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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. Now, do

think you can tell the difference between reality and illusion?

If our masters of illusion do their jobs correctly, it might not be so easy, but

it's going to be a lot of fun trying to figure it out. I have a hard time ever.

Hey, deep, deep, deep.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's Farrell Dillon.

How are you, my friend? Good to see you. Good to see you. I know that you're,

like, really into history and stuff like that. I'm a history major from college.

Yeah, I love history. So I want to ask you something. Do you know, like, the

history of the U .S. currency?

Some of it. If you look really close, you can see all these, like, little

fibers. Do you see those? I do see those. Yeah, there's, like, red ones and

ones.

What's really interesting is if you heat it up a little bit, you can actually

get some of the fibers out of that cloth. Look, and you can see, look.

They get a little bigger when you pull them out of the cloth. Look.

That doesn't seem right.

That doesn't seem right at all.

Just history, man.

That's just more than history.

That's just weirdness.

Here, look. You can keep the 20. All right?

I appreciate you so much. I appreciate $20.

Have a good day, Dean. This performer

is a collector of many things, but his largest collection is the number of

people he's left wondering, how did he do that?

Here's Maurice Archer.

What's up, you guys? How you doing?

So excited to be back here. I know, if you know me, you know that I love

and Vegas history.

Miss Headdress.

is actually from 1959.

It's the original headdress, Pauline Brugere in Las Vegas. These feathers

here are from different costumes throughout different shows.

Stardust, Aledo. I also have programs, which are pretty cool. The original

program is Stardust. These are hotels no longer around.

Latin Quarter, New York City, and, of course, Don Art and Jubilee. They're all

gone. So I thought I'd put this little tribute together of the old showgirls of

Las Vegas. Here we go.

We all wonder what it would be like to be in our favorite TV shows. Well,

something tells me this performer has a pretty good idea.

Let's give it up for Trig Watson.

Up next, the impossible is made possible by Eric Jones.

When we return.

Magicians have always tried to push the boundaries of what is considered humanly

possible. Our next performer is doing exactly that. It's the magic of Eric

Jones.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. It has been a long, long, long couple of

years. Don't you agree?

It's been kind of strange.

While I was sheltering in place, I wanted to learn how to solve one of

Rubik's Cube. Now, I found out that a very small number of people on the

have ever been able to solve a Rubik's Cube. But I wanted to do something

special. I figured maybe I'd try a second.

But I want to take it a step further.

Further than that. Now, I've got a little bag here, and I'm going to place

Rubik's Cube, the smaller one, into a bag, and I'm hoping I can have maybe you

all, if you don't mind, I'm going to throw this at you.

Catch.

Awesome catch, if you don't mind.

And what I'd like you all to do is mix those cubes. It's going to be a little

bit more difficult for you because it is in plastic, and you'll understand why

in just a moment. But I am going to try something that I think is going to be

kind of unique. Are you happy?

I'll take yours back.

Oh, nice.

And let me know when you're done as well, sir.

Awesome. I'll take that back.

Perfect. Does anyone have a cell phone?

Yes? Could you do me a favor? Go to your stopwatch app.

And in a moment, I'm going to have you hit the go button, and you're going to

record it, but you're not going to hear me when I say go.

The reason for that is one of these Rubik's Cubes goes in my mouth. That's

it wasn't touched by human hands.

Watch.

So the first thing we have to do is we have to get the point to the center of

the list.

That's the so -called, and the first is dollar and two -thirds, all the way

around nine and forty.

So this has this.

Conversion is the next thing we have to do, I don't know if you can understand

what I'm saying, is the next thing we have to do is carve, how are we on time?

Do it.

Or carve.

Look at me. Look at me.

This is crazy.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Look at me.

Look at me.

The battle's good!

We'll be right back with the super quick hands of Eric Eaton when we return.

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

So today I thought I'd teach you guys how to do a trick. To help me out today,

have my volunteer from the audience. What's your name?

Tiffany. Tiffany, perfect.

Tiffany, I have this blindfold here. Can I get you to see through the blindfold?

Can you see anything at all?

No. No?

Perfect. I'm going to take this, and I'm actually going to place it over my eyes

and tie it in a knot.

Tiffany, where are you at?

I'm here. You're right here. Perfect. Can you hand me the deck of cards,

Good. I'm going to take the cards out of the box.

As you guys can see, we have a red deck of cards here, correct?

