patty. Patty, nice meeting you. Because Patty, you are going to be our

randomizer.

Amazing, huh?

Yes. Patty, because Amelie and I, we love gingerbread men.

And every Christmas, we create a unique gingerbread man, and therefore we have

the gingerbread man randomizer. It works perfect.

See, Patty? For example, here we have all kinds of different heads for our

gingerbread man, with the mustache, the cheeks, magic head, sunglasses, and so

on and so on. We also have all kinds of upper bodies for our gingerbread man,

with the tie, with the, I don't know, chain, shirt.

All different. And last but not least, all kinds of gingerbread man legs with a

shoe, with trousers, lady gingerbread, and so on and so on. And it's very

simple. It goes like this. I ripple through this. You say stop whenever you

to.

Stop. Right here?

Yes. Are you sure?

Yes. Should we have a look?

Oh, the tongue outside. I love it. That's funny, okay? If you would stop

later, it would be, oh, the one with the cheeks. But no, you said the tongue

outside. We'll do it a little bit different here. Just put your finger in

whenever you like.

You want to change or you're confident? Okay, leave it there. I'm opening it.

An orange bow tie. Okay, last but not least, put your hand on top and open

wherever you like.

Here, okay.

It is blue trousers with yellow buttons on it. Okay, if you opened it one later,

one more down, it would be...

Nothing. Nothing. Luckily, you put some trousers on him. But this combination

you created is one out of 130 ,000 different possible outcomes.

And that is definitely a crazy one that you just created. And I promised you

something. We have a present for you tonight. So everybody in the audience,

please grab underneath your chairs and see what's hidden there.

Yes, it is a gingerbread man, but every single gingerbread man has the tongue

outside, has an orange bow tie, and blue trousers with yellow buttons on it.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas as our present to you.

I'm always excited to bring this next performer on the stage. I'll be watching

as closely as the audience.

and everyone at home.

Here's Nathan Spann.

Thank you, thank you.

I remember every holiday season, my dad wanted us to take the classic family

holiday portrait.

And of course, he insisted on us wearing neckties, but we were too young to know

how to tie our neckties. So here's the thing. He didn't make us learn how to.

just said that you don't have to learn, but it's going to cost you 50 cents if I

have to do it for you. So for the first couple of years, I could never get it

done. But by that third year, Not only did I learn how to tie a necktie,

I learned how to tie it using just

one

hand.

And here's the thing. That year, my dad...

Didn't get my 50 cents. No, no, no. Instead, he gave me my very

first tie clip.

Thanks, guys.

Happy holidays, everyone.

Next, laughs and the unbelievable talent of Ed Alonzo when we come back.

Well, this magician, things are never quite what they seem. Our very own

of illusion, Ed Alonzo.

It was the night before Christmas, but how could this be?

No place in my house was a single Christmas tree.

But using some magic, I knew to be sure.

And now in my hand, a small Douglas fir.

Ooh, new car scent.

First, preparation.

Then, decoration.

But this tree is too small.

It needs to be grand.

So I'll place this Christmas tree in a Christmas tree stand.

Follow me now.

Because here I go.

Here comes the magic.

Let's watch this tree grow.

Let's welcome to the stage a mentalist who has truly mastered her craft.

It's Kristen Lambert.

Thank you. Now, we all know jolly old Saint Nick who rewards good children by

bringing them gifts like toys and candy.

But then there's his lesser -known counterpart, Krampus, who punishes bad

children by bringing them undesirable things like coal.

Now, I have two lovely volunteers here. What's your name?

Keisha. Keisha, and you are?

Keisha. Keisha and Sina.

Now, Keisha, have you been naughty or nice this year?

I ain't gonna say. Oh!

Sina?

I'll just say nice.

Nice? Okay.

Because you have been nice, you get to choose. Would you like the bag of candy

or would you like the bag of coal?

I'll have the candy. The candy? Okay, you hold on to that.

And Keisha?

I'm giving you the coal. Be careful with that.

Now, I also have some photographs from the Victorian era. These are all

who were visited on Christmas.

So I'm going to show each of you a photograph, and all you have to do is

me, keep or discard.

There are no right or wrong answers. Just keep or discard.

Trust your gut. Keisha, we'll start with you. This birth photo here, keep or

discard? Keep. Keep, okay.

And, Sina, keep or discard?

Keep. Okay.

Keep.

Keep.

Definitely keep.

Definitely keep.

Keep or discard?

Discard. Discard. And, Keisha, keep or discard?

Keep. Okay.

Discard. Discard.

Discard. Discard. Okay.

Keep or discard?

Discard.

Keep. Keep.

Keep. Okay.

Keep. And keep or discard?

Discard.

Discard. Discard.

And keep.

And lastly?

Discard. Discard. Okay. You were really trusting your instincts.

Now, all of these children were visited on Christmas. Some were visited by

Santa, and others were visited by Krampus. You can see in this discard

there's a mix.

This child was visited by Santa.

Santa.

Krampus. There's a mix.

Now, you also have piles of photographs in front of you. So what I want to see

is if somehow, simply by being in possession of either the bag of candy or

bag of coal, you were able to define who the child was visited by.

