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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.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the most magical show on television.

I'm Dean Cain, and I cannot wait to share our mesmerizing illusions with you

tonight, right here on Masters of Illusions.

Magic is like a dream. The magician transports the audience into a

world filled with wonder and enchantment. So join us for a night.

Sorry. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.

Oh, no, no, no. I just had a question. I know that this particular television

show airs all over the world. Yes. But people are asking, like, where exactly

the United States and in Canada? Like, I cut up a map. Is it, like, in Oklahoma

or New Mexico? Oh, yes. Or is it in California?

Yes. I don't know, like, which one.

So exactly where is it?

All of the United States and Canada, all over. All of it? All of it. Oh, okay.

Well, that makes sense. Yeah.

Awesome. Thanks so much.

All right.

Okay, prepare to suspend your disbelief for the always incredible Reza.

Thank you very much.

I'm looking for a couple people who want to experience this up close. If I can

get a couple.

Gentlemen right there, that would be amazing.

And this side, yes, right there.

Give these guys a round of applause.

Please join me.

I'm going to sit right here, face that direction. Sit right there, face that

direction.

Now slowly just lay all the way back.

And then take your hands, reach them up towards me.

Palms up, just like this. Excellent.

Perfect, and don't move.

And now take the weight.

Hold right here.

Hold that steady.

All right, gentlemen, hold tight.

Hold tight.

Grab her feet. Grab her feet.

Her leg's right there.

Grab her back right here on this side. Let go of the board and grab her back.

Drop this arm right here. Drop this arm.

Drop this arm right here to your side. Drop it down.

Dr. Song.

Arms up, arms up.

Arms up.

This performer is known for his fiery personality and explosive stage

Let's make some noise for Eric Eaton.

So I'm looking for a volunteer who wants to come to a card street. Oh, there's a

quick hand right there. Everyone give him a round of applause.

What is your name there?

Esther. Esther, nice to meet you. Esther, I have a deck of cards here. You

see all these cards are different, correct? Yeah.

Everything's fair.

Whenever you're ready, Esther, just say stop.

Stop. Right there. Are you sure?

100%. Do you want to change your mind?

Nope. Perfect. Take a look at that card, Esther, and show everyone here that

card. Do not show me.

Perfect. All right, Esther, if I can get you to take your card, place it

anywhere on this deck.

Anywhere you want. Yeah, right there. It looks good.

All right, Esther, take that, shuffle it up, mix it up good.

Oh. It's perfect. Like that.

Nice.

It works. It works.

You satisfied with it? Yeah.

Love it, Esther. I love it.

Now, we're going to take your cards. We're actually just going to drop them

here like so, and we'll leave one out. What do you like to do in your free

Eat marshmallows? Perfect.

Okay.

I brought some marshmallows for Esther. I like to make s'mores. We're going to

roast some marshmallows. If I can get you to go ahead and reach in there and

grab any marshmallow you want.

Nice and fluffy. Yes, perfect.

As a matter of fact, though, I would have preferred if you grabbed the one

already on a stick.

Perfect. So we're going to take this marshmallow, Esther, and all we're going

do is take this card here, and we're actually going to light it on fire.

As you can see, that's a big flame there. Can't miss it.

Can you see it? Is this card burning?

That's real fire, no illusion, correct?

It's fire.

Watch it. We take it.

Perfect.

There we go.

Start roasting.

Roast. Think about your card. Think about your card, Esther.

One card actually burns on that marshmallow.

Was your card the four of heart?

Thank you.

When we return, is your mind able to keep up with the antics of Joel Myers?

You won't believe your eyes when you see what's about to happen on this stage.

This magician is a true master of the art, and he's here to dazzle us with his

incredible skills. Please welcome Joel Myers.

What's up, you guys?

If you guys want to, everybody can kind of think of a moment that maybe was a

definitive moment in your life, a moment that defined who you are. If you have a

moment in mind, raise your hand right now if you've got a moment in your mind.

Maybe this girl in the red would be great. Everybody give her a big hand.

joins me on stage. Come on up.

How will you watch three steps on stage? Come on up. What is your name?

Taryn. Taryn?

Taryn, here's the plan. Do you have a moment in mind right now? A moment that

means something to you?

Like a really important moment. Now, if this moment means something to you and

it also involves another human being, that would be great, too. Is that a

possibility?

Really? Cool. All right. I didn't guess just then. So,

Taryn, check it out. I've got some flash cards here.

They're like index cards. They could almost look like playing cards. They're

not. They're just flash blank flash cards, piece of paper.

Taryn, I want you to check those out. Make sure they're exactly what they

to be, just blank white pieces of paper. Yes?

Yes. Awesome stuff. Taryn, I want you to take one of those out.

