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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.

Do you think you can tell the difference between reality and illusion?

Don't bet on it. If our masters of illusion do their jobs correctly, it

not be so easy.

But it's going to be a lot of fun trying to figure it out.

Oh, hey, Rudy, Rudy Kobe, ladies and gentlemen. That's right. We were just

starting the show. Yeah, I want to do a, I'm going to show them a secret

experiment. That means I'm going to do the experiment, and I'll teach you the

secret so you can do it at home.

Okay? Okay. So imagine you're with your friends. You just say, ow, I think I

hurt my hand. Let me see if I can snap it back into place.

Now, two very important things about the arms.

Are you okay, Dean? No. Two very important things. First of all, make

have a plastic drinking cup under your arm before you begin, okay? And make

it's a plastic drinking cup.

Oh.

It's time to change things up with our next performer. Let's give a big round

applause for none other than Nathan Phan.

Hello! Hello!

Excuse me. You see, here on Masters of Illusion, we have so many incredibly

talented magicians coming from all over the world. We often don't have enough

dressing rooms for all of us. So some of us get relegated to these, you know,

changing tents.

I'm sure you've seen these around. So I haven't had a chance to even change into

my show clothes yet. So if you'll just give me one moment.

I'm going to step in here and quickly change. It won't be a tick, so just hold

on. Two seconds, and hopefully I'll be able to have something that's a little

bit more show -worthy for you all, because really, you fine folks have been

here, and you really deserve a much better outfit. So I think that's

much better. There it is.

So that's the nice thing about being a magician. Sometimes being a magician

really comes in handy. Of course, we can't do it without a little bit of help

from our friends.

This illusionist is about to attempt a physical feat that I've never seen

before. It's bound to make your head spin.

Let's hear it for Mayor Yadid.

Thank you for volunteering.

Thank you for helping out. What's your name, by the way? My name is Jim. Nice

meet you, Jim. Nice to meet you, sir. Jim, in magic, there's something known

do as I do or follow the leader. Basically, it's very simple. All you

is everything I do. Okay.

That's good. That's good. That's good.

No, I'm kidding. It's just a gag.

Just a gag. Much simpler than that. All I really want you to do, Jim, is I want

you to put your left hand down on the table like that with the thumb towards

yourself. But to make this easier for you, because I've done this before, what

want you to do is put both legs together and get as close to the table as you

can and lean forward. This will make it a lot easier.

Now, the two of us in there are in the exact same position. I want you to move

your hand so the fingers are pointing towards yourself. Keep your hand flat on

the table. It makes it easier.

That's good. That's good. Does it hurt a little bit up here? Yes, it does. It

does. Me too. That's normal. But keep the hand flat. It'll be easier. Watch

Jim.

Jim. If I do that, I think I'll need a doctor.

Jim, I'm catching up. I'm catching up.

Okay, Jim, you and I are in the exact same position. Yes, sir.

But you know what the difference is between you and I?

I'll give you a little tip because I've done this many times, some tips. I don't

know if you noticed, but my arm was here when I was twisting.

If you kind of massage your arm like up here, up here, and when you do it, you

can move it a little bit more. So you can go ahead and move it a little bit

more.

No, you could. You know what?

Take your other hand. Take your other hand and, like, grab your thumb. Like,

around to the... No, no, around the other way.

And, like, twist.

No, no, watch this. I don't know if I can go much further than this.

I hope they like it. It hurts like hell to do it.

Really, look. I mean, it's a mess.

But you know, Jim, I could do this all night long.

I couldn't.

But they'd only get bored.

So I think I'll stop right here, right now.

Thank you for your help, Jim.

I need to unwind, but you're done.

Magicians are true masters of a deck of cards, able to maneuver and manipulate

them however they see fit.

Remind me never to play cards with this one.

It's Joshua J.

Everybody's always asking me as a close -up magician, ooh, I'd hate to play

cards with you because you could cheat in casinos. And the truth is, I don't

know if I can cheat in casinos. I've never tried.

So I developed a way.

to test this out. It's a game in a sort of way, and this game will test out how

I would do if I was to try and cheat in a game of cards.

So the game is this. I will try and shuffle and cut.

And in one shuffle and four cuts, I'll try and cut to the best poker hand I can

possibly locate.

Now, this is extremely difficult.

It looks a little something like this.

That's my one shuffle.

And this is my one, two, three, four cut.

Let's see how I did.

That's one eight.

That's two eight.

That's three eights.

Oops.

That's a five.

Okay, well, three eights isn't bad.

I mean, if you get dealt three eights in a game of poker, you're probably going

to win.

But we're not here to do probably.

That's a five.

If I deal exactly one, two, three, four, five, that is the last

eight.

But I said I would put the best poker hand I can possibly locate.

