Episode 5 Now You See It

On tonight's show...

a dancing blue elephant...

a dad in distress...

..and a daring dude dangling from a helicopter.

What?

A fast-changing frock...

a woman in shock...

..and a tasty blonde called Hans Klok.

He'll be attempting a new world record

and it's not for the tightest trousers.

Everyone loves magic, so welcome to Now You See It.

I want to kill you.

OK, not everyone.

Let's start with a magician so tightfisted,

he's actually vaporised that coin.

This is how I get all my money.

Can't wait.

Might be illegal.

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

Meanwhile, top American prankster Michael Carbonaro

is inside both a posh art gallery and a pretentious black polo neck.

Just see which...

Trying to remember which way.

I always get confused which way to hang them, you know,

-unless they mark it.

-Yeah.

-But I love this guy's work.

Kind of creates almost a sort of vertigo.

-And it really allows you to think about it.

-Yeah.

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

Oh, it says "top right" there.

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

Right here.

You tell me if it's straight.

Have you spotted his top? He-he!

Yeah, sometimes standing back is the easier way to see if it looks...

-Yes, oh, sorry.

-Let's see.

-You just let me know...

-All the colour's gone...

from her face.

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

-I get like a dizzy thing going on.

-Yeah.

-You know it, it...

When you put it up it just so completely changed.

It just... I don't know.

I always feel changed looking at this guy.

-OK.

-You want to hang right here, I'll be right back.

Yes, hang right there,

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

She's utterly baffled, but she's learning one thing from her

experience with art - how to get her eyes to follow you round the room.

Calen Morelli can amaze us with just a coin and a glass.

Let's do this. Let's bring her up!

And of course, Criss Angel's tricks are always simplicity itself.

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

a helicopter, a supercar, a cage,

a huge ramp and a massive canyon.

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

towards the massive canyon.

And then magically transport himself into the cage,

dangling under the helicopter, obviously!

The helicopter's getting in position.

If it goes wrong,

he can always use his bandanna as an emergency parachute.

The helicopter's birdcage is in position.

Not something I say very often.

I want you to see that this is me.

This is not a double, not a twin.

There's only one of me.

Helicopter's in place.

I'm set.

Criss, it's very windy up here.

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

Cool, I want you to go.

I want you to go, Michael, get a continuous shot!

What are you waiting for Michael? Go! Go!

Criss, we're all set up here. Ready when you are.

Let's do this.

Three, two, one...

go!

HE SCREAMS He's in the cage!

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

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Right there, baby! Woo!

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

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

Here I am!

Shall we see another bad boy who's been let out of his cage?

And it's a magical sight. It's the king of the jungle.

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

I know it sounds kind of crazy, but have you seen a lion running around?

-No!

-A lion?

-I was training a one-year-old lion.

-No.

Hmm. WERE you training a one-year-old lion?

Or was it a Labrador in a snood?

Oh, no, no, no!

SCREAMING

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

Just close one eye and then the other eye.

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

a master magician to fool people.

Off he goes to find his pride...

and what's left of his dignity.

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

take a deep breath and open your mind,

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

"Blimey! You don't see that every day!"

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

unless you're suffering from fever induced hallucinations.

INDISTINCT MUTTERING

Oh, it's actually a costume.

I suspect he got it from the shop that also does the lion snoods.

Yes, he's undressing slowly and sweating heavily,

which is a bit weird,

but it's nothing compared to what happens next.

Like I've always said, inside of every magician

there is a small Japanese girl trying to get out.

APPLAUSE

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

Don't judge me.

-Have you seen the film Karate Kid?

-Yeah.

Here's Troy doing a bit of modern street magic...

..he catches a fly with chopsticks.

..while referencing a film from the '80s.

OK.

If you can catch a coin with a pair of chopsticks,

-I'll buy you a Chinese.

-OK.

It's not exactly high stakes, as we can clearly see.

That's only going to cost him four quid.

Do it on the count of three, so you know when I'm going to do it, OK?

-He's going to do it on two, you know.

-I'm not that bad.

All right, one...

two...

three.

Do you know what? That was really close actually.

-That was actually.

-Let's reverse the challenge.

What, you're going to catch a chopstick with two coins?

-Has everyone got a bit of change?

-Yeah.

Let's use a 10p.

Oh, I see, you're going to try it yourself, Troy.

-We're going to do it with a bunch of coins,

-OK?