And you're going to write down the moment in time that means something,

moment that is incredibly precious to you. So maybe the date or something like

that, if that makes sense.

We're also going to grab a gentleman over here.

Let's see, maybe this guy right here. What's your name, man? Jackie.

Jackie, Jackie. Everybody give Jackie a big hand. Jackie, come on up.

How's it going? Come on up, my friend.

Jackie, you're going to stand right over here.

Jackie, I got a couple of chalkboards with me. These were really popular back

the 1800s. Take notes, write things down. Check that out. Make sure it's

chalkboard. White both sides. Nothing funny about it. Yeah?

Cool. You good? White both sides of that one, too. Make sure it's good. That

one, too.

Go ahead. You can wipe it. Yeah? You sure?

The second, you're going to wish you looked closer, Jackie.

I'm going to place the boards together in between the boards.

Jackie, I'm going to place a tiny little piece of chalk.

Really simple. Just like this.

Jackie, your job's super simple. All you're going to do is hold on to both

of the boards.

After a while, you're going to start to hear that chalk writing by itself.

Don't freak out when that happens, okay?

These are really old. Don't throw them and run away.

Taryn, you're thinking about a moment in time that means something to you, yeah?

If you can, you can show me the moment, if you don't mind. Maybe we'll show it

to the camera and the rest of the audience here. May 24th, 2011.

That's good.

And you said you had a name that was associated. Since we have more space on

there, could you write really big the name right here, like all the way down

there? That way we can make it even more personal for you. So May 24th, 2011,

and then write the name. If I can ask you, do you mind sharing what that

means with you, May 24th?

It was the first time I met my brother.

The first time you met your brother. Wow, that's really sweet.

So we'll let that moment sink in. That's pretty great. So we're going to try and

create a moment with your moment, okay? And your brother's name, I'm assuming,

is Kieran. So check it out how crazy it was that your brother was somewhere.

That you didn't know where he was at the time, right? If you had just met him.

So he could have been anywhere.

And then somehow he was able to come back to you, yeah?

What's up, dear?

You good?

Yeah, we'll try it again. Watch.

So again, no matter where Karen was in life, like that, he was able to come

back, right?

To you, right? You see it?

Yeah.

No, for real. Look, I'll show you. See it go?

See it like that?

Jackie,

hold the chalkboards up. We're going to try and make this moment really last.

Hold them up like this. Yeah, like this. There you go.

Check this out. Watch the flash card with Kieran's name on it. May 24, 2011.

I'm going to do this really slow.

If I just kind of wave that towards there, you'll see this in the bottom

You guys see it disappear? The date and the name disappear. Do you see that?

You can hold on to that. Check it out. Make sure it's really going, yeah? It's

really going. Here's the crazy part. I want you to really hear this, okay? You

hold these, Jackie.

Hold those. You're going to hear this, yeah. Can you hear? Listen, listen.

Can you hear the chalk? You can hear the chalk writing, right? You hear it?

You hear it?

Feel it. You can feel it, right?

Check this out. Look, in between the boards, too. Here's the really crazy

In between the boards, there's a little flash card. Do you see that?

In between the boards.

We're going to unfold this really slowly, just like this. And you said it

May 24th.

2011, and that's for Kira. You see that?

You take that. Now, here's the weirdest part, though. We all know the whole time

this has been May 24, 2011, right?

And the craziest part is that was for her brother, Kira. You guys see her?

You guys see her?

Everybody give them a big hand, you guys. Come on.

When we come back, watch this.

astounding skill of Adam Wiley.

Next.

It's time for the animated, the amusing, the amazing Adam Wiley.

Thank you guys for coming up. I really appreciate it. What is your name? Bree.

Bree, yes. And?

Omar. Hi, Omar. Very nice.

The good news is... is that everybody's going to get a card. Omar, you're going

to get a card. Bree, you're going to get a card. I'm even going to get a card.

Very exciting. You at home are going to get a card, and you're going to share it

with the live studio audience.

And I'm going to do that by grabbing a card and making some puzzle pieces,

because that makes sense.

Puzzle pieces.

Don't pair it weird. That's all right. I've done that before. In rehearsals, I

tore it weird.

Perfect. There.

Here. We put these.

That's great.

Just like that. Omar, as I go through the deck, somewhere between here and

could you tell me when to stop?

Stop. That was excellent. Great job. I love that.

Could you go ahead and memorize that card? And you can show me. You can show

everyone. It literally does not matter.

Okay, that's interesting.

Go ahead and put it back. Could the king of...

Heart. Excellent. And the next card, what do we got?

Six of diamonds. That's great. I get the next card. Oh, it's the three of

spades. That's a little weird. And you guys get another card, the four of

diamonds. Now, three, you have a very, very important specific job.

Make sure those cards are real.

Yeah. Are they real? Okay. And Omar, you actually get to put these back inside

the deck.