Yes. No, the blue. I can't see.

That's all right.

All right, Tiffany, can you agree that all these cards are different?

Yes. They are? Perfect. I'm actually going to shuffle them up.

Now, Tiffany, whenever you're ready, can I get you to say stop?

Stop. Right there? Yes. Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm sure. Take that card. Show everyone here your card. Do not show me.

Actually, Tiffany, you can show me as well. What card do you have?

All right, five of clubs. Perfect.

Can I get you to place your card back on top?

And we will lose it there.

Now, I'm going to shuffle it one more time so we can agree your card is mixed

and lost in the deck, correct?

Yes.

The first step to practicing a trick is actually being able to do just a simple

cut, like so, and locating your card.

Tiffany, if that's your card.

Yes.

We're going to place the card back on top and actually cut the deck again.

time, I'm actually going to make three different stacks. One, two, and three.

Tiffany, give me your hand, please.

Tiffany, place my hand over whichever one you think has your card.

Do you think this deck contains your card?

Yes. All right, you can take your hand off.

I'm going to stack them up. We'll leave yours on top and yours on top.

If I did this correctly, Tiffany, this should be your card.

We're now going to shuffle the deck one more time, and this time we'll actually

give it one extra cut.

All right, Tiffany, this is where the trick gets good.

After being able to cut it once, cutting it three times, all you have to do is

bring the cards down and reach in at any moment.

Tiffany, is that your card?

Yes.

Ladies and gentlemen, give Tiffany a round of applause.

Sometimes what appears to be the simplest trick can have the most

reveals. It's the magic of surrender.

Hi, everybody.

I'm a magician.

But, you know, there are some people here who are magical, and they don't

know it.

So I brought my pendant to help us find that special person. And, Madison, I

think you might be that special person.

As you can see, that pendant moves and glides quite easily.

Can you take it and move it just to the top and move it up?

And then just drop it.

It goes pretty fast, right?

It's a lot heavier than you think it would be.

This time, Madison, I want you to take that pendant, move it up to any spot,

just hold it there.

All right.

Now I want you to concentrate on the word breathe.

Sit over and over again in your mind.

And now let go.

Madison, that pendant is suspended in midair. Let's take it one step farther,

Madison. Put your hand out, palm up.

I'm going to put this chain right between.

And this time I want you to think of the word relax.

Take a deep breath in.

Relax.

And just like that, Madison, I think we found your magic.

Labs and the unbelievable talent of Ed Alonzo. Next.

Let's take a moment to enjoy the spellbinding and comical stylings of the

and only Ed Alonzo.

Thank you so much. I need a little help from the audience.

Anyone at all. Just a little involvement.

Oh.

It would be perfect. Could you help me?

Come on up here. Give her some applause.

Hello.

Let me bring everything nice and close.

My name is Ed Alonzo.

What's your name?

Roslyn. What is your favorite meal of the day? Breakfast, lunch, or dinner?

Which one do you like, Roslyn?

Lunch. Lunch.

You know what my favorite is?

Breakfast. I'll tell you why. There's pancakes and sausages and eggs.

Eggs are my favorite. Do you like eggs?

I'm going to make some magic eggs for you today.

This is a magic bag.

There's nothing inside.

Check it and make sure that I'm telling the truth. Reach in there. Is there

anything in there?

There's nothing in there, right? You can turn it inside out if you want. Sure.

There's nothing there.

And then we'll turn it back the other way. Let me turn it this way too.

Empty? Watch this.

Go like that with your fingers.

Yes, that's perfect.

Punch.

Hold that one carefully. Are you doing good?

Let's see if I can get another.

Yes.

Oh, you're doing perfect, Roger.

Oh, I can't believe it. There's the third one.

Yeah, there's another egg there.

You're doing good.

You're getting pretty full there.

Oh, and I have another one too.

Just put that one right there. You're doing so lovely.

You're kidding me. You see what's in here?

Another egg.

Can you believe it? There's still one more egg.

Oh, you know what? Put those in that basket right there.

Oh, that's okay.

That's all right.

Take a bow, Roslyn. You were so good.

Yeah, that's perfect.

Let me have a drumroll, please.

Those aren't the bad ones.

Well, that's our show for now. We have lots more magic coming up in the next

edition of Masters of Illusion. Don't you miss it. Until then, I'm Dean Cain.

Thank you for watching.