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DEAN: 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."

In the world of illusion,

can I influence what your mind perceives?

Is your first impression the true,

or only impression.

Look at this sculpture of a gorilla's face.

If I told you you were looking at the inside of this

impression and not the outside,

would you be amazed?

It's true.

The brain creates this sculpture,

but illusion is not always fact.

I'm Dean Cain and our first performers have a reputation

for doing things big.

In this illusion Jarrett and Raja show us how to get the

party started.

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DEAN: Renowned master illusionist Murray Sawchuck

takes us back to school for a refresher course on basic

math.

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DEAN: Tom Burgoon has a gift for gab,

but don't let him fool you.

TOM: Hey, it's mind reading time,

my friends.

It is mind reading time.

In this envelope right here I have a picture.

I have a picture of a famous movie start.

A picture of a very famous movie star.

In just a moment I'm going to look at you my dear.

Don't move, stay right there.

I'm going to count to three, snap my fingers,

and point at you.

You will name any famous movie star in this world,

living or dead.

And if I were to reach into the envelope and pull out the

very same picture of that famous movie star,

that would be an amazing effect because I would have

predicted what you were going to say before you ever said

it, agreed?

Look me in the eyes.

On the count of three, name the famous movie star.

Ready?

One, two, and three.

WOMAN: Leonardo DiCaprio TOM: Leonardo

WOMAN: DiCaprio BOURGOON: DiCaprio.

Unfortunately, I had- Hah!

Ladies and gentlemen, Leonardo DiCaprio - six months,

two weeks old.

Leonardo DiCaprio, he was cute.

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Last night's show the gal yelled out "BARACK OBAMA."

I was ready.

I know what I'm doing. Right?

Yeah.

It's that easy.

It's that easy, for gosh sakes.

What is your name, my dear?

Right there, what's your name?

WOMAN: Joanna.

TOM: Joanna, would you help me do a trick?

WOMAN: Sure.

TOM: Clap for Joanna, here she comes on the stage.

Come on, Joanna, right here. Thank you, dear.

Right this way, my dear.

Stand right there, if you would please.

Face the audience.

It's good to have you.

As a matter of fact, step over here just in front of me,

just for a second.

Joanna, are you into hypnosis?

Great. Here we go.

Just relax, relax, relax.

On the count of three I snap my fingers,

you go into a deep trance. One, two, three.

Relax, relax, relax. Listen to my voice.

Listen to my voice. Listen to my voice.

Listen to my voice.

Keep your eyes open.

Listen to my voice.

Tip your head this way.

There we goes.

Ha-ha, suckers. Alright, here we go.

This is my fly circus. These are my flies.

That is Larry, that's Mary, that's Jerry,

and that's Terry, the fly. One fly goes down.

What's going to happen is that fly is going to disappear from

the card and jump up with the other three flies by magic.

On the count of three I want you all. Hang on,

you gotta have your magic wand.

There you go.

On the count of three you smack the fly.

Fly disappears, jumps over here.

Here we go.

Ready, One...two...three.

Hit him!

And the fly magically jumps across.

Try it again, on the count of three.

One, two, three.

And the magic'll-- Do it harder.

Ready?

One, two, three.

Yeah, girl!

See what you can do when you try?

She's good, isn't she?

I'm telling you, she knows what she's doing.

Let me wipe that off a little bit there.

My dear, I've got a special friend with me tonight.

He travels with me wherever I go.

I appreciate you being her tonight so you can meet him.

Ladies and gentlemen, one of my best friends in the whole

world, the one and only, Timmy Toilet Paper!

Timmy, we're going to take you,

we're going to tear you into a thousand pieces and we're

going to flush you down the toilet.

What do you think of that?

He's scared. Ooh.

Now, I know y'all think that's stupid, I know.

But I know when y'all get home you're going to make one of

these, I know that. My dear, you take Timmy.

Always keep Timmy's little face pointin' straight out so

they can always see his face.

Off of Timmy I want you to tear off two strips,

each containing eight squares.

Two strips, each containing eight squares.

Just count 'em out, they're perforated.

Alright, we've got one strip with one square.

Let's try that again, there we go.

Count out eight.

