If that's a Lion I'm a Monkey's Uncle!

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04Magic comes in many colours. We've got a blue elephant,

0:00:04 > 0:00:06red dresses

0:00:06 > 0:00:07and a green suit.

0:00:07 > 0:00:09No, sorry - red again.

0:00:09 > 0:00:13Welcome to Now You See It, where everyone loves magic.

0:00:13 > 0:00:14I don't know.

0:00:14 > 0:00:15OK, not everyone.

0:00:29 > 0:00:32Let's start with a magician so tight-fisted,

0:00:32 > 0:00:34he's actually vaporised that coin.

0:00:37 > 0:00:39This is how I double my money.

0:00:39 > 0:00:40Can't wait.

0:00:42 > 0:00:43Might be illegal.

0:00:44 > 0:00:47Here's the magician who's like the opposite of a cashpoint.

0:00:50 > 0:00:53Meanwhile, top American prankster Michael Carbonara

0:00:53 > 0:00:55is inside both a posh art gallery

0:00:55 > 0:00:57and a pretentious black polo neck.

0:00:58 > 0:01:00See which...

0:01:00 > 0:01:03I'm trying to remember which way. I always get confused which way...

0:01:03 > 0:01:06- To hang it?- ..to hang them. You know, unless they mark it.- Yeah.

0:01:06 > 0:01:07But I love this guy's work.

0:01:07 > 0:01:09It kind of creates almost a sort of...vertigo.

0:01:10 > 0:01:14- And it really allows you to think about it.- Yeah.

0:01:14 > 0:01:17Here, I'm going to flip this up this way.

0:01:18 > 0:01:20Oh, it says "top" right there.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23And there IS a wire on it already so that should be good, yes.

0:01:23 > 0:01:27I'll put it right here, and you tell me if it's straight.

0:01:27 > 0:01:28Have you spotted his top?

0:01:28 > 0:01:30Hee-hee!

0:01:30 > 0:01:33Sometimes standing back is the easier way to see if it looks...

0:01:33 > 0:01:35- Yes... Oh, sorry. - Let's see.

0:01:36 > 0:01:38All the colour's gone...

0:01:38 > 0:01:39from her face.

0:01:41 > 0:01:44It's funny, when I stand so close to it, I get, like...

0:01:44 > 0:01:46- I get like a dizzy thing going on. - Yeah.- You know?

0:01:46 > 0:01:49When you put it up, it just so completely changed that it just...

0:01:49 > 0:01:50I don't know.

0:01:50 > 0:01:52I always feel changed, looking at this guy.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54- OK, you want to hang right here? I'll be right back.- OK.

0:01:54 > 0:01:56Yes, hang right there.

0:01:56 > 0:02:00Possibly next to the blank canvas that's really freaking you out.

0:02:00 > 0:02:01She's utterly baffled.

0:02:02 > 0:02:04Can you spot the difference?

0:02:04 > 0:02:06She can't.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09Hmm... The eyes really do follow you about the room, don't they?

0:02:10 > 0:02:12Let's slow it down now for some Animal Magic.

0:02:14 > 0:02:16And there's nothing like a bit of magic

0:02:16 > 0:02:17to bring you out of your shell.

0:02:27 > 0:02:28Yeah, the tortoise is thinking,

0:02:28 > 0:02:31"Take that money and go and get me some lettuce."

0:02:37 > 0:02:39Did you know they're the longest living land animals in the world,

0:02:39 > 0:02:42and even they don't have time for this trick?

0:02:45 > 0:02:48Never has a tortoise looked forward to hibernation so much.

0:02:51 > 0:02:53After all that excitement, it's time to sit down,

0:02:53 > 0:02:55take a deep breath and open your mind,

0:02:55 > 0:02:57as we're at that point in the show when I exclaim,

0:02:57 > 0:02:59"Blimey, you don't see that every day."

0:03:01 > 0:03:03Here's something you certainly don't see every day,

0:03:03 > 0:03:06unless you're suffering from fever-induced hallucinations.

0:03:07 > 0:03:11Or you're watching an unhealthy amount of Japanese television.

0:03:11 > 0:03:12HE PANTS

0:03:12 > 0:03:14Oh, it's actually a costume!

0:03:16 > 0:03:18I know what I'll be dressing up as for Halloween!

0:03:18 > 0:03:19HE SPEAKS JAPANESE

0:03:25 > 0:03:28Yes, he's undressing slowly and sweating heavily...

0:03:28 > 0:03:29which is a bit weird.

0:03:29 > 0:03:32But it's nothing compared to what happens next.

0:03:56 > 0:03:59Like I've always said, inside every magician,

0:03:59 > 0:04:02there is a small Japanese girl trying to get out.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11Time now to join Ben Hart In A Hurry

0:04:13 > 0:04:16He's on the sun-drenched streets of Glasgow,

0:04:16 > 0:04:19wearing a red suit and striding up to a pedestrian crossing.

0:04:26 > 0:04:29But can Ben change quicker than the lights?

0:04:29 > 0:04:30Red man...

0:04:30 > 0:04:32green man! Wow!

0:04:33 > 0:04:35Oh, yeah, it's the small victories in life.

0:04:45 > 0:04:46Let's have another go. Come on.

0:04:46 > 0:04:47Red...

0:04:47 > 0:04:49green!

0:04:49 > 0:04:52I dread to think what he does when the green man starts flashing.

0:04:55 > 0:04:57You can see those tourists thinking,

0:04:57 > 0:05:00"Are we supposed to do that when we cross the road?"

0:05:00 > 0:05:03I'd love to see this done at a pelican crossing -

0:05:03 > 0:05:06where Ben quickly changes from a handsome young magician

0:05:06 > 0:05:09into a fish-eating bird with a large bill and distensible pouch.

