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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.

Hello everybody, I'm Dean Cain 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, right?

Well, I'd say that after you see what's about to happen on this stage, you might

not be so sure.

So let's get started, and you will see exactly what I'm talking about.

And it's Marie Sartre, ladies and gentlemen.

It's, uh...

I've never done this before, but I want to make a white dove appear just for

you. A white dove appear. A white dove.

Symbol of magic. Would you like to see that? Yeah.

Out of a... Yeah, we need to tweak the hatch.

How long we got?

Well, we're just about to start the show, so... Here we go. See it?

One, two, three. Come on!

Oh.

This performer is such a skilled mythologist.

Her drinks can only be described as magical.

We have the always enchanting Lucy Darling.

Stop it.

You'll tire yourself out.

What's your name?

Demery. Demery, you know what? You can tell a lot about a person by what they

drink. For example, I drink two parts gin, one part vermouth, chicken over ice

with a cherry.

That way you can tell I'm very classy and intelligent and humble.

Darling, what do you drink?

Whiskey. Oh, that's pretty good. Darling, what do you drink?

Manhattan. Manhattan.

Very classy. What was your name?

Alex. Alex.

Do you think we should do something fun with the two of them? Yes. Come on up,

my darling. You're right there on the end of the stage.

Tonight we're going to have a little fantasy with the two of you. You get to

much different people, more interesting people. So, darling, for the rest of the

evening, you'll be known only as Fernando.

Oh.

Yes. And, darling, you shall no longer be a woman who drinks a lot of cocktails

at brunch. Instead, you'll be known only as Esmeralda.

Oh.

Yes. And now with your new personalities, I believe you deserve new

cocktails. So. Tonight I have brought with me my favorite piece of classic

literature.

500 cocktails.

It contains almost every single drink that I have had to death.

From here we shall choose your new cocktail.

Darling Fernando, you tell me first. Simply tell me when to stop.

Stop. Stop. We have a strawberry martini.

Darling, same thing. Simply tell me. Stop.

Stop. Stop. We have a gimlet.

Yes, I also don't know what that is.

Gin, lime juice, simple syrup.

Oh, yeah, you'll drink anything. Come on. All right.

Now, with only the things I have before you, these three empty glasses and this

empty cocktail shaker, I shall attempt to conjure these four from thin air.

I haven't done it yet. Calm down.

I shall require the assistance of my two fabulous new friends.

Through the magic of dance.

Thank you.

That is not a thing unless that is a gimlet, darling. Does that smell like

to you?

It does.

I know.

And, darling, does that smell like strawberry?

Yes. And, of course, I am.

Two pastures, one path of moon, shaken over ice and cherry, because I am, in

fact, happy and humble.

And if that's indeed a gimlet, and that's indeed a strawberry martini, you

each shout.

They always say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But if I've

learned anything on this show, it's that magicians have their own way of doing.

Just about everything.

Let's take a look with none other than John LeChan.

Welcome to the breakfast table. We have a volunteer from the audience. What is

your name? My name is Nikki.

Nikki. My favorite thing about breakfast when I was a kid was not just eating

cereal. It was actually the prizes on the inside of the boxes, right? Reach

inside the bowl and you have a prize.

Pretty cool, right? In front of you right here is a list of the top 20

prizes found in cereal boxes.

Just select one.

Peddle ball.

Peddle ball. Is that the little ball with the... Yeah, yeah. Did you ever

one of those as a kid? Of course you did, yeah. We also have to pick our

favorite cereal.

Mysterios. Did you ever have those?

No? Okay.

Hufflepuffs. Yeah.

Presto Pops. We also have Molto Magic.

And last but not least, abracadabra apples and hocus pocus.

Real fibery, I can just tell.

Okay, just select one of these boxes. Just reach out over there and grab the

box.

I'll select this one.

Presto Pops.

Excellent choice, excellent choice.

Now, we'll get rid of these other ones. We'll set them off to the side. And this

is the one you selected. You selected Presto Pops. Can you hold this bowl for

me? You won't believe this. I went grocery shopping.

before I got here, and I actually brought a box

of Presto Pops.

