- [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.
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- Hello everyone.
I'm Dean Cain and welcome to Masters of Illusion.
Everyone is familiar with the expression,
Seeing is believing, right?
Well, not so fast.
In the next half hour
you will see some things that might not
be possible to believe.
So let's get started.
- Hey Dean, Dean!
- After.. after..
Meir Yedid, ladies and gentlemen.
- Hey, Dean, nice to see you.
One of the most important things
in slight of hand is your finger texture.
You could make it oily.
You could make it wet.
I could even make it so rough.
It's like sandpaper.
I'll show you what I mean using this half dollar,
silver coin and this finger.
Look, if I take this half dollar, I could just rub it away.
As if my finger is made out of sandpaper.
Just grind it down.
Just grind.
I could even do the other side.
Look, I could just grind it, grind it, grind it down.
Not only that
as if I have super power strength I could erase,
I could erase the coin.
Well, I erased the entire coin
except the part that was under my thumb.
And you can keep this as a souvenir.
(audience clapping)
- All right.
That's crazy.
That's defacing money, but I'll take it.
It's time for a magician that is scintillating, spectacular
and spectral.
It must be our very own Lucy Darling.
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- Why thank you very much.
Why I simply adore modern cocktail culture,
Don't you?
In fact, I have something new
for all of you to try
at your very next house party.
All you require is a cocktail and a piece of card.
Simply place the card
on top of your cocktail, as so.
Everyone following along alright?
We put pressure down very evenly
as we turn it over and ta-da!
It sticks.
Pretty good, huh?
(audience clapping)
Gosh, this is in no way magic.
It's just a little trick with air pressure.
You see?
So, if we did want to make it magic,
one would have to freeze the liquid inside
so we could remove it.
Okay?
(audience clapping)
Slightly frozen.
I think we do a bit better.
Entirely frozen.
(audience clapping)
Of course, such a thing is really impossible.
So you'll have to stick
to the basics at home and you are sure to be a..
Hit.
At your next party.
You're welcome.
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- We could all use a couple of extra hands here and there
but what about feet?
Let's find out what that looks like
with our very own Rudy Coby
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(audience laughing)
(audience clapping)
(chainsaw starting)
(audience laughing)
(chainsaw starting)
(audience laughing)
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- [Dean] Buckle Up.
We are in for a wild ride
with this next act, My Uyên.
When we come back.
Do not put this next performer in a box.
Here's My Uyên.
- Today, I'm going to do something different.
Make a man disappear.
You!
(audience clapping)
- Oh, you think you he's gonna
be in this side, right?
Let's see.
(performer gasps)
(audience clapping)
(audience laughing)
oh no, down!
(audience laughing)
(audience cheering)
- Some say that love is in the air.
This magician believes it's in his deck of cards.
Ladies and gentlemen, Nick Dopuch.
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- Thank you.
Thank very much.
But please give a round
of applause to our volunteers,
Piana and Gianni.
Good memory.
Give it up for them.
(audience clapping)
We should do a quick little card
trick to find out if you guys are soulmates.
No pressure on that.
(audience laughing)
Okay. Piana, if you would do me a favor, go ahead.
Just grab any cards you like.
Fantastic.
Show it around to everybody,
including me it makes my job easier.
Thank you very much.
All good.
Happy with that card.
Do you wanna change your mind?
All right.
Now, if you would do me a favor, take this marker.
Sign your name on the face of that.
All right.
She signed her name on the face of that.
Everybody can see that.
Correct?
Good hand the marker over to Gianni If you would.
Let's go ahead and have you select a card as well.
Perfect.
The exact one.
Oh, next to the one I wanted you too.
Okay, whatever.
Show it around everybody.
(audience laughing)
All right.
I'll take a look at it.
Six of clubs, six of clubs.
And if you would sign the back of this card for me.
Alrighty.
If you could put the cap on first try.
Good for you.
All right.
Round of applause for them
for all the hard work they just did.
Well, Gianni's card, six of clubs.
Gianni's card is right here, signed on the back.
All right.
And we have Piana's card signed
obviously right here on the face.
Cut those cards, wherever you like.
Set off the side.
Beautiful nails by the way.
Okay. Good.
Obviously.
Okay, so here's what we're gonna do.
We're gonna place your card
right where you cut.
Leave it right there.
Now the pressure's on you.
Pressure's on you.
You have to find her.
All right.
We're gonna use your six.
All you gotta do is just
say stop whenever you want.
- Stop.
- Right there.
You wanna keep on going?
I can stay, that one right there.
Okay. All right.
So now I'm gonna mark it
exactly where you stopped me, that's fair?
That's fair.
Right?
So now I'm committed.
It's a commitment joke.
(audience laughing)
Okay, good making sure.
All right.
So now you could have stopped me
at any one of these cards
but you didn't.
You stopped me at this card right here.
Let's see if you found your long lost love.
Build suspense.
Look at that, ladies and gentlemen.
(audience clapping)
They found each other.
There you are.
Thank you all very much.
Happy Anniversary, enjoy.
- [Dean] Get ready for a grand illusion,
like you've never seen before,
Meadow Perry next.
- Let's bring out a performer who
is able to get literally anyone
or anything dancing.
You'll catch on soon.
Let's welcome to the stage,
Meadow Perry.
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- When most people think of bubbles,
they think of them in a very specific shape.
But when you work with bubbles
for as long as I have
you begin to see them
in a completely different dimension.
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- [Dean] Rob Lake defies gravity.
When we return, next.
This next performer is taking us back
to his roots with one
of the first illusion that he learned in his youth.
Let's give it up for Rob Lake.
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- I got into magic when I was about 10 years old.
When I first started, I had no fancy props, no assistants.
I had to create magic around the house.
And now one of the earliest lessons
a magician learners is how to animate objects.
But I didn't have any handkerchiefs.
I had no assistants.
I had no props.
So I had to use what I had.
A sock.
This is one of the first tricks I ever learned,
is how to make a sock dance.
(audience clapping)
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- I'm sure this goes without saying,
and boy do I say it a lot with this performer
but please do not try this at home.
It's none other than Dan Sperry.
(audience cheering)
Well, that's it for this edition
of Masters of Illusion.
We hope you'll join us next time
for more amazing magic.
Till then, I'm Dean Cain.
Thank you for watching.
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