1 00:00:01,801 --> 00:00:05,372 - Illusion, the art of tricking the brain, 2 00:00:05,405 --> 00:00:08,842 distorting the senses, challenging perception. 3 00:00:08,875 --> 00:00:11,044 You can't trust what you see 4 00:00:11,077 --> 00:00:13,046 even with your own eyes. 5 00:00:13,079 --> 00:00:15,682 Meet the Masters of Illusion. 6 00:00:15,715 --> 00:00:21,087 (audience cheering) (rock music) 7 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:22,689 Hello everyone, I'm Dean Cain 8 00:00:22,722 --> 00:00:24,991 and welcome to Masters of Illusion. 9 00:00:25,625 --> 00:00:28,328 Now, what do the best magicians do? 10 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:32,298 The best magicians make the impossible seem possible. 11 00:00:32,332 --> 00:00:34,534 Now we've got some of the best magicians in the world, 12 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:36,870 so that means you're about to witness many things 13 00:00:36,903 --> 00:00:39,339 that just seem impossible! 14 00:00:39,372 --> 00:00:40,340 Is that possible? 15 00:00:40,373 --> 00:00:41,508 - Yo Dean, oh my God Dean! - Check this out. 16 00:00:41,541 --> 00:00:43,309 - I'm so glad you're here. - All right, Dan Sperry. 17 00:00:43,343 --> 00:00:45,011 - Ladies and gentlemen. - I got something, it's crazy! 18 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:45,912 - Hello Dan. 19 00:00:46,212 --> 00:00:46,646 - This is amazing, Dean, this is crazy. 20 00:00:47,013 --> 00:00:48,014 Hey, what's up? - Yeah. 21 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:48,715 - Sorry, I gotta tell Dean something. 22 00:00:48,748 --> 00:00:49,416 I was on the internet, right? 23 00:00:49,449 --> 00:00:50,717 And I was looking up some stuff. 24 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:52,285 I brought a sandwich cookie in case this takes a while 25 00:00:52,318 --> 00:00:53,486 'cause in case you need a snack, 26 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:54,721 but I was on the internet, right and I was reading. 27 00:00:54,754 --> 00:00:55,688 This was amazing. 28 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:57,057 It's gonna blow your mind. 29 00:00:57,090 --> 00:00:58,191 So, I guess like, the parents and the tooth fairy 30 00:00:58,224 --> 00:00:59,159 are like in on it, right? 31 00:00:59,192 --> 00:01:00,126 'Cause the tooth fairy's supposedly not real. 32 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,895 Supposedly. (audience laughing) 33 00:01:01,928 --> 00:01:03,496 You lose your tooth when you're a kid, 34 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:04,697 put the tooth under the pillow, 35 00:01:04,731 --> 00:01:05,732 then you get the money. 36 00:01:05,765 --> 00:01:06,633 But they're in on it because then, 37 00:01:06,666 --> 00:01:08,068 what happens when they take the teeth 38 00:01:08,101 --> 00:01:09,469 and grind it up, turns it back into sugar, right? 39 00:01:09,502 --> 00:01:10,537 So, the kid's eating the sugar. 40 00:01:10,570 --> 00:01:11,638 That's what makes the teeth fall out. 41 00:01:11,671 --> 00:01:12,572 So, by the end of it, 42 00:01:12,605 --> 00:01:13,506 then they put the money back in. 43 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:14,207 It's all a cycle. 44 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,241 See, it's all connected. 45 00:01:15,275 --> 00:01:16,209 Blows your mind. - It does. 46 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:17,243 - Blows your mind. 47 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:18,178 I don't need that part. 48 00:01:18,711 --> 00:01:20,346 This is the part of the cookie that we really need 49 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:21,681 is the center, right? - The center. 50 00:01:21,714 --> 00:01:22,215 - Have you ever seen this? 51 00:01:22,248 --> 00:01:22,849 - Yes. 52 00:01:23,183 --> 00:01:25,085 - Where I had a, I had a cup. 53 00:01:25,118 --> 00:01:26,086 Here, yeah, hold, 54 00:01:26,119 --> 00:01:27,387 here, hold that cup. 55 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:28,188 Hold that cup. - Okay. 56 00:01:28,221 --> 00:01:29,255 - Because this is the center. 57 00:01:29,289 --> 00:01:30,690 That's the other mystery. 