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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.

Welcome to Masters of Illusion.

Are you ready to be challenged?

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

DEAN: Well then join me as we meet

tonight s Masters of Illusion.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

DEAN: Look at this illusion.

It is called the Endless Staircase.

Reality and perception are not always the same.

If your eye follows it up there is no place for it to

end and if you see it as descending there is no final

destination.

Our mind will play with our journey.

Either way it will lead us to frustration and so will

this illusion that defies explanation.

Can there be a world without gravity?

Well watch Nathan Burton.

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DEAN: If you ask Tom Burgloon to dinner before he

leaves you better count the silverware.

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TOM: I was taken into

a group of three retired

professional magicians when I was 14 years old.

They thought I showed a little promise in the magic

business.

This is one of the tricks they taught me how to do.

It s called the Spoon Trick.

It s not really funny.

It took me over two years standing in front of the

mirror practicing this trick to make it looks like what

it looks like right now.

What happens is this the spoon goes into this pocket

right here.

The spoon is going to disappear from right here

and it s going to go into the case over here.

That s the only thing that s going to happen.

You just have to catch me when I pull the magic,

the sleight o hand.

Watch it close.

Let s back up.

Spoon.

Again, Spoon.

Even slower, spoon.

Watch it.

The spoon is now gone.

The spoon should be in the case.

Yep, there it is.

AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)

TOM: No one ever believes me.

This right here no you re not watching.

That s a fork folks.

You re not even watching this at all are you?

That s the crazy part of the whole thing.

You have to see the spoon.

Goes right here in the case.

Everybody says that s a great trick how do you do

it?

I can do it because the hand is quicker than the eye.

AUDIENCE: Whoa! (APPLAUSE)

TOM: Yeah, it s a gag.

Come on you guys.

You guys are taking this way too serious.

You really are.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

DEAN: Most illusions are said to be nothing but

smoke and mirrors, but for Greg Truwin it is

nothing but broken mirrors.

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DEAN: Next, Arthur Trace.

DEAN: Can the sense be controlled?

Is it possible you cannot hear what you see?

Watch Arthur Trace.

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ARTHUR: I know this next trick works because

I ve tested it on my dog, Pavlov.

AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER) ARTHUR: True story.

The hand is quicker than the?

AUDIENCE: Eye.

ARTHUR: You ve heard that right?

But have you heard the hand is quicker than the nose?

No?

One person.

Or perhaps, perhaps the hand is quicker than the ear?

Anybody?

AUDIENCE: No.

ARTHUR: No?

Of course not because most magicians just try to fool

your eyes.

Tonight, I m going to do something different.

I m not only going to fool your eyes but also your

ears.

It s something I like to call sleight of ear.

That changes things a bit.

(BELL RINGING)

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

ARTHUR: In order for this to work what I do has to be

in tune with what you hear.

(BELL RINGING)

AUDIENCE: Whoa!

ARTHUR: Yeah.

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ARTHUR: Sir, I know what you re thinking,

it s very impressive. Thank you.

But, let s switch it up a bit.

(MUG MAKING NOISE)

You see, I think it d be more impressive if you can

hear the clapper travel from here to here.

Listen

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AUDIENCE: Whoa!

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ARTHUR: Yeah. That s what I m talking about.

Now, like I said, I know this fools my dog Pavlov but

some of you are smarter than my dog.

AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)

ARTHUR: In the hat over here would you-

what is your name?

LYNETTE: Lynette. ARTHUR: Lynette?

Would you join me on stage as the audience gives

you some encouragement? Lynette.

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ARTHUR: Very nice to meet you Lynette.

Stand over here.

Face our lovely audience.

I love the hat.

Lynette, open up your hand.

Just that one.

Close it into a fist.

Hold this up.

Hold it tight.

(BELL RINGS)

From here to there. Open up and show them-

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

ARTHUR: No reaction.

Lynette is stunned into silence.

I ll take that Lynette.

Have a seat.

That s all you needed to do. Lynette.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS) (APPLAUSE)

ARTHUR: So the moral of the story

is this the hand is quicker than the ear

it s true and remember to be good to your dog

because you never know when you ll need their help.

AUDIENCE: (APPLAUSE)

ARTHUR: Aw!

This is Pavlov s biscuit, it s how I got him to stick

around and watch the trick.

The problem is all he wanted to do was play fetch.

Thanks for listening.

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DEAN: We ll be back with Matt Marcy

and Les Arnold and Dazzle.

DEAN: Now a performer who loves the dramatic.

He takes no prisoners. Here s Matt Marcy.

MATT: Sir what s your name?

Chris, I ve brought a deck of cards here.

I will need you select one.

They re all different, all different Chris.

I m just going to run my finger down the

corner of the deck.

If you d just say stop wherever you d like.

CHRIS: Stop.

MATT: Little quicker Chris.

CHRIS: Stop.

MATT: There you go.

Take the card.

Look at it.

Hold it over your head so the people around you can

see which one it is.

There you go, couple of people up behind you.

There you go.

Those of you in the back next time get here earlier.

AUDIENCE: (LAUGHTER)

MATT: Good job. All right, go ahead and put it back.

Yeah, slide it in the middle.

There you go.

Good job.

I was at the park about a week ago and there was a

clown there and he was making those balloon

animals.

You ve probably seen this they take these long

balloons and they twist them into shapes dogs,

cats, penguins.

You guys know what I m talking about, right?

I ve been practicing.

AUDIENCE: (CHEERS)

MATT: Oh, the colors. I m not very good actually,

so far I can only do one animal.

It s a snake.

I'm going to use that and the cards.

Tonight I m going to show you the power of the sword.

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MATT: Chris, which one did you pick?

A four of clubs?

It s the four of clubs.

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DEAN: Coming up,

Les Arnold and Dazzle and Tommy Wind.

DEAN: Time for elegance with

Les Arnold and Dazzle.

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DEAN: Twirling a 10 foot pole can be dangerous,

but with Tommy Wind it can produce wonders.

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DEAN: And that s it,

another amazing evening of illusion and distorting

reality.

Do you know how they did it because I sure don t and

that s because they are the Masters of Illusion.

Be sure to catch us next time.

I m Dean Cain.

Good night.