I didn't say I'd cut to four aces. That's why I cut to the ten. Jack,

king, ace, a royal flush. That really is the best poker hand.

The always amazing sleight of hand of Murray Sawchuck when we return.

This performer is blending his love for magic and music together.

Here's Murray Satchuk.

Hey, you guys. How you doing?

I'm a dear friend, Charlie. We just picked from the audience. Thanks for

here, sir. I appreciate it.

People like doing card tricks, but I like to change things up a little bit.

work with a lot of musicians, so I collect a lot of guitar picks.

So I want you to pick any guitar pick you wish. Take one out.

Happy with that? Green? Oh, all right.

And then I want you to take, I'm going to, on this side, I'm going to write my

initial, which is M -S for Murray Sawchuck, like that. And then on this

want you to write your initial.

That way you know it's the only guitar pick we're ever going to use.

Got it?

Excellent. Very nice. Show the cameras like that.

So we have my initials on the side, and of course your initials on that side. So

it identifies the only pick we're ever going to use. Cool?

All right.

Also, I have a box of cards, and I got a glass.

So I want you to put your hand out just like that for me.

I'm taking this glass.

Place the cards right there. Place the box right on top, just like that.

So we've got the glass, the box of cards, right?

Nothing's rearranged, obviously, except the pick.

That's the trick I always do with all my musical friends. They find it kind of

interesting. I always watch very carefully.

Let's fill this up and watch it. Here we go.

Watch.

Check it out.

Isn't that cool?

Don't do it, man.

Hey, sir. Check it out.

Have a look at it.

Yeah, that's it. Check it out.

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 am so thrilled to be here with all this amazing crowd.

And I have here two members of the audience coming here to help me. Thank

much. Thank you so much. If I ask you now, what do I have in my sock?

What would you answer?

Your feet?

No, I mean this sock.

French style. Okay.

No, I have... Of course.

Money, money, money.

That's it. You can have a look to do.

There are... Four dollars. Please, please, please have a look. And you can

check my sock, which is clean.

I can handle it. You can put it on the table. Thank you, sweetheart.

You can see, can you please testify that you see four coins? Yes. Of course,

yes. Can you please testify yourself that you see four coins as well? Yes, of

course. Of course, yes.

Here, let's try it.

I'm telling you, it's working pretty well, because now I have one here, and

watch, three left. Of course, this is pretty normal, isn't it?

You have three times to understand what I'm doing, because I will do it three

times in a row.

So can you please confirm you see three coins in Spanish?

That was a wild explanation in Spanish, but that's okay. You

see three in Spanish?

A bit better, maybe. But that's fine.

Sorry. So, let's do it. And now... Oh, yeah. That was painful, but you know...

Yeah, one.

And two. Two to go and two to go. Can you confirm that you can see two in

French?

Don't bother. Only me speaks French here, so don't bother. So, two.

I'm so impressed.

This is exactly the... Exactly.

So now... That's it. And now I have three here and only one left.

For the last one, for the last one, maybe I can use your hand. Would you

Oh, great.

So let's try it. Let's try it. Okay.

One, two, three, and of course, four.

So now the goal of the game for me is to try to... No.

I will take one coin and you will close your hand as fast as possible because I

am able to steal one more from you.

This is my job.

So I take one. Oh, that's so good.

And now I will try, try.

I don't promise, but I will try to make that coin travel to the inside of your

hand without you opening it.

I know it's a wager, but I'm here to do so.

So let's try it.

Let's try to do... I didn't do well. I think I didn't aim correctly, but

Now it's done. Can you please open your hands slowly?

I think you've done it so well. One, two, three, and jump.

This is amazing.

Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank

you for your help.

Amazing is the only way to describe the conjurers.

Next.

We have a couple of Brits coming all the way across the pond to this very stage

and just in time for tea.

Let's hear it for the conjurers.

So, we're here tonight with a member of the audience. What's your name? Andrea.

Andrea, a beautiful name. I thought tonight I'll show you my favorite trick.

And I'll make a lovely cup of tea. My favorite card in the world is the jack

hearts. This one just here. And I'm going to show you that it really is in

middle -ish.

Now, there's probably more cards on this side than that, but would you agree

it's lost randomly somewhere in the centre?

Yes. Good. Thank you so much. Now, look, momentarily, I'm going to ask for you

to have a favourite card as well.

So let me give them a little mix -up like this, you know, not any

order, which I promise they are not.

Whatever you want. I'll run my thumb down the side, just say stop.

Ooh, right there. Good. Now, up to you.

That one or another one. Whatever you like. Completely your choice.

Ooh.

Normally they go from the top. Not tonight. Okay, good. Take out that card

me. Let everyone see. The camera, everybody at home. I will not look. I'll

away. Let everybody see the card. And then once you've done that, put it back

top for me.

