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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, everyone. I'm Dean Cain, and
welcome to Masters of Illusion. Did you

that in the old days, magic was not
performed as a form of entertainment?

Many magicians, or sorcerers as they
were known, claimed to have actual

supernatural powers.

Well, our magicians are not making those
same claims, but when you see what

you're about to see, you might just
wonder.

Some of the... Oh, wait, no. It's
Alexander de Vivier.

I know I'm French, so I do very silly
things, but see, I put some holes in my

cards. But what I like to do is to just
take one hole and put it here.

I'd like to take one of the holes and
put it there.

Thank you.

That's not right.

Let's push this one here.

But I have not seen them. That's a
prefer when they were in the corner.

Do you know what? Can you snap your
fingers at one, two, three?

I'm a magician's assistant.

Now, when you or I get a stain on our
clothes, we probably just throw it in

laundry. Well, this next performer has
opted for the full experience.

Let's welcome to the stage Rudy Kobe.

So I go.

They say diamonds are forever.

Coincidentally, this is how long the
next act will have you wondering how it

done. Here's Joshua J.

I am now joined by two people I just met
from our audience. Your name is? I'm

Brooke.

Alicia. Nice to meet you both.

When I was in Ecuador, I saw a magician
there do something I will never forget.

A traditional magic trick from his
village. He would borrow something

from someone. It was usually a lock of
hair or, strange as it sounds, a

fingernail. You burn it, and then from
the ashes, you read that person's

So, Brooke, I thought we would try that
today. We need to create something

personal for you. So to do that, I will
have you pick a card.

A little less personal.

Say stop as I riffle through.

Stop. Right there. This will be your
card. This will be Brooke's card.

What are your initials?

BSJ. Please, write BSJ right in the
middle of that card.

And it's important you see how she
signed her name and initials on this

And that goes in the middle of the deck.

Now. We need something personal for you
to find

your own future. So on this piece of
paper, I would like you to write those

initials the same way that you did on
the card, and then roll that into a

ball. My friend, it's about to get real.

Here's the idea.

Your future has just been told. If you
look very carefully, you will

see that your initials have turned into
two things. Hold those up. What do you

see there?

Diamonds. Diamonds.

But place one of these here. There's not
just diamonds. These are two diamonds.

Did you by any chance pick the two
diamonds?

I did.

But here's what's even crazier.

Are they real diamonds? These are not
real diamonds like you wear on your

finger, but these are real diamonds from
a playing card.

I said that this would predict your
future, and this is what I meant.

In this deck of cards, one card has now
been burnt.

It's missing.

It's actually missing holes right where
the diamonds are supposed to be.

Now, if this was just a two of diamonds,
that would be an interesting trick.

But if this is the card you signed your
name on, that would be completely

impossible.

We'll be right back with a super quick
hand of Anna de Guzman.

Next.

She is known for her sleight of hand,
partnered with a bit of flair.

Let's give a warm welcome to Anna de
Guzman.

I have a lovely member of our audience
here on stage with me. What's your name,

sir? My name is Damien.

Damien, that's so funny. I actually, I
think I have something of yours, Damien.

Is this, is this your wallet?

That is my wallet. It is?

How did you get that? Is this your
wallet?

It was. Are you sure?

That's pretty hot. What happened?

This is the hottest magic trick you'll
ever see in your life, right?

That's pretty hot. That's pretty hot.

You have a lot of things in here.
Actually, something interesting I saw

like magic too. You have a card in here.
I do. See, I know normally I do card

tricks. So people are so used to seeing
me with cards, but I know you really

want to see a money trick.

There we go. So let's do a money trick.

You don't have much in here. You
actually only have a few bucks. One,

three, four, five dollars.

If you hold out your hand, though, I
think I can help you. Okay. Watch the

Okay.

This is the best magic trick. It's
everyone's favorite.

One, two, three, four, five hundred
dollars.

That's for you.

You can check it out. Make sure it's
real. Hold it up against the light.

Everything good?

Everything looks great to me.

Do you want to keep it?

Oh, well, you know, it is my wallet,
right?

Well, you see, I do this trick for
people all the time and see when anyone

to leave with the money, this is what
happens. Watch. One, two.

They actually go right back.

Well. Do you want to keep this? Yeah,
here. I'm broke again. Thank you so

Give it up for Damon. Thank you so much.

The odds are stacked against our next
performer.

But can he make a prediction that's
nearly impossible?

Here's Chipper Lowell.

Oh, nice to be here once again. We're
going to try a little experiment, and

is going to involve our studio audience,
but also you at home.

So pay attention. This is really, really
cool. Let me bring something up here on

the screen. I call them Chipper
stickers, as the sign says up there.

Select them all. Look, it's pictures of
me.

Yes. There's 70 -plus pictures, and
there are probably, well, I don't know,

you've got a ton of different colors.
You have red, green, blue, orange,

gray, silver, on and on and on. So, in
order for this to work, everybody here

the studio audience and also at home, I
want you to figure out which of your

eyeballs is your less dominant eye.

Could be your right, could be your left.
But whatever it is, cover that one up

with one of your hands. You got that? At
home, you got that? Right? Some people

are just discovering they have a less
dominant eye.

Awesome. All right.

Whichever one is covered up with the
other hand, give me a thumbs up.

Everyone. Excellent. Now, your thumb, I
want you to turn that into one finger,

holding it high in the air. And thank
you all for choosing the right finger.

