- Illusion, the art
distorting the senses,
You can't trust what you
Meet the "Masters of Illusion."
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Hi, I'm Dean Cain and welcome
Now, you've heard the expression
Well, in the next half hour,
what you see will simply
That's what we do here
to do something
- Hi, everyone,
can I show you a
I've been trying this out.
- This is what we do.
- One, two, three, four,
and I've got here
that three of the Clubs,
the 10 of Spades and
Can you just think
- Yup, yup.
Excellent, all right,
I'm gonna reach in
Yeah, I think you were
I'll leave it sticking
Which card were you thinking of?
- [Dean] The ace of Diamonds.
- The ace of Diamonds.
Oh, I got the eight of
because they're all
so I'm not quite sure
of an ace of Diamonds.
Yeah, I gotta work on that one.
It's fine, thanks,
I'm just gonna...
How did they...?
- That's pretty good. (laughs)
I don't wanna play
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Our next performer is someone
but I would never buy
Here's Jonathan Goodwin.
(audience cheering)
- This is a bed of nails.
They were developed in the
and adopted more recently
by modern day
There are 1000 nails here.
They're all steel,
and I'd like to give one
By coincidence, this is
where everybody in
suddenly find their
Would you like to
I would appreciate it.
Give her a massive
(audience clapping)
Hello, come and join
What is your name?
- Parker.
I'm Jonathan.
Parker, check out my nails.
They're real and sharp.
- They are real, aren't they?
Obviously, Parker,
is not a sensible thing to do.
In fact, it's the kind of
nobody even had to
which is why I'm
(audience laughing)
- Okay?
- You are.
- Yeah, I'm not joking,
It's good.
What I want you to stand
It's very good.
See, now, all of your
Now, the first stage, Parker,
in lying on a bed of nails
so slowly, carefully,
- Okay.
- Very, very good.
It smarts a little
- Yeah.
Now, give me your hands,
we're gonna go all the way back,
slowly, carefully, brilliantly.
When you get all the way back,
just be careful of the back
Ladies and gentlemen, Parker.
(audience cheering)
Fantastic.
You know something?
You're quite literally the
to persuade to do that.
- Oh, really? (laughs)
At this point, Parker,
if this was a
is somebody would take...
What'd you call it?
Like a cinder block,
kind of like the one
and they would have
real cinder block, and they
and then they would
kind of like the one
and they would use
to break the cinder block.
Are you ready for that, Parker?
- Uh, the cinder block, yes.
- Yes.
(Parker laughing)
(audience laughing)
- Well, luckily for you, our
If you give me your hands,
I will help you up and
another massive
Parker, everybody.
Come just up here for me.
Now, it is not comfortable,
You're not damaged and there's
The more nails there
The opposite is also true.
The fewer nails, the more
if you were to lie on one
- Yeah.
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(audience gasping)
(audience clapping)
This is now a bed of nail.
Check it out, Parker, it's
You've got experience
You're happy with that?
Once you're happy that...
Come and stand just over here,
and everyone's gonna think
I would like you to
and make sure there are
nothing under my skin
Oh my goodness,
(audience laughing)
become a very different show
You must have a very warm heart.
Incidentally, if I
I'm not gonna be on
so if you're gonna
Yes.
(audience cheering)
Parker, Parker.
- Yes?
- Take the cinder block.
- Oh, God, okay.
- And place it here, quickly.
Take the sledgehammer.
You're gonna start
you're gonna raise it up,
you're gonna bring it down,
Do it now.
Yes.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Parker.
She's fantastic.
- Next up, the wild and
of Eric Jones, when we return,
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Sometimes you come
that makes you truly believe
that anything you can
This next trick is exactly that.
A round of applause,
- Guys, thank you.
Thank you so much,
What's your name, brother?
- Nazareth, and...?
- Alexis.
- Alexis, and...?
- Sunny.
We're about to have some fun.
This is something really cool
52 possibilities, all
The thing about it is, folks,
I need four very specific cards.
You'll notice the second
one card flies through the air.
That one happens to
The cool thing about the
how to find the King of Clubs,
and that shows me how
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Now, that we've got the four
Nazareth, if you could
make sure they are exactly
You can use your hands.
It's okay, make sure there's
or anything like that.
Everything looks good?
- Can I also have
Make sure that
that could cause the magic
- Yeah.
Perfect, do me a favor.
I want you to take all
turn them face down and then
so that he knows,
that those are the
then we're gonna take
Are you left or right handed?
- Right.
You're right-handed?
Would you mind taking
place it onto the box
Perfect.
Could I have you do me a favor?
Use your left index finger
and touch a card somewhere
Which one was that?
- This one right here.
You're sure?
I'm gonna show it to you
and then make sure
to see what the card is.
It's gonna be important
I want you to see the card.
This is legitimately going
Would you mind taking
and touch a card somewhere
Any one of them.
- This one.
That one right there?
