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- Illusion: (audience applauds)
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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Okay, tonight, get ready to step into a world
where reality bends and the extraordinary becomes possible.
I'm Dean Cain, and this is Masters of Illusion.
(audience applauds) Thank you.
Now magic has a way of awakening our sense of wonder,
reminding us that there's always something new to discover.
Well, tonight you'll witness illusions
that will have you questioning what is real.
So join me as we explore the impossible.
- Hey, Dean, I have a problem.
- I almost got there.
Adam, Adam Wiley, yes.
- Hi. - Hello.
(audience applauds)
- I almost got through a whole opening, though.
- Yeah, that's never gonna happen.
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Dean, backstage, I was looking into a light,
and I'm having a really big issue.
I now can't determine what's what,
and I wanna start with colors.
- Okay. - Okay.
So I have these here, these elastic bands.
And listen, I'm gonna put one
like this into an X,
and one like that on both sides of...
Dean, which color is in the middle?
- [Dean] Blue. (upbeat music)
- Yeah, that's not supposed to happen.
It should be orange.
Okay. (audience cheers)
Oh no, wait, I was right.
It should be blue.
Not orange, blue. (audience laughs)
Okay, thank you so much, I appreciate that.
Thank you, thank you guys for helping.
That was weird. (audience applauds)
I don't know what happened.
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- No idea how he did that.
But let's get this show started, shall we?
(audience applauds)
Get ready to laugh and be amazed
by a performer who blends classic magic
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with a unique, very unique comedic flare.
Please welcome the one and only Ed Alonzo.
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- Hello. (playful music)
Watch closely.
In fact, don't even blink. (audience laughs)
For in a moment I will attempt to disappear.
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Huh.
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That's good.
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Drum roll, please.
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Drum roll, please.
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- Prepare to be astonished
by a magician who combines creativity
and precision to deliver unforgettable illusions.
Here is Scott Pepper. (audience applauds)
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- Thank you very much.
Well, my name is Scott Pepper
and I'd like to try something
with one of our members of the audience.
Thank you very much, Heather.
Let's pick the lady in the front row.
Hi, what's your name?
- Jessica.
- Jessica, nice to meet you, Jessica.
First thing, I need you to help me.
We've got all these different color wine glasses
on these cards here, Jessica.
I'm gonna mix these up,
and in a minute I'm gonna ask you to pick one of these.
So let's get those good and mixed.
Jessica, I'm gonna go through these one at a time.
You just shout, "Stop."
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- Stop.
- [Scott] Okay, would you like the right hand
or the left hand?
- Right hand. - The right hand.
I'm gonna place that on top here, Jessica.
I'm gonna show you what you picked.
Remember that color, okay.
Everyone remember that.
Jessica, good job.
Think of that color,
'cause I'm gonna show you something really cool.
(upbeat music)
Now, this doesn't take long, Jessica,
but this is gonna be especially for you.
You keep thinking of that color.
All right, Jessica, for the first time,
nice, loud and clear,
what was the color you were thinking of?
- Red. - Red.
I'm halfway there.
(audience laughs)
Thank you.
Well, Jessica, you picked red.
This is an empty glass.
We need to fill it.
Check this out.
(upbeat music)
(audience applauds)
What do you think, Jessica?
Halfway or all the way to the top?
- All the way.
- All the way to the top.
Let's fill it all the way to the top for you, Jessica.
(audience cheers)
This is just ink and paper.
And this is especially for you
to take home as a little souvenir.
But of course you don't get red wine out of nowhere.
You get it out of a real bottle, something like that.
Jessica, this is for you.
You take this, you take the wine with my thanks.
Thank you very much, Jessica.
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- [Dean] Next: My Uyen brings the fire
with this unforgettable magic.
Jeki Yoo's fast hands and magical manipulation
will amaze you. (audience applauds)
Joel Meyers intends to make his act a smash hit.
- Ready?
Yes.
- [Dean] Not to be outdone, Eric proves he's got game
and mind reading skills.
- What number are you thinking of?
- [Volunteer] Eight. - [Eric] Eight.
Seven, eight.
- [Dean] David Goldrake will have you thinking
outside the box as his next trick
is a cut above the rest.
