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- Illusion.
The art of tricking the brain.
Distorting the senses,
challenging perception.
You can't trust what you see even
with your own eyes.
Meet the Masters of Illusion.
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Well, I hope you are ready to experience some
stunning sorcery.
I'm Dean Cain
and welcome to Masters of Illusion.
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And one of the things that makes magic so fascinating
is the element of surprise.
- Dean. - Oh.
Farrell Dillon ladies and gentlemen.
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I was doing the show open.
- I was just wondering if I could get your autograph
right now.
- On this show you're the celebrity,
but, alright, I'll do it.
- You're kind of important. - Can I sign it?
- Yeah, just sign it right there. Yeah.
- But then can I start the show?
- Oh boy, that is... really?
- That's that's my signature.
Here, I'll fold it up.
I'm gonna give this to you, all right?
Because look, I'm a Las Vegas magician.
Right? - Right.
- So like I feel like you should have my auto-
- I agree. I should have.. - It's only fair right? Like,
- Why do I have mine? - So look.
so look, my name's Ferrell, right?
So normally when I sign stuff,
it looks like that.
You know what that says?
- That says F?
- No, it actually says F.
'cause it's, - Oh because
- exclamation mark. - F.
- That's what makes it exciting.
But, hold onto that 'cause look,
you've got your signature,
right? - Yep.
But look, if you look at my name right here,
watch.
Boom.
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- Your name is now my name. - Look.
And look,
if you open up that one in your hand,
show it to them.
- Don't you da-
F.
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Farrell Dillon ladies and gentlemen.
Prepare to be mesmerized by the incredible talents
of our next magician.
Give it up for Anna DeGuzman.
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- Wow.
I want you all to try this in your own heads.
Even those of you watching at home,
try to follow along with me the best that you can.
I want you all to think of a dessert,
okay?
Any dessert like ice cream?
Oh you were thinking of ice cream, huh?
Ice cream,
Tiramisu.
Like those ones, but I just said them.
So, try to think of one you can find on a
restaurant menu.
Got it?
You're all thinking of different desserts.
Spell it out in front of you, right?
Take the last letter of your dessert
and think of
an animal.
Okay?
All of you at home are thinking of an animal now.
Let's take it a step further and think of
a sport.
A sport that starts with
the last letter of your animal.
I know this is kind of confusing, but now
we're getting all sorts of different things.
Are you all following along with me?
Cool.
What were you thinking of?
What sport?
- Tennis.
- Really?
Were you thinking of an elephant?
- That's correct.
- Really?
Were you all thinking of like a
elephant playing tennis?
No way. No way.
I knew this.
I knew you were all gonna think of
an elephant playing tennis.
Really. Yeah.
I did. I knew this all along.
It's actually been sitting right in front of you
before we even started.
It's just right here.
This whole time
I drew something before
I even came out here.
And it is
an elephant
playing tennis?
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That's for you, here.
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- It's time for the animated,
the amusing
the amazing
Adam Wylie.
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- Ben, we've got
a lot of paper bags with
six different prizes.
Here's the good news,
you are gonna get to keep
five of these prizes
and I get to keep
only one.
- Okay.
- And we're gonna decide
which prizes you get
and which prize I get
with this singular
die.
I want you to go ahead
and roll it a few times.
Make sure that
there's nothing weird about it.
It's just a normal die.
When you feel comfortable, let me know.
- Feelin' pretty good.
Excellent.
Okay, Ben.
Let's see a roll.
Number one.
Good job, Ben.
That's good yeah.
That's great.
Go ahead, see what you got.
Number one.
(bag rustling)
- Lovely.
- What'd you get?
Let me see, I'm curious.
Did you?
Oh go ahead, go ahead.
Take those out.
Yeah, I don't wanna touch 'em.
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It's tissue paper.
Here, I'll clean it up.
You get to keep those so that's good.
Alright, roll again Ben.
You got one.
Number two, you're going in order.
This is good.
Good job Ben.
Let's see what else you got.
- Okay, some sugar.
Oh, let's see.
Packets of sugar.
That's pretty good.
Good job Ben.
I'll take that.
You roll again.
Keep rolling.
Here, for you Nathan.
Go ahead.
Number six.
That's great, number six.
What'd you get?
- Straws.
- Straws?
Those are very valuable nowadays.
Yeah, you have to ask in order to receive them.
So that is, that's excellent.
Yes.
Sometimes they really suck. Okay.
It's true.
It's very true.
Hey Nathan, great, 'nother one.
Go ahead.
Five. That's excellent.
What could you have gotten?
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Yeah, what is it?
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An already been chewed Apple.
That's amazing.
That's from my lunch.
Hey Nathan, guess what?
Amazing. You see there's a theme.
Okay, go ahead.
You got two more.
Well one more really.
Now either number four or number three.
You gotta roll 'til you get one of them.
Nope.