58 00:01:30,723 --> 00:01:32,192 It's like you know, what's under the pillow 59 00:01:32,225 --> 00:01:34,094 is like tooth and the sugar and that's why 60 00:01:34,127 --> 00:01:35,829 you can't eat this stuff 'cause whenever you look inside, 61 00:01:35,862 --> 00:01:38,264 you'll notice that that's actually not really sugar at all. 62 00:01:38,298 --> 00:01:40,767 That's an egg and uh, whatever. 63 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,068 Magic show. 64 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:45,271 (laughing) (clapping) 65 00:01:48,074 --> 00:01:49,275 - I think it goes without saying, 66 00:01:49,309 --> 00:01:52,779 but do not try this at home. 67 00:01:52,812 --> 00:01:55,248 It's time to present our dynamic duo 68 00:01:55,281 --> 00:01:57,917 with their thrilling performance from Brazil, 69 00:01:57,951 --> 00:02:00,086 here's Deadly Game. 70 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:05,058 (intense music) (cheering) 71 00:02:36,356 --> 00:02:38,658 (cheering) 72 00:02:40,693 --> 00:02:43,296 (intense music) 73 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,382 (cheering) 74 00:03:04,784 --> 00:03:07,620 (intense music) 75 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:32,045 (cheering) 76 00:03:34,747 --> 00:03:37,350 (intense music) 77 00:03:47,827 --> 00:03:53,066 (audience cheering) (clapping) 78 00:03:54,434 --> 00:03:57,036 (intense music) 79 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:21,694 (cheering) 80 00:04:55,728 --> 00:04:58,331 - The impossible is easy for the masterful 81 00:04:58,364 --> 00:05:02,135 manipulations of Ben Barnes, up next. 82 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:04,737 (rock music) (cheering) 83 00:05:10,843 --> 00:05:13,379 This next magician has been tasked with turning 84 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:18,251 these average Jills and Joes into mystical virtuosos. 85 00:05:18,284 --> 00:05:20,420 Here's Ben Barnes. 86 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:23,189 (cheering) (clapping) 87 00:05:23,222 --> 00:05:24,590 - Thank you so much. 88 00:05:24,624 --> 00:05:25,858 We have two audience volunteers. 89 00:05:25,892 --> 00:05:27,026 We have. 90 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:28,161 - Alise. 91 00:05:28,194 --> 00:05:30,163 (clapping) 92 00:05:30,196 --> 00:05:31,397 - And? 93 00:05:31,431 --> 00:05:32,398 - Alfred. 94 00:05:32,432 --> 00:05:34,267 - Alfred. (clapping) 95 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:36,869 - Alise, have you ever done magic? 96 00:05:36,903 --> 00:05:38,071 - No, never done it. 97 00:05:38,104 --> 00:05:39,072 - Would you like to try? 98 00:05:39,105 --> 00:05:40,006 - I'd love to. 99 00:05:40,039 --> 00:05:40,807 - Perfect, perfect. 100 00:05:41,107 --> 00:05:42,108 - Now I'm gonna start you off easy 101 00:05:42,141 --> 00:05:43,276 and I have a deck of cards here. 102 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:47,213 Alfred, I want you to take any card out that you like. 103 00:05:47,246 --> 00:05:48,681 Show it to everyone but me and Alise. 104 00:05:48,715 --> 00:05:50,683 Alise, no peeking. 105 00:05:50,717 --> 00:05:51,617 Make sure she doesn't peek. 106 00:05:51,651 --> 00:05:52,985 Everyone got it? 107 00:05:53,753 --> 00:05:56,089 All right Alfred, I'll take it. 108 00:05:56,122 --> 00:05:57,190 All right Alise, show time. 109 00:05:57,223 --> 00:05:58,057 - Okay. 110 00:05:58,091 --> 00:05:59,792 - Tell the truth. 111 00:05:59,826 --> 00:06:01,260 Did you see Alfred's card? 112 00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:01,994 - No. 113 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:03,262 - All right, you're gonna find it. 114 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:04,063 - Okay. 115 00:06:04,097 --> 00:06:05,598 - Here's the secret. 116 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:06,599 Don't overthink it. 117 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:08,134 (audience laughing) - Okay. 118 00:06:08,167 --> 00:06:09,068 - Take this card. 119 00:06:11,337 --> 00:06:13,239 All right, don't show them, don't show them. 120 00:06:13,473 --> 00:06:15,241 But go ahead and you look at it. 121 00:06:15,274 --> 00:06:16,075 Let me see it. 122 00:06:17,176 --> 00:06:19,912 Alfred, would you be amazed if she found it? 123 00:06:19,946 --> 00:06:21,180 - I would definitely be amazed. 