-OK.

So we know what coin we're going for,

I want you to write your initials on one side of the coin.

And I'm going to put a T on my side. OK?

-I want everyone to put their change in Georgina's hands, OK?

-OK.

We're going to mix our signed coin within it, so mix it up.

I'm going to get a pair of chopsticks as well.

-OK, are you ready?

-Yeah.

All right, one...

two...

three. Throw it.

Can you see that?

Can you see my initials on it? Oh, my God! You see that?

Have a look at that.

-Yeah, that is really cool.

-How did you do that?

-Wow!

-There you go.

Well, you know Troy's doing well for himself.

He's not even bothering picking up all that change.

-I dunno how he did that, it was amazing!

-That was so weird.

More choptricks from Justin Flom.

This trick could only be improved

if a small Japanese girl clambered out of his chest.

It's the time in the show where we say, "It worked in rehearsal."

We join Kyle Knight as he gets a child to choose a card.

What could possibly go wrong?

I'm going to run my thumb down the side of the deck.

You just say "Stop" anywhere you like, OK, buddy?

Anywhere you like, you just say "Stop."

-Perfect, right there, yeah.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

So, in the middle section, right? Ready?

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Try that again.

OK, say "Stop" anywhere you like, OK?

-Try it now. Say, "Stop!"

-Stop.

OK, perfect. Here we go, ready?

-Stop.

-Perfect, right there.

You're going to hold on to that card, that one.

Don't let me see what it is!

Right, back inside. Yeah, put it back, or right on top.

Just like that, perfect.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Oh, well - better luck with a different boy.

So far so good.

The trick is to spear the chosen card with the sword.

He's done this thousands of times before,

but the boy doesn't know that.

He's looking for the card himself, all right.

It's OK...

Up here, Nick, look up here, it's OK. That one?

OK, back to the first boy.

Just...throw the deck!

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Up in the air.

You ready? Throw the deck...

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Throw the deck.

Throw the deck, on the count of three. One...

two...

Still, it's better than sticking the sword in the child

and saying to the card, "Is that the boy who chose you?"

And if you've filmed a magic trick going wrong, we'd love to see it.

For details, go to...

Four of hearts...

Can I go back to my seat?

Can you go back to your seat?

You want to see the end of the trick?

I've got a special surprise for you. Big smile?

-Perfect.

-AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Over to Cyril Takayama in Waikiki, where he's handing out free gifts.

-You guys want a balloon?

-Yes.

Now she's all set for the beach - hat, sunglasses, balloon.

Here you go. Oh!

THEY LAUGH

-Ah...

-It's gone.

-I'm sorry. What's your name?

-Jade.

Jade, it's not a problem.

Jade, point to your balloon.

No way. No way.

Tell it to come back.

Come back, please.

Come back!

Waa!

It has indeed come back. It's a balloon-merang.

Mix those up. Quickly, little...

Now, over to New Mexico, for more balloon weirdness with

Drummond Money-Coutts.

Er, so put the cards away and I'm going to leave the cards just here.

OK? So we're going to come back to those in a moment.

Can I borrow a ring?

-You've had this a long time?

-Yeah.

It's safe, but if I take this...

Oh, that's handy.

And I take the ring...

Really?

And I close up the bag.

You feel that.

-You feel your ring in there?

-Yeah.

-HE SPEAKS SPANISH

-Yeah.

-Salvador.

-Yes.

-You feel that there?

-It is inside.

There is now a risk, big risk.

Take care about the ring.

But if I let go of this bag, you could grab this.

This close, very close.

-Yeah.

-So I step back.

Don't lost!

Because this is a big investment.

-No.

-SHE LAUGHS

-How do you feel?

-No, no, no.

If this goes wrong, it's going to be her lawyer giving him a ring.

How do you feel now?

-Nervous.

-Nervous?

Yes, because my ring over there.

How do you feel... how do you feel now?

I very nervous.

Nervous! Give it, give it back!

I hope he IS actually a magician.

How do you feel now...?

Oh, please!

-No!

-SHE LAUGHS

OK...

I want to kill you.

So your ring...

Can you back?

Don't be sure he can make it reappear.

If he could do tricks like that he'd have a fringe.

-You remember at the beginning you shuffled the cards?

-Yes, of course.

-And I've never touched this box.

No, never.

Pick it up very slowly. And you shake the box.