Go ahead, anywhere you like.

Great.

Yes.

Good job.

Okay.

Now, Omar, I'm going to leave those puzzle pieces kind of scattered onto the

table just like this. And I'm going to give the deck a shuffle.

Do you know what happens when I shuffle the deck?

No. They mix up.

Yeah. That's really, literally all they do is they just mix up. But also the

cards turn face up.

When I do this, they really do stay face up. Do you remember that first card?

Um, King of Hearts.

Great, we do have it. We have the six and the three.

And the last, you said the King of Hearts?

Oh, there it is.

Every single card, the king, and what was the next one?

The six of diamonds. The six of diamonds. And the next one?

Three of spades. And the last one?

Four of diamonds. All face up inside. Thank you.

It's okay. I wasn't impressed either.

Get up. But what good are puzzle pieces unless they have something to

fit into?

And the first puzzle piece really is the king of hearts, and it does fit

absolutely perfect into the king of hearts. And the next puzzle piece is in

the six of diamonds, and it does fit absolutely perfect into the six of

diamonds. The next puzzle piece is in fact the three of spades, and it does

absolutely perfect into the three of spades. It is a weird tear, but thank

goodness it actually fits that other weird tear, which is the four of spades.

Diamonds.

All of that!

When we come back, watch the astounding skill of Craig Watson.

Prepare for a performance that is absolutely out of this world. Please

the incredible Craig Watson.

Go get them.

I've thought the night sky is the magical place ever since I was a little

My dad and I had this tradition where before bedtime he would put me onto his

shoulders and we'd walk around the neighborhood and he would point out at

different constellations in the night sky.

We had this little game that we'd play with a pocket constellation guide like

this and I would be tasked with flipping through the constellations.

and taking one out, and we'd see how fast he could find it in the night sky.

There are thousands of different stars in this book, over a hundred different

constellations. We're going to be picking one, but instead of me picking a

constellation, all of you are going to do that. Let's just pick a handful here.

Let's go with you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you.

Okay, if I point it to you, raise your hand.

Perfect. All right. You all are going to play a special role in a second. First

of all, I am going to point to someone over here. Let's go with this person

right here in the black jacket. Hello. Would you please stand for me?

Thank you so much for your help. What is your name?

The Deer. Nice to meet you, The Deer. You're going to help me out. I just

pointed to some random people. If I pointed to you, stand up for me.

Perfect. I'd like all of you who are standing to hold up a number of fingers

between 1 and 10. Go ahead.

and hold them up so that Sadeer can see.

Sadeer, you now have a special decision to make. I want you to pick two people

who have numbers that you like and point to the first one now.

All right, you were the first one, and then pick one more person for me.

This person right here? Great.

Hello. All right. If you were not pointed to, you can sit down. What was

number you had on your finger? You had the number six. And what is the number

that you had? Number three? Does that make sense? We'll pick 63.

Thank you so much. You can sit down.

All right, we're going to go to the 63rd constellation.

There's over 100 different pages in this book. We're going to go to the 63rd

one. Let's see. So this is number 16.

Is that Aquila the eagle?

We have page 60 is the Leo miners. So this is number 60.

This would be number 61. So we'll go to the next one, which is 62.

And then this is 63.

Now, it appears that 63 is just a star view.

of the constellation here on the 62nd page that is Canis Major, symbolized by

a triangle for the head, and then three stars for the hind legs, two stars from

the front, and then one star for the tail.

Okay, now this is the point where it would now be my job to look up into the

night sky and point out that constellation to all of you.

We are inside right now, and my grand finale doesn't involve blowing the roof

off of the plate.

So instead, we're going to create the night sky amongst all of you. Everybody

the audience, would you take out your cell phones and turn on your cell phone

flashlight?

In a moment, lower them quickly into your lap. Now, had any of you sat in

different places, had Sadir pointed to a different set of people, we would have

landed on a different number and a different page and thereby a different

constellation entirely.

But I believe we were all destined to be here tonight.

destined to be in this room together. And if we all work together, we might be

able to create a special moment of interstellar serendipity.

On the count of three, we are all going to lower our cell phone flashlights,

except the specific set of people who I pointed to earlier, that whole handful

of people, you all, just you, will leave your cell phone flashlights up.

Everyone else will lower them. And this happens on the count of three. One, two,

three, turn out the light.

And if you look, ladies and gentlemen, I am seeing three stars for the head, two

for the front leg, three for the hind tail.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is the countest major constellation.

It was written in the stars all along.

So let's all dream a little bigger. And remember that the stars

can be closer.

Then we think.

Good night.

Well, we hope you've enjoyed this evening of unbelievable illusion and

magic. And we hope to see you again soon.

Until then, I'm Dean Cain. Thank you. Good night.