So... Cena, we'll start with you. You have the bag of candy.

Okay. Santa.

Santa.

Santa.

And Keisha, you had the coal.

Krampus.

Krampus.

Krampus.

All were visited by Crampus.

Thank you so much.

She came all the way from France just to amaze all of us here and you at home.

So let's welcome to the stage Alexandra Duvivier.

I'm so happy to be with all of you. And I am here with a member of the audience,

Rob. A big hand for Rob, please.

In France, there is a big issue right now.

Not to be fooled by appearances. I just come from France for you only.

I came with my French baguette. I mean bread.

I love baguette. You like bread?

Good, good. Rob, you like baguette?

May we? Good French.

This is amazing.

And we always, I mean most of the time, we eat cheese.

Chamembert. Chamembert is fine.

You're welcome. And I took also some red French wine.

Water. I was not allowed on the plane to take the red wine. You shouldn't be

fooled.

By appearances.

Because in fact, no, no, you're right. This is not a baguette. This is a very

nice cliché of Paris.

This is the famous beret.

And now you can call me Emily in Paris. I'm in Alexandra in Paris.

Yes, that's the way it is. And you know what? Oh, this is amazing. I have here

some baby.

Baby Eiffel Towers.

So this is for you.

This is for you, my dear.

Oh, so sweet. And they like it. They like it. They want more. Yes, I can have

more. This is Baby Eiffel Tower. For you, for you, and for you. So good.

But if you look closely, this is not cheese.

No. These are sweets.

French sweets for you, Robert.

I mean, Rob.

But you know what?

Let's make something fancy and have some red wine. Is it really, my dear Robert,

some red wine?

Have a taste?

Oui. Oui? Yes?

Ah! Put it here.

Robert, you're so nice, but please, don't be fooled by appearances because I

the most American of all the French ladies.

Next, the amazing wizardry of Ben Barnes.

When we come back.

It's time to change things up with our next performer.

Let's give a big round of applause for none other than Ben Barnes.

Thank you, thank you.

The holidays have always been my favorite time of the year.

And while I love creating special memories with family and friends, I

love the presents.

We have an audience volunteer.

Please welcome Debbie.

Debbie, I have a pack of blank cards, and I've written on them suggestions for

what I think are some pretty fantastic...

Holiday presents.

There's money. We can always use more money. A massage. Something to spend the

money on. And you can see clearly that they're completely different.

Totally different.

Debbie, I want you to select one of them. First, I just want you to cut some

cards right off the top and hold them an inch or so above my hand.

Here are the choices. You can either pick up a few extra cards if you like,

you can drop a few of the cards that you're currently holding, or keep things

they are. It's up to you. I'll drop. Go for it.

Fantastic. I want you to put the card to your hand there and take the card that

you cut to, but don't look at it. Not yet.

Hold it between your hands just like this.

Debbie had a free choice of any of the presents. She could have chosen a

haircut. She could have selected mold removal, just in case.

She also could have taken circus peanuts. These are some odd presents.

is, there's no way any of us could have known in advance what she would choose,

including you, Debbie.

For the first time, take a little peek.

And don't tell us what it is yet, but I want you to imagine, just imagine, if

that's what you want most in the world.

Can you do that?

Perfect. This bag has been in full view the entire time.

Inside of it is a present for you.

Let's see. What did you pick?

And that's what she wants most in the entire world, a puppy.

I don't know about this, Debbie. I don't know. Here, hold your hands out like

you're ready to receive it.

We'll see if the holiday magic is real.

Let's see what we can do.

No way!

It's a puppy!

And Debbie, it's for you!

Happy holidays, everyone!

Practice sure does make perfect, especially with our very own Eric Eaton.

What's up, guys?

So, with it being the holidays, I figured we'd do a trick with a present.

Up here on stage, I have with me from the audience... Don. Don, nice to meet

you, Don.

We're going to get back to this present, though, in a second, okay?

I want you to think of cards for me, all right? So, in a deck, I actually have

red cards and black cards.

Red cards and black cards. Which one would you like?

Red. Red. Perfect. Then from there, I have hearts and diamonds. Hearts and

diamonds. Which one would you like?

Diamonds. Diamonds. Expensive.

All right.

So then from there, we have red, diamond. Then we have cards ace through

And obviously, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

Not 11. That's a jack.

But everything in between. Whichever one you'd like.

Let's do ace. Ace. So you would like the ace of diamonds, correct?

Yes, please. All right. In full view this whole time, I have actually had a

of cards.

You guys aren't going to believe this, but somewhere in this deck, I actually

have the Ace of Diamonds.

You guys don't seem that impressed.

All right, we'll skip this, but we'll actually get back to it later. Over

I have this present. Can I get you to check this present out?

Yes. And I would like for you to unwrap that. It's the holidays.

That's a gift from me.

Tear it. Yep, tear it up however you'd like, whatever you want to do to it.

In the meantime, I'll put these.

Put that in here.

Good. And can I get you to open the box and tell everyone what is inside that

box?

Another present.

Keep unwrapping it.

It's a gift that keeps giving. Have a blast.

