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- 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.
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- Hello everyone, I'm Dean Cain
and welcome to Masters of Illusion.
(soft piano plays)
Now you might think that after hosting this show
for several years, that I've picked up some magic.
Well, I'm happy to tell you, I have not.
I have no idea, I'm as baffled as anyone.
That's why they are the masters
and I'm just the host.
Literally that's why-
- Hey Dean, Hey Dean, Hey Dean!
Hi, Hi.
- Anna DeGuzman, ladies and gentlemen.
- Hi.
I actually made something very magical
cause we are Masters of Illusion
so I need a magical device.
Do you have your magical device, your phone?
- I have my phone.
- Yeah, can I borrow it?
- Yes (nervous chuckle)
- Yes, are you nervous?
- Yes.
- Is there anything in here
I can't show everybody right now?
- Yes.
- Okay, don't worry, I won't do anything like that.
I'll show you a very simple magic trick.
Do you all see the light?
Perfect, watch this. (cymbal crash)
(audience applauds)
Just like that.
And that's still your phone, right?
- [Dean] That's still my phone, it is.
- Okay, I gotta go, but thank you all so much.
Okay, bye Dean. - Thank you.
(audience applauds)
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- With this magician
things are never quite what they seem
our very own Master of Illusion, Ed Alonzo.
(jazz plays) (audience applauds)
- Well, after the show, Dean and I
and some of the magicians, we're going bowling.
I've got my bowling shirt, my bowling shoes
the bag and my ball.
Hm?
(ball thuds) (audience laughs)
I knew I forgot something.
Well, it is a magic show.
Magic!
(ball thuds) (audience laughs)
(jazz continues) (audience applauds)
(bowling pins crash)
(cymbal crashes)
(new jazz song begins)
(jazz continues)
(music continues)
(cymbal crashes) (audience applauds)
(audience laughs)
(music intensifies)
(music still builds)
(audience laughs)
(music normalizes) (audience applauds)
(cymbal crashes)
(audience applauds)
(applause continues) (music ends)
- This performance doesn't just show off his magical ability
but also his high-tech savviness?
Let's give a round of applause for Eric Buss.
(audience applauds) (upbeat synth drums)
- Thank you very much.
I'm gonna show you a life hack.
If I can borrow a phone charger cord.
If anyone has a charger, that would be awesome.
I don't know if anyone carries those.
Oh, do you have one?
Cool, can I borrow it?
- [OT] Yeah. - [Eric] What is your name?
- OT
- OT, overtime, thank you. (audience laughs)
Awesome, I'm gonna show you a little life hack
using a phone cord.
Now a lot of people don't know,
but these get moisture in them
and they stop working as fast.
And I'm gonna show you how to get that moisture out.
(music continues) (audience laughs)
All you do is you cut it like so,
and the moisture actually leaves the cord.
You can-
Okay, I don't see it leaving.
Okay, hold on.
Just cut it down like so. (audience laughs)
So more moisture will leave.
Okay. I don't see any moisture.
Okay, well let's say that the moisture left.
I think it did, and after the moisture leaves the cord,
then you just use the heat from your fingers
to seal it back into one cord
and it is good as new.
(audience applauds)
You're welcome.
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- [Dean] Pay close attention.
We would hate for you to miss this next illusion
from My Uyen.
When we return.
(audience applauds)
Magic can truly come in all shapes and sizes.
This performer knows all about that.
Let's welcome to the stage My Uyen.
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♪ So hold on so tightly, that you'll never let me go ♪
♪ Hold on so tightly, we won't break if we explode ♪
♪ Hold on so tightly, that you'll never let me go ♪
♪ Hold on so tightly, together we are unshakable ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, unshakable
♪ Unshakable
♪ So hold on so tightly, that you'll never let me go ♪
♪ Hold on so tightly, we won't break if we explode ♪
♪ Hold on so tightly, that you'll never let me go ♪
♪ Hold on so tightly, together we are unshakable ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, unshakable
♪ Unshakable
(audience applauds)
♪ Hold on so tightly, together we are unshakable ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, unshakable
♪ Unshakable
(audience applauds) (music ends)
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- This magician is taking card tricks
and adding in all new stakes.
Do not try this at home.
It's Kevin Li.
(techno intro) (audience applauds)
- The secrets to most card tricks is one thing.
Precision. (melodic electronic music)
The ability to locate any card anywhere amongst the deck.
I'm here with a volunteer from the audience, Gabby.
Hi, Gabby thank you so much. - Hi
- Now, Gabby I'm gonna deal off the cards one by one.
