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Illusion, the art of tricking the brain,
distorting the senses, challenging
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perception. You can't trust what you
see, even with your own eyes, because
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brain can be misled. Meet the Masters of
Illusion.
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Hello and welcome to Masters of
Illusion. I'm your host, Dean Cain. Can
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deliberately trick our brain?
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Look at this right here. You see a
floating pyramid.
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But is it really? By turning this
sculpture, the pyramid is gone.
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It's actually abstract metal bars. Only
when it is rotated do the spaces in
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between the bars reveal the artist's
true creation.
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Our first performer proves that a
straight line can indeed be divided into
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parts. Here is Las Vegas legend Rick
Thomas.
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of illusion, Farrell Dillon, is having a
little trouble finding you a chair.
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Sometimes we magicians wish that we
could go back in time and understand
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about magic than we do now, because it
seems like the more we understand about
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magic, the less this stuff just feels
like magic, and the more it feels like
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psychology. So I would like to stop and
speak for just a moment about optical
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illusions. Now, according to Wikipedia,
an optical illusion is a visually
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perceived image that differs from
objective reality.
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Now, I'm sure you've all experienced an
optical illusion before, and if not, get
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ready as I present to you one of the
world's most famous optical illusions,
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chair in the Bach.
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Ooh, mysterious.
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Right.
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Thank you.
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Thank you. I know it's just a silly
trick, but I really enjoyed doing it, so
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hope you guys like it also.
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So I would like to stop and speak for
just a moment about optical illusions.
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Now, according to Wikipedia, an optical
illusion is a visually perceived image
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that differs from objective reality.
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Now, I'm sure you have all experienced
an optical illusion before, and if not,
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get ready, as I present to you...
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one of the world's most famous optical
illusions, the chair in the Bach.
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Ooh, mysterious.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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I know it's just a silly trick, but I
really enjoyed doing it, so I hope you
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guys liked it also.
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So I would like to stop and speak for
just a moment about... I'm sorry, did I
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this trick already?
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Okay, I'm sorry. You guys are just lucky
I'm not telling the same jokes over and
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over, because that would be redundant.
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But by now, you guys have obviously
figured out that this trick is not about
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chair. flipping over inside the box, and
actually about something completely
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different. It is about the fact that
this box is a TARDIS.
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Now, you've probably never heard the
term TARDIS before, I mean, unless you
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an affinity for British television, but
according to Wikipedia, a TARDIS is any
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object that is bigger on the inside than
it is on the outside. It's a true
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impossibility. Now, I hope this all
makes sense to you, because by now, you
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probably think that I've made this up,
and I hope you all have a better
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understanding.
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Next,
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Las Vegas headliner Mack King will crack
you up.
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Mack King seems to find his fingers
giving him some trouble. Let's check it
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I'm going this way. Hi, this woman in
the blue. Catch that rope. What's your
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name? Shida. Shida, come this way.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is Shida.
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Watch your step there. Nice to meet you.
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Right this way. Shida, right over on
this side. Thanks for coming up. Shida,
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and I and that piece of rope are going
to do one of Houdini's most famous
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tricks. Okay.
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Yeah. This is called the Houdini
Challenge.
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naked rope escape.
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I just want you to take off your clothes
and tie me up.
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No, I'm kidding.
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You don't have to tie me up.
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No, we're going to do a quick card
trick, Shida.
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Take the deck in your own hands. Take
out any card you'd like. You can look
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through and find one you like or select
one at random, but... We need to be able
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to tell your card from all the others,
so I want you to write your name really
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big on the other 51 cards.
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No, I'll take the deck. You keep your
card. I'll take the rest. You hold on to
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yours.
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It's very complicated.
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You got it? Okay. And just take this.
Write your name really big, Shidae,
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across. No, these are mine. Write it
across yours.
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Yeah, that way, suppose she had the six
of clubs.
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Even if I had two of them, I wouldn't
have two with Shidae across them.
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You got it?
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Not you, her.
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You got it?
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I'm out of time.
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Show everybody your card. Show the
folks.