Excellent. Everyone take a look at the
screen, and I want you to put your

onto one of the stickers, wherever it's
at. Reach out to put your finger onto a

sticker. Once you've done that, say, I
did that, Chipper.

I did that, Chipper.

Very nice. I want you to look around and
find the closest, nearest red sticker.

The closest, nearest red sticker. Once
you find that, slide your finger over to

that close red sticker now and say, I
did that, too, Chipper. I did that, too.

Very nice. Now, I would like you to look
around and find the closest nearest

yellow sticker.

The closest nearest yellow sticker.

Once you find that, slide your finger
over to that one and say, I did that as

well, chipper.

I did that as well, chipper. Very nice.

Now, I would like you to look around and
find the closest nearest blue sticker.

The closest nearest blue sticker.

And once you find one, slide your finger
over to that and say, I did that as

well, chipper.

I did that as well, chipper. All right.

So, wherever you are on the board right
now, I want you to keep concentrating on

the sticker that you've landed on,
because I made a little prediction

show, and it goes like this.

Yeah! Give yourself a hand! You did not
just!

Congratulations!

You're all now masters of illusion!

When we return, the always amazing
sleight of hand of Andy Glatton.

Mentalism, sleight of hand, and
illusions are used by magicians to amaze

audiences. But what happens when you
combine all three?

Let's find out with Andy Gladwin.

We have three people up in the audience
to help with a trick inspired by this

book, Alice in Wonderland.

Oh my gosh, I love that book. You love
this book? Perfect. I'm glad you're here

to help. Actually, it's inspired by
something the queen says. She says... I

experienced as many as six impossible
things before breakfast.

I haven't eaten yet, so I feel like we
can actually do six impossible things

right now, inspired by the book Alice in
Wonderland.

And the first thing we know about the
book is it uses playing cards a lot,

right? There's some on the cover.

So let's have somebody pick a card,
first of all. You can pick one of these

cards, and we'll do it in the fairest
way. I will deal through the cards, and

you can just say stop whenever you like,
okay? So I'll deal the cards onto the

table. Whenever you like, you can just
say stop. Right here, this one.

Or this one?

This one?

Okay, totally up to you.

You can have a look at the card.
Remember the card.

And actually, would you hold out your
hand for me and place your other hand on

top of the card?

Don't forget the card. We're going to
try and come back to it in a minute.

You're up next. You're going to pick a
time because also the book uses the

element of time. There's even a clock on
the cover.

So we'll pick a time on my watch.

I'm going to pull out the pin, and then
I will spin it around so that the hands

move, and you're going to randomly pick
one of those times. So pinch your

fingers like this for me.

Hold on to the pin, and you can go
forwards or backwards. It's totally up

you.

Good. Okay, you're really going for it.
Okay.

And press.

All right. I'll push the pin in. So we
lock that time in, and I'd like you to

remember that time for me.

All right. You have it? Okay. And would
you hold out your hand as well and place

your other hand on top of the watch?

And now the book itself.

We're going to have you pick a word from
the book. So first of all, you should

pick a page. I'll just go through like
this, and you can just say stop whenever

you like. Stop. Here? Okay, first of
all, I'd like you to take hold of the

You can look at either page. Just
remember the page number that you're on.

And then once you're on that page, I'd
like you to think of a word from that

page. Go for a long word, one that's
going to be tricky for me. And once you

have it, close up the book and hold it
between your hands as well.

You have it? Great. And you can take a
finger out the page and then hold it out

like this. So I have no idea what page
it is or what word it is.

So here's the first.

three impossible things. You picked a
card.

There's one, it's 52 chance of me
getting this right, but I think if you

picture that card in your mind, I should
be able to name it. I think your card

was the five of hearts. Did I get it
right?

What?

How? No.

It's my job. It is my job.

But there's a time.

Time's actually harder. There are
actually over 3 ,000 combinations of

a watch. And I have to try and work out
your time.

You were going quite a bit, so I think
you turned it a lot. So I think your

is five minutes past five. Did I get it
right?

Yeah. Perfect.

And now the word's even harder. There
are 29 ,000 words in Alice in

I Googled it. I didn't count. I promise.

And I'm going to try and get just the
one that you're thinking of.

Let me try and work this out. First of
all, just think of the first letter.

That'll be easier for me to break it
down.

I can see like a straight line.

Is it a T?

Yes. It is. Okay.

Let's try and go. T.

I think it's almost like two words put
together. Is it themselves?

It is.

Perfect. So that's three impossible
things.

But I said six. I promised six
impossible things. So the last three

and do really quickly. You've been
holding on to that five of hearts the

time, and I've been nowhere near it.

Check this out.

It should happen now. Open up your hand.

You see, that five of hearts you picked
no longer exists. That five of hearts is

completely blank.

And you picked a time. Your time was
five minutes past five.

But that's impossible.

Because there are no hands on this
watch. This watch has no hands. There is

way you would have picked five past
five.

And the word, you picked the word
themselves on a random page. Do you

the page number? Yeah. What was it?

46. 46. Let me show everyone. I will go
to page 46. You can just make sure I'm

being completely honest here. Look,
we're on page 19, 23, 31, 37, 41, 45.

page 46 is completely blank there's no
way you could have picked a word on that

page and that is impossible amazing

is the only way to

describe clairvoyance after this

There are tons of stakes in this out -of
-the -box performance.

So without further ado, let's hear it
for the Clairvoyants.

Well, we hope you enjoyed this edition
of Masters of Illusion. I know I did. Be

sure to join us next time. Till then,
I'm Dean Cain.

Good night.