Okay. For the first time now, tell everyone what is inside that box.

Another present.

And actually this one, because this is the actual one. Let me see it.

If I can get you guys to check this out, there's actually one thing inside that

box. Dawn, can I get you to hold your hand out?

Check that out. What card is that?

I don't give a round of applause.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you so much, guys.

Next up, the quick moves of Rob Lake when we come back.

We all wish we could teleport.

I'm going to ask how this next performer has finally figured out how to do it.

Here's Rob Lake.

It's time to wonder in the whimsical workings of the conjurers.

Our favorite time is Christmas. For generations and generations, my family

created Christmas crackers.

In fact, it's become a tradition of ours to make these every Christmas Eve, but

rather than putting funny little jokes inside, we put... special messages onto

big piece of paper, roll it into a scroll, and make the cracker around it.

It's nearly Christmas.

Let's try and do something magical for everybody in attendance and everybody

watching at home.

Three questions beginning with you, if you don't mind. Imagine that it's

Christmas Day.

It's going to be your dream location. It could be anywhere. It could be a city,

a state, a village, a town, a country. Now, nice and loud, where do you choose?

The Bahamas.

Bahamas. Ooh.

Very good. It's a very good choice. Lovely. Bahamas is great. Okay, let's do

another one. Oh, let's go for food.

I'll ask this gentleman in the lovely hat there. Rather than your traditional

Christmas dinner, you can have anything from, I don't know, a chili con carne to

a Victoria sponge cake. What would you choose?

Sushi.

Sushi.

All right.

Sushi on Christmas.

Good. So we're going to the Bahamas. We've got sushi.

Love it. One more thing, if you don't mind. A present is needed.

So money is no object.

It could be indoors, outdoors, your wildest desire. What present would you

choose? Make it completely random.

I want a car.

A car?

Now, tell me something specific about the car.

The car is covered in photos of my face.

So the car is covered in photos of your face? Yeah, my face is on the car.

Yes.

As you can see.

This Christmas cracker has been locked inside of that glass box.

And I think it's time to bring the cracker down.

So think about this.

Before we arrived, before any of you met us, before Tash began to speak, before

we said a word, there was one cracker, one item locked and sealed inside a

box. How impossible would it be if somehow, someway, we could have

only what you would say, but lock it, store it, place it, keep it inside a

cracker way ahead of time?

It really is locked inside this box.

Matthew, you can be my very glamorous assistant.

Honestly, I thought you'd never ask. It's quite a privilege, isn't it?

OK, let's get out the cracker and see what's inside.

Lovely. Again, locked up there since before we began talking.

Merry Christmas, Matthew.

Just one thing.

Only one.

Think how impossible it would be if somehow, someway we predicted influence

you.

Exactly what you would say ahead of time.

Let's give it a go.

Thing number one.

Anywhere in the world.

But you have to choose.

The Bahamas.

Not bad.

Thank you. Not bad.

Thing number two should be.

Rather than a traditional Christmas dinner, you will choose sushi.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. But three out of three is the moment, right?

We have Bahamas, we have sushi, so to finish it off, we need... Car.

With your face on it.

Yes!

Thank you so much for having us, Magic Bomber. We're going to pass it on to the

cleansers. And a very Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Merry Christmas!

It's time for a deceptive and fast -paced act.

So pay close attention. You don't want to miss anything from Murray Sarch.

What's up, you guys? Merry Christmas!

So, I love Christmas like everyone does, but I love the traditions of Christmas,

you know? How many people here ever had their grandparents or parents, like,

save the wrapping paper, save the bows every Christmas? Anybody by applause,

yes? That's why this year, if you notice this bow, this has been with my family

for like 20 years.

Look how smushed that is. But we reuse it every year.

Every year, though, I look forward to it. I always get an actual coloring book

for Christmas.

Every year, it was my favorite thing to do was to color.

And this is it.

And every year, they have a different one.

And like I said, I love coloring. It's kind of my thing, coloring books. So I'm

going to have you guys help me color this book. And if you have a look at the

book, it's a pretty normal -looking book. It's large, but it's pretty

We can actually see all different shapes of various things. So I need you guys

to entertain me for a second, all right? Reach in the air. I know we're all

adults here.

Pretend you're grabbing a crayon.

Grab something. I don't care what color you are, and throw it at the book, all

right? Do not miss. Get the book. Oh, that's some good acting. That's very

all right?

If you watch really carefully, I snap my fingers, you'll see exactly what you

guys ended up doing, which is actually throwing it everywhere.

But I've got to be honest with you, if you were very much like Picasso, I've

to be honest with you on that.

One more time like this, put your hands in the air like that, and everyone at

the same time go, Masters of Illusion!

Masters of Illusion!

That's what did it. See, if you look really carefully, now the whole book is

completely colored just like that.

What do you think?

Perfect. I'm sure you can have that.

There you go.

We'll see you guys.

Merry Christmas.

Well, that's our show.

We hope you enjoyed our special holiday edition of Masters of Illusion. Be sure

to join us next time for more magic. Until then, I'm Dean Cain. Thank you for

watching. Happy holidays, everyone.