Whenever you want, say stop.
- [Gabby] Stop.
- Right here.
Are you happy with this card or you wanna go one more?
- Let's go one more.
- Let's go one more, sure, so this one.
- Yes.
- This is our target card, so Gabby take a look at it,
remember it and show everyone else, don't show me.
Good and just place it face down here.
- [Gabby] Okay.
- Cool, in a moment I'm gonna use a magic wand
to help me find the card, okay?
So Gabby, let me give these cards a couple extra mixes
just to be safe.
But, Gabby my magic wand looks a little different
than what you're used to seeing.
(knife clicks)
- [Gabby] Oh, okay. (audience laughs)
- We'll get back to that.
And just to make this a bit more interesting
I'm gonna add in a blindfold.
Can you just confirm for everyone
that this is a real blindfold?
You can't see through that?
- Yeah, can't. - Good, okay.
Place this on.
Don't go anywhere, Gabby.
(both and audience laugh)
Let's make sure this is straight.
Here we go, let's see.
(music breaks)
There we go, Okay.
I'm gonna try to get a sense of where your card is, Gabby
and please, whatever you do, do not move, okay?
- Okay.
(melodic electronic music continues)
- And everyone watching at home do not attempt this.
(music continues)
Twelve! (explosive sound)
Gabby, I think I got somewhat close.
Let's take a look.
That's one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nice, ten, eleven.
That's 12 cards exactly and I cut exactly to this card.
Gabby, what is the card you chose earlier?
- Two of spade.
- The two of spades.
Bullseye.
(audience cheers)
- [Dean] The impossible is easy
for the masterful manipulations of Krystyn Lambert.
When we return.
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- This performer is going to take us
on an adventure through the history of magic.
Let's hear it for Krystyn Lambert.
(audience applauds) (upbeat electronic music)
- It is said that the very first spell ever performed
was by the ancient Egyptian goddess, Isis
who used magic to bring her husband, Osiris, back to life.
And when it worked, they had a son named Horus.
Now you might be familiar with the eye of Horus
the ancient Egyptian symbol that is ubiquitous
in our society representing prosperity and good luck.
And it has also come to mean the third eye.
How we access our intuition.
Now we have a beautiful spectator from the audience here.
This is?
- Kayla.
- [Krystyn] Hi Kayla, so I'm gonna have you write down
a goal that you want for your life.
Something that you want to manifest.
I'm gonna turn away.
Now this can be something very abstract, like a promotion
or it can be something very tangible, like a new car.
Kayla, do you have it written down?
- Yes.
- Okay, you can set the pen down.
I'd like you to fold the paper in half
with the writing on the inside.
All right, and fold it in half again
and fold it in half again.
We don't want anyone to see what you've written.
Now hold your hands palm up with the paper in one of them.
And are you right or left handed?
- Right
- Okay, we're gonna need this in your nondominant hand
and hold it tight.
All right, now.
Kayla, I am going to draw the eye of Horus,
which is going to be a physical representation
of my intuition
so that I will be able to divine your desire.
(suspenseful music)
All right, I'm gonna fold it up just like you did.
And then
I'm going to supercharge it on my third eye.
(suspenseful music continues)
Now, Kayla, I'd like you to hold onto this as well.
And what I'm gonna have you do is mix them up.
Your intention and the eye of Horus.
You can go ahead and stop.
And what I'd like you to do is visualize your goal.
Now
I'm seeing a lot of green.
At first I think this green means money
because I think it means a great deal of promotions.
I think it means a great deal of
climbing up the ladder in your career.
And then I see green in beautiful, beautiful landscaping
because I'm seeing a big like palatial house of sorts.
But this house, this mansion is not just anywhere.
I'm seeing palm trees. (music brightens)
I'm seeing plumarias.
And I'm seeing lots of tropical fruit.
Kayla, your goal is to have success in your career
and live in a beautiful house in a tropical city.
Yes? - Yeah!
- Open it up, show them.
- Oh my gosh.
(music continues) (audience applauds)
- [Krystyn] Now Kayla, hold on to these
and put them somewhere you can see them every day
so that your dream can manifest
and always trust your intuition.
(audience applauds) (music resolves)
- [Dean] We'll be right back with a super quick hands
of Farrell Dillon.
When we return.
(audience applause)
Let's bring to the stage a magician
who would like to take everything you know about card tricks
and wipe the slate clean
Ladies and gentlemen, Farrell Dillon.
(techno intro) (audience applauds)
- Hey everybody, thank you for being here.