You're really good at rolling the ones
that you've already done. Yeah.
Wow. You're good at that.
Keep going, keep going.
Go. Go.
Three or four.
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It's okay.
Two.
Five.
You're good at fives Ben.
Don't give up. I believe in you.
Clap if you believe.
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It's a one.
Another five.
That's a two.
What is wrong with you?
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Three.
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It's Ben who did it.
I had nothing to do with it.
Well you're not good at either one of those. Yeah.
What'd you get?
- Some gum wrappers.
- You got gum wrappers?
That's what I've always wanted.
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Are there three of them?
- There is three.
- That's meta. Okay.
Here you go, Nathan.
Great.
The last prize, the one I get to keep.
- I don't have to roll.
- Ah, you don't.
That's it. You're done.
That's really, really nice.
Oh.
This is a really nice one Ben.
It's a brick of $10,000.
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(bag rustling)
Here you go Nathan.
Great. Okay.
Good job Ben.
I appreciate it.
Thank you guys so much.
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- [Dean] When we return,
the amazing card wizardry of Joel Myers.
Next.
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- Okay, are you ready to witness some stunning illusions
and incredible slight of hand?
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Then brace yourself for the one,
the only,
Joel Myers.
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- So I'm here with Jessica, yeah?
Jessica, we just met. Jessica's
a random person from the audience.
You look pretty random.
Now Jessica,
here's the plan.
First of all, you ever go on your phone
and you look for something you want,
you order it, it takes a week?
Magicians don't have to do that.
See, when we find something we just click on it like a
deck of cards and we're ready.
We just pull it right out.
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That's cool. Okay.
So Jessica, here's the plan.
I'm gonna show you a couple of methods
that magicians use to control playing cards.
Okay?
You good with this? Here's the plan.
I want you to do me a favor and name any
four of a kind.
Any four of a kind.
- Aces
- Aces? You're going right for the big guns.
Okay, aces, check it out.
All different, every card's totally different.
I'm gonna give these a couple of shuffles.
I'm gonna show you something called
shuffle tracking Jessica.
Shuffle tracking is where I take a deck of cards
and I shuffle through 'em just like this
through a variety of shuffles
and they should be able to cut right to
the four aces one ace at a time.
See that's ace number one.
It gets better Jessica watch.
I'm gonna slow it down like this.
Another little cut
and that should be ace number two.
Are we still good? We good?
- Okay. They're both aces.
- Yeah, that's true. I was there.
Okay, Jessica, ace number three.
I'm gonna riff down the side.
You say stop.
- And stop.
- Cool I can see that one.
That one is the ace of clubs.
Do you see that Jessica?
We're gonna slow down one last time.
This time I got a great idea how we're gonna find
the ace of spades.
Jessica, I'm gonna bring my finger over the deck.
You say stop.
- And stop. - Stop right there.
Jessica I'm gonna tell you right now,
you did not stop me at the ace of spades.
You stopped me at the three of clubs.
It's all good. We're gonna find the ace of spades
using the three of clubs.
Watch, all I have to do is give it a little flick.
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That's all four aces.
Oh yeah.
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Okay, I see you.
Alright Jessica, I'm gonna show you how this works.
Okay? We're gonna slow it down.
So that was shuffle tracking.
I'm gonna show you something called
Dead Cutting the aces.
Dead Cutting the aces is
something that you learn as a magician and
it's actually the reason why
I'm not allowed in Vegas casinos.
I wish that was a joke.
Four aces right here. Watch this.
They go in the middle of the deck.
Now I'm gonna tell you exactly what I'm doing
as I'm doing this, okay Jessica?
So I'm gonna shuffle the four aces in
just like this.
I'm gonna do something called a Up the Ladder Shuffle.
This is called a Overhand Shuffle.
That's like what you see your uncle do
in like your basement.
This one is called the Pharaoh Shuffle.
This is where every single card is interwoven
shuffled into the deck.
You see that Jessica?
That's so every single card is thoroughly shuffled.
So I'm showing you this
to show you that I'm not
holding the aces all together.
So I'm not holding 'em at the top of the deck, for example.
And then shuffling, like doing false shuffles
until I find the four aces.
I'm not retaining them either at the bottom,
so they're not like four aces at the bottom.
So I'm telling you the truth right now
that those four aces are not only in the deck
but they're different parts of the deck.
Okay, Jessica?
Different parts of the deck.
So right now the first ace is 17 cards down.
So if I were to cut 17 cards down
the 18th card would be the ace of spades.
You see that?
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Now notice if I were to cut too low
I would've missed the ace
and too far I would've missed the ace.
So no matter what, it had to have been right there.
It's not like I'm holding the aces
somewhere in the middle and just cutting through 'em.
I'm gonna do it again.
Ace number two looks just like this right to it.
This is an acquired skill.
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So again, if I were to cut too soon
I would not have cut an ace too far.