124 00:06:21,214 --> 00:06:22,949 - (laughs) Good, good. 125 00:06:22,982 --> 00:06:26,953 Alfred, you took the Queen of Hearts. 126 00:06:26,986 --> 00:06:28,087 And that was the card she stopped at. 127 00:06:28,121 --> 00:06:28,888 Was that your card? 128 00:06:28,921 --> 00:06:30,423 - No. 129 00:06:30,456 --> 00:06:31,924 - Was it a Queen? 130 00:06:31,958 --> 00:06:32,492 - No. 131 00:06:32,525 --> 00:06:33,459 - What was it? Tell me. 132 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:35,428 (audience laughing) 133 00:06:35,461 --> 00:06:36,129 Do you know what I'd do? 134 00:06:36,162 --> 00:06:36,929 (blows air) 135 00:06:36,963 --> 00:06:37,630 Blow. 136 00:06:37,663 --> 00:06:38,064 (blows air) 137 00:06:38,097 --> 00:06:39,432 (intense music) 138 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:43,069 (laughing) 139 00:06:43,102 --> 00:06:44,971 (audience clapping) 140 00:06:45,004 --> 00:06:46,038 You know what, Alfred? 141 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:46,939 You try it. 142 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:47,907 Blow. 143 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:49,942 And Alfred is magic too. 144 00:06:49,976 --> 00:06:51,144 (audience laughing) 145 00:06:51,177 --> 00:06:52,645 Let's give them both a round of applause. 146 00:06:52,678 --> 00:06:56,949 (audience cheering) (clapping) 147 00:06:58,017 --> 00:06:59,318 - Illusionists have the ability to make 148 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:03,055 even the most ordinary objects other worldly. 149 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:06,926 This performer will rope you in with his act. 150 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:09,095 Let's hear it for Smoothini. 151 00:07:09,128 --> 00:07:10,596 (audience cheering) (clapping) 152 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,999 -Yeah, look at that, look at that. 153 00:07:13,032 --> 00:07:13,833 Calm down! 154 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:15,802 'Cause you scary! 155 00:07:15,835 --> 00:07:17,403 You're very scary! 156 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:19,839 I'm trying to make this rope go right through 157 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:22,675 my body. 158 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:27,680 In small portions. (audience oohing) 159 00:07:27,713 --> 00:07:29,315 Little bit through here. 160 00:07:29,348 --> 00:07:31,150 Little bit through there. 161 00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:32,919 And through my big gut that I've been 162 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:34,821 working on during the pandemic. 163 00:07:34,854 --> 00:07:36,923 (audience laughing) 164 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:37,857 Just right. 165 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:45,298 Through there. 166 00:07:45,331 --> 00:07:47,099 But the worst part is the-- 167 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:49,469 (grunting) 168 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:54,774 You do not wanna smell that. 169 00:07:54,807 --> 00:07:56,042 (audience laughing) 170 00:07:56,075 --> 00:07:57,677 At all. 171 00:07:57,710 --> 00:08:00,012 (clapping) 172 00:08:02,748 --> 00:08:03,549 Thank you. 173 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:07,954 - Normally, I'd welcome the next performer, 174 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:10,723 but it seems like he won't even be on stage 175 00:08:10,756 --> 00:08:11,791 for this illusion. 176 00:08:11,824 --> 00:08:14,026 Here's the magic of Rob Lake. 177 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:15,728 (cheering) (clapping) 178 00:08:15,761 --> 00:08:17,697 - For this illusion, to make it even more impossible, 179 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:19,198 I'm not even on the stage. 