Right on stage.
We have a volunteer from the audience.
This is Jessica. (hip-hop beat plays)
Jessica, I'm gonna show you my favorite type of magic.
This is close-up magic,
it's the first type of magic that I learned how to do.
We're gonna start with a card trick.
Go ahead, reach inside and grab out any card you want.
Look at it, don't let me see it,
but hold it steady for the camera to get a good look at it.
All right now, Jessica, here's what's gonna happen.
All right, don't forget the card, okay?
Cause if you forget it, this trick's stupid.
I drop the cards from one hand to the other.
You say stop for me somewhere in the middle.
Go ahead.
- Stop.
- Perfect, put your card back right there.
Look, it goes in the middle
Right now watch, all I have to do Jessica is snap my fingers
When I do one card jumps from the middle to the top.
Your card.
- Ohh
(audience and Jessica laugh)
- No, no, no.
Obviously this is a stupid trick.
All right so look I'm gonna make this better for you.
Okay, Jessica, right here I have a Sharpie marker.
Do me a favor, take this marker.
Write your name or some sort of symbol
on the face of the card for me please.
- A cat.
- Oh good, all right.
So you drew a cat and you drew it upside down.
That is amazing.
That is an adorable little kitty cat.
- Oh, thank you.
- We gotta rub on it, make sure the ink doesn't come off
otherwise that wouldn't be fair.
It's on there for good, right?
- Yeah.
- Good, oh good you showed 'em your finger
to make sure there was no ink on it,
but watch your kitty cat, all right?
Watch it goes from the top, look, into the middle.
Just a snap your kitty cat jumps back up to the top.
- Ohh!
- Yeah (audience applauds)
I know it's a little bit better
when you can tell the cards apart.
(audience and Jessica laugh)
Do you wanna know how it works, Jessica?
- Yeah. - You wanna know?
- Yeah. - It's magic marker.
- Really? (audience and Jessica laugh)
Can I touch it?
- Yeah, you can touch it again.
See you just gotta rub on it the right way.
See, look, if I rub on it like this.
Look I can actually pull that ink off of the card.
Look, I'll put it on my sleeve.
Don't worry, it's black on black so now you can't see it.
But look now I've got no ink here, right?
I've got no ink here but if I take this card
and rub it over my sleeve.
Look the ink comes back off onto the card.
- Oh my- (audience applauds)
- Thank you.
All right, Jessica, one more time.
But this time I'm gonna take your card,
put it here on the floor and I'm gonna sign a card too.
- Uh-huh.
- Now my name's Farrell, Jessica.
So normally when I sign cards, it looks like this.
Jessica, do you know what that says?
- F?
- It actually says F!
Because it's got an exclamation mark
and that's what makes this exciting.
(audience laughs)
- Okay, it says F!
- Okay, I guess you're not a fan of punctuation humor.
That's okay.
So look, Jessica we've got the F! card.
- [Jessia] Okay. (Jessica chuckles)
- And your kitty cat card, right?
F!, Kitty cat, F!, kitty cat card, F!
Look, you get what I'm saying, right?
Look, there's a card with an F on it.
There's a kitty cat card. - Yeah
- Put your hand out like this.
All right look, I'm gonna put the F card on your hand
on top of that, the kitty cat card.
Put your other hand on top of those.
All right now, Jessica, get ready.
- [Jessia] Mhm.
(Jessica and audience laugh)
- Did you feel it?
- Yeah.
- Really? - Yeah.
- Oh, nobody ever felt it before.
This could be, this could be the best day of my life.
Here, lift up your hand.
Jessica, look you'll find that nothing really has changed.
Look, the F card is still there on your hand,
but Jessica I have a question for you.
Have you ever disappeared?
- [Jessia] Me?
- [Farrell] Yeah.
- [Jessia] No.
- [Farrell] No, oh.
- [Jessia] I hope not.
- [Farrell] Well there's a first time for everything.
Look, your writing has completely disappeared from the card
but there's a rule in magic that says when you disappear
you have to go somewhere.
And now if you look, one in the same is my card
and your card.
- Ohh.
(audience applauds)
- And look, take that card, make sure it is just one card
not two cards glued together or anything like that.
And you can keep that as a little souvenir.
Everybody please give Jessica a round of applause.
(audience applauds)
Thank you so much.
- Well we hope you enjoyed this edition
of Masters of Illusion.
I know I did.
Be sure to join us next time
Till then, I'm Dean Cain.
Good night.
(audience applauds)
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