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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.

Meet the Maters of Illusion.

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DEAN: Welcome. Welcome to Masters of illusion.

Are you ready for some magic?

AUDIENCE: Yeah!

DEAN: Are you ready to be challenged?

AUDIENCE: Yes!

DEAN: Are you ready to be amazed?

AUDIENCE: Yes!

DEAN: Okay. Well, then join me as

we meet tonight Maters of illusion

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DEAN: Okay. Here is a classic illusion.

How many legs are on this elephant?

Every time I count it, it comes out different.

Is it our eyes or our brain that deceives us?

How many do you see?

Okay, I find it totally frustrating and impossible.

But equally impossible is this illusion performed by

Greg Frewin.

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DEAN: Never underestimate our next illusionist.

He is about to show what to do in the crunch.

John Gabriel.

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JOHN: Thank you very much.

You know a lot of people ask me how

I got started in magic, in doing all this.

Well I figure instead of telling you about it

something I should show you.

So I developed an illusion I really did.

That takes me back to the days when

I started performing magic. Right now.

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DEAN: Tom Burgoon can talk you into anything,

even if you think you are seeing what he does,

you are not.

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TOM: Thank you all very much.

Ladies and gentlemen a solid steel ring.

There is no break or gap in the ring,

but there is a hole, there is one right here.

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TOM: So it must therefore be impossible to reach down

inside the ring and of course take something out.

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TOM: Yes. Thank you.

I'd like to teach you the difference between magic and

illusion.

Magic is when you see something appear or

disappear, illusion is when you see something that's

really not there, and as an example,

how many people on this side of the room can see the

triangle?

The triangle?

Triangle?

No. How about this circle?

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TOM: I have no idea you guys.

I have no idea to one of those deals.

Alright.

Here is one you can all do, all you've got to have is an

empty bottle of water.

What you do is you blow in a little breathe,

like that, put the cap back on.

All you do is this, you lay it on the palm of your hand

like this...

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TOM: Yes, and then back to sleep my dear, yes.

See what you can do when you all brush your teeth?

Huh? Is that cool.

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DEAN: When we return Greg Gleason and Ed Alonzo.

DEAN: Our next illusionist will be fun on a date,

especially if you have a split personality.

This is is Greg Gleason

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DEAN: Ed Alonzo likes to

dress up for his illusions, but he needs some help.

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ED: Let's see could - could you help me

with the glasses?

Yeah, come on up sir.

Yeah, and let's see.

How about the gentleman with a red shirt

who is looking up here now? Yeah.

Could you give him a round of applause?

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How are you?

Thanks so much.

Come on up.

Thank you gentlemen.

Two dresses, yeah?

You like them?

Which one do you like?

You like the blue one, huh?

Excellent.

Stand right there.

And would you, sir, stand next to him.

Your dress will be the red dress.

You pick the blue dress.

Watch this.

Here we go!

Drum roll please.

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ED: Drum roll please.

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DEAN: We'll be back with Rick Thomas.

Mike Caveney and Greg Frewin

DEAN: Tonight, master illusionist Rick Thomas

starts with a solid pain of glass.

We know it is transparent, but can you actually pass an

object through it?

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RICK: I call this beautiful!

A nice hand for Tara.

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That has nothing to do with what you are about to see.

She's just beautiful.

Listen!

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Listen!

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I call this beautiful.

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DEAN: We'll be back with Mike Caveney

DEAN: Mike Kevinee believes in science as

the simple explanation for what he does.

But I woiuld not want him to be my waiter at a coffee

house. Let's take a look.

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MIKE: Thank you very much.

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MIKE: Thanks a lot. Nice to see you.

Time for me to go to work, but I can t start my work

day until I've had at least one cup of coffee.

Just take a minute I promise you.

Just like you can t work without some more coffee,

I take my coffee just like you,

a little bit of cream, a couple of sugars,

but I have a very unusual way of stirring it all up.

Okay.

Not such good seats after all, huh folks.

Let's get there early.

You gotta get a good seat

There's nothing to worry about.

There's nothing to worry about,

because this might look like magic,

this is actually science.

Centrifugal force.

Or as they say in England aluminum.

And you kids, you kids out there can try this at home.

Perhaps at a friend's house.

And I prefer my coffee with some music,

anything would help.

Yeah.

Oh yeah.

That's good.

Here we go!

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What? What?

Hang on!

A little cream.

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MIKE: Sugar!

Huh!

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There goes nothing.

Whoa!

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MIKE: Huh?

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MIKE: That's it!

That's what I'm talking about.

Thanks to you.

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DEAN: If you are claustrophobic,

this next illusion will make you crazy.

Here again is Greg Frewin.

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DEAN: And that's it!

Another amazing evening of illusion and distorting

reality. Be sure to catch us next time,

I'm Dean Cain. Good night.