[magical theme plays]
Darryl McGee.
I knew you were shady.
Underhanded, yeah.
But I never thought you'd stoop this low!
You are dabbling in the devious art of...
[gags] ...close-up magic.
Close-up magic?
Please!
This is the real deal.
See for yourself.
[resigned sigh]
[humming a tune]
Sweet baby corn.
[spider squeaks]
[children cheering]
Boo! Magic is a lie!
- [Molly] Boo! - If you want more dazzle,
I'll need more dollars.
Wonder doesn't grow on trees, kids.
It's the perfect scheme, Mol.
This has the potential to set me up for life
while highlighting my magnetic charm.
And what's your angle?
It's fun, okay? You know, with all
my chairman duties these days,
the one thing I never get to have
is-- [screaming]
Ugh. You never get used to that.
We need your signature, Your Grumbliness.
[deeply sighs]
[grumbles] We done here?
Well, no. There's quite a few curses you've left piled up.
What's that? Sorry, I can't hear you!
I got something stuck in my ear.
Oh, look, it was the portal.
Mmm-bye!
Seriously?
What now?
Just look at the Curse Cabinet.
It's filling up with everything you've put off.
Filing cabinet trouble? That's what--
[screams in frustration]
As Chairman of the Ghost World,
I forbid ye from calling me
unless there be a true catastrophe!
I'm really proud of that rhyme. I freestyled it.
You can't simply ignore the Curse Cabinet.
It will continue to fill
- with work orders until-- - Bap! Bap! Bap! Bap!
I am out of office, unavailable, and uninterested.
[Cabinet groaning]
[Cabinet hisses]
- I'm back! - Matinee is over.
See you for the 6:00 p.m. show.
What? Come on, we're on a roll!
Let's make some magic.
[pigeon coos]
Yeah, like that!
Nice show, amateur.
Irving the Illusionist,
Brighton's best
and only magician.
So why don't you make like Midge here...
- [Midge coos] - ...and disappear.
You may think you're the king,
but you're just a joker
who's got no shot at cutting me out
of the birthday-party circuit.
[blows raspberry] His sleight of hand is slight.
We've got real magic.
Did you catch my show, Jack?
Oh, the crowd really ate it up.
Soon, I'll be swimmin' in a...
king-sized pool of money,
'cause I've already scored another party this weekend.
- How? - I'm the better magician.
You know it in your heart.
[clicks tongue]
[Darryl and Scratch whistling]
[gasps]
[groans in frustration]
[kids chattering and laughing]
[theatrical theme playing]
[all gasp]
Now this is more like it!
[all] Ooh!
[all cheering]
Remember, that's Darryl the Dazzler, two Zs.
Available for all your party needs.
You'll find my business card in your left pocket,
so give it to your parents.
- [kids cheering] - [Scratch deeply sighs]
The sweet sound of applause.
[Scratch chuckles]
[Molly] Excuse me. Over here.
- Yep. - You there,
with the unbiased opinions on magic.
- [Darryl] You have a question? - I think I speak
for all of us, when I say
that we don't appreciate
being bamboozled by trickery.
Why not mix it up, huh?
Like, what about a puppet show?
Or a-- ooh-- a knitting demonstration?
- [all booing] - Who invited the old girl?
- Old? - Yeah, boo!
Security, make this girl...
[whispers] disappear!
What-- Gee-- Hey! Let me go!
- [kids cheering] - [Molly] I'm his sister!
For my next trick, I'll need a volunteer.
- [kids] Me! Me! - Oh, me! Me! Me! Me! Pick me!
You, I guess,
the very tall child
with facial hair.
[Irving happily hums]
[quietly] A little desperate,
don't you think?
[mysterious theme plays]
[Darryl] Pick a card, any card.
[Irving snickers]
The card you picked is...
[sighs] Oh, the only place it could be...
But surely, heh,
your card lies somewhere.
I, uh...
[Irving] Can't find it?
Ooh, that's a shame!
Fret not, children,
for I, Irving the Illusionist,
will save this party!
[Darryl] Hold on, Irving.
Is this your card?
[kids cheering]
[scoffs] How...
are you doing this?
Magician never reveals his secrets.
You'd know that...
if you were a real one.
- [kids] Oh, burn! - [boy] Ho-ho!
[Darryl] This will go down in history
as my greatest scheme.
Step aside, reverse mortgages.
I don't know, Darryl.
Magic is a fickle mistress.
Maybe it's time you hang up your top hat and...
What's that, Molly? I can't hear ya.
I'm too rich.
Irving the Illusionist
will not be bested by a two-bit amateur.
I hate this guy.
But I love his entrances!
I challenge you
to...
[scoffs]
...a magician's duel!
Winner owns the birthday circuit.
Loser leaves Brighton.