Lovely. And I'll put these on here.

So now, would you be happy that I don't know what your card is?

Yes. All right. So I would estimate it's probably about a third of the way down.

Now look, if I cut the card, it gets lost more.

Obviously. But you might sit there and think that you're a magician.

So you know where the cards are. You control the cards at all times.

Cheers for nodding. Don't trust me at all. Will you cut them for me? Lift off

some cards, big baguette, small baguette. Put them here.

Points for neatness. Oh, they were very neat. Very good. All right, now look,

it's your trick.

So it's your choice.

Do you want to cut them again or do we stop there?

Okay.

I'll half the card, but I won't change the order.

How many cards are in a pack?

52. All right. You can cut them again if you want.

You lend a foot.

Sorry.

No, that's fine. It's my fault.

52.

If this doesn't work, it's my fault we chose you. So look, lean in for me.

26 cards, exactly half. That's 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.

2, 4, 6, 8, 10.

2, 4, 6.

Exactly half from where you cut.

You're looking impressed already. If you like this, you'll love the end. Now

look, so at the start, you'll remember I sent you my favorite card.

My favorite card is the jack of hearts. Then at random...

You had a card.

A card that you chose not from the top, from the middle. A random position in

the pack. And then you returned it to an even more random position. And then you

cut them.

Normally it's twice.

Today we went rogue and did it three times.

That's fine.

So look, the objective is simple. Hopefully, somehow, even though you cut

cards, mixed them, shuffled them, changed the order, our cards should have

potentially, maybe, possibly landed side by side. If that happened, would that

be a good trick?

Yes. Good. So for the first time, what was your card?

King. Of?

That one?

Oh, good. Now, that's not bad. That's okay. But I said that all the best

have three parts. It's got to have a motto, an ethos that I live by. So,

that's not bad. You mix and shuffle.

What's better than that is this. That ace, that ace, that ace, and that ace.

Oh, my God.

Thank you. But, look, even better than that. Under the ace of diamonds, check

this out. You did everything. This should be the two, three, four, five,

seven, eight, nine, and the...

10. That's perfect. You did amazingly well. Under the space, I think you know

where it's going. But look, every single one is there and in order all the way

through. We'll do it again with a heart. This time it's faster.

Everyone is there. Leading into the diamonds, which of course are there. And

lastly, that's the 8, the 2, the 3, the 4.

You get the idea. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, etc.

Everybody give Andreas and Matthew a round of applause.

But look, we said and it's proved that we do trips all over the world. We're

very blessed, very privileged, very honoured to go to many cafe shops. And

thing is this, when I was younger, The reason I love the Jack of Hearts, it's a

magical card.

Now, that may sound silly, but look, you've just seen everything that we've

done. And if you watch and watch closely, my card, the Jack, in front of

eyes, should have vanished.

If you have a look through, and you really can, there's the Jack of

but you'll notice that all the way through, there is no Jack of Hearts.

Your card has, as we magicians say, vanished.

But the amazing thing is, when something vanishes, We can always make it

reappear. And that is magic.

The Impossible is made possible by Eric Eaton. Next.

Now for an artist's approach to a masterful illusion.

We have Eric Eaton.

What's up, guys?

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

Kara. Today, we are going to do something fun.

Kara, what do you like to do in your free time?

Paint?

Do you like to paint?

Paint? All right, good. We're going to go with paint.

Kara likes to paint.

All right, Kara, what do you like to paint?

Cars?

Yeah, cars. Good choice, Kara.

So today I thought we'd paint a car. Ladies, if I can get you to rate this

me.

Kara, we have four different paints here. So for painting purposes, let's do

mirror, the stripe, the grill, and the body of the car.

Okay? All right. I want you to pick any one of those paints you want.

Perfect. Now, if I can get you to paint either the body, stripe, grill, or

mirror, I'll let you pick.

Perfect. Perfect. I'll take that one. We don't need it anymore. If I can get you

to grab another one for me.

Good. I was worried you were going to pick the headlight.

Good choice. I'll take that from you. And if I can get you to grab another

This one's pretty easy, just straight up and down, just like you learned in

school.

And then lastly is the red.

You missed the spot.

Perfect.

Thank you, Kara.

All right, ladies and gentlemen, you can see we have completely painted this car

perfectly by Kara. Give her a round of applause.

Now, Kara, you had a free choice, correct?

Yes. How cool would that be if we made a car appear behind here that looked just

like that?

Pretty cool. Pretty cool. Ladies and gentlemen, watch.

One, two, three.

I know, not as big as you thought, but we have a green mirror, yellow stripe,

blue grill, and a red face.

Everyone give Tara a round of applause.

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.

Thank you guys for being a great audience.