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- Illusion, the art of tricking the brain,
distorting the senses, (audience applauds)
challenging perception.
You can't trust what you see even with your own eyes.
Meet the Masters of Illusion.
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All right!
Welcome to Masters of Illusion.
I'm Dean Cain, I'm your host.
We have, thank you very much.
We have some unbelievable magical tricks
coming up for you right now. (upbeat music)
Magic, magical...
- Hi, Dean. - And Topas here.
Hey, Topas, we're... - Hi!
- We're starting the show right now.
- Yeah, I know, I know. (audience laughs)
Well, you and I came all the way from Germany.
I'm, I'm not used to a California sun.
- Yeah, it's, it's, it's pretty pretty,
we're in the desert.
- Could I borrow some sunglasses from you?
- Uh... (audience laughs)
Yeah. - Yeah.
- All right, I mean...
- Okay, trust me.
- I don't trust you.
Okay, you can, you'll get 'em back to me.
- Oh, these are very nice.
- [Dean] Yes, they are.
- Oh, I like them much.
Actually, they're, they're really special.
You cannot break these, did you know?
- No, you, I think you can break those.
(audience laughs)
- Let me try.
- No, that's, no, no, you can't...
- These are very, very special hinges, look.
- They're, they're, they're hinges.
They... (sunglasses snap)
- [Audience] Oh!
- And you broke my sunglasses hinges.
Or no, you didn't.
(audience applauds)
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- Yeah, oh, I, I can have 'em back?
- Yes. - Okay.
- I don't need them anymore.
- Thank you, Topas, thank you.
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What do you get when you mix sleight of hand,
showmanship, and a dash of mystery?
Oh, and how could I forget?
Of course, great hair.
No, it's not me.
No, it's the one, the only, Murray SawChuck.
- What's up you guys? (upbeat music)
How you doing?
I am so excited to be here.
I... who loves money, by your applause?
(audience applauds)
I love money too.
So for this next, I want to borrow a $100 bill.
Who has a $100 bill I can use?
Anyone?
You have a a hundred dollars bill, for real?
All right, come on up.
Big hand for the big guy. (audience applauds)
Big round of applause, everybody.
What's your name? - Brandon.
- Glad to meet you, Brandon!
Big hand for Brandon everybody.
Got a hundred in there?
- There it is, right there.
- Okay, great.
Hundred dollar bill.
Look at that, Franklin right there, huh?
Regular a hundred dollar bill.
You should watch carefully with a hundred dollars bill.
- All right, see, we could rip it just like that, see?
Look at that, huh?
That's frustrating, isn't it?
- (laughs) Yes.
- You didn't, you didn't see that coming tonight, did you?
- No. (audience laughs)
- No, I know, I know.
Carefully, rip it again?
No?
Just like that, yes, that's how we do it.
You take one half.
You don't like that?
You don't wanna take it? Don't take it.
I'll keep, I'll keep the money if you want.
No, take one half. Hang on to it, hold it up high.
I'm taking the other half.
You can crumble it up, if you want, into a ball.
It's not worth much right now.
(audience laughs)
But now we are 50 50 partners.
How do you feel about that?
- Not good. - Not so good?
(audience laughs) - Not good.
- So here's what we're gonna do, all right?
I love collecting antiques,
and my Uncle Marv and Aunt Carol
had their favorite antique,
this bedside lamp that Danny happens to have.
And you can turn it on for us. (lamp clicks)
There it is.
And it sat beside their bed stand all the time.
And he loved magic.
So we're gonna do something with this bill.
Watch very carefully, watch.
Take this and roll it into this magic paper, okay.
You ever helped a magician before?
- No.
- You're gonna love this.
This'll be crowd pleaser for you, Brandon.
Watch very carefully.
Watch, watch. (audience laughs)
They say if the bill's real, it won't catch fire.
(fire whooshes)
It's fake. (audience laughs)
You wanna see it again?
- No.
- (laughs) Got another a hundred?
- Yeah.
- Perfect.
You still have your hundred or is it gone?
It's gone, isn't it?
Open up. (playful music)
Oh, still there.
That'd be a great trick though, wouldn't it?
- Yeah. - Show the audience.
Open up, make sure it's there.
Still there, right?
Full bill.
You still have half or is it?
- Yeah. - It's just half.
- Just half.
Oh, that's too bad. (playful music)
Hmm. (audience laughs)
That's a magic lamp, you know that, right?
- I hope so. (audience laughs)
- Check it out, let's have a look.
Ooh, it's hot.
- [Audience] Ooh. (upbeat music)
Ooh, that is a bit warm.
If you notice really carefully
inside that bulb is a hundred dollars bill.
Do you see that?
- Yeah. (upbeat music)
(glass shatters) (audience gasps)
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- Where's your half?
Let's see if it matches.
Exactly. (audience applauds)
But wait, wait, wait.
There's a serial number on either side.
