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DEAN CAIN: Illusion.

The art of tricking the brain.

Distorting the senses.

Challenging perception.

You can't trust what you see, even with your own eyes.

Because your brain can be misled.

Meet the masters of illusion.

Good evening and welcome to "Masters of

Illusion."

I m your host, Dean Cain.

Illusion versus reality.

We are all vulnerable.

Sometimes we have to take a second look.

What do you see here?

Two wood blocks.

Which one is bigger?

Are you sure?

What if I switch them?

Now which one is bigger?

In fact, they are both the same.

But the brain sees different.

The masters of illusion invite you into their world as Rob

Lake presents The Fountain of Mystery.

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DEAN: Fashion dolls have long been a popular

collector's item.

Here, Nathan Burton shows us his favorite.

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NATHAN: Aw, yeah.

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DEAN: In this illusion, Michael Grandinetti

has one goal. Get to the rose.

How does he do it?

MICHAEL: I'm going to try and reach that rose in

a very unusual way.

Watch.

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MICHAEL: If you could really do magic,

what would you do?

For me, like most people, I'd love to be able to close my

eyes, focus my thoughts and my energy,

and make my body lighter than air.

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DEAN: We won't cut away so don't blink.

Even still, Michael Giles is just too fast for your brain.

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DEAN: Next, the inventive comedy magic of Eric Buss.

And later, Spencer Horsman submerges himself for all to

see.

And tries to escape from a watery grave.

DEAN: With more magic per minute

than most, Eric Buss is a performer who amazes even

himself.

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ERIC: Sweet.

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ERIC: I loves me the duct tape.

Smells good.

Try not to let it stick to itself.

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A little greasy.

There we go.

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I'm pretty awesome.

That dries fast.

Why, thank you.

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You guys like glue animals?

Seahorse.

With a poodle tail.

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That's hard.

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I can't stop.

All right.

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DEAN: Next, the master of close-up magic,

Johnny Ace Palmer.

DEAN: Get as close as you can.

We won't cut away from this sleight of hand: Ace.

It's just Johnny Ace Palmer.

JOHNNY : How about some encouragement for my

volunteer?

How you doing?

JD: Good.

How are you?

JOHNNY: My name s Johnny.

Could you stand here please?

JD: Sure.

JOHNNY: What's your name?

JD: JD.

JOHNNY: This is JD, everybody.

JD, I have four coins and I'll count them for you,

one at a time in a magical way.

One, two, three, four.

I'll do that again but two at a time and they'll split twice

as fast.

One, two, three, four.

And now...

thank you.

Thank you. (APPLAUSE)

And now just for fun, I will attempt two at a time every

other one.

The reason I say 'attempt' is because this is the most

difficult one of all.

Two at a time, every other one.

You see how they re every other one,

JD? JD: Yeah.

JOHNNY: Two at a time, every other one.

And they split. Thanks. (APPLAUSE)

Now that's not magic.

Thank you very much.

That's not magic but that s part of magic.

It's the manual dexterity part and that s a big part of

magic, especially close-up sleight of hand magic.

See the coin walk?

Sometimes it runs.

Once in a while, it gets lazy.

When it gets lazy, it goes like this.

Irk. That's the lazy one.

That's one.

That's two.

That's three.

That's hard.

That's four.

And that's proof I have way too much time on my hands.

I know you were thinking that, weren t you?

Thank you. (APPLAUSE)

When I put them in this pocket like this,

one coin, this coin, goes right through my pocket.

If I squeeze that coin, it disappears and it goes behind

my knee.

See it back there?

I have a trick knee.

That's an old football injury.

I fell off the bench.

It kind of hurt.

It kind of hurt.

It was a high bench.

It was a really high bench.

This is a coin falling down.

This is a coin falling up. (GASPS)

Did you see that? Will you please look

at the coin, JD?

JD: Yep.

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Thank you for that round of indifference.

It's a special coin.

It's a Kennedy half dollar from 1964.

My grandfather gave it to me.

It's a Kennedy half.

Thanks for looking at it.

That's the last year they were silver and the first year they

had Kennedy on the half.

Please listen to the coin when it hits my watch.

Do you hear the ring?

That's because it's silver.

When it hits my watch, you can hear the ring.

If I squeeze it, you can squeeze the ring.

Please look at the ring.

It's a solid ring. It's my class ring.

Class act, class ring. Class clown.

Watch the ring jump from here to here and back,

really fast.

Want to see it again?

I told you it was fast.

I'll slow it down.

Jump!

Jump back!

But the fastest one of all is when I squeeze it,

it goes right back onto my finger.

Thank you for helping me. It was nice meeting you.

JD: Thank you.

JOHNNY: And thanks for your attention everyone.

Thank you very much. (APPLAUSE)

DEAN: Next, no gimmicks, no tricks.

Spencer Horsman must escape or face a watery grave.

DEAN: Spencer Horsman is a perfectionist.

In this totally transparent escape,

he has invited audience members up on stage to witness

his attempt.

And he invites you to hold your breath along with him for

as long as you can.

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DEAN: Well, there you have it.

An impossible escape made possible.

Do you know how he did it? I don't.

Remember who we're dealing with.

These are the best in the world.

These are the masters of illusion.

Until next, I'm Dean Cain.