- 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, the way we process
our brain takes input
and if something
if it doesn't seem
our minds will probably
Well, in the next half hour,
we are going to
to make sense of things that
And speaking of things that
Hello, Ed.
- Well, I've got a clean slate,
but on the back I
Do you have any idea
- No.
(Ed laughs)
- Gotcha.
- Let's try another one.
- Okay.
- Pick a category.
Card trick, rope trick, or
- Well, I'm not gonna
So, how about rope trick?
- Rope trick.
- [Dean] There it is!
- Hope you like it.
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- All right, I
Ed Alonzo, ladies and gentlemen.
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This next master of illusion
has performed all
In his travels, he's
and tonight he is bringing
Here's Joshua Jay.
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- And I am joined
randomly chosen person
Hello, thanks for being up here.
I have a story to tell
In 1994, two people
National Gallery
and stole one of
valuable paintings in the world.
Edvard Munch's "The Scream."
And this is Edvard
I mean, that's not the original.
I didn't take it,
You're kind of looking
Anyway, it was an amazing feat
and it's special and famous
And one of them, it was
they x-rayed the
and discovered
between the paint
there were messages
"Could only have been
And that's what
Now, the two guys who stole it,
when they took it off the wall,
they left in its place a
"Thanks for the poor security."
This is all true
and it was later recovered
Now I'm not saying art
but I'm saying that's
So, we are going to try
I would you to just point
any one that you like.
- [Sevaun] The queen of
- Okay, and you've got
I guess it's portraiture
So, just put your name where
This makes this work of art,
And I will take your work of art
and from this moment forward,
don't take your
Now you see her,
Now you don't.
I will show you every work
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I don't see it.
And that, my friends,
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Thanks for the poor security.
But the question is, where
And I told you, it
in the place least expected.
You were expecting
That would have been so cool,
But I told you that what
so famous, so great, is
That level between the layers.
Look at this.
Between the layers
there's an outline of
You can see it's completely
yet there is something
inside the paint.
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That is your work of art.
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- Escape artology is the
of accomplishing the
Freeing yourself from handcuffs,
straight jackets,
Well, our next act
who is pushing the
Please welcome Rob Lake.
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Next, watch the astounding
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He is known for the
and for always
Here's Tetro.
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- So, I have a volunteer
Dennis.
- Nice to meet you, Dennis.
So, it's been said that
As a magician, I'm gonna see
for a different
First, we'll start by
Next, we will build up the
I can feel it building.
Here, have a look, so you can
As I turn away, go ahead
Have a look, commit it to
I'll take the card and we
and cut it into the
But all is not lost.
We just need to tap
So, Dennis, if you
Just clap and rub, there you go.
And go like this.
Tap into that energy
Your card, the
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Give it up for Dennis.
Thank you, Dennis.
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- Prepare to be amazed.
I always look forward
in his never-ending
Here's Nathan Phan.
- Yes, hello, hello everyone!
I've got a new
Yes?
- Hello, Jack,
Now, Jack, I've got
half a paper sack, of fruit.
Okay, I want you to imagine
You've got a bowl of
and you're gonna pick one up,
take a bite of it,
What fruit are you enjoying?
- Um, apple.
- An apple, excellent.
So, would you be impressed if
and pull out an apple?
- Yeah.
- That'd be a pretty
Well, whether or
inside the bag is indeed
Yes, an apple, huzzah!
An apple, yeah.
Okay, so now you're probably
I'm actually going to
The secret is, they
It's true, just listen to
You imagine there's
you're gonna reach in there
I also mimed shining
Everyone thinks apple.
So, all you gotta do is
inside a bag, you say,
take a bite of it, an apple!
And then they always say apple
and you're all sorted and set.
Okay, I have to be honest.
They don't always say apple.
Anybody here think of an orange?
That's usually the
Like 5% of people say orange.
So, if that's the case,
then what you do is you
You just put an
And if you put an orange
If they say apple or orange.
Now, sometimes people don't
Sometimes they think of
In which case they might
in which case just walk
inside the bag as well.
And then that way,
and you'll be set.
Sometimes people think of
Like sometimes they say kiwi.
If they say kiwi, guess what?
You just make sure that you
If there's a kiwi
then no matter what they
Some people try to catch you
like a citrus fruit that
for an actual snack.
So, sometimes they'll say
in which case, just walk around,
put a lemon in the bag as well.
And then you'll be able
all that sort.
Some people don't listen to
And they go for something else
that you might enjoy as a snack.
So they might ask for
a banana,
in which case, put a
And then you'll have all that.
And of course every
you'll meet someone who's
And they'll say something weird,
to which case I
with an entire cantaloupe
And if you have a
then it doesn't matter.
You will be covered no
So, there we are folks.
There's a trick that you
and a bunch of fruit.
I'm going to go, I'm
So, I'm just gonna
You just, you enjoy, all right.