But here's the thing, the box is actually completely empty. You see,

nothing on the inside of the box. But that's because we have to do a little

magic, and the little magic goes like this.

I see we need a couple things really quick.

And there it is, just like that.

If you could take that for me and wave the spoon over the top of the box and

sugar coma in a bowl.

Sugar coma in a bowl. Awesome. Hold the bowl out in front of you and look at

this. Watch.

We have Pesto Pops. We have 98 % of the trick. And I think the only thing that

we're missing is the other 2%, right? Do you see anything inside the box?

No. No? Oh.

That means one thing got past your eyes.

And I mean past your eyes.

I'm talking about the other 2%. Just like that.

There's that. Hold on to that for me. You also selected a prize, right? That's

because on the inside we have that little paddle ball.

Just like that. Give it up, everyone!

Next up, the quick moves of Dan Sperry when we come back.

Prepare for a game filled with suspense and illusion that is bound to keep you

on the edge of your seat. Let's welcome to the stage Dan Sperry.

Thanks for coming and checking out the 665th season of Masters Evolution.

Oh yeah, who are you by the way? Sorry, I'm Dan, you are?

Cassidy. Cassidy, join me behind the table. First thing you need, you go in

garage or basement, get a nice sturdy table like this one right here, just

sure that's nice and sturdy. Check it out, make sure that's just an ordinary

table, Cassidy.

Whatever, okay, so check these out. Blocks of wood, nothing weird about

ahead and mix them about as much as you like. Ordinary blocks of wood.

Now what we're going to do is we are going to cover.

The block of wood's just small enough so it fits inside the paper lunch bag.

Cassidy, are you familiar with Russian roulette? You are. Have you ever played

Russian roulette? No?

Well, get excited.

It's your big day. Our element of danger is just simply some broken glass that

comes from this empty beer bottle that I was freaking out of before the show.

So, you know, it's fresh. It's real. It's not sugar glass or candy glass like

you use in the cowboy movies. Your job is to make sure it's just an ordinary

glass bottle.

Nothing with...

Dad? Just check it out. Now, you have to cover up the bottle with another bag.

You break the bottle through the bag with a hammer. That keeps all the glass

safely contained inside.

So, like I said, you carefully break the bottle through the bag with the hammer.

That keeps all the glass safely.

Most of it safely... Ah, jeez.

Most of it safely contained inside the bag. There's glass all over the stage.

Oh, sorry, that's so dangerous.

Oh, sorry, close your mouth. Now, Cassidy, we know which bag contains the

glass. Gotta get one more bag. They all have to be identical, right?

Now, Cassidy, the other thing is you've got to have a thick glove like this

because you're going to be handling broken glass.

You don't want to cut yourself, right? Safety first, right, kid?

Now, we know which block contains the broken glass.

We know which bag covers the broken glass, and that's not fair. It's like

cheating, and you're not a cheater, are you?

Are you? No? Okay, good.

Did it shrink in the rust? Okay, I'm going to mix these up.

So there's no way I could know where it is. There's no way you could know where

it is.

And now we're ready to begin. I need you to stand in front of the table

momentarily with your back towards me. Just keep looking forward.

That's it. That's all it takes. Cassidy, please come back behind the table where

you were a moment ago. Now, because I mixed them up, you are going to mix

up for me. But do be quick about it because I do not possess the social

fill this awkward silence.

Oh, you're done. Okay, thank God. All right, now.

Cassidy stands here to my right.

What you're going to do is you're going to keep your head flat like a table.

You're going to go with your gut. Bag number one, bag number two, bag number

three, or bag number four. Which bag do you think is safe?

Two. Two. This one.

Good.

Because like I said, the way we play this game is we eliminate the bags one

time by taking your hand and then slamming it down over each. Are you

We're not doing it yet. As we play the family fun version of Dan Sperry's

Russian Roulette, let's find the broken glass game.

And away we go. One.

I said three.

Two.

What's your favorite color?

Three is just a bag and a block. Ever heard of a block? Show me your hand.

me your hand.

Two, five. It's just a bag and a block.

Magic swing.

Yeah, you say that. You're not going anywhere.

You can choose for me because there's only three.

We're going to call that one number one.

That one, number two, and that one, number three. Which bag do you think is

safe?