180 00:08:19,232 --> 00:08:22,001 I'm in the control room backstage right now. 181 00:08:22,034 --> 00:08:24,403 And we have several volunteers we've chose at random 182 00:08:24,437 --> 00:08:26,138 from the audience on stage. 183 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:27,740 For all of you on stage, let me know you can hear me 184 00:08:27,773 --> 00:08:29,375 with a big round of applause. 185 00:08:29,408 --> 00:08:30,042 (clapping) 186 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:31,077 Excellent. 187 00:08:31,377 --> 00:08:32,879 Now, we're gonna give all of the volunteers 188 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:35,414 on stage a tour of the stage. 189 00:08:35,448 --> 00:08:36,716 You can see in the middle of the stage, 190 00:08:36,749 --> 00:08:37,416 we have a platform. 191 00:08:38,184 --> 00:08:40,353 Now, this platform is only a couple of inches thick, 192 00:08:40,386 --> 00:08:43,022 so please examine it all you want as you walk by. 193 00:08:43,055 --> 00:08:45,091 We're going to divide all of these volunteers up 194 00:08:45,124 --> 00:08:46,592 all around the stage so they can 195 00:08:46,626 --> 00:08:49,996 view the illusion as it happens from every possible angle. 196 00:08:50,029 --> 00:08:52,932 You can see there's air in every direction. 197 00:08:52,965 --> 00:08:54,233 This platform is at the middle of the stage, 198 00:08:54,267 --> 00:08:57,169 surrounded by absolutely nothing. 199 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:58,838 I need two people who are not afraid of heights. 200 00:08:58,871 --> 00:09:00,606 We're gonna ask you to go and stand on top of the platform. 201 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,275 We're gonna ask you to go and stand on top of the platform. 202 00:09:02,308 --> 00:09:03,776 It will be your job to watch the illusion 203 00:09:03,809 --> 00:09:05,444 as it happens from above. 204 00:09:05,478 --> 00:09:08,047 (intense music) 205 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:10,883 We're gonna put somebody behind 206 00:09:10,917 --> 00:09:12,018 to watch this from the back, 207 00:09:12,051 --> 00:09:14,253 make sure nothing happens at all from the back. 208 00:09:14,287 --> 00:09:17,323 (intense music) 209 00:09:17,823 --> 00:09:18,958 And we need someone who doesn't mind 210 00:09:18,991 --> 00:09:20,192 to get a little dirty, 211 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:21,060 get on your hands and knees and sit down 212 00:09:21,093 --> 00:09:22,228 below the platform. 213 00:09:22,261 --> 00:09:23,930 When you go down, put your hands above your head 214 00:09:23,963 --> 00:09:25,031 and please don't move. 215 00:09:25,064 --> 00:09:27,133 Now, everyone on top of the platform especially, 216 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:28,034 stay where you are. 217 00:09:28,067 --> 00:09:28,634 Don't move. 218 00:09:29,101 --> 00:09:29,969 I don't want anybody to fall off. 219 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:32,371 Right now, my assistant should be bringing out a curtain. 220 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:34,040 We're going to hand the curtain to the people 221 00:09:34,073 --> 00:09:35,241 on top of the platform. 222 00:09:35,274 --> 00:09:36,976 Hold it up but don't raise it up just yet. 223 00:09:37,009 --> 00:09:39,045 Remember, we have volunteers chosen 224 00:09:39,078 --> 00:09:40,646 from the audience at random. 225 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:41,614 I'm not in the theater. 226 00:09:41,914 --> 00:09:44,050 The conditions are completely impossible 227 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:46,285 for any sort of magic right now. 228 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:47,587 To the people on top of the platform, 229 00:09:48,187 --> 00:09:49,088 take the curtain up. 230 00:09:49,121 --> 00:09:50,389 Wave it over your head. 231 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:51,157 Hold tight, do not let go. 232 00:09:51,190 --> 00:09:52,091 Hold tight, do not let go. 233 00:09:52,124 --> 00:09:53,092 On the count of three. 