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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 Masters of Illusion.

Hello. Hello and welcome to

Masters of Illusion.

This is former First Lady Ladybird Johnson

hugging a friend at the airport.

Reality and perception are not always the same.

Which one is she the lady wearing white or the lady

in the gray outfit?

I don t think our brain can tell.

That is what illusion is all about.

Having fun with a dangerouse side of life here are

Jarrett and Raja.

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DEAN: Now an illusionist known for

lying, at least he admits to lying

but I don t believe him.

I think he s lying.

Here s Ferrell Dylan.

AUDIENCE: (APPLAUSE)

FERRELL: I got into magic because

I always wanted a lion and magicians

are famous for doing magic with lions so tonight,

for you, I m going to make a lion appear inside this

crystal box.

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Ladies and gentlemen behold a lion.

AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE)

FARREL: All right, so I guess they re

not really buying this are they?

That s okay.

You know, magicians are also known for having one

of these.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

JONATHAN: Good evening.

I am Jonathan Pendragon and this is Master of Illusion.

In my hand is a canary cage.

There used to be a canary inside.

He bought a condo.

AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)

JONATHAN: So now, I use an origami bird.

In a moment the bird and the cage are going to vanish

and you won t see where they go.

Are you watching?

AUDIENCE: Yes.

Whoa!

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DEAN: Jonathan Pendragon returns

when we come back.

DEAN: Once again here is Jonathan Pendragon, who has

a unique way to saw a woman in half with a laser.

Jonathan Pendragon.

JONATHAN: Trivia question.

The most famous illusion in the history of magic,

very good sawing a woman in half.

Now, the audience always assumes that it only works

because they re in the audience and I m on stage so

we are going to break that rule.

I need a male volunteer to come up on stage

and join me for this effect.

Okay, come on up.

What s your name?

TIM: Tim.

JONATHAN: Tim.

There are those who call me Tim.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Okay Tim, come on over here.

All right, get in the box and I m going to saw

you in half.

No, no, no.

You are going to watch at close distances.

All right?

We re going to use Jocose.

Ladies and gentlemen, Jocose.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

JONATHAN: How do you do?

Thank you.

Watch it, she s my daughter.

TIM: I m married.

Okay. Like that ever stopped her.

All right, so I m kidding.

I m going to get in a lot of trouble for that one.

Jocose is going to get in the box.

You re going to make sure, in fact,

there s no room for her to maneuver,

okay?

TIM: Okay.

JONATHAN: Take a look.

TIM: Looks good to me.

JONATHAN: Tight, good and tight?

TIM: Good.

JONATHAN: Okay.

Hello Jocose, how are you doing?

JACOSE: Doing good.

JONATHAN: Go ahead and touch it to make sure it s

watch it, hello, be good.

Okay. That locks there.

That locks there.

Now, she is not out the back.

She s completely inside.

I want you to do me a favor.

I want you to come over.

You notice that the bottom box is attached to the base

but this can slide under the table.

Try and slide it over to the table.

Slide it toward me.

You can t.

Do you know why?

Because her body is in the way,

it doesn t work. AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)

JONATHAN: Don t worry. I ll take care of that.

Step back.

Okay that should do it.

You ready?

You push, I ll pull.

One, two, three go.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

JONATHAN: Yes, like that.

Look at that.

Whoa!

Now, I know what you re thinking but go ahead

touch her feet, they re real.

These are her legs.

Those are real.

These are real too, but don t touch those,

okay.

No, go ahead, take a look.

Be my guest.

She s actually in two pieces and you re no more than a

foot away and that is a very technical term impossible.

AUDIENCE: (APPLAUSE)

JONATHAN: We close that.

I close this.

You pull, I push.

A little bit farther.

Excellent.

Come on.

Ladies and gentlemen Jacose.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

JONATHAN: Thank you very much and thank you Tim.

DEAN: Coming up Sos and Victoria.

DEAN: How to be fashionable takes time.

Here is one lady no one will have to wait for.

Welcome Sos and Victoria.

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DEAN: Coming up, Fielding West then John Gabriel.

DEAN: I m not sure anyone would want

to face a ferocious tiger but

trust me this is no illusion.

Here is the very, very brave Fielding West.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

FIELDING: I brought a magic

sheet in with me tonight.

I brought this in to prove a point to

this audience about the very art of magic.

That point being whenever you do magic or whenever you

do illusions or whenever you just like to have fun with

people like I do.

One thing I have learned is that you do not need

special props.

I don t think you need fancy boxes,

mirrors, wires or trapdoors all you need is a great

crowd like we have here tonight.

Thank you all for coming in.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

FIELDING: Okay kids pay attention.

This is going to be fast and well-worth the price of

admission.

In the next 30 seconds on this open stage with just

this, with just this beautiful designer sheet

from my very own bed I will produce for this audience a

600 pound Burmese man-eating Bengal tiger.

Let s try that again.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

DEAN: If you ever need a lift this is a

magician who will never let you down.

The incredible John Gabriel.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

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DEAN: I hope you have been amazed as I have.

Be sure to join us next time for more

Masters of Illusion.

Until then, I m Dean Cane.

Good night.