- I'll show it to you guys
the identity of the card,
just in case you do
but you'll know where it is.
You know where it's going,
would you mind touching a card
of the deck?
Which one?
That one, are you 100% sure?
- Yes.
Would you mind
give you all an opportunity to
because this is
Once more, three cards
inside of the pack.
Remember, four Kings
that you're holding onto
Imagine that if I could take
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You're next.
Last but not least.
You chose a joker? Really?
That's interesting.
(audience laughing)
Thank you.
Now, see, I know it
but three cards have really
to arrive inside of the box
this entire time.
You'll notice my
Would you mind lifting your
Keep me honest.
I'll bring the cards towards
You can hear cards inside, yes?
You see cards inside, yes?
Watch.
What?
(audience clapping)
Your card,
(audience cheering)
your card, and last,
but not least, wait till
Guys, thank you so much.
Folks, give 'em a
(audience cheering)
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- We'll be right back to the
when we return.
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What you're about to see
that's what good magicians do.
Right now, witness
It's the magician
- Folks, we have here two
who volunteered from the
with a little something.
Hey, what is your name, sir?
- Grant.
and your name is?
- Vince.
Grant and Vince,
I'm gonna teach the
about the art of cordology.
Cordology is the art and science
and we're gonna see which
whether it's Grant
we're gonna see which one of
at tying knots,
'cause you're gonna need
a little later on, so all the
are inside this little bag here.
Grant, I want you to
just pick any rope you want.
- I want this one.
Take the whole rope,
You got there, okay.
Vince, you got
Pick one of the two
- Voila.
Okay, now, I'm gonna teach
how to tie a knot without
of the ropes.
We're only doing this really
or Vince is better
to get to the next
so hold the ropes out like this.
Do not let go of the
that's very important, okay?
Now, you're gonna tie a knot
of the rope, so watch what I do.
Bring this end down like that.
Bring this end up,
hook it on the back of your
and you should have a
No, you're letting
You're letting go of the ends.
You can't let got of the ends.
Here, try it again,
Here, take the rope.
Okay, you got the rope.
No, that's mine
Why don't you take
Vince is doing pretty good.
Grant is still working
so I'll tell you what.
We'll do a different technique.
We'll do the karate
Karate chop knot works
I want you to take the rope,
put the rope across
Do a karate chop knot, okay?
Okay, and go, and you should
Okay, just give it a...
Okay, either guy's really good.
Okay, I'll tell you what.
Vince is gonna be the
I want you guys to
Make sure this is a
- Yes.
It's a regular rope, right?
- These two gentlemen
that this is an
That's why we're gonna use
for the trick,
so what I want you to do is
Stand up, stand up, and
Now, in magic terms, that
bunny rabbit, do bunny rabbit.
Step a little closer
'cause inside this bag here,
I have a little
and you guys are gonna hold
two, very good, Grant.
Vince, you're gonna hold it
Make sure both hands
hold it nice and tight, don't
just separate a little
Now, the reason
are holding our hands here
one, two, three, four,
are visible at all times to
in this, okay?
This is an ordinary tablecloth.
You can get it at
so let go of the ends,
gonna put it down.
You're gonna pick that up
I want you to do a little
makes sure this is
Okay, good.
- I'm gonna tie it like this.
I want you, Vince,
Grant to hold that end, pull
just nice and tight, okay,
that's good, that's good,
because I want Mr. Vince here
to tie a nice tight
just tie a nice tight knot.
Nice and tight.
Pull it nice and tight.
Pull, just tie, tie another
Another knot on top of that.
Tie another knot on
Okay, now, Grant, with these
I want you to tie a knot,
so you can pretend you're
(audience laughing)
Okay, good, so my hands are
Tell you what, here.
We're gonna use this bag.
Vince, I want you to put both
put both your hands
and reach around, reach around.
Is it empty?
- Okay, grab the bottom of the
pull it inside out.
Very good, okay, now, I'm
Grant, I want you to put both
reach around, make
No knives.
There's nothing hidden inside?
Okay, good, with your
I want you to hold on to
Vince, with your left hand,
Okay, you got it?
Okay, now, both gentlemen
They checked that it's empty.
I have nothing
just 'cause I'm gonna try
Hit the rope escape
Watch this, the hands go
and this is gonna take
so I'm gonna count
One second, two
and look at this, folks.
The magic rope has disappeared
and changed into
You can let go of
Thank you very
Give them both a big
(audience cheering)
- Next, the impossible is made
when we return.
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They say the relationship
and their owners
This couple seems to be
Let's welcome Stuart MacDonald.
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(wand tapping)
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(audience clapping)
(Stuart laughing)
(audience clapping)
(glass smashing)
(audience laughing)
(audience clapping)
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(audience clapping)
(flames exploding)
And that's our show.
I hope you had as
and I hope you join us
Till then, I'm Dean Cain.
Thank you for watching.
(audience cheering)