234 00:09:53,125 --> 00:09:56,295 One, two, three. (intense music) 235 00:09:56,329 --> 00:09:59,332 (audience cheering) 236 00:10:07,873 --> 00:10:11,077 - Next up, the quick moves of Joshua Jay 237 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:12,011 when we return. 238 00:10:12,044 --> 00:10:14,547 (intense music) (clapping) 239 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:23,222 This card trick may seem a little backwards 240 00:10:23,255 --> 00:10:26,559 but I promise it'll all sort out in the nick of time. 241 00:10:26,592 --> 00:10:28,294 Here's Joshua Jay. 242 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:30,763 (audience cheering) (clapping) 243 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:32,231 - All right. 244 00:10:32,264 --> 00:10:34,400 And now, time travel. 245 00:10:35,401 --> 00:10:37,837 I thought it would be interesting 246 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:40,106 to do a card trick, but backwards. 247 00:10:40,139 --> 00:10:43,576 In other words, playing with the time of a card trick. 248 00:10:43,609 --> 00:10:46,846 Because this is a trick that involves time, 249 00:10:46,879 --> 00:10:48,080 let's isolate time. 250 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:52,885 I'll place my watch not only under cloth, 251 00:10:52,918 --> 00:10:54,787 but also under glass so that you can 252 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:57,256 keep your eye on it the whole time. 253 00:10:57,289 --> 00:11:00,092 Now, every deck of cards you've ever seen 254 00:11:00,126 --> 00:11:02,695 comes from the factory in exactly the same way, right? 255 00:11:02,728 --> 00:11:06,966 Ace, two, three, four, five, six, and so on of clubs, 256 00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:08,401 ace through king of hearts, 257 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:09,702 ace through king of spades, 258 00:11:09,735 --> 00:11:11,370 and ace through kind of diamonds. 259 00:11:11,404 --> 00:11:12,972 And every card trick you've ever seen 260 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:13,873 happens the same way. 261 00:11:13,906 --> 00:11:15,975 You pick a card. 262 00:11:16,008 --> 00:11:17,977 I find the card. 263 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:19,879 And the crowd goes wild. 264 00:11:19,912 --> 00:11:20,646 (laughing) 265 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:22,815 So, if we were to do this backwards, 266 00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:24,717 we would have to start at the end of the trick, 267 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:27,920 which is the part where you guys go insane. 268 00:11:27,953 --> 00:11:32,158 (crowd cheering) (clapping) 269 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:35,194 Now this is the part where I have to find your card. 270 00:11:36,195 --> 00:11:37,830 It's of course, completely ridiculous, 271 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:39,965 because you haven't even picked a card yet. 272 00:11:39,999 --> 00:11:40,900 (laughing) 273 00:11:40,933 --> 00:11:42,334 I'll place this card right there 274 00:11:42,368 --> 00:11:43,169 where you can watch it. 275 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:44,970 Now, I need some help. 276 00:11:45,004 --> 00:11:46,806 In the vest, please, will you join me up here? 277 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:48,274 With a round of applause. 278 00:11:48,307 --> 00:11:50,943 (clapping) 279 00:11:50,976 --> 00:11:51,744 What is your name? 280 00:11:51,777 --> 00:11:52,645 - I am Gideon. 281 00:11:52,678 --> 00:11:54,246 - Gideon, nice to meet you, Gideon. 282 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,082 I'm gonna look away to keep this completely fair. 283 00:11:56,115 --> 00:11:58,517 I'll riffle through the cards and you will call stop 284 00:11:58,551 --> 00:11:59,485 anywhere you want. 285 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:00,820 Remember that card, okay? 286 00:12:01,887 --> 00:12:02,588 - Stop. 287 00:12:02,621 --> 00:12:03,122 - Can you see that card? 288 00:12:03,155 --> 00:12:04,023 - Yes. 289 00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:05,491 - Remember that card, got it? 290 00:12:05,524 --> 00:12:06,358 - Got it. 291 00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:09,095 Take the cards in your own hands. 