Thank you, thank you,
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- When we come back,
the wild and mind-bending
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The traffic these days
just seems to be
Well, our next act, has a way
to get from one
in the blink of an eye.
Here's Bill Cook.
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- Thank you very much.
I have two wonderful
I've got Sean and
And they're gonna
But, what is this?
In magic, there are a few
you have to know how to do.
You have to know how
You to know how to
And the big one, kind of
is being able to
I'm gonna get you two,
to switch places on the stage
without moving you
And I'm gonna do that with a
They say you can't teach
That's a lie.
This is some of the oldest
This is a tin can telephone
So, Sean if you
Hold onto the can, actually.
And check this out.
There's a little hook that
Madison, if you'd be so kind.
There's a hook that falls
Two tin cans and a string.
Now, Sean, how do
- S-E-A-N.
- S-E-A-N, Sean.
S-E-A-N, Sean, and let's
Like a smiley face
Like, what is like,
what do you like?
- Yeah, let's do a winky face.
- Winky face, I like that.
Sean, with a winky face.
I will leave that
You are on, what is
- Now, Madison, how do
- M-A-D-I-S-O-N.
- M-A-D-I-S-O-N, just
What sort of smiley face,
What would you like?
- The emoji with it's
- The emoji with a
So, we'll go,
that, you know,
I'm gonna give it a nose
No offense, you
She went with the tongue thing
and we're gonna add the
Madison, on this
Okie dokie, Madison,
Here we go.
Now to get them
all I have to do is
Watch.
That's when they switch.
See you started over here, Sean,
but now over here,
is Madison.
(Sean laughs)
I don't know, because
what was Madison
is now Sean.
I got you guys to change places
without even leaving your spot.
Thank you guys so much.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Next, amazing is the only way
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Our next illusionist
since she was just
She has put in well over her
Here's Paige Thompson.
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- Welcome my new friend!
Your name?
Nicole, everyone this is Nicole.
She's gonna be helping me
well, recreating a challenge
Do you have kids?
- No.
They scare me, but
and she loves to challenge me.
So, this is what
She gave me some of her
She must really trust me,
but she wanted me to make
So, we're gonna do that.
So, Nicole, I'm gonna write
N-I-C-O-L-E, I'm guessing?
- Crazy, you have the
Okay, so we have
Do you have a favorite number?
- Ah, yes.
- 73.
Okay, number 73.
We got it, so number 73.
We're gonna say goodbye to
to make everything
Okay, disappear.
Now to add some drama,
we'll even place it in
Do you have these
- No.
- And we used to do the
we don't got that no more.
So, what do I have better?
We have (gasps) stickers!
And they match my
We got pink, perfect.
And we're gonna seal
and place it in
There it is.
Now we just have to
Whatever, and it's gone.
Bill's gone, oh my
She wasn't super
You don't look impressed,
I didn't say the envelope
No. I said the bill.
So when I rip this open, you
see, you see any bill?
- Where's my 20?
- Yeah, well, it was not
That's beside the point,
Yeah, not too bad.
So first things
Now, we have some other items
and she gave me some
Starting with a walnut.
I don't know why she
And an egg, also an egg
because they tend
I have dropped too many eggs.
Also last but not
duh, duh, duh, and orange.
So, she wanted me to make
little guy to big guy disappear.
Little guy to big guy.
But we have to make
So, we add the cloth of mystery.
Ooh, it looks nice, right?
It's soft, it's
So, we're going
We're gonna drop it in the cloth
and hopefully it'll
- Yes.
Drop it in, give it a blow.
Whoa, good.
We have to stay away, but,
oh my god, it is gone.
- What?
Okay, that's the first thing.
Next, we have the egg.
Not the egg cup
I never said I'd make the
We'll change this
We're going to make a
and we're gonna say
Drop, drop and you
- It's in there.
But you know what?
(blows) It's gone.
Ah ha, Nicole, I
Great, you know what?
This trick was getting
for my tastes, okay?
I didn't want to just
No, we are gonna change this up.
This becomes a magic wand.
Don't play with knives,
As I wave the magic wand
we're gonna see, duh, duh.
What is growing inside?
- The egg, yes!
We go backwards and
But if we're going
what else are we missing?
I think I hear something
and when I crack open Mr. Egg,
what do you see?
Oh yes, we got a walnut.
Scoop it on out,
Oh boy, this is juicy.
This is yummy, do
- Not right now.
- We're missing
- My 20!
- Where could it be?
- It's not in there.
- Yes, it's magic.
Okay, here we go.
Crack it on open.
Give it a good smash.
You wanna take that bill out?
Take it, open that up
Duh, duh, what do
Your 20, oh my god! 20!
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Thank you all.
- And, that is our show.
I can tell you I've
by our masters tonight
and I can't wait for
So, be sure to join us.
Until then, I'm Dean Cain.
Thank you for watching.
Thank you for being here.
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