Eric Jones is breaking new barriers
with a unique magic act.
- This again, is a solid piece of glass
and there's only one way that I can get through.
You really have to go through.
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- She travels around the globe,
amazing audiences along the way,
and tonight she's here with us.
Please welcome the incredible My Uyen.
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This performer is a true pioneer in modern magic,
blending flawless sleight of hand
with groundbreaking visual effects.
His award-winning performances have dazzled audiences
across Asia, Europe, and the United States.
Please welcome the brilliant Jeki Yoo.
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Next: Joel Meyers intends to make his act a smash hit.
- Ready?
Yes! (upbeat music)
- [Dean] You'll need to sit down for this next act
as Ivan Amodei calls out his audience.
- You guys, don't lie to me.
Are you just messing with me?
- Trino wants to know if you've ever seen a root beer float.
- Oh!
- David Goldrake will have you thinking outside the box
as his next trick is a cut above the rest.
Eric Jones is breaking new barriers
with a unique magic act.
- This again, is a solid piece of glass,
and there's only one way that I can get through.
You really have to go through.
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- Prepare to be entertained by a magician
who brings energy, charm,
and cutting edge illusions to the stage.
His fast paced style
and ability to connect with audiences
makes him one of the most exciting performers
in magic today.
Let's give a warm welcome to Joel Meyers.
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- What is up you guys?
So guys, tonight we're gonna take
a little bit of a risk, okay?
The first risk is gonna be me taking a risk
on who I'm picking tonight.
'Cause I'm gonna find that person totally at random.
I'm gonna find that person totally at random
by throwing this baseball bat.
(audience laughs)
Whoever it knocks unconscious...
Let's see here who do we have in the front?
You, sir, what's your name, bro?
- Christian.
- Christian, everybody give a big hand for Christian.
Christian, come on over. (audience applauds)
Stand right here, Christian.
Right here, nice to meet you buddy.
Hold onto the bat for me, Christian,
you can turn around and face everybody
so everybody can see you.
So Christian, here's the deal.
I've got a pad of paper over here.
On this pad of paper,
I've written down a bunch of different random items, okay?
I want you to think of any one of these random items,
but first I'm gonna show them to everybody.
Make sure everybody sees that they're all totally different.
No two things are exactly the same.
We got think about things like we got a pineapple there,
a kitten, there's a snake, glasses, cup of coffee,
there's an iPhone, pizza, laptop, antique vase, flowers.
You get it, all different, right?
Christian, here's the deal.
You're just gonna lift and peek at any one of these items.
Totally up to you.
Just lift and peek.
Don't let anybody see.
You're not gonna let the audience see.
You're not gonna let the camera see.
And most importantly, Christian,
you're not gonna let me see.
You ready? - Ready.
- Cool, go ahead and lift and peek.
Get one of the items in your mind.
Did you get one? - I got one.
- Cool, Christian, hold that item in your mind, okay?
Now, Christian, you'll also notice
there are some boxes over here on stage, okay?
Numbered one through six.
Come on up, Christian, one through six.
Christian, I want you to do me a favor.
Name any number between one and six, go.
- Two. - Two, this one here?
- Yeah, two. - Number two.
Christian, I'm gonna ask you something.
Do you wanna change your mind? (upbeat music)
- No, two.
- No, you're sticking with two.
- [Christian] Yeah. - Number two.
Christian, we are going to eliminate number two.
We're gonna set it right over here.
So now Christian, here's the deal.
The rest of this is really fun,
'cause now we're gonna get to blow off some steam.
- Yeah, let's do it.
- Let me show you.
Here's what we're gonna do.
We're gonna destroy the other boxes.
Christian, you ready?
- [Audience Member] Ooh. - Yes.
(audience applauds)
- Okay. (audience applauds)
I feel better. (upbeat music)
Christian, do the next one.
It's up to you, go ahead.
Smash one, Christian.
(audience laughs)
We're gonna do, take two.
Christian, do it again.
Hit it hard, hard. (bat smacks)
There we go.
- Okay.
- There we go.
Mazel tov, that's good.