[dramatic theme plays]
My parents are not cool with me leaving town. [scoffs]
- Learned that the hard way. - Fine.
Loser never performs magic in Brighton again.
[dramatic theme plays]
Let's abraca-do-it.
[thrilling theme playing]
[Irving] Ladies, gentlemen,
children of all ages,
the rules are simple.
Darryl the Dazzler
and I, Irving the Illusionist,
will perform miraculous feats of magic
until one of us misses
or death takes us.
[crowd gasps]
Darryl, this is your last chance to turn back.
Molly, I'm not gonna give up
on the greatest scheme I've ever concocted.
Besides, with me at Darryl's side,
there's no way he can lo...
I mean, you had to see this coming.
[grunts] I told you
only to call me if it was an emergency!
[ghosts whimpering]
If you say the words "Curse" and "Cabinet,"
I'm gonna lose it.
- The, uh... - Ah!
- Hexed Hutch... - Dit! Dit!
is at maximum capacity.
It won't hold any longer!
[cabinet squawking]
[dramatic theme playing]
[audience cheering]
What am I gonna do, Molly?
- You're gonna give up? - Without Scratch,
- I've got nothing! - You had this coming, Darryl.
I never should have doubled down! I...
That's the classic McGee double-down.
It's genetic. You can't fight it.
And now my perfect scheme
will be shattered into a thousand irreparable pieces.
[groans]
Okay, well, now you're kinda making me feel bad for you.
[whimpering]
No. No with the puppy eye--
Darryl, don't do thi--
[whimpers]
[groans]
[sighs] I swore I'd never do this, but...
[intense music playing]
You know close-up magic?
Know your enemy, Darryl.
Know. Your. Enemy.
[rock theme playing]
♪ It's a magician competition Whoa-oh ♪
♪ They're levitating objects ♪
- ♪ With their minds ♪ - [crowd cheering]
♪ And one magician's got a pigeon ♪
- [pigeon coos] - ♪ Whoa-oh ♪
[disappointed groan]
♪ They're like Davids Copperfield and Blaine combined ♪
♪ And they make fire appear ♪
♪ Grab a coin from your ear ♪
♪ They'll make you cower in fear with their magic ♪
- ♪ They're summoning powers ♪ - Wow!
- ♪ He's summoning flowers ♪ - [gasps]
♪ They're making a knot, not a knot ♪
♪ With magic! ♪
Was this your card?
- [crowd cheering] - [singer scatting melody]
Shazam!
- [crowd cheers] - ♪ A ham! ♪
♪ They'll prestidigitate him into submission ♪
♪ It's a magician competition ♪
[both groan with exhaustion]
It's a tie,
neck-and-neck,
a dead heat, as they say.
Irving's up next.
[Midge coos weakly]
[Irving] I know you're tired, but I'm down to my last trick,
and I can't do it without you, Midge.
Don't do it for me.
Do it for the children of Brighton.
Do it for their smiles of wonderment and joy.
- It's what we live for. - [coos]
[drumroll]
[audience gasps]
I will have 30 seconds to escape,
or those paint cannons will...
Well, I shudder to think...
[all gasp]
[ticking]
[grunting]
You can do it, ol' gal.
[exhaustedly squawks]
[gasps]
[ticking]
[Scratch screams]
[vocalizes, yells]
Sweet baby corn, are you okay?
Uh, there's a lot more to the care and feeding
of a Curse Cabinet than you think.
Gonna be the death of me. Again.
- [groans] - [gasps]
Thanks.
Now let's win this thing!
Actually, I'm gonna let Irving win.
- [both gasp] - [Scratch] No!
Don't go Molly on me!
Every scheme's gotta come to an end,
even the best ones.
But, hey, you can still do magic.
It's all up to you, buddy.
All right, as long as I still get to be the hero.
[grunting]
[ticking]
Let's do this, bird.
Midge!
[crowd groaning in worry]
- [groans] - [clicks]
Come on!
[alarm ringing]
[both gasp]
- [splash] - [all gasp]
I did it?
- I did it! - [crowd cheering]
Darryl the Dazzler knows when he's been bested.
Give it up for Brighton's number-one magician,
Irving the Illusionist!
- [all cheering] - We love you, Irving!
[chuckling] Thank you! Thank you!
You're too kind.
I'm proud of you, Darryl.
Just felt, um-- what's the word--
wrong to cheat a guy out of his reason for living
when I don't even care about magic. Heh.
Unless, Molly, you want to take
- this show on the road. - [Molly] No...
The Marvelous Magical McGees!
- [Molly] Eyes. - Oh! We could charge
- an arm and a leg per ticket. - No. Darryl...
- Think about the concessions. - No. No. No!
Never speak of this again.
How did you do that?
♪ The Ghost and Molly McGee ♪
[theme music plays]