Really?

Watch this.

-This is my ring?

-Watch. Watch.

Ah!

Wow.

It's ended well. Phew!

Except of course for the child whose balloon he borrowed.

Here's the perfect trick

if you want to get engaged to someone without them noticing.

Meet a magician from Mumbai - and what an outfit.

Half ringmaster, half father of the bride.

What's he got under that hat?

My guess is a helium balloon, a small Japanese girl

and a depressed Labrador - sad because it wasn't born a lion.

Cancel the wedding.

If you've got yourself an oversized top hat,

you'll need a trick to go with it.

Let's learn one now, as I ask, "How do they do that?"

It's week three of The Apprentice

and they've got to flog some cleaning products.

..The Magicure Glass restorer.

Not really.

Ben Hanlin's a magician, and also, judging by those gloves,

a permanent standby goalkeeper.

-..you have to throw it away.

-Yeah.

But with this, it'll repair it for you.

I'll show you what I mean, I'll show you what I mean.

It's magic already.

He's conjured up a glass mug from a transport caff in 1974.

Ben's smashed the glass.

In some parts of the world that means they're now all married.

You would probably think that this is now useless and irrepairable,

but you'd be wrong.

Let me show you.

There's no way.

A-ha...

All you have to do is place it in the solution...

..and just swill it for about 30 seconds or so.

It should be repaired.

-How is that...?

-What?

THEY LAUGH

-And is that now hard?

-Touch it.

OK, that's impressive.

I'll give you all of the money, but I want 145% of the company.

Right, who wants a bottle? Come on.

What...? I don't understand how that just happened.

We'll tell you later in the show, love.

Still to come, telepathy...

Yep.

..toddler terror...

a tortoise transformation...

and total and utter Hans Klok.

But first, more magic.

Oh, my name is Magic.

That's not what I was expecting but, yeah, carry on.

Er, this one's scary.

Now, coming from Germany you don't need... You know, crime in New York.

I got mugged in New York City about 20 years ago.

Yeah, I got robbed in Times Square as well.

40 for an I Love New York snow globe!

-..this is what the guy looked like. He was wearing this hat.

-Oh, really?

Yeah, the guy come up to me,

"Gimme your wallet!" that's what he said.

So I pulled out my wallet like this.

He didn't like the wallet. He just wanted the cash.

So he took the cash, he put it inside the hat just like that. Right?

Look. He said, "That's a nice watch."

I said, "It's my dad's watch." He didn't care. "I want the watch."

He put the watch inside the hat, yeah. Check this out.

I even had this nice ring, it's a one of a kind.

He liked the ring, he said, "That's a nice ring.

"Drop it in the hat." I dropped it inside the hat.

But when the guy went home, he didn't realise

he was dealing with a professional magician.

When I turned the hat inside out, the money was gone, everything was gone.

You can put that back. He looked at my finger, the ring was back on my finger,

the watch was back on my wrist and all the cash was back inside my wallet.

Wow!

We all know three is the magic number,

and in this case they're three months old.

Don't worry, Mum'll be home soon.

It's a good trick but... don't milk it.

If he carries on like this, that baby's going to be

drinking his milk out of a dustbin.

If you're thinking those glasses look dodgy,

remember he began with only a tiny cup of milk and now there's loads.

It's actually quite baffling.

You should see the next trick.

He ends up eating a rusk the size of a paddling pool.

It's hard to juggle work and kids.

Painful, even.

Time now to join Ben Hart In A Hurry.

And we join him on the sun-drenched streets of Glasgow,

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

But can Ben change quicker than the lights?

Red man, green man.

Wow!

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

Let's have another go, come on.

Red...

green!

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

You can see those Japanese tourists thinking,

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

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

where Ben quickly changes from a handsome young magician

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

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

if the whole street joined in.

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

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

No... Ha-Hang on, we're back to square one now.

DANCE MUSIC

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

and a dress stuck over my head.

Before changing rooms were invented,

this is how ALL women tried on clothes. Mm.

Hang on - big stage, glamorous ladies, massive spinning box.

It can mean only one man -

Hans Klok!

Normally it's the magician's assistants

who have long blonde hair and a low-cut blouse.

Hans is the world's fastest illusionist, and we see him here

trying to break his previous record of ten grand illusions

in five minutes.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

But Hans can always find time for a superfluous twirl.

The preparations for this are intense.

