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the art of tricking the brain,
distorting the senses,
You can't trust what you
Meet the masters of illusion.
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Hello everyone.
I'm Dean Cain, and welcome
Now, if you're a fan of magic,
you're probably familiar
conjuring, sleight-of-hand,
but what you're about
containing all of the above,
Farrell.
- Dean.
- You were Superman on TV.
- Superman has powers, right,
It's not like magic
- Right, of course.
Superman can-
- He is impervious to harm.
He, laser vision.
Dude, that's the one
So, I wanna see it.
- (laughs) I don't have that.
- Well, look, let's just
So look, we got a light
I want you to try and
to light this light
Will you just try, okay?
- This is gonna
- Ready to try?
All right Dean, are you trying?
- I'm trying.
Usually, I have
- Yeah, really try.
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- Dean, that was impressive.
- Can I start the
- Yeah, let's do that.
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Okay, you've seen magicians
and disappear right from
Well, here's the same thing,
but with a slightly
It's the magic of Rob Lake.
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♪ 'Cause I'm an engine, baby ♪
♪ I'm a vibrator ♪
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- This next magician is slick,
I promise you're gonna
Here's Eric Jones.
- Hey guys!
Hey, how are you?
- So I've got a guy
who was willing to help out.
What was your first name?
- Andy, good to meet
I wanna show you
with a deck playing cards.
Inside of this pack
they're all random,
That's important that you
but you'll notice that here
I've taken the liberty of
That way, I can get to them
Can I have you do
As I go through the
would you mind saying
and wherever you say stop,
Sound fair?
- Stop.
- Yeah.
and take a look at the card.
If you don't mind,
That way, they get a chance
Perfect. I'll take it back.
And what we're gonna do is
and place it about
from the top of the
- That sounds good.
- What's gonna happen
are gonna tell me a little
but before they do that,
they first need to do a
We don't need the
We're gonna start with the
The interesting thing
as it coalesces with
it actually coerces each of
Just getting started, brother,
It's gonna get better.
In fact, we're gonna use
the king of clubs, and
the king of clubs is when
it also coalesces
coercing them to
It's strange, it's
But now, they've
They've got their workout on.
Now, they're ready
Watch the four kings.
We'll start with the king of
Make sure that it's a
one piece of pasteboard,
nothing stuck to it in any way,
yes?
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If I was to just move that
if you just rub on
it likes that, it likes that,
and that's what coerces it
which tells me that, in
Yeah, that's the
- Yeah.
Single card.
- So the first card tells
a black card which
- Yes, it is.
is gonna tell me a little bit
If you rub on the back
it tells me that maybe, just
- Yeah, I did, I did.
So the first card told me
The second card, it tells
The third card, the
it tells me a little bit
It tells me that maybe
How's that sound?
- It leaves one card left to go.
The last king tells
in fact, the four of clubs.
That's weird, it's weird, and
is because we all know, in a
there is only one four of clubs
which means that there's
that that could have
'cause that's the
The other three kings,
the four of clubs 'cause
So then the question then
is the four of clubs?
I'm sorry, that's the king
That's the king of
I know I had that.
One card. Isn't
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Thank you, brother.
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the quick moves of Chipper
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we have a pocket-sized illusion
from our very own
- Hello, and a big round
Is that correct?
- Beautiful name. I
You know Leia, when
I absolutely was a huge
It's probably why
and a lot of people know him
but he also did amazing
in his show traveling
and I thought I would duplicate
one of his grand
Now, I can't afford
so I have to downsize
I hope that makes
we need a little
so I have drawn a very
It's a looks just
Actually, I thought it'd be
so I'm gonna have you
your face, eyes, ears,
and then sign it if you
There you go.
You got all that? That's great.
While you're doing that,
Now, Houdini would use a
and he would put out
I got this from a dollhouse
Now, he also had platforms.
We're using drink
and he had two cabinets.
We're gonna use these bowls,
and he also had a
that was constructed
And are you all set there?
All right, let me take a
No, that's great.
As a matter of fact,
and everyone take a look, huh?
Like looking in a
One of the things that Houdini
didn't know is that he
like a contortionist into
and that's what helped him.
This would help him to escape,
There we are, and would
up like that for
Very nice.
I'm gonna have you hold
'cause that is you, so don't
and then I'm gonna have you
into one of the cabinets right
Very nice, okay.
And then, I'm also gonna
all right, and it is
Go ahead and give a
No, take it and seriously,
I want everyone to
and then if you would please,
place it right
There we go, very good.