Two.

Two.

Two works for you, might work for me, right?

Let's find out if she's right or wrong. Bag number two.

One, two, three. Just a bag and a block. Give her a round of applause. That's

it.

Two down, two to go.

50 -50 chance.

Guess who's turning?

Cassidy, Sam is fourth. Sam is always down right there, if you would.

Here we go.

Bag number one.

Bag number two. Which bag do you think is safe?

One. One.

Let's do this. You know what's up.

Do you want to change your mind? Because now is the time.

Don't say that.

So that's a no.

Okay, that's a no.

Bag number one. She could have changed her mind. She didn't. She went with her

guts. That's the way to do it. Let's see if she's right or wrong. Ready? Good.

One.

Amazing is the only way to describe Robert Ramirez.

We'll be right back.

magicians do their tricks well this performer plans to tell us how he's able

get the cards to do exactly what he wants let's hear it for robert ramirez

hello hello all right we've been seeing a

lot of magic a lot of magic uh and when you see card tricks a lot of times

people think that the card tricks are done with specialty made cards they

that it's done with sleight of hand and both of those are absolutely wrong

that's not how we do the trick it's not The way we do card tricks is we train

the cards while they're young.

We train the cards. I know, I know, I know. They're just exactly like any

ordinary deck of cards here. They're just like a deck of cards. But they're

tiny. They're just tiny, as you can see. And you can do everything you can

normally with them. You can shuffle the cards. You can gamble with them. You can

play card games with them. And you can do magic with them. And this deck of

cards I've been working now with for only a couple of months. And they only

one trick. They only do one trick at the moment.

They go inside here. That's not the trick. They just fit in there.

You can see the cards fit inside the glass. This particular trick is I can

get the four aces to jump from the shuffle deck of cards to the front. To

front. So we'll start with the red aces. We'll start with a red card.

A red card. Oh, perfect. The jack of diamonds. So the jack of diamonds is at

front. I'm going to cover the glass with the silk.

Cover the glass with the silk.

And I just have a little call, do a little call, and the ace will know where

front of the glass is and it'll jump to the front. It's true. Here it goes.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on. Come on.

Please, come on, come on. You see, that's the ace. That's the first ace.

the first ace. Thank you so much.

I know exactly what you're thinking. You're thinking, I did not know that Lin

-Manuel Miranda did magic.

The answer is yes, I do.

Yes, I do.

You also notice that the Jack of Diamonds isn't moving, and that's

the ace is jumping to the front. The rest of the cards are staying exactly in

the same position. We'll do it again. This time it's a little faster and a

little lower in the voice. So here we go. It's happening a little faster.

It goes.

Come on. That's the ace of hearts. That's the next one. That's the next

Thank you so much.

We'll do the black aces next. So we've got a black card like the king of clubs.

A lot faster, a lot lower. It sounds like this.

Come on. That's the ace of clubs. That's the ace of clubs.

Now at this point.

People like to start to say out loud how they think the trick is done while I'm

standing right here. It's like a real, I'm a real person on a screen.

People are yelling at their TVs right now, but I'll show you. People think,

think the conclusions, they think that.

I'm somehow rotating the glass because there's an extra card glued somewhere in

the back somehow.

But the number one review of how they think this trick is done is they think

there's a pocket or a hole inside the silk that is holding the four aces, and

that I am grabbing the ace from within this pocket. And as I cover the glass,

I'm dropping that card into the glass and act fast.

None of those are true. Those are just the guesses. None of those are true.

Because I don't need the silk at all. I can do this completely in the... Yes.

Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Here we go. I completely claim the ace of spades is going to jump from the

middle of the deck, jump to the front right in front of that king of clubs.

Here we go. On the count of three.

That's one.

That's two.

That's three. That's the ace of spades, ladies and gentlemen.

Straight there. Thank you so much.

The impossible is made possible by Maywin.

When we come back.

She travels the world, amazing audiences with her incredible performances.

Tonight, she's here with us. But let's find out where she should go next.

and gentlemen, Maywin.

Well, that's all the magic we have time for this time, but there's plenty more

next time. We hope you'll join us again. Until then, I'm Dean Cain. See ya.