A triple espresso, followed by a double espresso chaser.

Then he pops over to his mum's to borrow her curtains.

Brilliant!

That's three down - we'll catch up with him later in the show.

Easiest way to cut pizza? You spin it, you slam it! Ah!

Magicians love tricks with pizza.

Woo!

Pizza man? Come on, come on in.

-How's it going?

-Pretty good.

OK. Think of a number between 1 and 100.

-Don't tell me, just keep it in your head.

-Sure.

-You got it?

-Yeah.

-OK. How much is it?

-This is...

12.54.

12.54?

That's not between 1 and 100... Oh!

Oh, I see - that's the cost!

-Have we ever met before?

-No.

"Have we met before?"

No, and you're being creepy mate, so I'm not sure we'll be meeting again.

I put it in an envelope right there.

Before you even walked in,

I wrote a number from between 1 and 100 in that envelope.

-Cool.

-Would you be amazed if that was your number?

-I would be impressed, yeah.

-Yeah? Yeah?

-Yeah.

From 1 to 100, you could have picked any number.

What was your number? 6.

From 1 to 100, you thought of 6, really?

-Yeah.

-Really? Look.

Can you please reach inside?

Take it out, unfold it,

and in your best voice, as loud as you can, read what it says.

Go ahead. Say it.

"Dear Pizza Man, I knew you'd pick the number six".

-That's great.

-MAGICIAN LAUGHS

If you're wondering how he did it,

he's probably got 100 of those envelopes Sellotaped all over his house.

Time now for glamour and glitz from the amazing magician Jasz Vegas,

with an unspeakably good number trick.

OK.

Yep.

33.

Yep.

THEY LAUGH

1...2...3...

Now, that's an unusual lounge outfit.

An evening gown and some duct tape. I prefer a onesie.

..31...32...33.

-OK.

-OK.

THEY LAUGH

What are we watching?

-Yeah, it's not there.

-SHE LAUGHS

Don't tell me it's in Jasz Vegas' mouth.

I guess what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas.

..been sealed for this time?

THEY LAUGH

That...

It's Klok again, and we find him struggling with his bicycle chain.

Quick bit of trivia,

Hans went into magic after his Bucks Fizz tribute act failed.

Yeah, just leave her there, she looks fine.

Three minutes to go and that's five illusions completed.

Quick, do another one!

APPLAUSE

No time for twirls, Hans, you've got a clock to beat!

Don't worry, Hans, we'll be back in time for your big finish.

Let's slow it down now for some animal magic.

And there's nothing like a bit of magic

to bring you out of your shell.

Yeah, the tortoise is thinking, "Take that money

"and go and get me some lettuce."

Never has a tortoise looked forward to hibernation so much.

Now, remember when Ben broke the mug

and mended it with his miracle fluid?

I don't understand how that just happened.

Let's find out how he DID do that.

Well, here goes.

The secret lies in the fact that that's not water, it's glycerine.

And the mug's made from borosilicate glass, whatever that is.

They both let through the same amount of light, I'm told,

so when put together you can't tell one from the other.

Ben pretends the smashed mug is fixed,

but in fact he's simply pulling out a different one

that's invisible when submerged in the tank of glycerine. Sneaky!

And that's how to get this amazed, over-the-top reaction.

-How is that...

-What?

The clock's still ticking, so let's not waste a second.

It's time for the big finish.

Hans Klok has completed eight illusions,

but remember ten's the number he has to beat.

And he's out of the box. He's HANS-free.

He's got women everywhere, you know.

It's a curse - poor Hans can't open a washing machine at home

without a latex-clad hottie climbing out.

Mm.

And she's gone!

Oh, don't worry Hans, there's plenty more where she came from.

Ten down, he's equalled his previous record,

but with a minute still to go, how many more can he do?

Actually, where... where DID she come from by the way?

11. He's beaten the record. Yes!

He's taking a lap of honour... No, no!

Hang on, he's going for one more. This is unprecedented.

This poor woman's lost her top in all the celebrations.

Is that Hans' hand, I wonder?

Oh, no - there's Hans' hand.

That's HER hand.

So...whose hands are Hans' hands?

And yes, he's done it. A dozen illusions in five minutes.

That's right, people, get on your feet

and put your HANS together for the master.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Join us next time on Now You See It for more surprises,

more astonishment...

Waa!

..and more magic that will leave you saying...

What...?