- I made it look-
- Yeah, yeah, it was a little, yeah.
Okay, the, you're gonna do the one more.
I'll do the last one.
Go Christian, take out some aggression.
(bat thumps)
There it is, nicely done.
I'll do the last one. (bat thumps)
(audience cheers)
(audience laughs)
Nice catch.
You saved her life. (audience laughs)
It was amazing.
So, so Christian, I know all of this seemed totally random
and like it really made no sense
other than blowing off some steam.
But the truth is, Christian,
there was a reason why we did all this.
Remember in the beginning I asked you
to name a number, you named number two.
I asked you if you wanna change your mind.
You said no, yes?
- No.
- Yeah, Christian, hold onto this.
There we go.
So Christian, I also asked you to think of an object.
Anything you wanted.
For the first time, name out loud.
What is it that you thought of?
- Fish.
- A fish?
Fish.
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Give Christian a big hand, come on.
(audience applauds)
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- Let's welcome to the stage the incredible Eric Eaton.
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- What's your name man?
- Kareem. - Kareem.
- Kareem, nice to meet you.
Kareem, what was your favorite sport growing up?
- Basketball. - Hockey?
- Sure. - Good idea.
You look like a hockey player, Kareem.
Kareem, my favorite sport growing up was hockey.
I'd go play with my friends, my brother.
We'd go on the street.
Now, growing up we had big dreams of playing professional.
So what we'd do is to decide which team we wanted to be,
we would put these pieces of paper down
that had different team names.
For example, Jets, Flames, Devils,
Canucks, Kraken, you get the point.
Just a bunch of different hockey team names.
All we're gonna do Kareem,
is we're just gonna spread these on the floor,
spread 'em out, just like that.
(dramatic music)
That's pretty random, can we agree?
- Yeah, definitely. - Completely random.
Kareem, I have a ball here.
What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna stick handle over the,
over the papers with the ball.
At any point you feel comfortable,
I want you to just give me any number you'd like, okay?
What number are you thinking of?
- Eight. - Eight.
All right, we're gonna stick handle eight times.
Ready, let's go.
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
Kareem, this is where I'm at, all right?
Now you could think I maybe went there.
Would you like me to move the ball to another card?
- Uh, yeah.
- Yeah, where would you like me to go?
Which way?
- To your right.
- To my right, right there sound good, or...
- [Kareem] Perfect.
- Perfect, all right, Kareem, here's what we're gonna do.
I'm gonna place the stick down.
You stopped on this cart here.
You picked eight stick handles,
then decided to move one.
Just so you can see, they're still all different.
Sabers, Ducks,
Oilers, Panthers.
You get the point that they're, they're all different.
You stopped right here on this card, correct?
Kareem, that was a free choice again, right?
- Yep.
- Kareem, you stopped on the Penguins.
(upbeat music)
Tough team, right? (laughs)
The Penguins.
Now Kareem, I actually have a jersey here.
So growing up we didn't have
the money to buy the cool jerseys.
What we'd do is we would take a piece of tape
and then write our team name on.
Kareem, my jersey from growing up
actually said the Penguins.
(audience applauds) (upbeat music)
But Kareem, it gets better.
You got to pick a number to stick handle.
- [Kareem] Yeah. - You picked eight.
- My jersey number was actually...
(dramatic musical score) (audience applauds)
Round of applause for Kareem.
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- [Dean] Next: you'll need to sit down for this next act
as Ivan Amodei calls out his audience.
- Guys, don't lie to me.
Are you just messing with me?
- [Dean] David Goldrake will have you thinking
outside the box as his next trick
is a cut above the rest.
Eric Jones is breaking new barriers
with a unique magic act.
- This again, is a solid piece of glass
and there's only one way that I can get through.
You really have to go through.
(explosion)
(audience cheers)
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- It's time now for a magician whose performances
are a perfect blend of charm, intellect,
and spell binding illusions.
With a career that spans the entire globe,
he's here to enchant you with his one of a kind magic.
Please welcome the one, the only, Ivan Amodei.
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- How's it going?
(audience shouts)
Good, I wanna show you something really interesting.
These are not normal cards.
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These are states.
Every single one of these, it has a state on it.
