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DEAN CAIN: Illusion.

The art of tricking the brain.

Distorting the senses.

Challenging perception.

You can't trust what you see, even with your own eyes.

Because your brain can be misled.

Meet the masters of illusion.

I'm Dean Cain.

In the world of illusion, we can be fooled in many ways.

Look at this triangle.

Now the mind tells us it's impossible for the sides to be

aligned this way.

But is it actually a triangle?

Our brain often takes the impractical and forces it into

the practical.

In this case, it makes the impossible...

possible.

Now the art of escape requires perfect timing of an entire

team.

Hopefully Germany's Jan Rouven will beat the clock.

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DEAN: He has been called the most influential

illusionist of our generation.

The closer you watch, the more elusive he becomes.

This is Jonathan Pendragon.

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DEAN CAIN: Michael Turco's magic and mayhem is

described as absolutely astounding.

This illusion is simply baffling.

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DEAN: Next, Ed Alonzo tests his big bang

theory.

DEAN CAIN: Here is a change of pace.

The World Magic Awards' Comedy Magician of the Year,

Ed Alonzo.

ED: Ladies and gentlemen,

it is time now for some dangerous magic.

I will attempt to shoot a brick out of a cannon and then

catch that brick between my teeth.

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I'm going to do it again.

Come on. (LAUGHS)

I can't see.

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DEAN CAIN: Next, masterful magician Christopher

Hart will manipulate your mind.

DEAN: It's been said that the hand is quicker

than the eye. Watch Christopher Hart and

find out just how quick the hand really is.

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DEAN: David Zirbel proved that deception can

occur under the most straightforward of

circumstances.

Do not look away.

This one happens lightning fast.

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DEAN: Next, Michael Grandinetti must find a way to

escape his precarious perch. It's an airborne escape

attempt that you have to see to believe.

DEAN: Michael Grandinetti must

escape from four master locks like these while suspended

high above the stage. Watch closely.

We will not cut away.

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DEAN: Well, there you have it.

High in the air with nowhere to go,

Michael Grandinetti managed not only to escape but ended

up somehow in the middle of the audience.

Do you have any idea how he did it?

I don't.

Remember who we're dealing with.

These are the best in the world.

These are the masters of illusion.

Until next time, I'm Dean Cain.