Excuse me! Hello! Excuse me. How's it going?
No, there's no way this is gonna work.
I'm gonna-- - Oh, my God.
Hey, I'm Lior Suchard, and I'm a mentalist.
Close your eyes, both of you.
Which means I know what you're thinking, and I can influence your thoughts.
Okay, do you feel my finger touching your forehead?
What you are about to see is real.
There's no camera tricks and no editing tricks.
Okay, imagine in your mind that you could meet a famous personality.
Just think, in your mind, of any famous person.
With your eyes closed, on the count of three, you're gonna say the name.
Eyes closed. Who would you like to meet?
One, two, three.
Zooey Deschanel. - Zooey Deschanel.
He said-- MAN: What the--?
Oh, my God!
Uh, Zooey Deschanel.
You can open your eyes.
Whoa, man, that's-- Come on, that's sick, dude.
[laughing] Meet Zooey.
-How are you? -I'm as surprised as you.
LIOR: I have to ask you this question.
How do you get ideas? Ideas for acting, for singing, for stuff?
For songwriting I usually sit at a piano, and play,
and sing at the same time.
And then I kind of fit words into a rhythm.
I always, because my stuff is connected to the brain and the mind,
I always lie on the beach.
Oh, yeah. - Look at the sky.
And I get like the muse. - That's a good idea, yeah.
Do you want to show me around? - Yeah, sure.
Ladies first.
Today we're going to try to do something about creativity,
about influencing, about inspiration.
It's about the process of writing. - Okay.
You're here with the team, right? - Yeah. Yeah.
So tell me who's who.
Lauren. LIOR: Lauren.
Sarah. LIOR: Sarah.
And Jen. LIOR: And Jen.
We are gonna need some people, so here's what we're going to do.
You are going to invent a song. - Okay.
It can be about anything you want.
Not too long, not too short. - Mm-hmm. Okay.
Before you start, I want you to think about it.
Okay.
Just look at me for a second.
[snickers]
I'm imagining it.
Good. It's good.
Probably won't be. - You're gonna write it here.
I'm gonna bring some random people to help us.
Okay, great. - Have a seat.
So nobody see what she's doing right now.
And I'm getting some people. Come, come. Let's get some people.
All right, can we use you for something? A little brain test?
Guys, come with me. Just in here randomly.
There. Come here. Mix, mix, mix.
Mix more. Mix, mix, mix, mix, mix.
Take it, pass it around. Just pass it around to everyone.
Take one. Take one.
Okay, here's what I want you to do. Close your eyes.
And I want you to think of any word in the world.
Imagine your word. Imagine your word.
Open your eyes.
Write your word big.
Guys, this is something that you chose yourself, correct?
Mm-hmm.
Okay, this is something that you just made up right now?
I just wrote it off the top of my head.
All right, I want you to read your poem.
And I'm going to show you that I was able to read your mind
and influence them.
"I am slow."
[gasps, laughs]
Okay, that's weird. LIOR: Because it says, "I am slow."
That's the beginning. Nice. - Yep. Mm-hmm.
"As the saying goes."
[gasps] Did any of you guys talk to this guy?
No. - No!
"But I watch the cars speed swiftly by and by."
[laughs] This is pretty high percentage.
[all laughing]
"And remember when I was ten I caught a piece of dust in my eye."
ZOOEY: That is crazy! LIOR: It is, right?
[all laughing] ZOOEY: Pretty amazing.
I mean, you know her the longest time?
Yes. - Yep. Very long time.
Can I-- Can I see the word?
Sky.
Does it appear in your poem, "sky"? - No.
Hmm.
But this is a good word.
So let's go to the music area over there.
I want to do here-- Oh, this is good. This is good.
This is good. These are all-- Okay. Okay.
Perfect. Okay.
You wrote the song. ZOOEY: Yes.
And every album needs a cover.
Right? And every cover needs some kind of a... design.
Right. - You're gonna imagine a sign or a symbol.
Okay. - And you're gonna put the symbol here.
You're gonna do it in such a way that none of us see what you're doing.
Now it's your moment to imagine it. Can you see it?
Mm-hmm. - And do it now.
Do me a favor. Make sure I don't look. So do it now.
Make sure the camera doesn't see it. Make sure nobody sees your symbol.
I am done. - I'm gonna take some albums.
Whatever they are.
There's about ten, 20-- About 50 records here.
Okay.
And just tell me a number from one to 50.
Nineteen. - Okay, so this is your choice.
I'm gonna count 19 of those, okay?
So one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19.
LAUREN: No way. ZOOEY: No!
What?
ZOOEY: Oh, my God. Huh.
When we went into the store, remember the first question I ask you?
How do you get your ideas? I told you I'm going to the beach.
Oh, you look up at the sky, yes.
Remember that? - Yeah.
Maybe we should...
Come with me. Let's go.
Let's go. Come, come, come. Come with me. Come with me.
This was chosen randomly. - Okay.
And can I get everyone? Come. Come with me.
Come, guys, everybody. All of us. You too.
Come, come, come. This is interesting.
Because you just thought of this. - Uh-huh.
What's the...
And this has nothing to do with your design.
No. - And you chose that design?
Yes. - Can you show me the design?
How do you call it? - Spiral.
Spiral. Swirl.
This is the back of-- ZOOEY: What?
Maybe we should look at the sky.
Pete, come outside. Come outside. Come outside, come outside.
Come outside. Come outside. Come with me. Come with me.
Looking at the sky. Look. Come, come, come.
Look at it. Oh, my God.
Look at the sky. - Oh, my God. Are you kidding me?
Everybody, come outside! Come outside! - [all gasping, chattering]
Oh, my God.
No way.
[Lior laughing]
ZOOEY: Oh, my God.
You're a wizard. - [Lior laughs]
[applause] - Whoo! Whoo!
Yes! - Thank you! Thank you so much.
Thank you. - So much fun.
And remember, every time you think of me just look up at the sky.
How did you do that? [laughs]