292 00:12:09,128 --> 00:12:11,297 And now, we have to do the first step, 293 00:12:11,330 --> 00:12:13,866 which normally would be at the beginning of the trick, 294 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:15,101 but here, it's at the end. 295 00:12:15,134 --> 00:12:16,969 You need to shuffle. 296 00:12:17,002 --> 00:12:18,104 Could you give em a quick mix? 297 00:12:18,137 --> 00:12:20,806 (low music) 298 00:12:22,541 --> 00:12:23,375 Nobody's judging you. 299 00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:24,343 Nobody's judging you. 300 00:12:24,376 --> 00:12:24,910 That's good. (laughing) 301 00:12:25,211 --> 00:12:26,112 Okay, now take these cards 302 00:12:26,145 --> 00:12:27,813 and for the first time, 303 00:12:27,847 --> 00:12:30,816 tell everybody which one you saw. 304 00:12:30,850 --> 00:12:31,817 - Three of clubs. 305 00:12:31,851 --> 00:12:32,852 - Three of clubs. 306 00:12:32,885 --> 00:12:33,886 Okay, go through the deck face up. 307 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:35,888 Take out the three of clubs. 308 00:12:36,388 --> 00:12:37,656 Ah, that's the three of spades. 309 00:12:37,690 --> 00:12:39,024 Keep goin'. 310 00:12:40,025 --> 00:12:43,062 A little faster here, no? 311 00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:44,463 No, a four of clubs. 312 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,332 A two of clubs, keep goin'. 313 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:50,202 Gideon, what's wrong? 314 00:12:50,236 --> 00:12:52,304 Is it uh, is it gone? 315 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:54,673 - Nah, I haven't found it yet. 316 00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:56,475 - It's not that it's gone, it's that it's gone 317 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:57,977 back in time. 318 00:12:58,010 --> 00:13:00,446 Ya see, I didn't have to find your card 319 00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:04,683 because I already found it. 320 00:13:04,717 --> 00:13:06,385 Your three of clubs. 321 00:13:06,418 --> 00:13:08,420 (clapping) 322 00:13:08,454 --> 00:13:10,356 Thank you, Gideon! 323 00:13:10,389 --> 00:13:13,659 Now stay with me, stay with me. 324 00:13:13,692 --> 00:13:16,996 Ya see, we are starting to go back in time 325 00:13:17,029 --> 00:13:18,998 and the reason that I know we're starting 326 00:13:19,031 --> 00:13:20,599 to go back in time is because I'm now 327 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:25,171 wearing the watch that I took off three minutes ago. 328 00:13:25,204 --> 00:13:26,605 (clapping) 329 00:13:26,639 --> 00:13:29,842 But if we were to go all the way back in time, 330 00:13:29,875 --> 00:13:32,278 we would have to unshuffle this deck of cards. 331 00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:33,379 The way Gideon shuffled it. 332 00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:34,346 You watched him shuffle. 333 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:37,183 Reds and blacks and hearts and clubs. 334 00:13:37,216 --> 00:13:40,119 And to go all the way back in time, 335 00:13:40,152 --> 00:13:43,189 to unshuffle this deck would look 336 00:13:43,222 --> 00:13:46,692 a little something like this. 337 00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:49,195 (cheering) 338 00:13:49,228 --> 00:13:51,363 That's the ace, the two, the three, 339 00:13:51,397 --> 00:13:53,098 the four, the five, all the clubs, 340 00:13:53,132 --> 00:13:55,634 all the hearts, all the spades, all the diamonds. 341 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:57,937 The trick never happened. 342 00:13:57,970 --> 00:13:58,604 Thank you. 343 00:13:58,637 --> 00:14:00,739 - Thank you! (clapping) 344 00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:04,577 - Mind reading is the unbelievable skill 345 00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:06,612 of Wayne Hoffman next. 346 00:14:06,645 --> 00:14:09,181 (upbeat music) 347 00:14:14,954 --> 00:14:16,422 If you're like me, you probably wonder 348 00:14:16,455 --> 00:14:18,958 how these magicians do what they do. 349 00:14:18,991 --> 00:14:22,795 Well, this illusionist plans to bring some of that to light. 