This is what I taught my kids
when they were little,
how to learn all 56 states.
Right here, these cards.
(audience laughs)
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When I travel around the world doing magic,
I notice that in every country
they have traditional ways of shuffling cards.
This is the way you'll see whenever you go in United
States. This is the way you'll see it in China.
This is how you see it in Italy.
These guys who play cards at little coffee houses in Italy,
they take five cards from the front,
they shuffle 'em to the back.
One, two, three, four, five.
And then the same five cards
from the back return to the front.
One, two, three, four, five. (audience laughs)
Nothing happens.
(audience laughs) (upbeat music)
Here's the way they shuffle in Brooklyn where I grew up.
(cards flutter)
(audience laughs)
Don't play cards with those guys.
And then of course, this is the way you shuffle
when you wanna impress people.
(audience cheers)
Let me try it and see what happens on this side.
All right, here we go, wow, very cool.
All right, I'm gonna take about half the cards.
I'm gonna give 'em to you.
You shuffle and look through them.
You can see that they're completely just, you know,
I'm just giving you random amounts
so then you can do the same.
Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle.
So listen, I have a friend who has a little baby,
and the mom, she can hear this baby
basically like if there's a, a orchestra in her living room,
she can hear the baby up in the room,
as if it's completely dead silent around her.
And I thought to myself, "Wait, what?"
And she said, "Eh, it's just a mother thing.
We can hear the child.
It doesn't matter how much loudness is going on around us,
it absolutely doesn't matter.
We just have this maternal instinct."
So I thought to myself, "That's a trick.
Gosh, that's gotta be a magic trick."
But can you focus on the things you want to focus on
and completely delete all the other stuff?
Well, that's life.
We have to all figure that out.
So did you shuffle them? - Yes.
- [Ivan] Are you pretty happy with the amount?
- Yes.
- All right, gimme those babies back.
All right, cool.
And then there was another guy that shuffled.
Where was that?
And did you shuffle them pretty well too?
- [Audience Member] I think so.
- And how long did you shuffle those for?
Like- - Maybe a minute.
- All right, cool, maybe a minute.
All right, cool.
Two shuffled decks.
This guy in the corner, point to one.
Point to one.
Which side?
This side? - Yeah.
- You want this one? - [Audience Member] Yeah.
- All right, cool, we don't need those.
- [Audience Member] What?
- We don't need 'em. (audience laughs)
I'm gonna give some out.
Here's a couple for you.
Here's a couple for you guys.
And you just hold them in the middle.
Here's a couple for the ends.
And here's a couple for you.
And here's some for you,
and here's some for you,
and here's some for you.
Here's some for you.
And here's some for you.
All the way in the back.
If you've received a stack of cards, stand up.
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I don't know how many I gave you,
but if it's more than one, that's fine.
If it's two, hand one to somebody to right next to you,
like to your left in the same row,
that person needs to stand up.
Okay, everybody standing right now
should only have one state.
Can't have more than one or it'll,
it'll be too hard for you.
I want you to look down and say it out loud to,
I mean, say it to yourself in your mind.
And on the count of three, here's what you're gonna do.
You're gonna shout the name of the state
that you're holding at me as loudly as you can.
But the people seated, your job is more important.
When they shout their states,
I want you guys that are seated
to shout any state that you want at the same exact time.
And by the way, if you're seated
and you don't know any states, ask somebody.
(audience laughs)
Everybody in this room is gonna shout
the name of a state,
I'm focused on only the people standing.
Deal? (upbeat music)
And I won't be paying attention either.
(upbeat music)
So on the count of three,
everybody's gonna shout.
The people seated,
you shout whatever you want.
On the count of three, here we go.
One, two, three!
(audience shouts)
What?
(audience laughs)
All right, here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna try my best to recall
only the guests are standing what they shouted at me.
If you hear me say your state,
I need you to say, "Yes!"
Really loudly so everybody knows
that I got you, and then have a seat.
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If you don't hear your state, you don't have to sit.
You guys ready?
Here we go.
Maine.
The state of Maine.
If you have it, you have to...
- [Audience Member] Yes.
- Oh, you said yes, it was really low.