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Yeah, show everybody.
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Yeah, get them over on the left. Did you
get these guys over here? Did you show
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them? All right, good.
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Set that six of diamonds right back
there.
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But you'll recognize that when you see
it because you wrote your name across
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face of the card. I sandwich her card in
the center so she's safe. Hold the hold
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deck if you would there, she did. Did
you bring any twist -ems handy home and
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garden ties up here with you?
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Oh, it's a good thing I did.
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We need two of these for the trick. Two
twist ties.
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I'm going to twist twist tie number one
around, twist tie number two.
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So they're kind of locked together,
right? That one's twisted around that
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I'm going to twist this twist tie around
this thumb.
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You can give that a couple of twists if
you want. Just make sure that's good and
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tied around my thumb there.
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Good, just, yeah.
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I know that one goes around that thumb,
so my thumbs will be wired together like
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a little pair of thumb cuffs. Yeah, can
you twist that up nice and tight so I
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can't escape?
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Like a, no stale bread at your house.
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You want to sit down really badly, don't
you?
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I'm going to get you a chair.
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We'll slide this over here. You can have
a seat.
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Hold the deck
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between your hands. Kind of interlock
your fingers over the edge.
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Good.
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Extend your arms away from your body.
Come towards me just a little bit, if
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would, and turn them sideways so the
deck's face down. Good.
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Don't separate your hands.
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The cards will drop on the floor, but
can you come towards me just a little
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more? Hold them right up here.
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Here we go. I snap my fingers. Your card
jumps from the deck
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now into my pocket. Can you hold the
cards with one hand, reach in my pocket
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with your empty hand, and bring out your
card?
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Yeah, right there.
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Oh, yeah, that's the one.
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Oh, fig cookies.
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Put those back. I'm saving those for
later.
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No card.
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There's only one other place it could
be.
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My birthday.
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No, untwist me, untwist me, untwist me.
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What was the card?
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Six of diamonds?
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I don't know what I'm doing. Can you go
through there, take out the six when you
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come to it? I'll get rid of this stuff.
Here you go. Enjoy yourself.
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I can't believe it's not there.
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Maybe I should check the directions. I
just read them on the box of Frosted
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Flakes. Do you like those, Frosted
Flakes?
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Oh, yeah. The directions to the trick
are printed on the box. I will trade you
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the deck for the box. It says right on
the side, if the card is not in Mack
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King's pocket, tear open the top of the
safety seal box -o -tasty cereal to find
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out why.
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Give it a rip.
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Oh, that wax paper bag. Those are like
impossible to get into. Reached out
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amongst the Frosted Flakes.
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Show everybody your card with your name
on it. The same exact six of diamonds.
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Sidi, thank you so much for your help.
Here's a fine deck of Mack King cards
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Frosted Flakes for you. Sidi!
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Next, Dana Daniels has gone to the
Burns.
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Dana Daniels has a very talented
assistant named Luigi.
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They're kind of a double billy.
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Thank you. How about a nice round of
applause for Luigi?
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Fantastic. Luigi here is a psychic
parrot. We're going to prove it right
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We're going to start off by having Luigi
read the mind of someone here in the
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audience. I'd like to get a lady
volunteer if we can. A woman, I'd like
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their mind read by a bird.
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Oh, we've got one right over here. Would
you like to come up and give her a nice
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round of applause? Bring her up on
stage.
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Hello, how are you? Stand over here. Hi,
what's your name?
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Stephanie. Stephanie, nice to meet you.
Now, Stephanie, we're going to have
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Luigi here read your mind.
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All right?
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Now I'm going to have you select a card
from this deck. Now these cards right
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here, you push on them.
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They do squeak. You want to try? Try it.
A little push right there. You also
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need a squeaker in your hand.
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I'm a jerk.
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Now I'm going to riffle my thumb through
the card, say stop any time.
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That will be your selection. You ready?
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Okay, here we go.
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Stop. There we go. Take the card to stop
that.
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All right, let's make sure he doesn't
see it. We're going to turn him around.