That's how you really know if it matches.
Brandon, I'm gonna hold this towards the camera
so we can see the serial number.
And you're gonna read nice and slow,
the number on your bill,
- LB11990911C.
- That's a correct match, everybody.
(audience applauds)
Big hand for Brandon. (audience applauds)
And you got a great souvenir.
It's a hundred dollar souvenir.
Big hand for Brandon, everybody.
Thanks for your help, buddy.
Watch yourself down the stairs.
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- These days, it's easy to rely too much on technology.
Well, this incredible illusionist
is about to show you the tricks
those pesky little devices can play on you.
Ladies and gentlemen, Keelan Leyser.
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- Have you ever wondered what magicians do
to get themselves out of a sticky situation
when something goes wrong?
Well, tonight I'm gonna show you exactly what they can do.
So I need a couple of people to help me.
So would you come out, yes,
and oh, sir, yes you'll be lovely as well.
- Give 'em round applause, up.
(audience applauds)
What is your name? - Eva.
- [Keelan] And? - [Wendy] Wendy.
- Wendy and Eva.
Now I'm gonna give you an example
of how a magician can get themselves
out of a sticky situation.
Oh, a problem, if a trick goes wrong.
So I've got a pack of cards.
You can see that they are all different.
Can you see that? - Yes.
- See, they're all different.
I'm gonna ask you to select one.
- Okay.
- The way you're gonna do that is by shouting stop.
I'm gonna run my thumb down the cards like this.
- Stop - Whenever you want.
you just shout stop, that's good.
(audience laughs)
And I'm gonna cut at that point.
Do you wanna stop there or shall I move on?
- No, that's good.
- Okay, don't take the one I can see.
Take one I cannot see.
Do not show me.
Take it out.
Do not show me, show everybody else.
I'll turn away.
Remembered it?
- Yes. - Perfect.
Place it back, and say a number for me,
between one and 10.
- Six.
- Six, your card will fly out of this pack,
spin six times,
and I'm going to attempt to catch it.
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There we go.
The four of spades, yes or no, was that your card?
- No.
- Okay, so I've got a trick wrong.
(audience laughs)
So have you heard the expression,
there is an app for that?
There seems to be an app for everything now in existence.
So to get out of a problem for a magician,
you just don't use one app.
You actually use all of the apps.
So are you familiar with the fact
if you hold one of these icons down,
they start to shake? - Yes.
- They start to wiggle,
shaking in fear that they're gonna be deleted.
But what you probably don't realize
is you shake the tablet
while they are shaking, (audience cheers)
they start to rearrange themselves
to the seven of diamonds,
that your card? - Yes!
- And also that one I got wrong also turns
to your card as well. (audience cheers)
You're probably wondering
how you get those apps back into position.
So it's, it's easy.
Actually, if you could take it for me,
you just kind of hold it like, like that.
And then if you could just touch one of the apps
and they start to shake,
shake it, shake it, shake it.
Shake it, and they start to go back.
Ouch, I think you, you shook too much.
(audience cheers) (audience laughs)
I don't know.
Sometimes technology works,
sometimes it doesn't.
But give 'em a round of applause, anyway.
Thanks so much.
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- [Dean] The impossible is easy
for the masterful manipulations
of My Uyen when we return.
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Magic is all about making the impossible possible.
And this magician is no exception.
Her unique style and incredible talent
will leave you wondering how she does it.
So without further ado,
let's give a warm welcome to the amazing
My Uyen.
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- It is time for the animated,
the amusing, the amazing Adam Wylie.
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- Oh my gosh, thank you guys so much.
Oh, thank you.
Wow.
That is very, very kind.
I haven't even done anything yet,
(audience laughs) so thank you so much.
I appreciate it.
I am gonna need the help of somebody.
You, sir.
Could you please come up here and join me?
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And what's your name, good, sir?
- Jay.
- Hi Jay, I'm Adam.
It's very nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- I need you to stand here.
Thank you so much.
I need you to pick any card that you like.
Make sure you like it.
Otherwise there's no point.
Go ahead, take one. (upbeat music)
That's a perfect choice, Jay.
Make sure you show everybody.
Please don't show me, I don't wanna see it.
Show both sides of the audience.
Everybody got it? (audience laughs)
Jay... no, not yet?
Find your card, the easy...
May I see your card?
No, you don't have to show me the face.
Just the back of it.
Okay, great.
I'm gonna find your card the easy way.
Seven of spades, thank you so much.
(audience laughs)
It's the easy way, Jay, easy.
You know what?
I need you to hold out your hand for me.
Could you hold out your hand like this?
I'm gonna put the deck inside your hand.
I want you to put the other hand on top of the deck
so I can't see anything.
That's perfect.
I'm gonna take your seven of spades
and I'm gonna spin it on top of the card
deck, just like that.
And it's gonna change to the ace of hearts.