Alabama. - [Audience Member] Yes.
- New Jersey. - [Audience Member] Yes.
- Texas. - [Audience Member] Yes.
- Nevada. - [Audience Member] Yes.
- Florida. - [Audience Member] Yes.
- Chicago.
(audience laughs)
You guys are paying attention.
How about Illinois? - [Audience Member] Yes.
- Maryland. - [Audience Member] Yes.
- Oregon. - [Audience Member] Yes.
- And New Mexico? - [Audience Member] Yes.
- All right, that was awesome.
(audience applauds)
(upbeat music)
Why're you guys... don't lie to me.
Did you not hear your state?
Because that one person on Maine,
they didn't want to tell me. (audience laughs)
Are you just messing with me?
No?
You really do?
Didn't hear your state?
(upbeat music)
Oh, um, we got problems.
(audience laughs)
You know what?
I'm just gonna quickly just look at you.
Just say your name really quick, go.
- Courtney.
- [Ivan] Say your name.
- Kandi.
- [Javier] Javier.
- [Kylee] Kylee.
- [Embria] Embria.
- [Tanya] Tanya.
- [Daniela] Daniela.
- [Anastasia] Anastasia.
- [Nika] Nika.
- All I needed to do was to hear your voice.
I'm gonna try to match your voice
to the original time you said the state.
And if I point to you,
and you're actually holding that state,
you need to say, "Oh my God."
(audience laughs)
Yes, and sit down.
You ready? (upbeat music)
Say your name again.
- Courtney.
- Hawaii. - [Courtney] Yeah.
(audience applauds)
- California. - Yes.
- Alaska? - [Audience Member] Yes.
- Arizona. - [Audience Member] Yes.
- Connecticut? - [Audience Member] Yes.
- Massa- do you have Massachusetts?
- Yes. - Have a seat.
Ohio? - Yes.
- Delaware?
- Oh my God, yes.
(audience laughs)
- Yours is my favorite state.
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.
You have Mississippi, yes? - Yes.
- Come on, I did 'em all.
(audience applauds) (upbeat music)
Thank you, did you like that one?
(audience cheers)
You can keep 'em.
Thank you guys for watching.
Talk to you later.
(audience applauds)
(explosion)
- [Dean] Next: Trino wants to know
if you've ever seen a root beer float.
- Oh! (upbeat music)
- [Dean] David Goldrake will have you thinking
outside the box as his next trick
is a cut above the rest.
Eric Jones is breaking new barriers
with a unique magic act.
- This again, is a solid piece of glass,
and there's only one way that I can get through.
You really have to go through.
(explosion)
(audience cheers)
(explosion)
(audience applauds)
- This performer is here to both amaze
and amuse you with his unique blend of magic and comedy,
known for his high energy performances
and very quick wit,
he's guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat,
laughing and astonished.
Please welcome the incredible Trino.
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- Susanna, have you ever seen a root beer float?
- Sure have.
- Audience, you ever see a root beer float?
- [Together] Yeah!
- Looks a little like this, right?
(audience laughs) (upbeat music)
Yeah, it's kind of fun.
I do this in the mirror for a couple hours.
It looks good.
You probably know how this works, that's okay.
What you do is you, you cut a hole
in the back of the bottle.
Now it is important that you drink the root beer,
dump it out before you cut the hole,
(audience laughs)
or else you'll ruin your cool shoes.
You don't want to do that.
Susanna, I brought another one here.
Check this out.
(upbeat music)
So you can do it too.
There's a hole right there in the back.
You stick your thumb in here and just go like this.
Oh, oh. (audience laughs)
It's a root beer float.
(audience laughs)
If you get bored of that though,
you can do it for a couple hours, right?
And then it's not as good of a trick.
(audience laughs)
What you do when you get bored of that though,
Susanna, is on the back.
There is that hole.
And you can always take that hole,
and just rip it right off.
(audience shouts)
Now Susanna, when you rip the hole off,
you also, hold that for one sec.
I'll take that bottle back.
(upbeat music)
You also...
(upbeat music)
(audience cheers)
(audience applauds)
Very cool.
Yeah, go for it.
