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Magic comes in many colours. We've got a blue elephant,

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red dresses

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and a green suit.

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No, sorry - red again.

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Welcome to Now You See It, where everyone loves magic.

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I don't know.

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OK, not everyone.

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Let's start with a magician so tight-fisted,

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he's actually vaporised that coin.

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This is how I double my money.

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Can't wait.

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Might be illegal.

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Here's the magician who's like the opposite of a cashpoint.

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Meanwhile, top American prankster Michael Carbonara

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is inside both a posh art gallery

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and a pretentious black polo neck.

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See which...

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I'm trying to remember which way. I always get confused which way...

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-To hang it?

-..to hang them. You know, unless they mark it.

-Yeah.

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But I love this guy's work.

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It kind of creates almost a sort of...vertigo.

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-And it really allows you to think about it.

-Yeah.

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Here, I'm going to flip this up this way.

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Oh, it says "top" right there.

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And there IS a wire on it already so that should be good, yes.

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I'll put it right here, and you tell me if it's straight.

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Have you spotted his top?

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Hee-hee!

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Sometimes standing back is the easier way to see if it looks...

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-Yes... Oh, sorry.

-Let's see.

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All the colour's gone...

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from her face.

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It's funny, when I stand so close to it, I get, like...

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-I get like a dizzy thing going on.

-Yeah.

-You know?

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When you put it up, it just so completely changed that it just...

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I don't know.

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I always feel changed, looking at this guy.

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-OK, you want to hang right here? I'll be right back.

-OK.

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Yes, hang right there.

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Possibly next to the blank canvas that's really freaking you out.

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She's utterly baffled.

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Can you spot the difference?

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She can't.

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Hmm... The eyes really do follow you about the room, don't they?

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Let's slow it down now for some Animal Magic.

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And there's nothing like a bit of magic

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to bring you out of your shell.

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Yeah, the tortoise is thinking,

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"Take that money and go and get me some lettuce."

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Did you know they're the longest living land animals in the world,

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and even they don't have time for this trick?

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Never has a tortoise looked forward to hibernation so much.

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After all that excitement, it's time to sit down,

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take a deep breath and open your mind,

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as we're at that point in the show when I exclaim,

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"Blimey, you don't see that every day."

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Here's something you certainly don't see every day,

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unless you're suffering from fever-induced hallucinations.

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Or you're watching an unhealthy amount of Japanese television.

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HE PANTS

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Oh, it's actually a costume!

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I know what I'll be dressing up as for Halloween!

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HE SPEAKS JAPANESE

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Yes, he's undressing slowly and sweating heavily...

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which is a bit weird.

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But it's nothing compared to what happens next.

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Like I've always said, inside every magician,

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there is a small Japanese girl trying to get out.

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Time now to join Ben Hart In A Hurry

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He's on the sun-drenched streets of Glasgow,

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wearing a red suit and striding up to a pedestrian crossing.

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But can Ben change quicker than the lights?

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Red man...

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green man! Wow!

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Oh, yeah, it's the small victories in life.

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Let's have another go. Come on.

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Red...

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green!

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I dread to think what he does when the green man starts flashing.

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You can see those tourists thinking,

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"Are we supposed to do that when we cross the road?"

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I'd love to see this done at a pelican crossing -

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where Ben quickly changes from a handsome young magician

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into a fish-eating bird with a large bill and distensible pouch.

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Now, let's see how that trick might be done

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if the whole street joined in.

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And it's also the perfect solution for that awkward moment

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when everyone turns up to a party wearing the same dress.

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No, hang on.

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We're back to square one now.

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Before changing rooms where invented,

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this is how all women tried on clothes.

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Yeah, I'd be at the back with a jammed zip

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and a dress stuck over my head.

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It's just as well that dress was in the sales.

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Buy one, get 11 free.

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Here's a magical sight.

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It's the king of the jungle.

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Oh, hang on - if that's a lion, I'm a monkey's uncle.

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I know it sounds kind of crazy,

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but have you seen a lion running around?

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-No.

-A lion?

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I was training a one-year-old lion.

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No.

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Were you training a one-year-old lion?

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Or was it a Labrador in a snood?

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-Oh, no, no, no!

-Oh!

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SCREAMING

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I have to say, I actually think this illusion is very convincing.

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Just close one eye...

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and then the other eye.

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LAUGHTER

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It just goes to show, you don't need to

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be a master magician to fool people.

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Off he goes, to find his pride.

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And what's left of his dignity.

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Now we've arrived at a section I'm calling Choptricks.

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Don't judge me.

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Justin Flom is feeling peckish,

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but he doesn't know how to use chopsticks.

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This trick could only be improved

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if a small Japanese girl clambered out of his chest.

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Yeah, that's great, Justin,

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but I'm not sure how it helps with the soup.

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It's time to join US superstar Criss Angel for our big finish.

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Let's do this.

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Let's bring her up.

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His tricks are always simplicity itself.

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If you want to try this at home, all you'll need is a helicopter,

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a supercar, a cage, a huge ramp

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and a massive canyon.

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That seems like a lot of effort, so alternatively

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just don't, OK?

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What he's going to do is drive the supercar off the huge ramp

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towards the massive canyon.

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And then magically transport himself into the cage

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dangling under the helicopter.

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Obviously.

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The helicopter's getting in position.

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If it goes wrong,

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he can always use his bandanna as an emergency parachute.

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Er, Criss, don't you think that cage is a bit small to park your car in?

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The helicopter's bird cage is in position.

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Not something I say very often.

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I want you to see that this is me.

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It's not a double, it's not a twin.

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There is only one of me.

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Helicopter's in place.

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Glenn, I'm set.

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Criss, it's very windy up here.

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I'm trying to keep it as steady as I can.

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Cool. I want you to go.

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I want you to go, Michael. Get a continuous shot.

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What are you waiting for, Michael? Go, go!

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Criss, we're all set up here.

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Ready when you are.

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Let's do this.

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Three...

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two...

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one...

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go!

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Whoa! That wasn't in the plan.

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And he's in the cage.

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But he's not making a big deal out of it.

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Yeah!

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Yeah! Yeah!

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Right there, baby!

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That's great, Criss, but where did the supercar go?

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The guys at the car hire place are not going to be pleased.

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Join us next time on Now You See It

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for more explosive conjuring and confusion.

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