0:05:09 > 0:05:12Now, let's see how that trick might be done

0:05:12 > 0:05:14if the whole street joined in.

0:05:14 > 0:05:17And it's also the perfect solution for that awkward moment

0:05:17 > 0:05:20when everyone turns up to a party wearing the same dress.

0:05:22 > 0:05:24No, hang on.

0:05:24 > 0:05:25We're back to square one now.

0:05:32 > 0:05:34Before changing rooms where invented,

0:05:34 > 0:05:36this is how all women tried on clothes.

0:05:48 > 0:05:50Yeah, I'd be at the back with a jammed zip

0:05:50 > 0:05:51and a dress stuck over my head.

0:06:02 > 0:06:04It's just as well that dress was in the sales.

0:06:04 > 0:06:05Buy one, get 11 free.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12Here's a magical sight.

0:06:12 > 0:06:13It's the king of the jungle.

0:06:14 > 0:06:17Oh, hang on - if that's a lion, I'm a monkey's uncle.

0:06:17 > 0:06:18I know it sounds kind of crazy,

0:06:18 > 0:06:20but have you seen a lion running around?

0:06:20 > 0:06:21- No.- A lion?

0:06:21 > 0:06:23I was training a one-year-old lion.

0:06:23 > 0:06:24No.

0:06:24 > 0:06:26Were you training a one-year-old lion?

0:06:26 > 0:06:28Or was it a Labrador in a snood?

0:06:29 > 0:06:31- Oh, no, no, no!- Oh!

0:06:33 > 0:06:35SCREAMING

0:06:40 > 0:06:43I have to say, I actually think this illusion is very convincing.

0:06:43 > 0:06:45Just close one eye...

0:06:45 > 0:06:46and then the other eye.

0:06:46 > 0:06:47LAUGHTER

0:06:51 > 0:06:53It just goes to show, you don't need to

0:06:53 > 0:06:56be a master magician to fool people.

0:06:56 > 0:06:59Off he goes, to find his pride.

0:06:59 > 0:07:00And what's left of his dignity.

0:07:04 > 0:07:07Now we've arrived at a section I'm calling Choptricks.

0:07:07 > 0:07:09Don't judge me.

0:07:09 > 0:07:11Justin Flom is feeling peckish,

0:07:11 > 0:07:13but he doesn't know how to use chopsticks.

0:07:19 > 0:07:20This trick could only be improved

0:07:20 > 0:07:23if a small Japanese girl clambered out of his chest.

0:07:24 > 0:07:26Yeah, that's great, Justin,

0:07:26 > 0:07:29but I'm not sure how it helps with the soup.

0:07:29 > 0:07:32It's time to join US superstar Criss Angel for our big finish.

0:07:34 > 0:07:35Let's do this.

0:07:35 > 0:07:37Let's bring her up.

0:07:37 > 0:07:39His tricks are always simplicity itself.

0:07:41 > 0:07:44If you want to try this at home, all you'll need is a helicopter,

0:07:44 > 0:07:47a supercar, a cage, a huge ramp

0:07:47 > 0:07:49and a massive canyon.

0:07:49 > 0:07:52That seems like a lot of effort, so alternatively

0:07:52 > 0:07:53just don't, OK?

0:07:55 > 0:07:58What he's going to do is drive the supercar off the huge ramp

0:07:58 > 0:08:00towards the massive canyon.

0:08:02 > 0:08:05And then magically transport himself into the cage

0:08:05 > 0:08:07dangling under the helicopter.

0:08:07 > 0:08:08Obviously.

0:08:10 > 0:08:13The helicopter's getting in position.

0:08:13 > 0:08:14If it goes wrong,

0:08:14 > 0:08:16he can always use his bandanna as an emergency parachute.

0:08:22 > 0:08:25Er, Criss, don't you think that cage is a bit small to park your car in?

0:08:31 > 0:08:33The helicopter's bird cage is in position.

0:08:33 > 0:08:35Not something I say very often.

0:08:37 > 0:08:39I want you to see that this is me.

0:08:39 > 0:08:41It's not a double, it's not a twin.

0:08:41 > 0:08:43There is only one of me.

0:08:46 > 0:08:47Helicopter's in place.

0:08:51 > 0:08:53Glenn, I'm set.

0:08:53 > 0:08:54Criss, it's very windy up here.

0:08:54 > 0:08:57I'm trying to keep it as steady as I can.

0:08:57 > 0:08:58Cool. I want you to go.

0:09:01 > 0:09:03I want you to go, Michael. Get a continuous shot.

0:09:03 > 0:09:06What are you waiting for, Michael? Go, go!

0:09:11 > 0:09:12Criss, we're all set up here.

0:09:12 > 0:09:14Ready when you are.

0:09:14 > 0:09:15Let's do this.

0:09:15 > 0:09:16Three...

0:09:16 > 0:09:17two...

0:09:17 > 0:09:18one...

0:09:18 > 0:09:19go!

0:09:23 > 0:09:25Whoa! That wasn't in the plan.

0:09:27 > 0:09:28And he's in the cage.

0:09:28 > 0:09:30But he's not making a big deal out of it.

0:09:30 > 0:09:31Yeah!

0:09:31 > 0:09:34Yeah! Yeah!

0:09:34 > 0:09:35Right there, baby!

0:09:35 > 0:09:39That's great, Criss, but where did the supercar go?

0:09:39 > 0:09:41The guys at the car hire place are not going to be pleased.

0:09:44 > 0:09:46Join us next time on Now You See It

0:09:46 > 0:09:49for more explosive conjuring and confusion.