(audience cheers)
That's not the cool thing.
The cool thing is that I'm gonna reach in here
and I'm gonna grab one card,
that's gonna be the seven of spades,
but at the same time, (audience applauds)
I'm gonna make the deck completely vanish.
Thank you.
(audience laughs) (audience applauds)
Do you believe me, Jay?
Because it's gone.
- Yeah, I do.
- You can show everyone.
(audience laughs)
Yeah, no, I'm serious, it's completely gone.
There is no deck of cards at all.
Thank you Jay, so much. (upbeat music)
I appreciate it.
Thank you, you can take your seat.
Clearly, that was awesome.
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- [Dean] Next, watch the astounding skill
of Mat O'Neill.
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This performer is a true innovator,
bringing new life to classic tricks
and introducing brand new illusions
that will leave you in awe.
So let's give a big round of applause to Mat O'Neill.
(audience cheers)
- And thank you to my two friends, Jared and Scarlet.
Right? - Yes.
- Thank you very much for coming.
I wanna tell you guys about a game.
(coins rattle)
These are four coins.
The game's called the Four Coin Game.
Sometimes it's called the Four Coin Trick.
And the point of the game is to try to get the coins
to disappear from one side of the table,
reappear on the other side of the table,
and if you can do that with nobody catching you,
then you win.
And if they do catch you, then you lose,
and you're forever excommunicated
from the city of Los Angeles.
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So no pressure.
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Ready?
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- Ooh.
- It's getting spicy.
(audience applauds)
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That one there, a little bit further apart.
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Now, but yeah, so.
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So watch that one.
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So.
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(indistinct speech) - Oh, my God.
- Here's the thing though.
When you have the coins on the table,
it's like a crutch.
You can lean into it.
It's almost cheating,
because you only have the dome view.
The most difficult is when you have the coins
inside of your hands
so that you have the 360 view,
and there's nowhere left to hide, right?
- Yeah.
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(coin thumps)
- How many here?
- Three.
So. (audience applauds)
Three here? - Yes.
- How many here?
- One.
(coins rattle)
(coins thump)
(audience cheers)
- How many here?
- Two. (audience cheers)
- Jared, would you hold your hand super flat
like a table for me?
Thank you.
You have one.
You're doing great buddy.
And you have two, right?
So with two and two,
it's hard because it's the same.
You don't know which two to watch.
So in a second I'm gonna cover up the coins
with my right hand.
And the second you say go,
the third one's gonna disappear and reappear there.
But don't let me guess
or anticipate when you're gonna say go, okay?
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- Go.
(Mat blows)
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- The last one's my favorite, okay?
So here's what's gonna happen.
In a second, I'm gonna stack up the coins
and I'm gonna take away the top one.
The second I do, would you close your hand
really tight around the other three?
'Cause I'm gonna try to get to 'em.
Don't let me, okay?
Thank you.
Just gonna, I'm gonna take the top one.
(audience laughs) That's okay.
I appreciate your enthusiasm, thank you.
Just four.
I'm just gonna take it away.
Close your hands tight. (coins rattle)
And you can turn it over.
And you can guard with your other hand underneath as well.
Excellent.
Thank you.
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There you go.
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That one was for the magicians.
(audience laughs)
This one too, by the way.
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Jared, what if I told you the fourth coin
has now rejoined the other three,
and reappeared inside of your hands?
Would that be cool?
- Uh, yeah.
- Would you very slowly turn your hand over
and drop the coins on the table?
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Yeah.
How many?
One, two, three, four coins.
Jared, thank you so much for your help.
(audience applauds) I really appreciate it.
And Scarlet too, thank you very much.
Give a huge hand for my two assistants.
Thank you very much, everybody.
(audience applauds)
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- Stay tuned because the magic doesn't stop here.
We've got more Masters of Illusion coming your way.
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Perilous, precarious, and precisely
what you should never attempt at home.
Let's welcome the one and only Reza.
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- Thank you very much. (audience applauds)
I need some help,
right there in the second row.
Would you join me right here at the front of the stage?
(suspenseful music) Give her a round of applause.
(audience applauds)
- What's your name? - Christina.
- Christina, you have a very important job.
I need you to choose a paintball,
and then write your initials on it
to make sure that this is now one of a kind.
Anyone you'd like.
I'd prefer if you pick one that feels lucky.
- Hmm. (audience laughs)
(Christina laughs)
- I guess we'll see. (Christina laughs)
And now write your initials right here.
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Cool.
I'm gonna show the camera as well so everyone can see.
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Recap the marker.
I'll take that, and stay right there.
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Now I need a magic wand.
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(gun clicks)
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- Down.
Stop.
Left.
Stop.
Angle up.
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Stop.
Ready.
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- We hope you leave here tonight
with a renewed sense of wonder and amazement.
Thank you for being a part of our magical journey.
I'm Dean Cain, and we'll see you next time.
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