(audience applauds)
(audience cheers)
- Prepared to be amazed by a magician
whose breathtaking illusions have left millions in awe.
With his unique ability to blend elegance and mystery,
this award-winning illusionist has become a staple
on stages worldwide.
Let's give a warm welcome
to the extraordinary David Goldrake.
(audience applauds)
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- For many years, magicians have been slicing, dissecting,
perforating their assistants.
These ladies have a very thankless job
for your entertainment.
Tonight I'm going to show you just what it's like
to be inside one of these cabinets.
I'm going to demonstrate from the outside.
You'll notice metal blades passing
through it in every direction,
from the front to the back,
from the side to side,
from top to bottom.
They don't bend, they don't fold.
In fact, there's less than three inches
between each plate.
I also challenge you
to find an extra inch within the confines of this box.
I'm going to ask you tonight to watch very carefully
as we present what we call The Blade Mystery.
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- [Dean] Next: Eric Jones is breaking new barriers
with a unique magic act.
- This again, is a solid piece of glass,
and there's only one way that I can get through.
You really have to go through.
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- Now, winning the lottery is all about luck.
But when it comes to magic,
our next performer doesn't leave anything to chance.
His sleight of hand and mind blowing illusions
will make you feel like you have struck gold.
Please welcome the phenomenal Eric Jones.
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- I need a volunteer, someone to come up
and help me to make sure
what everyone else sees looks completely fair,
but it won't be, (eerie music)
but it'll look completely fair.
And what's your name, bro?
- Brendan.
- Brendan, good to meet you, I'm Eric.
Guys, give Brendan a round of applause.
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I've got a gift for you, sir.
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Do me a favor, dude, take your index finger
and I want you to touch the back
of any playing card in the pack.
That one.
If you could go ahead and take a look at it.
- Okay.
- And go ahead and sign your name
right on the face of the card.
It's like your first time sounding an autograph, right?
Okay, I'll take the pen back.
Now here, do me a favor and go ahead
and show the card to the camera.
Make sure everyone at home gets to see it.
Awesome, drop your card back anywhere
into the pack that you want.
Push it all the way in.
And if you could join me on stage
and give Brendan a round of applause.
A bit of encouragement as he makes...
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Awesome.
While you're shuffling those cards,
losing your card deeper into the pack,
I want you to take a look at this glass.
If you could step up here,
you'll notice that this is an eight by 10
solid piece of glass. (taps glass)
Please examine it.
You can touch it anywhere.
Everything looks completely cool.
Copacetic, come on down.
Here's what I'm gonna have you do.
Turn your cards face up as they are.
And I want you to make a huge mess.
Spread 'em out so that you can make sure
that you can see all of the cards, yeah?
You might even see your card in there, do you?
- [Brendan] Yeah.
- [Eric] Perfect, just right there.
That's even better.
Let's put it right about there in the middle.
- [Brendan] It's there.
- Awesome. - Cool.
- I'm gonna give you this. - Okay.
- You've got a really cool job.
I want you to bring the cards up here
and I want you to smash them flat against the glass.
Right about there.
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That's perfect.
Hold them with both hands.
Excellent. (eerie music)
Watch closely.
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(Eric grunts)
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You'll notice a solid
passes straight through solid.
You can go ahead and slowly allow those cards to fall.
Allow the glass to fall as well.
And I've got one question for you, sir.
Is this your card? (audience applauds)
Yeah?
You can go ahead and take that, that's a gift.
But before you go, I said I had a big finish for you.
If you could hand me that cloth that's right there.
Grab it by the pole.
Perfect, be careful.
And uh... take a couple steps back.
Excellent, excellent.
Now this again is a solid piece of glass
and there's only one way that I can get through.
'Cause you can't go around and you can't go under.
You really have to go through.
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- Give Brendan a round of applause.
Thank you so much.
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- Prepare now to be amazed by a magician
who doesn't just perform magic.
He creates an entire experience.
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From Cuba, here is Jarol Martin.
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Tonight has been a celebration of the impossible
and we hope you've loved every moment of it.
I'm Dean Cain, and we can't wait to share more magic
with you next time,
right here on "Masters of Illusion."