I would not have cut an ace.
Ace number three gets more difficult as you go.
There it is. Okay, ace number three.
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Jessica, the last one is the ace of hearts.
We're gonna find that one completely differently.
I got an idea.
Right now there's, a deck card has 52 cards in it.
This deck has 49 right now.
'cause it's missing three of the aces yeah?
So name a number for me between 1 and 49.
- 16.
Check this out you guys.
The ace of hearts is at the 16th position right now.
Do you see it?
Check it out. Watch.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16.
- Good job.
- Thanks guys.
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- [Dean] Next, the impossible
is made possible
by Eric Eaton.
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I never know what to expect with this next illusionist.
So, prepared to be amazed
by our very own
Eric Eaton.
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- Being a magician.
I work at a lot of comedy clubs
and one of the cool things is
I get to see what drinks people like to drink.
For example, some people like to drink Blue Lagoons,
some people like to drink Manhattans.
Anyways, I've made a list here
or a menu per se,
of all the most popular drinks.
What I'm gonna do is, lemme see you, ma'am.
Do you like to drink? - Yeah.
- Perfect. You'll be perfect for this trick then.
What I want you to do is
you're just gonna say stop whenever you're ready, okay?
Oh,
stop.
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Try that again.
Say stop whenever you're ready.
- Stop. - Right there?
Are you sure? - Yeah
- Positive.
Take a look at your drink.
Concentrate on it.
Think about it.
Think about the drink.
Think about how you may be trying it later tonight.
Perfect. Now, inside this drink
are you familiar with the one you ordered?
Do you know the ingredients?
No, that's okay.
Some people drink to remember,
others drink to forget.
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So I have a deck of cards here
and they all have just a bunch of different ingredients.
For example, we have lime,
vodka,
pineapple
lemon juice, grapefruit juice.
You guys get the point.
Just a bunch of different ingredients and,
I don't want to keep going.
For example,
I don't know how to pronounce half these words.
Now, what I'm gonna do is
I'm actually gonna shuffle the deck.
I want you to think about the ingredients or,
try to think about
what's in the drink.
For example, if I give the deck a little shuffle
we can make one card
come to the top.
That card is, whiskey.
Is there whiskey in your drink?
Perfect.
Let's see the next one.
This time, instead of doing a regular shuffle
we're actually just gonna give it three cuts.
One, two, and three.
And just like that,
one card comes to the top.
An orange, is there an orange in your drink?
- Yeah.
- This time we'll give it both a shuffle and
we'll actually give it three cuts.
So there's the shuffle.
Now the three.
1, 2,
and 3.
And then to top it off a little flick.
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One card shoots out,
a sugar cube.
(audience clapping)
Now that leaves us with one more ingredient.
This time shuffle
just like so.
And a catch
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(audience clapping)
Angostura bitters.
So,
we have four ingredients here,
whiskey, orange, Angostura bitters, and sugar cubes.
Was your drink an old fashioned?
(audience cheering)
Thank you.
And in case that wasn't enough,
I have one drink inside my bag here.
Cheers.
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- [Dean] Lapse at the unbelievable talent of
Shaun Jay, next.
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- The moment you've all been waiting for has arrived.
This magician is an absolute genius
who's dedicated his life to the art
of illusion.
He's got the talent,
he's got the wit and the charm
to make your evening unforgettable.
Please give a warm round of applause for the one,
and the only,
Shaun Jay.
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- Magic
is like one of those things you can't see.
There's a lot of things in life that you can't see,
but just because you can't see it
doesn't mean
that it's not
there.
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Now, a lot of things we have to put our trust and faith in.
We have to keep track of our money.
Sometimes it's very hard to keep track of our money,
because money these days is kind of digital.
You know? It's so difficult to keep track
every time you put it away.
You think you have it,
but it's never there.
Sometimes,
sometimes
people
play with their money too much
and create it into a form of gambling.
But sometimes, I get kind of curious
and I say
what if I just played with my money a little bit?
And if I were to play with my money,
would it look something like this?
(audience clapping)
When I was
a little kid,
I would always fidget with things.
I would take pencils and pens off the table,
and I could barely keep track of those
let alone the money itself.
Now sometimes,
sometimes you see the money travel
you can hand it from one person to another.
Sometimes it's an electronic deposit where it just
goes.
But what I recommend that you do,
is you don't put all your eggs
in one basket.
(audience clapping)
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
I recommend that you hang onto your money
because sometimes
if you play with your money too much
it might just be one big
gamble.
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- Magic is all about creating moments of awe and wonder
and our next performer does it with style and finesse.
Please give it up for the incredible
My Uyen.
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- As we bring another edition
of Masters of Illusion to a close,
we wanna thank you
for being a part of this incredible evening
of mind bending illusions
and unbelievable feats of magic.
Until next time,
I'm Dean Cain.
Thank you.
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