350 00:14:22,828 --> 00:14:25,097 A round of applause for Wayne Hoffman. 351 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:27,933 (cheering) (clapping) 352 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:31,036 - So, right now, I'm gonna give you 353 00:14:31,070 --> 00:14:33,005 a peek behind the curtain and show you how 354 00:14:33,038 --> 00:14:37,943 a mentalist practices reading people's thoughts. 355 00:14:37,977 --> 00:14:40,179 Now, we have someone from our audience here. 356 00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:40,980 What is your name? 357 00:14:41,013 --> 00:14:42,047 - Lindsey. 358 00:14:42,948 --> 00:14:44,149 - That is correct. 359 00:14:44,183 --> 00:14:45,718 (laughing) 360 00:14:45,751 --> 00:14:47,653 Now Lindsey, in a moment, I'm gonna show you 361 00:14:47,686 --> 00:14:50,089 how I practice and how we're gonna do this 362 00:14:50,122 --> 00:14:50,923 is as follows. 363 00:14:51,357 --> 00:14:52,358 You're gonna be concentrating on something, 364 00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:53,626 whatever it may be. 365 00:14:53,659 --> 00:14:54,793 Something personal or it could be something 366 00:14:54,827 --> 00:14:55,961 totally at random. 367 00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:58,163 I'm gonna try to get it letter by letter. 368 00:14:58,197 --> 00:15:00,833 And if I'm wrong, if I get a letter wrong, 369 00:15:00,866 --> 00:15:02,201 see there's consequences. 370 00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:03,969 That helps me train. 371 00:15:04,003 --> 00:15:08,774 Consequence will be that I have to eat glass. 372 00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:09,575 - Eat it? 373 00:15:09,608 --> 00:15:11,477 - Every time I'm wrong. 374 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:15,948 That pressure makes me concentrate a little bit harder. 375 00:15:15,981 --> 00:15:17,917 Now, to prepare, just in case, 376 00:15:17,950 --> 00:15:20,152 I have this little sandwich baggy 377 00:15:20,185 --> 00:15:20,986 with the light bulb in it. 378 00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:22,821 I want you to take this hammer 379 00:15:22,855 --> 00:15:26,091 and I want you to just give it one good whack right there 380 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:27,293 and crack it. 381 00:15:27,326 --> 00:15:28,460 (glass cracking) 382 00:15:28,494 --> 00:15:29,728 That was, give me that, I don't trust you. 383 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:31,030 (audience laughing) 384 00:15:31,063 --> 00:15:33,999 Awesome, now you can see the shards of glass right here. 385 00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:34,934 Now, be very careful. 386 00:15:34,967 --> 00:15:36,302 I don't want you to touch them because 387 00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:37,102 they're very sharp. 388 00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:38,837 Actually, here. 389 00:15:38,871 --> 00:15:40,172 Just a little. 390 00:15:40,205 --> 00:15:41,707 I don't want you to really take it 391 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:44,643 but just very gently tap that. 392 00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:47,646 You're shaking like I am but it's sharp, isn't it? 393 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:49,882 That's a real glass, yeah? 394 00:15:49,915 --> 00:15:51,116 It's a real light bulb. 395 00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:53,218 I want you to clear your mind and you're gonna focus 396 00:15:53,252 --> 00:15:54,887 in on something right now. 397 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,989 Could be something meaningful or it could be something 398 00:15:57,022 --> 00:15:58,657 completely random. 399 00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:00,225 Whatever it is, concentrate on it now. 400 00:16:00,259 --> 00:16:01,593 Do you have it in mind? 401 00:16:02,428 --> 00:16:03,228 Cool. 402 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:04,063 Just look at me. 403 00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:07,099 Think of it. 404 00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:08,567 Does it start with an R? 405 00:16:11,203 --> 00:16:11,971 No? 406 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:15,674 This is not a good way to start. 