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Show the card to the audience.
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And then place the card back inside the
deck anywhere.
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Anywhere back in the deck.
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There we go.
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Perfect. Good. Now, what we're going to
do saves a lot of time.
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Okay, we'll cut the cards.
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And now we're going to put the bird in a
hypnotic trance. Here we go.
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Right there. A little hypnotic trance.
He's now going to a deep hypnotic state
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like Iowa.
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Now concentrate on your card.
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Concentrate. Picture the card in your
mind.
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Here we go.
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Picture the card in your mind. Here we
go.
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There we go. Oh, I think we got a
connection here.
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All right, now we're going to take a
look over here. We're going to have
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look through the card.
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As soon as he sees it, he'll reach up.
Look at that. Oh, he stopped at one
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one card only.
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What was the card you selected?
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Two of clubs.
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Two of clubs. And look at that. He
picked the jack of diamonds.
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Pretty close.
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It's a bird.
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It's pretty close for a bird.
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I would love to see your pet do better.
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What?
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Obviously, one of you is lying.
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Tell you what, I have an idea. We're
going to try it again, but this time
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going to use larger cards.
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Larger squeaker.
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Same jerk.
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These are cards that the bird is more
familiar with. See, we've got worms, a
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cracker, cat in jail, and an airline
engine.
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It's a bird.
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Okay, we're going to turn them around.
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You say stop, and that will be your
card. Oh, right there. All right.
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Okay, remember the card, please.
Remember, remember, remember, remember.
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I'm going to shuffle a card back inside
this deck.
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There we go.
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Okay, we'll just shuffle it in here
somewhere.
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Okay, it's any one of these four cards.
Come on, let me see. Which one would you
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like? Just go ahead.
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All right, reach up.
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Just reach right down.
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Reach right down. Pick one out.
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Yeah, look at that. He's reaching right
down.
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Oh, he likes that third one right there.
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All right.
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What was your card?
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I think it was a cat.
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A cat.
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In jail.
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Unbelievable.
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Picked two clubs.
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There you have it right there.
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All right. Let's give her a nice hand.
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Thank you very much. It was very
delightful.
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All right.
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Next, go behind the scenes with Aaron
Raddatz and discover where the magic
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happens.
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is a master of magic, and he actually
wants you to know how it's done.
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Thank you. Thank you very much, ladies
and gentlemen. Great to be here.
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You know, magicians over the years
always have had a very distinct style to
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performance, often incorporating classic
tuxedos, colorful boxes, and a pretty
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assistant or two.
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You've got to remember, though,
magicians of yesteryear have had some
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questionable costume choices.
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Everything set?
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Yes? All right.
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Drum roll.
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I feel like I should acknowledge his
costume. I kind of thought wearing it
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make me look like the Fred Astaire of
magic, but it looks kind of more like
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Lady Gaga of magic.
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You should see the matching underwear
that came with it.
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Don't worry.
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Thank you. Thank you. A simple yet
effective illusion.
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As a matter of fact, it's so simple, I
can't help but show you how it works.
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The way we're going to do that is we're
going to turn it around so you get to
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see the backstage view.
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And you'll get to see how I see all of
you. Now, here's how we're going to do
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this. You're going to get a backstage
view, so let's turn that prop around so
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they can see that perspective. Great.
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Let's go ahead and get in possession,
Chrissy.
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Very nice. Everyone ready?
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Looking good.
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Let's do this from backstage.
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Drum roll, please.
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I feel like I should explain this
costume I'm wearing. I thought wearing a
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jacket like this would make me look like
the Fred Astaire of magic. I feel more
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like the Lady Gaga of magic.
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You should see the matching underwear
they came with.
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You got to see part of the secret.
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Let me show you the other half.
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Oh!
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Well,
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there
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you have it. Aaron Raddatz flips
everything around, reveals all, and it's
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a mystery.
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How did he do it?
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I don't know.
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Remember who we're dealing with. These
are the best in the world. These are the
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masters of illusion.
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Until next time, I'm Dean Cain.
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