Now, when Houdini
he would actually have a
circle all the way around the
He would have his
one platform and
and then you would
one on one side, one on the
Houdini would actually
from one side to the other.
You are gonna do it even faster.
Oh, that was really fast.
No, that was amazing.
I'm serious. I
I'm gonna very slowly
Do you notice that
Is that the creepiest?
Do me a favor.
Walk all the way around, if
Tell me if you have
- You did it.
Would you please
Would you very carefully unfold
Yes, open yourself
Please show yourself
Is that you? Is
Ladies and gentlemen, she walked
Give it up for Leia-lini!
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amazing is the only way
when we come back.
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pushing our boundaries of
Well, this next trick
Here's Diego Chavez.
Just wanna welcome
you for helping me out, and
using four silver
Have you ever seen these before?
- No.
we're gonna try some
Are you ready?
- Awesome. Can
Hold your right hand out for
and your left hand, would you
just like this?
Could you just take those
scrunch 'em up, and then
Perfect, just like that.
Now, could you
that you could
Don't actually do it, but
and placing it into my hand.
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- Are you ready? It's in there.
- Oh, I'm ready, I'm ready.
One, two, three.
Could you open up
- There's three.
Now, could you take this coin
100% real coin, nothing more
Is that right?
One more time.
We'll take this one
and you're gonna
and hear it go across
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- Isn't that crazy?
This time, take all four,
and we'll try something
Before, you only imagined
and you placed it into my hand.
Could you take your left hand
and pinch that top
Place it right here.
Close the hand,
Now, did you only imagine that
or did you actually
- I actually did it.
- Yes.
what you think you do
'cause if you open up your
How many coins are in
- Four.
Thank you so much. I
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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- Buckle up, we are
with this next act
- Thank you very much.
I wanna talk about
experienced in our lives,
Have you ever had a coincidence?
- Yeah.
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On any given day,
It makes sense that
are going to coincide, and yet,
people ascribe to coincidence
They call them luck or
There's something magical
and with that in mind,
I'm gonna try to create a
Now, I know that sounds
to create a coincidence,
Here's what I've done.
From the deck, I pulled
It's a bunch of different cards,
but I removed all the
We're gonna begin by
into a random order,
What is your name?
- Vanessa, in a moment, I'm
one at a time.
Whenever you would like,
and I will shuffle
You can say shuffle
or as few times as you want.
Ready? Here we go.
- Shuffle.
Shuffle.
Very good, exciting,
What's your name?
- Steve
as many times or as
just stay shuffle.
Shuffle.
That's all right.
The cards will go into
We'll come back to
Now, I need to have some
I brought a pad of
would you join me
Yep, come on up here.
Vanessa, do you
the street number of the
- Yes.
on the top line for me there?
Yep, right there.
Just write in
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Never mind, don't
Very good, thank you very
Let's see, what is your name?
- Jenae.
Jump up here for me
Jenae, how about the first two
Area code or
Just write below that
of your phone number
Fantastic. You can have a seat.
And hi, what's your name?
- Alexander.
come on up here for me
Alexander, right below that,
just the last four digits of
- Okay.
And then your
No, you're fine. All
What's your name?
- Lisa, jump up here Lisa.
I need a number.
How about a number from
number from one to 1,000
Right there, yep.
- Oh, nice
You can have a seat Lisa,
All right, let's see, Steve!
We talked earlier, right?
Steve, do you have
- I do.
Smartphone, flip phone, brick,
payphone, whatever ya got, yeah.
Bring it up here if you would.
Do you have a calculator
- I do.
Come on up here with it.
You do a lot of math at home?
All the way up here.
Come on up and clear
Right over here,
and if you would just multiply
multiply 'em together
What we're trying to
random number with
We need a very specific number
Steve, let me know when
No pressure. You're just on TV.
Good job. You got a answer?
How many digits in your answer?
- Let's see, we've got nine.
Keep it up there. Go
Great. Thank you very much.
Nine is what we want, and the
is because before we started,
we mixed up nine playing cards,
and we put them
Steve, loudly so
what is the first digit
- Six.
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They happen every day.
What's the next digit, Steve?
- Two.
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Keep reading Steve.
- Seven.
- Four.
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- Eight.
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- Five.
- Eight.
- Five.
- Nine.
I think not.
Thank you very much everybody.
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the impossible is made
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for the always-entertaining,
and definitely always-amusing,
the one and the only Ed Alonzo.
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- You know, recently in
I won a studio portrait
Well, it looks like I'm
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I cannot believe what I've
and I can't believe
So be sure to join us next time
for more "Masters of Illusion."
Till then, I'm Dean Cain.
Thank you, and good night.
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