Magic's Cheesiest Trick Now You See It

Prepare to be amazed by what you see over the next few magical minutes.

You'll believe a man can walk on air.

Or catch Ping-Pong balls with a fork! Eh? Welcome to Now You See It.

Well, I've not seen anyone tidy like this since Mary Poppins.

WHIZZ

Just think what he could achieve if he put his phone down.

Take note, kids.

Is it a ball? Is it a bird?

Is it a...

Oh, yeah. It's a bird.

The world's largest slingshot.

Now, if you're watching on a small phone, he's right.

But he's got a normal size basketball.

THEY CHEER

Never thought that guy would be a tree-hugger!

Something tells me they're pretty happy with that.

No wonder, they've been trying to do it solidly for six weeks.

Time for a change of clothes, guys, come on.

Alex Ramon has a novel way of making magic even more exciting.

Watch the card very carefully.

It changes from the four, to the six of diamonds.

Brilliant!

Plus, he managed to complete the trick before he smashed into a tree.

OK! To Holland. Well, I think it's Holland.

Something somewhere is giving it away.

Ah, look, two Dutch ladies. Double Dutch!

Oh, those are big holes. Has anyone seen a giant mouse about?

Importantly, the girls check that this is

just an ordinary slice of cheese.

No trapdoors or anything.

But why? Well, watch this.

HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

Ooh, the holes are vanishing in that Dutch cheese.

Or, as the Dutch call it, cheese.

And the last one.

You know, as cheese tricks go, that was a Gouda one.

Fancy doing some trickery yourself?

Well, pay close attention as we open up...

And, tonight, there's just one simple rule,

but it's an important one.

Be very, very careful when choosing your venue.

Sharp-eyed viewers may just spot a fatal mistake.

Magic's all smoke and mirrors,

but this trick needs a lot more smoke, and a bit less mirror.

Er, we can still see you, I'm afraid.

Oh, great, more rubbish magic.

Oh, no, it's Ping-Pong... or maybe bin-pong.

Well caught. You do realise humans are non-recyclable.

Now, we challenge everything that you hold dear about magic,

as we introduce you to today's...

It's an enormous chicken.

Oh, the hormones they put in food these days, eh?

Oh, no, it's actually a Charlie Chaplain lookalike.

So, let's just see how appealing this fun-filled creature is

to children.

Oh, dear.

More insanity here. Has anyone told Network Rail about this?

DARTH VADER'S MECHANICAL BREATHING

"You are unwise to raise those defences." Star Wars line.

Terrible impression.

Here's another man in black who's able to use the force.

If you feel like your life's going round in circles,

this hobby isn't the one for you.

Pretty dazzling, although I'm not sure how it's going to help him

defeat the Rebel Alliance.

Xavier Mortimer's trying to magic up the perfect

implement for eating ice cream.

Hmm... A knife. Well, that's no good.

Chopsticks? I don't think so.

Ahh, at last! A spoon!

But I wouldn't hang about for too much longer, if I were you.

Too late. Yeah, the ice cream's melted.

Pick any card you like in the deck, and remember it. Ready?

Now it's either one or two,

you either went for the front one, five of spades.

-Actually, no. Mine was the...

-If not...

-Ooh, three of clubs! Wow!

Chris Korn's on a date with ex-EastEnder, Samantha Womack, to see

Agatha Christie's Mouse Trap, while it's on a limited run of 64 years.

I'm going to show you an interesting way to get two tickets for one.

Yeah, but it's not 2-4-1 Wednesdays, Chris.

Time to use your magic.

There you go. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Now, I'm going to hold my hand here. Slide your hand against mine.

Slide it against mine. Now, I need you to stay completely still.

Stay completely still.

-Yeah, don't drop the ticket.

-OK.

-Don't drop it.

-Slowly...

-Ahh!

-Can you feel it?

-Yeah!

-Feel that?

Great. Or you could just slide it under the door.

So I can join you at the theatre.

Unfortunately, they do have to sit in the same seat,

on each other's knees.

Here's Calen Morelli's tip for getting dressed in a hurry.

I'm going to roll it up and put it into this air cannon.

That's a pressurised air canister,

used to fire T-shirts at magician's who've over slept.

All right, I want you guy's to watch closely.

All you got to do is watch my chest.

That's not your chest, Calen. That's your stomach.

All right, on the count of three. One... Two... Three

Now, remember, if you're not a magician,

don't fire any kind of clothing, or anything, at anyone.

But now, it's time for our big finish.

Over to DMC, who's risking life and all his limbs in one amazing stunt.

Using just two trucks pulling in opposite directions,

this wooden pallet will split in two.

Ta-da!

Oh, that's not much of a trick.

Oh, hang on. There's more.

-There's no going back.

-How are you feeling right now, Mr DMC?

Now, the biggest danger I face is my own fear.

That, and the danger of not looking to your left

and right, with all these speeding trucks on the road.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming.

So posh.

Please place your fists out, like this. This one goes on here.

Why is he handcuffing his mum?

Give them a good wrestle. Play with them.

Press something, see if anything gives.

OK, so what I'm going to do, two ways to get out of these.

One is with this handcuff key...

which I'm going to leave with you. That is for you.

Could you hold on to that?

And the other is this bobby pin, which I will use to pick the lock.

Apparently you can't take part in this trick if you've got any hair.

DMC needs to pick the lock on those handcuffs,

then slip out the ropes before the trucks go past and pull his arms off.

So, just another Wednesday, really.

Now, even if you too are well-dressed

and well-brought up,

please leave tricks like this to the professionals.

Now it's just him, his mum, the crowd, the trucks

and just out of shot, a 30-piece orchestra making that music.

And...three...two...one... Action!

HE GRUNTS

I think that helicopter is so they can look for his arms

if the trick goes wrong.

HE YELLS

You've got to get it off, get it off, get it off!

Get it off!

No, no, no!

Ooh, his glands are up.

Obviously, it goes without saying, don't try this at home.

It does work better on a deserted runway.

No, look out. They're coming back!

That's all for now, but join me next time for more spellbinding magic

and extraordinary feats

on Now You See It.