Cod, Chips and Playing Cards Now You See It

Prepare for a journey into the world of magic.

Put your feet up

and enjoy some of the top-quality entertainment on offer.

Oh!

Well, mostly top-quality.

Welcome to Now You See It.

I'm delighted to introduce to you...

Woof!

Prepare to be amazed, astounded and sniffed in the crotch.

First, he covers a hanky in doggy snot.

And then, much to everyone's relief, makes it go away.

But, hang on...there's more.

Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

Do you know what? More dogs should wear capes.

Oh, sorry, concentrate.

There's the ace of clubs.

Actually, what's bothering me most is where that person's head is. Hmm.

He's very good at snuffling the cards.

Oh, now that's clever!

So, let's get this straight - he can do all that,

but he can't use a pooper-scooper.

Here's a thrilling bit of animal magic now

which seems to involve the closing of a drawer.

But wait...

Ta-da!

Strange name for a cat.

And here's a cat that can predict

exactly what its owner is going to do.

As long as the owner keeps doing exactly the same thing.

No, that's not fair.

It's actually the cat making the human do that.

Meanwhile, the kitchen is full of kittens.

Oh, the ginger one's pleased with itself.

It's got the other one to do all the hard work!

The real trick here is how they managed to open the carton.

I still have trouble with that one.

Now, then, prepare to not see something that was definitely there

right up to the point that it suddenly wasn't,

as here on Now You See It, we bring you...

Here's a trick you can try.

First, get yourself a small canary in a cage.

Then plonk yourself on a park bench.

Next to someone else, yeah? You need an audience.

All you have to do is make sure they're watching, then...

Now you see it...

Oh, now it's gone!

That cross-legged lady looks as if

this sort of thing happens to her every day.

As I think we're aware by now...

And when it comes to mastering the art of juggling,

there are three fundamental rules.

Mind your head...

..mind your head...

..and here's the really important one -

if you're juggling with fire,

yeah, mind your head.

AUDIENCE GASPS

At least the audience was sympathetic.

Ah, good, the lift's here.

These people are on their way up to a Star Wars convention in London.

They can't wait to get there.

But they're having to.

He may look like a Jedi Knight

displaying his astonishing powers of mind control,

but perhaps you've noticed

he's getting a little help from Hand Solo over to the right.

As Yoda might say, "Plonker, this man is!"

Those people are so wishing he was in a galaxy far, far away.

You're putting your hand into some sort of signal.

-The Force.

-Yeah.

-Are you in a rush?

-Yeah.

-All right, I'll let it go.

-Yeah.

-Oh, my God!

Sometimes, I wish I was a different kind of Force.

THEY LAUGH

Let's move upstairs,

where a different kind of force is being generated by a yoga teacher

with more than a passing resemblance to Darth Vader.

Lean back into your seated position, OK?

These people are trying their best.

They can do the mountain pose and the cobra,

but they can't manage this one, the show-off.

The class usually specialises in a form of yoga called ayurvedic.

All in the abs, it's all in the abs.

Although today it's a different form of yoga,

called ayu-having-a-laugh-ic.

Oh, that man's very flexible!

Although he can't do Tuesdays.

When you lock your keys in your car...

Whoa! I hope it WAS his car!

But not all tricks go as smoothly as that, as we discover in...

Murray! Murray, Murray, Murray.

Murray, Murray, Murray, do you like card tricks?

Top American magician David Williamson should have paid heed

to the old saying - never work with animals,

or a child called Murray.

Murray, Murray, Murray. Now, watch very closely.

-We have three cards.

-No, there's four.

I can see another one under this one.

LAUGHTER

APPLAUSE

CHEERING

Proof that you can fool some of the people all of the time,

but you can only fool Murray during rehearsals - and never again.

Let's hear it for Murray!

APPLAUSE

You know how annoying it is when you're out and about

and suddenly you realise you need a bowling ball?

Not a problem for this man.

Ha!

Wow!

Wow, what?

What?

Come on!

Now let's find out what can happen when you use a bowling bowl

for a balancing act whilst on a cruise ship on a choppy sea.

A lawyer was on the scene in minutes, of course,

asking if that man had ever had an accident at work

that wasn't hilarious.

-Ow.

-LAUGHTER

And now, a man doing a trick with smaller balls.

He's really putting some effort into chalking that cue.

Well, that's not to be sneezed at.

-Atchoo!

-Oh, all right, then.

Musical Magic now.

And there's nothing worse than when your favourite band splits up.

Almost as impressive

as being the world's fastest piano-playing juggler.

MUSIC: Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 by Franz Liszt

And to be honest, the world's only one.

Oh, this clown's not happy.

Oh!

On the plus side, now he really has got a big red nose.

Let bafflement commence - it's our...

And straightaway, something smells fishy.

Oh, hang on, we are in a fish and chip shop!

-So, guys, how are you doing? I'm Damien. What's your name?

-Kurt.

-Kurt?

-Yeah.

-And?

-I'm Kadeem.

-Kadeem. Nice to meet you.

I'm going to show you a really cool trick.

I hope he isn't just going to make some cod and chips disappear

because, I'll be honest, I can do that, no problem.

Can you take any card out?

I'll take this one.

-King of hearts, right?

-Yes.

-Cool.

Can you sign your name on that really quickly?

You can use this as a little table, sort of thing.

Make it nice and big and clear.

Then just show the card to the camera as well.

Great. So, king of hearts.

Just place it back in anywhere you like.

-All the way in there, right?

-Yes.

-So I'll just put them away.

You've had your lunch from the very beginning,

it's been in your hands the whole entire time.

Can you slowly open up...?

Open it up.

Let me stand back a little bit!

Open it right up.

-OK, you can see it?

-That looks so tasty.

Can you lift up the fish for me, because he's holding the box? Yeah.

-Just lift it right up.

-May as well, it's stone-cold by now.

Can you break the fish open? Like...

-What?

-Break the fish open.

-Break it into...

-Break it open?

Oh!

Bruv, the card's in there!

KURT LAUGHS

And it's got my name on it!

Now, if he can end the trick by bringing it back to life,

I'll be even more impressed.

I don't understand, you never took the box from him.

Forget that, did he catch the fish and then batter it?

Bruv, it was inside the fish!

In it! Like, the fish had to have eaten this card.

I'm not sure digestion actually works like that.

I'm going to leave you be. Thanks a lot.

Bruv, it was inside the fish!

That has still got fish on it.

I even spelt my name wrong by accident, like an idiot!

Yeah, he really did!

That's it. Hold it together,

keep your feet on the ground,

keep your head down,

and we'll give you plenty to chew on next time on Now You See It.