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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.

Everyone is familiar with the expression, seeing is believing, right?

Well, not so fast.

In the next half hour, you will see some things that might not be possible to

believe. So let's get started.

Hey, Dean,

nice to see you.

One of the most important things inside a hand is your finger texture.

You can make it oily. You can make it wet. I can even make it so rough it's

sandpaper. I'll show you what I mean using this half dollar silver coin and

finger. Look, if I take this half dollar.

I could just rub it away as if my finger is made out of fan paper, just grind it

down. I could even do the other side. Look, I could just grind it, grind it,

grind it down.

Not only that, as if I have superpower strength, I could erase, I could erase

the coin.

Well, I erased the entire coin except the part that was under my thumb, and

can keep this as a souvenir.

All right, that's crazy.

That's crazy. That's the basement on a carpet.

It's time for a magician that is scintillating, spectacular, and

It must be our very own Lucy Darling.

Why, thank you very much. Why, I simply adore modern cocktail culture, don't

you? In fact, I have something new for all of you to try at your very next

party. All you require is a cocktail and a piece of card.

Simply place the guard on top of your cocktail as so. Everyone following along

all right?

We put pressure down very evenly as we turn it over.

And... Ta -da!

Is it?

Pretty good, huh?

Of course, this is in no way magic.

It's just a little trick with air pressure, you see. So, if we did want to

it magic, one would have to freeze the liquid inside so we could remove the

paper.

Slightly frozen. I think we can do a bit better.

Entirely frozen.

Of course, such a thing is really impossible. So you'll have to stick to

basics at home. And you're sure to be a... At your next party.

You're welcome.

We could all use a couple of extra hands here and there, but what about feet?

Let's find out what that looks like with our very own Rudy Koch.

Thank you.

Waffle up. We are in for a wild ride with this next act, May Win.

When we come back.

Do not put this next performer in a box.

Here's May Win.

Today, I'm going to do something different. Make a man.

Disappear. You!

He's going to be in this side, right?

Let's see.

Some say that love is in the air. This magician believes it's in his deck of

cards. Ladies and gentlemen.

Nick Dopitz.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Let's give a round of applause for our volunteers. This is Piana and Gianni.

Good memory. Give it up.

First, we'll do a quick little card trick to find out if you guys are

No pressure on that, okay?

Piana, if you would, do me a favor. Go ahead and just grab any card you like.

Fantastic. Show it around, everybody, including me. It makes my job easier.

Thank you very much. All right, good. Happy with that card? Do you want to

change your mind?

All right. Now, if you would, do me a favor. Take this.

Marker. Sign your name on the face of that.

All right. She signed her name on the face of that. Everybody can see that,

correct? Good. Hand the marker over to Gianni if you would. Let's go ahead and

have you select a card as well.

Perfect. The exact one. Oh, next to the one I wanted you to. Okay, whatever.

Show it around, everybody.

All right.

I'll take a look at it. Six of clubs. Six of clubs. And if you would, sign the

back of this card for me.

All righty. That's good. Put the cap on. First try. Good for you. All right.

Round of applause for them for all the hard work they just did. All right.

With Gianni's card, 6 of clubs. Gianni's card is right here, signed on the back.

All right, and we have Gianni's card signed, obviously, right here on the

Cut those cards wherever you like.

Set up this side.

Beautiful nails, by the way.

Okay, good.

Okay, so here's what we're going to do. We're going to place your card right

where you cut. Leave it right there. Now the pressure's on you.

The pressure's on you. You have to find her.

All right, we're going to use your 6. Now all you've got to do is just say

whenever you want.

Stop. Right there. Do you want to keep on going? I can say it. That one right

there. Okay.

All right, so now I'm going to mark it exactly where you stopped me. That's

fair?

That's fair, right? So now I'm committed.

It's a commitment joke.

Okay, good.

I'm making sure. All right, so now you could have stopped me at any one of

cards, but you didn't. You stopped me at this card right here.

Let's see if you found your long -lost loss.

Bill Dispens.

Look

at

that, ladies and gentlemen.

They found each other.

There you are. Thank you all very much. Happy anniversary.

Enjoy.

Get ready for a grand illusion like you've never seen before.

Meadow Harry.

Next.

Let's bring out a performer who was able to get literally anyone or anything.

Dancing. We'll catch on soon.

Let's welcome to the stage, Meadow Perry.

When most people think of bubbles, they think of them in a very specific shape.

But when you work with bubbles for as long as I have, you begin to see them in

completely different dimension.

Okay.

Thank you.

Rob Lake defies gravity when we return.

Next.

This next performer is taking us back to his roots with one of the first

illusions that he learned in his youth. Let's give it up for Rob Lake.

I got into magic when I was about 10 years old. And when I first started, I

no fancy props, no assistant. I had to create magic around the house.

And now one of the earliest lessons a magician learned is how to animate

objects. But I didn't have any handkerchiefs. I had no assistants.

I had no props. So I had to use what I had, a sock.

This is one of the first tricks I ever learned is how to make a sock dance.

I'm sure this goes without saying, and boy do I say it a lot with this

performer, but please do not try this at home.

It's none other than Dan Sperry.

Well, that's it for this edition of Masters of Illusion. We hope you'll join

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

watching.