407 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:18,277 (intense music) 408 00:16:37,062 --> 00:16:38,397 Look at me. 409 00:16:38,430 --> 00:16:39,798 Think of the first letter. 410 00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:45,604 (intense music) (crunching) 411 00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:46,638 It's an L. 412 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:47,606 - Uh huh. 413 00:16:47,639 --> 00:16:49,174 - Keep thinking. 414 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:49,975 - Okay. 415 00:16:51,110 --> 00:16:53,545 (crunching) 416 00:16:55,881 --> 00:16:57,816 - And then an E? 417 00:16:57,850 --> 00:16:58,917 - Yeah? 418 00:16:58,951 --> 00:17:00,386 Wait okay, yeah. 419 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:02,221 - Think of the next letter. 420 00:17:09,261 --> 00:17:10,262 O. 421 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:14,033 (audience groans) 422 00:17:14,066 --> 00:17:15,100 - It can be. 423 00:17:15,134 --> 00:17:18,137 (laughing) 424 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:20,773 (intense music) 425 00:17:24,843 --> 00:17:27,279 (crunching) 426 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:30,082 - Look at me, think of it. 427 00:17:30,115 --> 00:17:31,283 Don't break your concentration. 428 00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:32,751 Ignore the sound of the glass. 429 00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:33,652 Think of it. 430 00:17:33,685 --> 00:17:34,953 Think of the whole thing. 431 00:17:34,987 --> 00:17:39,925 (intense music) (glass crunching) 432 00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:41,026 I think I got it. 433 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:44,463 (intense music) 434 00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:51,637 Think I have it. 435 00:17:55,174 --> 00:17:57,142 I feel like it's something personal to you. 436 00:17:57,176 --> 00:17:58,143 Am I right? 437 00:17:58,177 --> 00:17:58,610 - Yeah. 438 00:17:58,644 --> 00:18:00,179 (intense music) 439 00:18:00,212 --> 00:18:01,647 I'll tell you what. 440 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:03,682 I have my thought here that I think you're 441 00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:05,250 concentrating on. 442 00:18:05,284 --> 00:18:06,618 I want you to take this board and this marker 443 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:08,620 and write it but don't show the cameras. 444 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:10,589 Don't show the audience and don't show me. 445 00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:12,291 If I've done this correctly, 446 00:18:12,324 --> 00:18:14,460 then these two should match. 447 00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:18,297 On the count of three, we're going to turn these around 448 00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:18,864 and show the audience. 449 00:18:18,897 --> 00:18:20,232 Are you ready? 450 00:18:20,265 --> 00:18:24,837 One, two, three. (intense music) 451 00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:27,372 Right on the money. (cheering) 452 00:18:27,406 --> 00:18:29,908 (laughing) 453 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,182 Give her a round of applause, ladies and gentlemen. 454 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:40,352 (cheering) (clapping) 455 00:18:40,385 --> 00:18:41,353 - Well that's it for this edition 456 00:18:41,386 --> 00:18:43,021 of Masters of Illusion. 457 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:44,156 We hope you'll join us next time 458 00:18:44,189 --> 00:18:46,225 for more amazing magic. 459 00:18:46,258 --> 00:18:47,860 Until then, I'm Dean Cain. 460 00:18:47,893 --> 00:18:48,994 Thank you for watching. 461 00:18:49,027 --> 00:18:50,863 (cheering) (clapping) 462 00:18:53,398 --> 00:18:54,566 (cheering) (clapping)