The Magic Goldfish Now You See It

Magic has everything.

From a heavy frog...

..to a fish that's incredibly light!

We'll see some shocking moments,

and some sweet ones too.

Welcome to Now You See It.

I'm really confused!

Like your eggs fresh?

It's become a chick!

That really is magic - or nature.

MAN SHRIEKS

TAPPING

Excuse me, watch this.

Look. Sugar.

If you had astonishing magical powers, what would you do?

How about make small amounts of sugar disappear?

What's he doing with it? He's putting it into his hand. What now?

Let's get another one.

This is a trick that involves

pouring sugar carefully into your clenched fist

and being able to count just a little bit higher than one.

Two down.

This is the weird part.

There's absolutely no clue as to how he did that.

Here's some good old-fashioned home-made magic.

It's the famous Loo Roll And Egg trick! Success!

Now it's this boy's turn to do a trick.

Magically trying to make his front teeth disappear.

Anyone fancy kissing this frog?

It might turn into a little prince, then a big prince,

then a little prince, then a big prince, then a little one...

Yeah, you get the...

Time to say...

Something very strange is going on in this shopping centre.

No, not a furniture shop actually selling its sofas at full price -

that never happens.

People are being teleported! How enterprising!

Little joke for Star Trek fans there.

We don't know where he will end up, so do look out for him.

We've got Angus here, he's in charge of the science...

Either that, or he normally works on a department-store make-up counter.

Why do they always wear white coats?

WHIRRING AND WHOOSHING

Now, activate teleportation device and set faces of crowd to stunned!

They're going to transport him to where no man has gone before.

So, presumably, a scented-candle shop.

-How was that for you?

-Oh, mate, er, awesome.

Shall we get another one?

Yeah, it's a nice backpack,

but I'd probably want more than hand luggage

if I was going to be sent through time and space.

Angus finishes sending an e-mail, and we're ready.

-Point him out, everyone. I can't see him.

-There he is!

Whoa!

WHOA!

Oh, actually, do we want to teleport Christian back here

without him knowing?

Angus, beam him back.

WHIRRING AND WHOOSHING

How do they do that?

All will be revealed later in the show.

Still at the shops, this magician and his young assistant

have found a sure-fire way to avoid arguments over Monopoly.

Don't play the game at all,

just let the box float spookily between you

in the way boxes really can't.

See?

WOMEN SHRIEK

What is that magical spark

that appears between two people stealing an intimate moment?

Is it love, or is it a small electric shock

caused by a rigged pack of playing cards?

It's the second one, isn't it?

Held in a certain way, this pack of cards

can give somebody a small zap of electricity.

So the trick - to persuade passers-by

that when both people think of the same card

the spark of magic happens!

Oh, and it only happens when they kiss. Really? They'll fall for that?

-Oh, my...!

-Yes, in a word.

That was magic. Dude, that was a spark. Ace of spades?

NARRATOR SMIRKS

Yeah, I'm a very magical kisser.

Apparently, when doing this trick,

it's incredibly important to only pick beautiful people.

Of course, you can fool them once.

Obviously they're not going to fall for it again.

My mistake.

Little tip - if you want that reaction after kissing

but can't do magic, just eat an entire bowl of garlic.

No tongues is what they'll have if they keep doing that.

Behold!

The mysterious, floating orb!

-HE LAUGHS

-Whoo...!

Russell Brand's let himself go.

Whoo-ooh... Ah-ha! Soup's on!

Fancy an ice cream? Got a couple of hours to spare while you wait?

Here we are at a street market in Turkey. That's "bazaar"!

Meet the Great Soprendo, or as he's known locally, Mr Whippy.

He's got a lot of tricks, he must have hundreds and thousands -

and a lot of tricks!

The customer's starting to look a bit fed up.

Well, it is a long time to wait for just one Cornetto!

I have to say, I think this is "Fab!"

Which is probably what he wishes he'd ordered.

Although, right, imagine the chaos if you asked for a Twister!

That customer should phone the Cones Hotline!

Yeah, a little topical dad-joke there.

Now let's find out what happens when, instead of going large,

you go really, really large!

That giant straw is basically what Gandalf would have held

if Lord Of The Rings had been sponsored by a fast-food chain.

The big question is, will the straw actually work?

Well, he's just going to have to suck it and see.

Suck it and see!

Onlookers are gobsmacked and can't believe what they're seeing.

Except her - she is not that bothered.

Moving on from the question why, to the question...

Can we have another volunteer?

Remember the shoppers who were being teleported?

Beam her up, Angus! Safer using the escalator.

Let's ask some of the earthlings who witnessed it

how they think it was done.

I don't know, I'm really confused.

Thanks, very helpful(!)

She was in there, and then she just went...

Again, thanks for the input(!)

Is she a twin?

A twin? Don't be ridiculous. Oh, yes, they're twins.

That's what I thought as well, mm.

But where do they get so many twins from? Easy!

They're in a shopping centre

and just took advantage of all the two-for-one offers.

But we've got even better value than that.

Here's three big finishes for the price of one!

I want you to pull...

It's Criss Angel, standing in a scrapyard,

on top of a plank of wood, suspended between plastic buckets,

wrists tied and held by the Hairy Bikers!

Yeah, we've all been there.

Good. DJ, George, come on in, grab the cloth.

Just, yeah, keep it about...

If you bring it up a little bit more, that's fine. Little bit more.

There you go, good.

I'm nervous. What are you doing behind that sheet, Criss?

You're not taking your trousers off, are you?

Watch.

Now!

Criss has vanished!

And now reappears in a toyshop getting people to bring him

their choice from the display of stuffed animals.

They don't normally do a lot, stuffed animals,

but Criss weaves his magic over this little elephant,

and look what happens...

It comes to life! Briefly.

But no time to hang about.

Criss has magically transported down the road

and is helping himself to someone else's fish-shaped nibbles!

Whatever you want, just take one out right now.

Place it down.

I want you to watch this carefully,

I'm going to do this really slowly for you. Watch...

GASPING AND SHRIEKING

CHEERING, LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE

I had been thinking about having fish fingers for my tea,

but, er, suddenly...

ooh, not so hungry.

Now!

CROWD GASPS

The fish is gone.

CROWD CHATTERS

-What the...?

-Where'd it go?

But where's the goldfish?

APPLAUSE

SHRIEKING AND GASPING

This is something that goldfish won't forget in a hurry.

Oh, it has done.

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

Soup's on!

And now I'm going to disappear into thin air.

OK, I'll be honest - I'm still here.