Time to Turn Off Gravity Now You See It

In the world of magic, everything's up in the air.

Time to turn off gravity.

We've got the world's best snack.

Plus the world's worst hat.

We might even manage to make her smile.

Welcome to Now You See It.

This young man's hung his invisible jacket on the hanger behind him and

for his next trick, he's going to produce a flower from a flame.

Playing with fire is so risky

it falls into the category of just don't do it,

especially if you're not a grown-up.

Oh, that's sweet.

Oh, no. It's rubbish.

From romantically hopeless to hopeless romantic.

Oh, my...!

Happy Valentine's day.

Here's a magician using the old turning fire into flowers and

chocolates tricks to woo the ladies.

Honestly, I can't tell you how many times I've fallen for that.

Because all girls want for Valentine's Day is chocolate,

flowers and an awkward conversation with a stranger.

Back to the proper magic now and specifically corny magic.

All great magicians have truly fantastical awe-inspiring names,

apart from this one, who's called Cyril.

But Cyril Takayama is one of the best.

Here he's rustling up some popcorn for the people of Rio de Janeiro.

The raw corn goes into the carton,

Cyril gets shaking, and the popcorn gets popping.

That man's not sure about Cyril's hairnet.

I really like it.

Yeah!

All the customers need to do now is

pick the popcorn off the street and eat it. Mm.

Ah, this lady's getting some to try.

She's delighted. Really delighted.

Worryingly delighted.

I have no idea what you just said but I love you.

And now the trick in reverse.

Cooked popcorn goes into the hand...

and it's transformed back to whatever you call that -

a seed, a kernel,

who cares? Raw to cooked, back to raw, to cooked.

Hold on, this trick could go on forever.

Now, if he could also magic up a hot dog and two kilos of pick 'n' mix,

I'm ready for the film.

Here's something you don't see in a park very often.

A sandpit with no dog mess in it.

Oh, and a headless man, obviously.

He's running around like...

Well, like a headless chicken, ironically.

He only wants to play football with someone.

Over here! Not on me head, son.

Yeah, throw a skateboard at him. He didn't see that coming.

To be honest, he didn't see anything coming.

He hasn't got a head.

Rargh! Oh, so sorry, I didn't realise you were on the phone.

Yeah, I'll pop back later.

Watch this.

Of course, some have headlessness thrust upon them.

There are some things money can't buy.

In which case, Justin Willman can just magic it up for you.

-First, pick a card.

-I'm going to look away and you memorise it.

-OK.

-Make sure the camera sees it.

If you guys had to name a painting, what painting would you say?

-The Mona Lisa.

-You like the Mona Lisa?

-Yeah.

-I'm going to try to channel that genius of Da Vinci.

I'd like to see him cope if someone

said Tennis Player Scratching her Bum.

Yeah, ask your parents.

-There she is.

-OK.

Yes, there she is with her iconic poker-face,

playing poker by the looks of it.

Wow.

She's pretty hot.

Well, she's OK. She's no oil painting.

Some invaluable advice for budding magicians now

in A Beginner's Guide to Magic.

First, start young and ideally grow

huge hands and get a second head from a bloke in a park.

I know what you're thinking, kids.

"Could I get away with that in exams?"

I wouldn't try - Dad's probably much worse at maths than you are.

MUSIC PLAYS: La Macarena by Los Del Rio

Ow!

LAUGHTER

Go on, pick his nose.

Oh, he did. Cheeky!

To sunny Mexico now with Franz Harary.

He may look like your uncle Kevin, but he's actually a magician and

illusionist, so leave the people floating in mid-air stuff to the

professionals, all right?

All right, let me hold you.

Now, I'm not one to nit-pick, but I'm just going to say,

if I peer very closely I think I can see some ropes attached to him.

Good luck!

Yeah, definitely a couple of ropes there.

Oh, but apparently the trick hasn't actually started yet.

It begins with some words you don't get to hear often enough in my

-opinion.

-Time to turn off gravity.

Love it!

Although they're perhaps words you wouldn't want to hear when you're

suspended between two tall buildings wearing your favourite poncho.

Definitely not one to try at home.

Or outside your home.

Or anywhere.

As if levitating wasn't enough, now they want him to do some skipping.

And bring him up.

Hang on, if Franz has turned off gravity,

how come they're all still stuck to the roof?

Anyway, it's definitely the right way to get up to the top of that

building as there are 87 stairs

to climb and the lift does smell of wee.

See this?

You all remember the ice bucket challenge, right?

Now here's Dynamo with the less familiar empty bucket challenge.

Watch this, guys.

ALL: Whoa!

That's a lot of fish.

This crowd definitely came to the right PLAICE.

Now, all we need is some batter,

a load of chips and a vat of mushy peas, and we are sorted.

Why's he doing this? Just for the HALIBUT.

No, you shut up.

Let's have some Animal Magic now.

No dog.

First, meet the amazing appearing dog.

-A cute dog.

-No dog.

With very acute hearing.

Dog.

Today I'm going to be doing magic with one of these.

And the trick here is to get the cat to show an interest.

Right. All right. Now what I'm going

to do is I'm going to put the bottle into the bag.

See that? Watch, we're going to make it vanish.

His owner's always making him watch magic tricks when, to be honest,

the cat would much rather be playing the ukulele

he keeps on the wall over there.

Watch. One, two...

Great trick, but you've lost your audience, I'm afraid.

And now, ladies and gentlemen,

the amazing Topsy performs a disappearing dandelion trick

that has delighted the crowned heads of Europe.

For his next trick, he's going to

get a top hat and pull a magician out of it.

Now for our Big Finish.

This is Joseph Gabriel and if you're

wondering why he's wearing a glittery waistcoat and heels,

it's not that he's a magician, it's just that it's the 1980s.

Although I hope he really is a magician.

If not, he's in the wrong show.

Lovely hand gestures there.

If magic hadn't worked out for him,

he could have had a very successful career in semaphore.

That scarf's a tricky combination of red and white.

I tell you, wash day must be a nightmare in the Magic Circle.

Oh, I think his assistant's come to ask for her eyeliner back.

APPLAUSE

DRUMROLL

APPLAUSE

A parrot!

Who's a pretty boy?

I mean, apart from the magician, obviously.

And another one! To be honest, he can afford as many as he wants.

They work for peanuts.

A well-dressed man pulling parrots from a scarf.

Don't tell me this show doesn't

bring you everything you ever wanted.

That's it. Join me next time on Now You See It.

I can promise you moments of bafflement,

bewilderment and some blooming amazing tricks.

Right, I'm off hat shopping with an old pal.