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  • Aidan McCann, how are you?

  • Great.

  • Thank you for inviting me again.

  • Oh.

  • Thanks.

  • I know, it's a cute accent, right?

  • So we surprised you with a video message from Shin Lim

  • last time you were here.

  • And then you went to Vegas to meet him, right?

  • Yeah.

  • How was that?

  • That was great.

  • There are huge lights all the time in Vegas--

  • huge.

  • Right.

  • And in The Mirage where we were staying,

  • there was a huge pool in the back that was good.

  • It was very hot.

  • Yeah.

  • It's hot in Vegas and everything there is huge--

  • everything.

  • Did he teach you anything?

  • He--

  • Did he show you a trick?

  • He gave me-- yeah, he showed me a trick

  • and he gave me a few tips.

  • Oh good.

  • All right.

  • Well, what are you doing for us today?

  • Because I love magic.

  • I'm doing a card trick, OK?

  • But it's something you've probably never heard of.

  • It's an invisible deck of cards, Ellen, OK?

  • Oh really?

  • Right here.

  • So if you want to catch it.

  • Oh.

  • You dropped it, but luckily I brought two.

  • OK.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • There you go.

  • Thank you.

  • Now, if you want to start by shuffling the deck,

  • you might want--

  • Is it in the pack?

  • Should I take it out of the pack?

  • Oh yeah, actually take it out.

  • OK.

  • You outsmarted me.

  • You can just place the packet there--

  • That plastic thing is still on.

  • Just--

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • All right.

  • All right.

  • Nice?

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • Perfect.

  • I just dropped one.

  • There we go.

  • When you're ready, you can go through the deck

  • and take out one card.

  • I will not look.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • OK.

  • You can show everybody.

  • OK.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • It's this one, everybody.

  • I showed them.

  • Great, you can just place it down onto the table.

  • OK.

  • All right.

  • Perfect where I can't see it.

  • I'll put it right there.

  • OK.

  • Now, you can pick it back up and place it back

  • into the deck-- but the opposite way, OK?

  • OK.

  • So it's facing the other way from the pack.

  • Yes, I understand.

  • Opposite.

  • OK.

  • There we go.

  • All right, now if you want to take that and place

  • it back into its box.

  • Oh OK.

  • Put the box back.

  • OK.

  • Perfect.

  • If I can take it back.

  • I put it down there.

  • OK.

  • Thank you.

  • All right, now watch-- this is like the real magic, Ellen.

  • Watch if I take it and place it down and snap,

  • it becomes a visible deck.

  • Oh it's back as a visible deck of cards.

  • Yes.

  • Now, Ellen, for the first time, tell me what your card was.

  • Six of hearts.

  • The six of hearts.

  • You could have chosen any card.

  • Yes.

  • But you chose the six of hearts.

  • I did.

  • All right.

  • Well, if we go through the deck, one card

  • is faced the other way just like you had it.

  • Your card was the six of hearts.

  • Yes.

  • Six of hearts.

  • What?

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • That literally just came to my mind-- six of hearts.

  • That's crazy.

  • Thank you.

  • So I met Shin Lim and he gave me a huge box of merch.

  • And he also gave me a deck of cards--

  • Shin Lim cards.

  • I thought I had to do a trick with his deck of cards here.

  • OK.

  • So for this trick, I'm going to take out the ace of hearts

  • and the ace of spades.

  • OK.

  • So duh duh duh duh--

  • Still can't believe you just had the six of hearts.

  • Ace of hearts and the ace of spades just like that.

  • And all the other cards are all different.

  • OK.

  • Now what I'm going to do is I'm going

  • to get you to choose one-- so the ace of hearts

  • or the ace of spades.

  • All right, I'll choose one.

  • OK what one?

  • Oh, you want me to tell you?

  • Yes.

  • Ace of hearts.

  • The ace of hearts.

  • OK.

  • Now, if you can hold the ace of hearts just like that for me.

  • OK.

  • Perfect.

  • And the ace of spades--

  • and the ace of spades will now be my card, OK?

  • OK.

  • So the ace of spades, the ace of hearts, right?

  • Right.

  • Right.

  • Perfect.

  • Now, I'm going to take the ace of spades and watch.

  • If I hit it a few times--

  • if you can hold that.

  • Now do you think that they've switched?

  • Without looking, tell me.

  • Do you think now that's the ace of hearts

  • and that's the ace of spades?

  • Well, because you're a magician, I'm going to say, yes.

  • Yeah, you think so?

  • Yeah.

  • You are wrong.

  • You still have the ace of hearts.

  • I got you there, Ellen.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • Watch.

  • We'll try one more time.

  • The ace of hearts--

  • I have the ace of hearts, you have the ace of spades.

  • Now if you can hold that, do you think that's the ace of spades

  • and that's the ace of hearts?

  • Well, I don't know anymore.

  • [LAUGHTER]

  • Would you be impressed if they switched?

  • I sure would.

  • OK.

  • I don't want to impress you, I want to amaze you.

  • Take a look at the cards.

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • You did amaze me.

  • We're going to take a break.

  • Aidan's going to come back a little later in the show

  • and do another trick for us.

  • We'll be right back.

  • All right, you have another trick for us.

  • Yes.

  • OK.

  • So right here, all the cards are all different.

  • Uh huh.

  • Great.

  • Now, when I went to Vegas, I learned

  • to shuffle exactly for Vegas.

  • And I actually called it the Vegas shuffle, OK?

  • That's quite cool, right?

  • Sure is.

  • Yeah?

  • OK.

  • But the thing is--

  • this the bad thing, you see--

  • I'm not allowed, you see, in casinos for another 11 years.

  • So that's a shame I can't do that shuffle for the casinos.

  • But anyway, if I can just get you to tell me when to stop,

  • Ellen.

  • Stop.

  • Here, are you sure?

  • Yeah.

  • OK, perfect.

  • OK.

  • You can take that card and show everyone.

  • OK.

  • Look.

  • Ready?

  • OK.

  • Yep.

  • Great, you can just place it back in the pack so I cannot

  • look.

  • OK.

  • Perfect.

  • Now, you have your card in mind?

  • I do.

  • Everyone knows it.

  • Now, I actually made this prediction all the way

  • from Ireland, OK?

  • So that makes this trick even special.

  • And many good tricks have a great prediction, OK?

  • Yes.

  • I made a banner, which is a big prediction.

  • It sure is.

  • That's a commitment.

  • Yeah.

  • So right here it says, your card is the,

  • and I'm going to show you your real card now, OK?

  • Your card is the--

  • are you ready?

  • I am.

  • Four of hearts.

  • No!

  • You're kidding me.

  • I came all the way from Ireland.

  • [APPLAUSE]

  • Just kidding, it's the seven of diamonds.

  • Aidan, that's amazing.

Aidan McCann, how are you?

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