Kay, that's two, that's good, that,

roll it out.

That's good, perfect.

Count out eight.

When you get there, that's great.

Nice and neat, too.

Appreciate that. There we get this out of here.

There we go, that's good.

WOMAN: Is that eight? TOM: Alright.

That's good. Perfect!

Tear it off. And, thank you, very.

Make another one just like--

wouldja there.

Make another one just like that.

Yeah, you've done this before.

You know what you're doing.

That's good. She gets it.

Right there. That's good.

I'll take Timmy, Timmy, Timmy.

Timmy goes back in the box over here-- Oh,

Timmy-- Timmy-- Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Sleep.

(LAUGHS) You guys are so easy.

Take the paper, tear some off the top.

Do that all the way down to the bottom,

just like that.

Tear it all up.

Take the paper, wad it up into a super tight little ball.

If it's not super tight, the whole thing is not going to

work.

You follow me?

Now, I know we have no idea where these paper balls have

been.

We're going to take them, anyway.

We're going to place them into our mouth.

(MUFFLED) Now, what we're going to do-- we're going to

go "Abra Kadabra," take them back out,

open 'em up, and it'll be all back together again, okay?

You say "Abra Ka"-- Put the ball in your mouth.

Here we go, ready? Okay.

You say "Abra Kadabra!"

WOMAN (MUFFLED) Abra Kadabra

TOM: Good. Don't move! Stay right there, don't move.

Ready, and -- One, two!

Okay, good.

There we go.

Take it back out, open it up, and it's going to be all back

together again-- Look!

Noooooo.

Put it back in.

No, I'm only kidding.

I'm kidding.

Just throw it down there.

Throw it down there.

When you took it out, it became the pieces.

Watch. Look here.

Pull some out, chew it some more.

Pull some out, chew it some more.

Pull some out, chew it some more.

Here we go. Hello!

Here we go. Goes like this.

Goes like this. Now, hold that.

Now I want you, to go that way. Go.

All the way down there.

Go down that way!

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Heeeeeey yeah!

Give her a big round of applause.

Thank you guys, see you later! (APPLAUSE)

Good night!

Good night.

DEAN: Next: Rick Thomas and his lovely ladies.

And later Michael Turco faces his demons.

DEAN: This is Las Vegas star, Rick Thomas.

Let's just say his next illusion is out of the box.

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DEAN: Michael Giles has performed since her was twelve

years old and he holds the world magic award title of

"Stage Magician of the Year."

Here he shows us why practice makes perfect.

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DEAN: Next: The dynamic duo of David and Danya.

And later, Michael Turco battles the monster inside.

DEAN: Split second timing is the key in this performance

from David and Danya.

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DEAN: Prepare to enter the magical mind of Matt Marcy.

MATT: Okay!

We're going to begin tonight with a trick called "The

Perfect Match." You sir, stand up.

You sir, stand up.

Two hundred and fifty pairs of socks.

No two pair are the same and in a minute,

you are going to reach into the bag and grab one sock,

just one sock.

Put it behind your back, don't look at it.

Quickly, reach in, grab a sock,

and put it behind your back.

I'll turn my head so I can't see.

Got one? Yes.

Good. Same exact thing, sir.

One sock, put it behind your back.

Don't look at it. I will turn away. Got it?

MAN: Got it.

MATT: Yes? Okay.

There is a one in 500 chance that those two socks are the

same. When I say go, you're going to

unfold your sock.

Hold it over your head so we can all see it.

You're about to see why I call this "The Perfect Match."

Go! Sit. Sit down. (LAUGHS)

Uh! These two socks do not match.

Each other. They're not supposed to.

They're supposed to match-- THESE!

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DEAN: Next, Michael Turco meets his match and must

escape from the clutches of evil.

DEAN: Michael Turco never ceases to amaze.

Get ready-- you're in for a surprise.

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DEAN: Well, there you have it.

Shackled, and suspended and nowhere to go.

And then, in an instant, Michael Turco replaced his

captor.

Could you figure out how he did it?

I can't.

Remember who we're dealing with.

These are the best in the world.

These are the Masters of Illusion.

Until next time, I'm Dean Cain.